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Domain Name Wire
Chinese domain name registrar knocks GoDaddy off .Com Perch
eName was #1 in most recent published results. Chinese registrants helped .com surge toward the end of 2015 as they registered millions of short domain names. And, with official numbers just published by ICANN, we now know that this surge pushed GoDa...
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Chinese domain name registrar knocks GoDaddy off .Com Perch
eName was #1 in most recent published results. Chinese registrants helped .com surge toward the end of 2015 as they registered millions of short domain names. And, with official numbers just published by ICANN, we now know that this surge pushed GoDa...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fantastic: How to buy a domain name
A must-read guide about acquiring domain names. Giuseppe Graziano has published an excellent guide about how to buy a domain name. He promised, “Even if you are an industry pro, I promise you will learn at least a couple of strategies that can ...
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Fantastic: How to buy a domain name
A must-read guide about acquiring domain names. Giuseppe Graziano has published an excellent guide about how to buy a domain name. He promised, “Even if you are an industry pro, I promise you will learn at least a couple of strategies that can ...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 2:55 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, Mar 2nd
I had one of those moments this weekend. When I got my license my Dad was kind enough to buy me a car. It was a total piece of junk but it mostly drove fine. It was a 1976 old mobile Starfire GT, this was 1985. It seemed anci...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, Mar 2nd
I had one of those moments this weekend. When I got my license my Dad was kind enough to buy me a car. It was a total piece of junk but it mostly drove fine. It was a 1976 old mobile Starfire GT, this was 1985. It seemed anci...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 10:03 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, 1st of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 1st of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap There’s 1000 3N combinations and good chunk of the .biz are on today’s list. I think I now have carpal tunnel. 4L Chips seems to be t...
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AUCTION RECAP, 1st of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 1st of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap There’s 1000 3N combinations and good chunk of the .biz are on today’s list. I think I now have carpal tunnel. 4L Chips seems to be t...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 8:38 am
The Domains
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet and Verisign
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet (GOOGL) up 3.4% which is alot for a company with close to a half a trillion market cap. Verisign (VRSN) was up $2.89 or 3.42% Go Daddy (GDDY) will be at a Morgan Stanley conference tomorrow. The stock was up c...
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Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet and Verisign
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet (GOOGL) up 3.4% which is alot for a company with close to a half a trillion market cap. Verisign (VRSN) was up $2.89 or 3.42% Go Daddy (GDDY) will be at a Morgan Stanley conference tomorrow. The stock was up c...
Discussion
March 1, 2016, 9:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets Whois verification patent
Patent describes ways to make sure people don’t use invalid information in whois records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent 9,275,040 to GoDaddy for “Validating user control over contact information in a domain name ...
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GoDaddy gets Whois verification patent
Patent describes ways to make sure people don’t use invalid information in whois records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent 9,275,040 to GoDaddy for “Validating user control over contact information in a domain name ...
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March 1, 2016, 6:16 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR March 1, 2016
There was a good comment posted to yesterday’s post earlier today. I responded to it there, but I wanted to post it here as well, because most of you probably won’t see yesterday’s comments. Comment (Thanks Meyer!): You state ...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR March 1, 2016
There was a good comment posted to yesterday’s post earlier today. I responded to it there, but I wanted to post it here as well, because most of you probably won’t see yesterday’s comments. Comment (Thanks Meyer!): You state ...
Discussion
March 1, 2016, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Major Rightside shareholder upset with focus on new TLDs
Shareholder asks company to fire 20% of staff, add update and unify company products under eNom. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) investor J. Carlo Cannell, who owns 7.32% of outstanding shares through investment funds, has sent a scathing letter to Rightside...
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Major Rightside shareholder upset with focus on new TLDs
Shareholder asks company to fire 20% of staff, add update and unify company products under eNom. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) investor J. Carlo Cannell, who owns 7.32% of outstanding shares through investment funds, has sent a scathing letter to Rightside...
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March 1, 2016, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix begins sending expired domain inventory through SnapNames
.Website domain names are the first of the company’s domain names to be available through SnapNames. New top level domain name company Radix has struck a deal with SnapNames to send expired domain name inventory through the auction platform. .C...
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Radix begins sending expired domain inventory through SnapNames
.Website domain names are the first of the company’s domain names to be available through SnapNames. New top level domain name company Radix has struck a deal with SnapNames to send expired domain name inventory through the auction platform. .C...
Discussion
March 1, 2016, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
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How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
Discussion
March 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
