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Domain Name Wire
A BIG week for end user domain name sales
At least three $10 billion+ companies bought domain names last week. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a sales list from Sedo this full of big end users. I count at least three companies with market caps of over $10 billion that bough...
Discussion
A BIG week for end user domain name sales
At least three $10 billion+ companies bought domain names last week. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a sales list from Sedo this full of big end users. I count at least three companies with market caps of over $10 billion that bough...
Discussion
October 19, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dot brand gTLDs–still yet to hit the mainstream
Angie Graves explores the current state of .brand top level domain names. Dot brands have made great strides in the two years since the first delegations in the most recent round of new gTLDs. According to calzone.org’s gTLD calendar, CITIC Gro...
Discussion
Dot brand gTLDs–still yet to hit the mainstream
Angie Graves explores the current state of .brand top level domain names. Dot brands have made great strides in the two years since the first delegations in the most recent round of new gTLDs. According to calzone.org’s gTLD calendar, CITIC Gro...
Discussion
October 19, 2016, 1:30 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, October 19th
Looks like a lot of people are taking a hit on their dot info purchases of last year. They were are the craze on Flippa last year but the one word dot info are dropping like flies. Plenty of great terms up at drop but only a few make sen...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, October 19th
Looks like a lot of people are taking a hit on their dot info purchases of last year. They were are the craze on Flippa last year but the one word dot info are dropping like flies. Plenty of great terms up at drop but only a few make sen...
Discussion
October 19, 2016, 10:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Daniel Negari exits Rightside position
XYZ founder sells his remaining shares in Rightside. Daniel Negari, CEO of top level domain name company XYZ, has sold all of his remaining shares in Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME). Negari made the disclosure in a Facebook post about the Google open source ...
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Daniel Negari exits Rightside position
XYZ founder sells his remaining shares in Rightside. Daniel Negari, CEO of top level domain name company XYZ, has sold all of his remaining shares in Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME). Negari made the disclosure in a Facebook post about the Google open source ...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 10:20 pm
The Domains
3 Years Later: Team Schilling vs Team Schwartz On New gTLD’s; Who Was Right?
It was three years ago to the date that marked the epic debate between the “Domain King” Rick Schwartz and arguably the most successful domainer in history , Frank Schilling on the New gTLD’s. The debate went on for almost 80 Minute...
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3 Years Later: Team Schilling vs Team Schwartz On New gTLD’s; Who Was Right?
It was three years ago to the date that marked the epic debate between the “Domain King” Rick Schwartz and arguably the most successful domainer in history , Frank Schilling on the New gTLD’s. The debate went on for almost 80 Minute...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 8:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales – 2016 .us handreg sells for $13,000
Sedo released their weekly sales chart and MyMed.com was the top sale at $25,000. The most remarkable sale for me Evus.us registered in March 2016, sold for $13,000. EVUS is an acronym for Electronic Visa Update System. The buyer is out of Spain. Imb...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales – 2016 .us handreg sells for $13,000
Sedo released their weekly sales chart and MyMed.com was the top sale at $25,000. The most remarkable sale for me Evus.us registered in March 2016, sold for $13,000. EVUS is an acronym for Electronic Visa Update System. The buyer is out of Spain. Imb...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 8:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Small Businesses and Investors Losing Domains in Flawed UDRP Decisions
[Editor’s note: Nat Cohen takes a look at recent UDRP decisions in this extensive report.] Are you guilty of “cybersquatting” without knowing it? Take a look at these recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (&ldqu...
Discussion
Small Businesses and Investors Losing Domains in Flawed UDRP Decisions
[Editor’s note: Nat Cohen takes a look at recent UDRP decisions in this extensive report.] Are you guilty of “cybersquatting” without knowing it? Take a look at these recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (&ldqu...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 6:14 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 17, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 17, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 17, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 17, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 4:38 pm
The Domains
August/September .CLUB Premium Domain Sales Top $135k
The .Club registry just announced that is sold over $135,000 domain names in August/September 2016 .Club sold 52 names totaling $32,103.52 through the registrar channel . 84 other domain names were sold for a total of $103,245.47, including the...
Discussion
August/September .CLUB Premium Domain Sales Top $135k
The .Club registry just announced that is sold over $135,000 domain names in August/September 2016 .Club sold 52 names totaling $32,103.52 through the registrar channel . 84 other domain names were sold for a total of $103,245.47, including the...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google open sources domain registry, Donuts collaborates as pressure on registry providers mounts
Donuts makes key contributions to open source registry platform, setting up a possible migration in the future. The shakeup in the backend domain name registry services business continues. Today, Google launched an open source cloud-based registry pl...
Discussion
Google open sources domain registry, Donuts collaborates as pressure on registry providers mounts
Donuts makes key contributions to open source registry platform, setting up a possible migration in the future. The shakeup in the backend domain name registry services business continues. Today, Google launched an open source cloud-based registry pl...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 3:00 pm
