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The Domains
.Co Registry Sells Y.co To Monaco Yacht Company
Y.CO announced its newest sale of a .Co single letter web address – Y.com today as the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show gets underway The purchase of y.co from .CO Internet S.A.S sees the superyacht brokerage and management company become th...
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.Co Registry Sells Y.co To Monaco Yacht Company
Y.CO announced its newest sale of a .Co single letter web address – Y.com today as the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show gets underway The purchase of y.co from .CO Internet S.A.S sees the superyacht brokerage and management company become th...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 11:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Authentic Web wants to make .brand domains easier for corporations
Company will act as domain name registrar and offer the workflows necessary for a corporate environment. Most large companies have a process in place for registering new domain names. This may get more complex when brands secure their own top level d...
Discussion
Authentic Web wants to make .brand domains easier for corporations
Company will act as domain name registrar and offer the workflows necessary for a corporate environment. Most large companies have a process in place for registering new domain names. This may get more complex when brands secure their own top level d...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 11:51 am
Elliot's Blog
Check Out Sale Comps Before Pricing
I recently loaded a large group of domain names for sale on Afternic. In order to set the pricing, I did what I usually do… looked at my purchase prices and thought about what I think would be a fair sale price, and I set the prices based on t...
Discussion
Check Out Sale Comps Before Pricing
I recently loaded a large group of domain names for sale on Afternic. In order to set the pricing, I did what I usually do… looked at my purchase prices and thought about what I think would be a fair sale price, and I set the prices based on t...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 11:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Wow, United Domains is all in with New TLDs
Want to register a .com at United Domains? You’ll need to poke around the site a bit. We know that new top level domains are a growth opportunity for domain name registrars. But should domain name registrars forgo current registrations in favor...
Discussion
Wow, United Domains is all in with New TLDs
Want to register a .com at United Domains? You’ll need to poke around the site a bit. We know that new top level domains are a growth opportunity for domain name registrars. But should domain name registrars forgo current registrations in favor...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Superyacht company rebrands as Y.CO
YCO Yacht rebrands its business to Y.CO. A superyacht brokerage and management company has changed its brand to Y.CO, and announced the change in conjunction with the Monaco Yacht Show going on now. The company’s previous brand was YCO Yacht, s...
Discussion
Superyacht company rebrands as Y.CO
YCO Yacht rebrands its business to Y.CO. A superyacht brokerage and management company has changed its brand to Y.CO, and announced the change in conjunction with the Monaco Yacht Show going on now. The company’s previous brand was YCO Yacht, s...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 9:39 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $904K In Domains Led By Credo.com For $75K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/16/13 – 9/22/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $904,382. The highest sale was Credo.com which sold for $75,000 followed by Rool.com for...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $904K In Domains Led By Credo.com For $75K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/16/13 – 9/22/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $904,382. The highest sale was Credo.com which sold for $75,000 followed by Rool.com for...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 9:37 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4MM
Over the past week, 752 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. This amounts to $49.8m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to ...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4MM
Over the past week, 752 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. This amounts to $49.8m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to ...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 9:30 am
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic reports results: revenue up 16%
CentralNic profit spikes in first half of year. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), which went public last month, has released interim results for the first half of 2013. For the first half of 2013, the company pulled in £1,735 million...
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CentralNic reports results: revenue up 16%
CentralNic profit spikes in first half of year. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), which went public last month, has released interim results for the first half of 2013. For the first half of 2013, the company pulled in £1,735 million...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 9:21 am
Elliot's Blog
Yacht Company Acquires Y.CO
I want to share a press release I read this morning announcing that a yacht company has acquired the Y.CO domain name from the .CO Registry. The company previously operated on ycoyacht.com, so this seems to be a major upgrade for them. I believe...
Discussion
Yacht Company Acquires Y.CO
I want to share a press release I read this morning announcing that a yacht company has acquired the Y.CO domain name from the .CO Registry. The company previously operated on ycoyacht.com, so this seems to be a major upgrade for them. I believe...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 8:49 am
The Domains
Registrars Where You Can Place Pre-Reservations On New gTLD Domain Names
After I wrote the post that 1and1.com topped over 2 Million new gTLD domain name pre-reservations (actually now over 2.15) I got a few emails of people asking me what other registrars are and are not taking pre-reservations. Once again a pre-reservat...
Discussion
Registrars Where You Can Place Pre-Reservations On New gTLD Domain Names
After I wrote the post that 1and1.com topped over 2 Million new gTLD domain name pre-reservations (actually now over 2.15) I got a few emails of people asking me what other registrars are and are not taking pre-reservations. Once again a pre-reservat...
Discussion
September 25, 2013, 8:32 am
