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Domain Shane
A Visual Look at Recent LLL.com Sales in Use: CIN.com, EOH.com, AFQ.com, More
This is another quick look at some recent LLL.com acquisitions that have been put to use. Prior installments can be found here: V1 and V2. CIN.com sold for $55,000 in July 2014 and is currently owned by Corporacao Industrial Do Norte, S.A. An upgrad...
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A Visual Look at Recent LLL.com Sales in Use: CIN.com, EOH.com, AFQ.com, More
This is another quick look at some recent LLL.com acquisitions that have been put to use. Prior installments can be found here: V1 and V2. CIN.com sold for $55,000 in July 2014 and is currently owned by Corporacao Industrial Do Norte, S.A. An upgrad...
Discussion
August 15, 2014, 3:07 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy amends IPO filing, reports Q2 results
Company continues to grow revenue as it heads toward IPO. GoDaddy released its second quarter financial results today through an amended S-1 Initial Public Offering filing with the SEC. Q2 2014 revenue came in at $338.5M, up from $276.0M in the same ...
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GoDaddy amends IPO filing, reports Q2 results
Company continues to grow revenue as it heads toward IPO. GoDaddy released its second quarter financial results today through an amended S-1 Initial Public Offering filing with the SEC. Q2 2014 revenue came in at $338.5M, up from $276.0M in the same ...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 10:55 pm
The Domains
Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
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Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 10:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
A bunch of domain names sell for $1.5 million, sort of…
Domain names change hands, but not with cash. The domain names manufacturedhome.com, manufacturedhomes.com, manufacturedhouse.com, manufacturedhomes.net and modularhomes.com have been sold for over $1 million. Sort of. There’s a bit of a back s...
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A bunch of domain names sell for $1.5 million, sort of…
Domain names change hands, but not with cash. The domain names manufacturedhome.com, manufacturedhomes.com, manufacturedhouse.com, manufacturedhomes.net and modularhomes.com have been sold for over $1 million. Sort of. There’s a bit of a back s...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 8:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s expired domain name sales roundup
Along the way to yesterday’s $20k sale of EnRoute.com, GoDaddy expired auctions zigzagged through some desirable addresses and took a few weird detours. Two domains that attracted me personally were the self-explanatory GenerateLeads....
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This week’s expired domain name sales roundup
Along the way to yesterday’s $20k sale of EnRoute.com, GoDaddy expired auctions zigzagged through some desirable addresses and took a few weird detours. Two domains that attracted me personally were the self-explanatory GenerateLeads....
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 7:12 pm
The Domains
Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
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Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Medical domain names all under 2,000 registrations after first day
No surprises in initial launches of four medical-themed domain names. As I previewed earlier this week, the only four domain names entering true general availability this week were medical-themed domains from Donuts. Here are how many domains are reg...
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Medical domain names all under 2,000 registrations after first day
No surprises in initial launches of four medical-themed domain names. As I previewed earlier this week, the only four domain names entering true general availability this week were medical-themed domains from Donuts. Here are how many domains are reg...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 3:13 pm
The Domains
German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de
TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service also based in Germany. “The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed ...
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German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de
TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service also based in Germany. “The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed ...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 1:44 pm
The Domains
Group On’s ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As ideel.com
ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel.com back in June from a domain holder in France in a sale that has not been previously repor...
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Group On’s ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As ideel.com
ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel.com back in June from a domain holder in France in a sale that has not been previously repor...
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August 14, 2014, 1:36 pm
The Domains
This Weeks 1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Dental 1,971; .Clinic 1,447; .Care 1,395; .Surgery 534
Four new gTLD’s went into general availability yesterday, meaning domain names could be registered on a first come first served basis. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period for trademark holders and in the Early Access Pro...
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This Weeks 1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Dental 1,971; .Clinic 1,447; .Care 1,395; .Surgery 534
Four new gTLD’s went into general availability yesterday, meaning domain names could be registered on a first come first served basis. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period for trademark holders and in the Early Access Pro...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 11:36 am
