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Domain Name Wire
A look at .Com numbers over the past 5 years
.Com continues to grow, just at a slower pace. There are many ways to measure .com. There’s the zone file, the monthly reports Verisign sends to ICANN, and Verisign’s quarterly numbers revealed to investors. Each of these numbers is measu...
Discussion
A look at .Com numbers over the past 5 years
.Com continues to grow, just at a slower pace. There are many ways to measure .com. There’s the zone file, the monthly reports Verisign sends to ICANN, and Verisign’s quarterly numbers revealed to investors. Each of these numbers is measu...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 4:51 pm
The Domains
Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain Registrations
.Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for trademark holders and its Early Access Program (EAP), for those who were willing to pay a ...
Discussion
Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain Registrations
.Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for trademark holders and its Early Access Program (EAP), for those who were willing to pay a ...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside begins trading today as NAME on the NASDAQ
A big day for Rightside (and the domain name industry). Today is a big day for domain name company Rightside as it begins to trade on the NASDAQ. Shares are down slightly right now to $15.65. Rightside has been spun off from Demand Media. Owners of D...
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Rightside begins trading today as NAME on the NASDAQ
A big day for Rightside (and the domain name industry). Today is a big day for domain name company Rightside as it begins to trade on the NASDAQ. Shares are down slightly right now to $15.65. Rightside has been spun off from Demand Media. Owners of D...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
Discussion
Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 1:08 pm
The Domains
As The GAC Restricted new gTLD’s Launch Registrants Maybe Unaware They Are already in Violation of TOS
For the first time some of the new gTLD’s that fall within the “GAC Category 1 Advice”, which generally are strings that the GAC determined should not be open to be registered by everyone, have started to launch. From what I’m...
Discussion
As The GAC Restricted new gTLD’s Launch Registrants Maybe Unaware They Are already in Violation of TOS
For the first time some of the new gTLD’s that fall within the “GAC Category 1 Advice”, which generally are strings that the GAC determined should not be open to be registered by everyone, have started to launch. From what I’m...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 12:41 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/4
We’re entering a stretch that is usually the slowest time of year for many businesses including domain investing (if it’s not for you then good job!) . It’s also the time where most families take a vacation before school ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/4
We’re entering a stretch that is usually the slowest time of year for many businesses including domain investing (if it’s not for you then good job!) . It’s also the time where most families take a vacation before school ...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 11:11 am
DomainSherpa
Profitable Flips: From $9.2K to $140K in 9 Months – Statement.com, With Braden Pollock
In the new DomainSherpa series Profitable Flips, skilled domain name investors share all the details of how they bought low and sold high turning a profit of at least five figures.This is the story of Statement.com and how in nine months Braden Pollo...
Discussion
Profitable Flips: From $9.2K to $140K in 9 Months – Statement.com, With Braden Pollock
In the new DomainSherpa series Profitable Flips, skilled domain name investors share all the details of how they bought low and sold high turning a profit of at least five figures.This is the story of Statement.com and how in nine months Braden Pollo...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 7:03 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: Sponsored.com, Revenue.info, SOI.org, Internally.com Meet Reserve
Reserve Met and Will Sell Sponsored.com – Great to see this one hit reserve so early in its listing. With 18 days left, it will be fun to see how far it can run. Sponsored tweets, sponsored Facebook and LinkedIn updates, sponsored athletes (th...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: Sponsored.com, Revenue.info, SOI.org, Internally.com Meet Reserve
Reserve Met and Will Sell Sponsored.com – Great to see this one hit reserve so early in its listing. With 18 days left, it will be fun to see how far it can run. Sponsored tweets, sponsored Facebook and LinkedIn updates, sponsored athletes (th...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 1:02 am
The Domains
IronDome.com is out to intercept Patent Disputes
To say that the term Iron Dome is in the news everyday would be an understatement, more like in the news every hour. Iron Dome of course is the the Israeli built defense system that knocks out incoming missiles out of they sky before they hit their t...
Discussion
IronDome.com is out to intercept Patent Disputes
To say that the term Iron Dome is in the news everyday would be an understatement, more like in the news every hour. Iron Dome of course is the the Israeli built defense system that knocks out incoming missiles out of they sky before they hit their t...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 12:02 am
The Domains
New .Co Site Making National News: ManServants.Co & Frank Schilling Owns The .Com
A new site launched on a .Co domain name is getting some national news coverage, I saw a feature on the site on Fox News yesterday. The site is ManServants.co By the way not that it’s going to come as any shock to anyone in the domain name spac...
Discussion
New .Co Site Making National News: ManServants.Co & Frank Schilling Owns The .Com
A new site launched on a .Co domain name is getting some national news coverage, I saw a feature on the site on Fox News yesterday. The site is ManServants.co By the way not that it’s going to come as any shock to anyone in the domain name spac...
Discussion
August 3, 2014, 2:57 pm
