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The Domains
Your Tax Dollars At Work: Clinton Department Of State Email’s Shows Interest In A Domain
One of the unclassified emails from the Hillary Clinton fiasco shows she or someone at the Department of State had an interest in a domain name around the term “World We Want” but seemed to pass on buying the bang on domain which was pric...
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: Clinton Department Of State Email’s Shows Interest In A Domain
One of the unclassified emails from the Hillary Clinton fiasco shows she or someone at the Department of State had an interest in a domain name around the term “World We Want” but seemed to pass on buying the bang on domain which was pric...
Discussion
February 13, 2016, 1:41 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/12/16 Web.com up over 10% – Verisign up close to 4%
Market Recap 2/12/16 Web.com (WWWW) was up over 10% today, the company posted earnings last night (Non-GAAP EPS were $0.66, three cents above estimates) and received several upgrades today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 4% today and closed at $76.9...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/12/16 Web.com up over 10% – Verisign up close to 4%
Market Recap 2/12/16 Web.com (WWWW) was up over 10% today, the company posted earnings last night (Non-GAAP EPS were $0.66, three cents above estimates) and received several upgrades today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 4% today and closed at $76.9...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 9:44 pm
The Domains
Rightside Establishes Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China & Plans To Be Licensed in 2016
Rightside (NAME) announced today its expanded operations in China by establishing a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE). Rightside says that there are almost 90,000 domains registered in the their portfolio of 39 new gTLD’s in the Chinese ma...
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Rightside Establishes Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China & Plans To Be Licensed in 2016
Rightside (NAME) announced today its expanded operations in China by establishing a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE). Rightside says that there are almost 90,000 domains registered in the their portfolio of 39 new gTLD’s in the Chinese ma...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 6:53 pm
The Domains
.Pro Domain Extension Hits All Time High Number of Domain Registrations
On November 15th the restrictions on the TLD .Pro were lifted. Since it was approved in 2000, .Pro domain names had been restricted to to three classes of professions; lawyers, doctors, and accountants. According to Domainincite.com, “.pro star...
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.Pro Domain Extension Hits All Time High Number of Domain Registrations
On November 15th the restrictions on the TLD .Pro were lifted. Since it was approved in 2000, .Pro domain names had been restricted to to three classes of professions; lawyers, doctors, and accountants. According to Domainincite.com, “.pro star...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 6:11 pm
The Domains
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 4:27 am
The Domains
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 2:24 am
The Domains
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 1:28 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 9:13 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
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Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 9:21 pm
