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Domain Name Wire
Booking.com buys .Hotels domain name for $2.2 million
Booking.yeah! Hotel booking company Booking.com has won exclusive rights to run the .hotels top level domain name for $2.2 million. The company was the only applicant for the .hotels domain name. However, .hotels and .hoteis were one of two sets of d...
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Booking.com buys .Hotels domain name for $2.2 million
Booking.yeah! Hotel booking company Booking.com has won exclusive rights to run the .hotels top level domain name for $2.2 million. The company was the only applicant for the .hotels domain name. However, .hotels and .hoteis were one of two sets of d...
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November 19, 2015, 2:59 am
Domain Name Wire
As .Com registrations surge, is Verisign a good buy?
Domain name registrations are outpacing Verisign’s guidance. There was a rather spirited conversation over at DomainSherpa today about the landrush on short domain names. Is it a bubble? Maybe so. But guests Frank Schilling, Andrew Rosener and ...
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As .Com registrations surge, is Verisign a good buy?
Domain name registrations are outpacing Verisign’s guidance. There was a rather spirited conversation over at DomainSherpa today about the landrush on short domain names. Is it a bubble? Maybe so. But guests Frank Schilling, Andrew Rosener and ...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 8:27 pm
The Domains
Google Starts Rolling Out Fully Designed The New Google+
In a blog post today, Google introduced the world to the new Google+ “Today, we’re starting to introduce a fully redesigned Google+ that puts Communities and Collections front and center” “Communities, which now average 1.2 mi...
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Google Starts Rolling Out Fully Designed The New Google+
In a blog post today, Google introduced the world to the new Google+ “Today, we’re starting to introduce a fully redesigned Google+ that puts Communities and Collections front and center” “Communities, which now average 1.2 mi...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oversee.net co-founder Lawrence Ng launches $10 million incubator
OnRamp Fund is just the latest of Ng’s ventures post Oversee.net. Lawrence Ng today announced the launch of OnRamp Fund, a new incubator with $10 million to invest in early-stage startups. Ng co-founded Oversee.net, best known for its DomainSpo...
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Oversee.net co-founder Lawrence Ng launches $10 million incubator
OnRamp Fund is just the latest of Ng’s ventures post Oversee.net. Lawrence Ng today announced the launch of OnRamp Fund, a new incubator with $10 million to invest in early-stage startups. Ng co-founded Oversee.net, best known for its DomainSpo...
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November 18, 2015, 7:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google cross promoting domain names to existing customers
Company sends $10 discount to some Google Analytics customers. One of the reasons domain name registrars are keeping a close eye on competition from Google Domains is the search giant’s massive user base of small business customers. It already ...
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Google cross promoting domain names to existing customers
Company sends $10 discount to some Google Analytics customers. One of the reasons domain name registrars are keeping a close eye on competition from Google Domains is the search giant’s massive user base of small business customers. It already ...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
With 24 hours to go, all .Club domains in auction have 2+ bids
.Club auction is sizzling on Sedo. The .Club numeric domain name auction on Sedo is a rare sight: All 37 domain names have bids and will sell when the auction closes tomorrow. In fact, each domain name has at least two bidders, so it’s likely w...
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With 24 hours to go, all .Club domains in auction have 2+ bids
.Club auction is sizzling on Sedo. The .Club numeric domain name auction on Sedo is a rare sight: All 37 domain names have bids and will sell when the auction closes tomorrow. In fact, each domain name has at least two bidders, so it’s likely w...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Business Insider and 18 others bought last week
Here are companies that bought domain names last week. Sifting through Sedo’s weekly sales list to find end user domain name sales is becoming a time-consuming task, but it’s good news for Sedo and the domain name aftermarket. The run on ...
Discussion
What domain names Business Insider and 18 others bought last week
Here are companies that bought domain names last week. Sifting through Sedo’s weekly sales list to find end user domain name sales is becoming a time-consuming task, but it’s good news for Sedo and the domain name aftermarket. The run on ...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 3:10 pm
The Domains
DosGringos.com Gets Sun.Flowers From Uniregistry Under Founders Program
Uniregistry, the company behind the new gTLD .Flowers announced today that “Dos Gringos (DosGringos.com), the expert grower and supplier of sunflowers to retailers across the United States, today announced a strategic alliance with Uniregistry ...
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DosGringos.com Gets Sun.Flowers From Uniregistry Under Founders Program
Uniregistry, the company behind the new gTLD .Flowers announced today that “Dos Gringos (DosGringos.com), the expert grower and supplier of sunflowers to retailers across the United States, today announced a strategic alliance with Uniregistry ...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 1:53 pm
The Domains
3.2 Million .Com Added In Last 3 Weeks More Than Increase In All Domains in 2Q
As of today Verisign is reporting that the .Com zone file has topped 123 million domain names; 123,203,096 On October 27, 2015, three weeks ago, the .com zone file topped 120 Million for the first time and had 120,034,068 domain names. So we are look...
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3.2 Million .Com Added In Last 3 Weeks More Than Increase In All Domains in 2Q
As of today Verisign is reporting that the .Com zone file has topped 123 million domain names; 123,203,096 On October 27, 2015, three weeks ago, the .com zone file topped 120 Million for the first time and had 120,034,068 domain names. So we are look...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 1:20 pm
Domain Shane
Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday the Hump Day
. Back in March of this year I reviewed Rick Schwartz’s portfolio. I like to go back and read some old articles to see if my opinions have changed or look back at how stupid I was. But in this case my last point was pretty spot on. ...
Discussion
Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday the Hump Day
. Back in March of this year I reviewed Rick Schwartz’s portfolio. I like to go back and read some old articles to see if my opinions have changed or look back at how stupid I was. But in this case my last point was pretty spot on. ...
Discussion
November 18, 2015, 11:28 am
