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The Domains
Afnic Takes A look at Year Zero For The New gTLDs – What have we learned so far ?
Afnic published a report on the new gtlds and looked at “Year Zero” for the new extensions. The report covered, looking back at 2014, the fee or free business model, the valuation proposition and where the new gtlds are heading. Read the ...
Discussion
Afnic Takes A look at Year Zero For The New gTLDs – What have we learned so far ?
Afnic published a report on the new gtlds and looked at “Year Zero” for the new extensions. The report covered, looking back at 2014, the fee or free business model, the valuation proposition and where the new gtlds are heading. Read the ...
Discussion
February 20, 2015, 10:43 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: February 20 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Rightside Reports 4Q Revenue Up 13.5%: Makes Almost $8 Million On Losing New gTLD Apps• European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a Lot...
Discussion
Domain Name News: February 20 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Rightside Reports 4Q Revenue Up 13.5%: Makes Almost $8 Million On Losing New gTLD Apps• European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a Lot...
Discussion
February 20, 2015, 10:30 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): EMH.com, TechFounders.com, Drop.co, OLA.mobi, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. EMH.com sold for $18,750 at Sedo, a...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): EMH.com, TechFounders.com, Drop.co, OLA.mobi, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. EMH.com sold for $18,750 at Sedo, a...
Discussion
February 20, 2015, 3:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Highlights from Rightside Q4 investor call
Domain name company Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) reported results today. Rightside reported fourth quarter and full year financials for 2014 after the bell today. The company had earnings of $1.5M for Q4, and adjusted EBITDA of $0.6M. For the year it tur...
Discussion
Highlights from Rightside Q4 investor call
Domain name company Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) reported results today. Rightside reported fourth quarter and full year financials for 2014 after the bell today. The company had earnings of $1.5M for Q4, and adjusted EBITDA of $0.6M. For the year it tur...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 10:51 pm
The Domains
European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a lot of them use the .io extension
Tech Crunch did a story on Entrepreneur First which is a European accelerator for start ups along the lines of the popular Y Combinator. Entrepreneur First is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changin...
Discussion
European Start Up Accelerator Reveals Latest Startups and a lot of them use the .io extension
Tech Crunch did a story on Entrepreneur First which is a European accelerator for start ups along the lines of the popular Y Combinator. Entrepreneur First is the best place for Europe’s top technical individuals to meet and build world-changin...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 10:00 pm
The Domains
Rightside Reports 4Q Revenue Up 13.5%: Makes Almost $8 on Losing New gTLD Apps
Rightside reported its earnings for the 4th Quarter today and full year ended December 31, 2014 after the market closed. Domain Name Services Revenue Increases 16% Year-over-Year 4Q Total Revenue Increases 13.5% Year-over-Year Domain name services re...
Discussion
Rightside Reports 4Q Revenue Up 13.5%: Makes Almost $8 on Losing New gTLD Apps
Rightside reported its earnings for the 4th Quarter today and full year ended December 31, 2014 after the market closed. Domain Name Services Revenue Increases 16% Year-over-Year 4Q Total Revenue Increases 13.5% Year-over-Year Domain name services re...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 9:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
gTLD Food Truck coming to Austin during SXSW
Sedo to promote top level domain name choices during SXSW. Sedo is bringing its “gTLD frozen yogurt” marketing idea to Austin next month during the SXSW conference. The company partnered with registries for a similar program during dmexco...
Discussion
gTLD Food Truck coming to Austin during SXSW
Sedo to promote top level domain name choices during SXSW. Sedo is bringing its “gTLD frozen yogurt” marketing idea to Austin next month during the SXSW conference. The company partnered with registries for a similar program during dmexco...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 7:32 pm
The Domains
L’Oréal Wins New gTLD .BEAUTY Beating Donuts & Minds + Machines/Adding To Its Huge Vertical
L’Oréal has won the new gTLD .Beauty beating Donuts and Minds + Machines. We reported earlier today that L’Oréal also won the rights to operate .Hair L’Oréal was also the sole applicant for .skin and .makeup so ...
Discussion
L’Oréal Wins New gTLD .BEAUTY Beating Donuts & Minds + Machines/Adding To Its Huge Vertical
L’Oréal has won the new gTLD .Beauty beating Donuts and Minds + Machines. We reported earlier today that L’Oréal also won the rights to operate .Hair L’Oréal was also the sole applicant for .skin and .makeup so ...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Get the Lowest Prices at GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a bunch of pricing tiers and discounts. The best deal depends a lot on the size of your domain name portfolio. If you’re a domainer, you shouldn’t be paying list price for domain name registrations at GoDaddy (or any registrar...
Discussion
How to Get the Lowest Prices at GoDaddy
GoDaddy has a bunch of pricing tiers and discounts. The best deal depends a lot on the size of your domain name portfolio. If you’re a domainer, you shouldn’t be paying list price for domain name registrations at GoDaddy (or any registrar...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 5:32 pm
Domain Shane
It Started Out As a Capitalist Troll But Eventually Moved to a Lesson Learned
There are plenty of stories about domain name owners being called all kinds of names. Squatter, pigs, ass, and every curse word you can think of. Ninety nine percent of the times I just let it go and figure it’s not worth my time explain ...
Discussion
It Started Out As a Capitalist Troll But Eventually Moved to a Lesson Learned
There are plenty of stories about domain name owners being called all kinds of names. Squatter, pigs, ass, and every curse word you can think of. Ninety nine percent of the times I just let it go and figure it’s not worth my time explain ...
Discussion
February 19, 2015, 5:29 pm
