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The Domains
EnCira Becomes 1st Registrar For .Bank & Teams Up With The ICBA
According to a press release just out, EnCira.com is the first approved ICANN-accredited registrar for the new gTLD .BANK fTLD Registry Services LLC is the operator of the .BANK top-level domain. The Independent Community Bankers of America®...
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EnCira Becomes 1st Registrar For .Bank & Teams Up With The ICBA
According to a press release just out, EnCira.com is the first approved ICANN-accredited registrar for the new gTLD .BANK fTLD Registry Services LLC is the operator of the .BANK top-level domain. The Independent Community Bankers of America®...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 8:43 pm
The Domains
.co.com Hits 1 Year Anniversary & 10K Registrations: It Would Be 83rd Most Registered New gTLD
.co.com announced today that it has hit its one year anniversary since launching and has registered over 10,000 domain names. You can read the official post here. The company wrote in part that its 10,000 registrations are “more than most ICANN...
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.co.com Hits 1 Year Anniversary & 10K Registrations: It Would Be 83rd Most Registered New gTLD
.co.com announced today that it has hit its one year anniversary since launching and has registered over 10,000 domain names. You can read the official post here. The company wrote in part that its 10,000 registrations are “more than most ICANN...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what sold at NameJet this past week
Joseph Peterson reviews the previous week’s expired domain name sales on NameJet. China is perched at the top of our chart – same as last week. The high expired domain sale from NameJet was YuChu.com ($11.9k), which – if e...
Discussion
Here’s what sold at NameJet this past week
Joseph Peterson reviews the previous week’s expired domain name sales on NameJet. China is perched at the top of our chart – same as last week. The high expired domain sale from NameJet was YuChu.com ($11.9k), which – if e...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
New candidate for worst domain name: Sqeeqee.com
Why would you put your company at such a marketing disadvantage? I’ve written about plenty of poor domain name choices, and I have a new candidate to throw into the mix: Sqeeqee.com Sqeeqee.com is some sort of social networking platform, and it...
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New candidate for worst domain name: Sqeeqee.com
Why would you put your company at such a marketing disadvantage? I’ve written about plenty of poor domain name choices, and I have a new candidate to throw into the mix: Sqeeqee.com Sqeeqee.com is some sort of social networking platform, and it...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 2:59 pm
The Domains
.Science Gets Almost 14,000 (Mostly Free) Registrations
Yesterday we told you that .Science could be registered for free on AlpNames.com, wound up its first day of general availability with almost 14,000 registrations. .Science only had 13 domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and wound ...
Discussion
.Science Gets Almost 14,000 (Mostly Free) Registrations
Yesterday we told you that .Science could be registered for free on AlpNames.com, wound up its first day of general availability with almost 14,000 registrations. .Science only had 13 domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and wound ...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 2:42 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2015
When I visited Sedo’s Great auction today it got me to thinking. Would the seller be better off not having the reserve range next to the name like Flippa, Namejet, and Godaddy? I do realize the real reason. To not waste ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, Feb 25th, 2015
When I visited Sedo’s Great auction today it got me to thinking. Would the seller be better off not having the reserve range next to the name like Flippa, Namejet, and Godaddy? I do realize the real reason. To not waste ...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 11:55 am
Domain Shane
Nothing Like the First Time: A Look At Aaron Johnson’s First Namescon
I met a lot of great people at Namescon this year. People that I had conversations via email or text but hadn’t met in person, and some for the very first time. Aaron Johnson , (not to be confused with Aaron W., my partner here at D...
Discussion
Nothing Like the First Time: A Look At Aaron Johnson’s First Namescon
I met a lot of great people at Namescon this year. People that I had conversations via email or text but hadn’t met in person, and some for the very first time. Aaron Johnson , (not to be confused with Aaron W., my partner here at D...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 12:38 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy releases earnings, picks GDDY ticker
Domain name registrar gets one step closer to IPO. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today that revealed fourth quarter and full year 2014 financials, as well as the company’s planned NYSE stock ticker GDDY. Fourth quarter rev...
Discussion
GoDaddy releases earnings, picks GDDY ticker
Domain name registrar gets one step closer to IPO. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today that revealed fourth quarter and full year 2014 financials, as well as the company’s planned NYSE stock ticker GDDY. Fourth quarter rev...
Discussion
February 25, 2015, 12:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Survey is closing soon
The survey period is closing soon… The deadline for completing the 10th annual Domain Name Wire survey is quickly approaching. Complete the survey here Already, people from 25 countries of taken about 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. They&...
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Domain Name Wire Survey is closing soon
The survey period is closing soon… The deadline for completing the 10th annual Domain Name Wire survey is quickly approaching. Complete the survey here Already, people from 25 countries of taken about 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. They&...
Discussion
February 24, 2015, 10:17 pm
Domain Shane
Heika.com Sells for $300K, CCC.com, and a .IO: Sedo’s Weekly Sales
There were a couple of solid CCC.com sales this week. And a good sale with Connect.io. Trends I’m seeing in my daily list. It will be interesting to see how well their LLLL.com auction does next week. Here are the names....
Discussion
Heika.com Sells for $300K, CCC.com, and a .IO: Sedo’s Weekly Sales
There were a couple of solid CCC.com sales this week. And a good sale with Connect.io. Trends I’m seeing in my daily list. It will be interesting to see how well their LLLL.com auction does next week. Here are the names....
Discussion
February 24, 2015, 10:15 pm
