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The Domains
Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing gTLD Apps
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) which owns the domain name registrars Enom.com and Name.com, and own...
Discussion
Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing gTLD Apps
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) which owns the domain name registrars Enom.com and Name.com, and own...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 10:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside earnings: 15 TLD generate $2.5 million, strong eNom performance
Rightside grows its eNom business, new TLDs generate $2.5 million in revenue as of end of Q3. Rightside released third quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue for the third quarter came in at $48.8 million, up from $45.5 million in the same qu...
Discussion
Rightside earnings: 15 TLD generate $2.5 million, strong eNom performance
Rightside grows its eNom business, new TLDs generate $2.5 million in revenue as of end of Q3. Rightside released third quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue for the third quarter came in at $48.8 million, up from $45.5 million in the same qu...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 9:24 pm
The Domains
Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?
Web.com in reporting its earnings earlier today had a few comments on its earnings call that should be of concern to all domain name regisrtrars: CEO David L. Brown noted “the increased availability of [domain] names has had a near-term negativ...
Discussion
Will Web.com Hurt Godaddy’s IPO?
Web.com in reporting its earnings earlier today had a few comments on its earnings call that should be of concern to all domain name regisrtrars: CEO David L. Brown noted “the increased availability of [domain] names has had a near-term negativ...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 7:28 pm
The Domains
Web.com Is Down Over 22% & Hits a 52 Week Low After Earning Report
Shares Of Web.com (WWWW) hit a 52 week low of $14.89 today after reporting its earnings which missed expectations. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million, or 7 cents a share. Adjusted earnings came to 66 cents a share. Revenue totaled $137.4 mil...
Discussion
Web.com Is Down Over 22% & Hits a 52 Week Low After Earning Report
Shares Of Web.com (WWWW) hit a 52 week low of $14.89 today after reporting its earnings which missed expectations. The company reported a loss of $3.4 million, or 7 cents a share. Adjusted earnings came to 66 cents a share. Revenue totaled $137.4 mil...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains and the economics of large domain portfolios
Should very large domain name portfolios be valued per domain or on sales and profitability metrics? The sale of BuyDomains.com this week, including a portfolio of close to a million domains for something less than $80 per domain, has raised eyebrows...
Discussion
BuyDomains and the economics of large domain portfolios
Should very large domain name portfolios be valued per domain or on sales and profitability metrics? The sale of BuyDomains.com this week, including a portfolio of close to a million domains for something less than $80 per domain, has raised eyebrows...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 4:20 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Capetown 1,772; .Joburg 1,458; .Market 1,229; .Durban 985; .Mortgage 635
5 new gTLD extensions had their first day of general availability(GA) yesterday including three Geo’s of cities in Africa (Tuesday Africa time) and two by Rightside (NAME) Including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, those that p...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Capetown 1,772; .Joburg 1,458; .Market 1,229; .Durban 985; .Mortgage 635
5 new gTLD extensions had their first day of general availability(GA) yesterday including three Geo’s of cities in Africa (Tuesday Africa time) and two by Rightside (NAME) Including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, those that p...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
EDR: GoDaddy’s 4 letter, $42,500 domain name auction
This week’s Expired Domain Report from Joseph Peterson. The gap between last week’s most expensive expired domain auction and the rest of the “stragglers” was roughly a factor of 10 – a full digit difference. Now, in a r...
Discussion
EDR: GoDaddy’s 4 letter, $42,500 domain name auction
This week’s Expired Domain Report from Joseph Peterson. The gap between last week’s most expensive expired domain auction and the rest of the “stragglers” was roughly a factor of 10 – a full digit difference. Now, in a r...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 3:32 pm
The Domains
cyclingtips.com.au Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Cyclingtips.com
Wallace Media Pty Ltd of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, which owns the domain cyclingtips.com.au, and was represented by Holding Redlich, Australia has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name cyclingtips.com The ...
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cyclingtips.com.au Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Cyclingtips.com
Wallace Media Pty Ltd of Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, which owns the domain cyclingtips.com.au, and was represented by Holding Redlich, Australia has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name cyclingtips.com The ...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com says new TLDs hurting .com resales
Company lowers guidance on weaker demand from its domain portfolio. Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) reported earnings yesterday and lowered its guidance for the fourth quarter. One of the reasons for lowering the guidance is that the new supply of TLDs is cau...
Discussion
Web.com says new TLDs hurting .com resales
Company lowers guidance on weaker demand from its domain portfolio. Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) reported earnings yesterday and lowered its guidance for the fourth quarter. One of the reasons for lowering the guidance is that the new supply of TLDs is cau...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/6/14
I’ve been talking with my numeric hero T.J. Demas over the last few days and must say that he truly got it when it came to numerics. He has purchased some of the best number domains on the planet with his best being 25.com And it&rs...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/6/14
I’ve been talking with my numeric hero T.J. Demas over the last few days and must say that he truly got it when it came to numerics. He has purchased some of the best number domains on the planet with his best being 25.com And it&rs...
Discussion
November 6, 2014, 11:45 am
