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Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
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Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
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March 4, 2016, 3:56 pm
The Domains
New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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March 4, 2016, 3:41 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign up 1% – Tucows down another 2.6%
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign (VRSN) was up today when most stocks in the group were down. The stock closed at $88.64 up 1.2%. Tucows (TCX) continued where it left off yesterday, the stock was down another 2.6%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 731.59 -7.89 (-1.07%...
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Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign up 1% – Tucows down another 2.6%
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign (VRSN) was up today when most stocks in the group were down. The stock closed at $88.64 up 1.2%. Tucows (TCX) continued where it left off yesterday, the stock was down another 2.6%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 731.59 -7.89 (-1.07%...
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March 3, 2016, 10:15 pm
The Domains
Radix Giving Free .HOST Domains to All WHMCS Customers
According to a press release we just received Radix is giving all all WHMCS clients the opportunity to register a .HOST domain name free of charge for the first year WHMCS is a leading hosting and automation solutions provider to Web Hosts worldwide....
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Radix Giving Free .HOST Domains to All WHMCS Customers
According to a press release we just received Radix is giving all all WHMCS clients the opportunity to register a .HOST domain name free of charge for the first year WHMCS is a leading hosting and automation solutions provider to Web Hosts worldwide....
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March 3, 2016, 4:58 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.8 Million In Sales For February 2016
Namejet.com has posted its February 2016 sales data . In all Namejet.com sold 287 domain names for $2k and above for a total of $2,787,626. To be included in the report the domain must have sold for $2,000 or more and have been paid and closed before...
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Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.8 Million In Sales For February 2016
Namejet.com has posted its February 2016 sales data . In all Namejet.com sold 287 domain names for $2k and above for a total of $2,787,626. To be included in the report the domain must have sold for $2,000 or more and have been paid and closed before...
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March 3, 2016, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2M; 61% Were Buy It Now
Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vkn.com at 24,900 USD Top ccTLD: weltlitera...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.2M; 61% Were Buy It Now
Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vkn.com at 24,900 USD Top ccTLD: weltlitera...
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March 3, 2016, 2:02 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3/2/16 Rightside up 2% – Tucows off 3%
Maeket Recap 3/2/16 Quiet day where most stocks were up or down half a percent. Rightside (NAME) was up 2.2% which equates to .19. Tucows (TCX) was down 3% where Endurance Intl (EIGI) was up over 3% Alphabet Inc GOOGL 739.48 -2.69 (-0.36%) Godaddy In...
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Market Recap 3/2/16 Rightside up 2% – Tucows off 3%
Maeket Recap 3/2/16 Quiet day where most stocks were up or down half a percent. Rightside (NAME) was up 2.2% which equates to .19. Tucows (TCX) was down 3% where Endurance Intl (EIGI) was up over 3% Alphabet Inc GOOGL 739.48 -2.69 (-0.36%) Godaddy In...
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March 2, 2016, 9:53 pm
The Domains
Are Domains The New Bitcoin?
One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of domain names to commodities at least when it come to those “Chinese Domains”; ultra short domai...
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Are Domains The New Bitcoin?
One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of domain names to commodities at least when it come to those “Chinese Domains”; ultra short domai...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 8:31 pm
The Domains
.Club To Hold No Reserve Numeric Auction on 4.CN
For the very first time, China’s prestigious domain auction platform 4.cn will be holding a dedicated auction for a single new domain extension – .CLUB. This auction will feature the highly valuable and prestigious name 8.club plus twenty...
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.Club To Hold No Reserve Numeric Auction on 4.CN
For the very first time, China’s prestigious domain auction platform 4.cn will be holding a dedicated auction for a single new domain extension – .CLUB. This auction will feature the highly valuable and prestigious name 8.club plus twenty...
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March 2, 2016, 4:58 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet and Verisign
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet (GOOGL) up 3.4% which is alot for a company with close to a half a trillion market cap. Verisign (VRSN) was up $2.89 or 3.42% Go Daddy (GDDY) will be at a Morgan Stanley conference tomorrow. The stock was up c...
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Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet and Verisign
Market Recap 3/1/16 Big day for Alphabet (GOOGL) up 3.4% which is alot for a company with close to a half a trillion market cap. Verisign (VRSN) was up $2.89 or 3.42% Go Daddy (GDDY) will be at a Morgan Stanley conference tomorrow. The stock was up c...
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March 1, 2016, 9:39 pm
