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The Domains
CentralNic Issues Interim Results For 6 Months Ending June 30, 2014
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Key Points: · CentralNic has seen steady growth in its wholesale (“Registry”) business, against a background of delays in new Top-Le...
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CentralNic Issues Interim Results For 6 Months Ending June 30, 2014
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Key Points: · CentralNic has seen steady growth in its wholesale (“Registry”) business, against a background of delays in new Top-Le...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 7:11 am

The Domains
ICANN: Looks Like 2nd Round Of New gTLD Won’t Open For At Least 4 Years
ICANN released tonight a 27 page report entitled the “New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments Draft Work Plan” (Draft Work Plan) which lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period for the New gTLD Progra...
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ICANN: Looks Like 2nd Round Of New gTLD Won’t Open For At Least 4 Years
ICANN released tonight a 27 page report entitled the “New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments Draft Work Plan” (Draft Work Plan) which lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period for the New gTLD Progra...
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September 23, 2014, 6:34 am

Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Tasks.com for $130,000, PrivateOffers.com, Claim.net, Working.net, Market.info, Use.co.uk
Some domains that sold Tasks.com – $130,000 – Monster sale; in fact the biggest domain sale on the platform this year. Kevin Fink of Flippa was kind enough to share an update today, and confirmed that everything is on track for closing, ...
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Flippa Recap: Tasks.com for $130,000, PrivateOffers.com, Claim.net, Working.net, Market.info, Use.co.uk
Some domains that sold Tasks.com – $130,000 – Monster sale; in fact the biggest domain sale on the platform this year. Kevin Fink of Flippa was kind enough to share an update today, and confirmed that everything is on track for closing, ...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 12:05 am

The Domains
Technical.ly: “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter”: “I Practically Started the Industry
Technical.ly, just covered ledgency domain investor Mike Mann In a story entitled “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter” “Before him, there was cybersquatting. Now, there is domain speculation.” “When the...
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Technical.ly: “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter”: “I Practically Started the Industry
Technical.ly, just covered ledgency domain investor Mike Mann In a story entitled “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter” “Before him, there was cybersquatting. Now, there is domain speculation.” “When the...
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September 22, 2014, 6:15 pm

The Domains
Domain Investor Prakhar Bindal Featured Stoy: How To Make Millions Trading Domains”
Thehindubusinessline.com, just published a story entitled “How To Make Millions Trading Domains. The story features Domain Investor Prakhar Bindal which must have come out of the recent domain conferences held in India. “”It is not ...
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Domain Investor Prakhar Bindal Featured Stoy: How To Make Millions Trading Domains”
Thehindubusinessline.com, just published a story entitled “How To Make Millions Trading Domains. The story features Domain Investor Prakhar Bindal which must have come out of the recent domain conferences held in India. “”It is not ...
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September 22, 2014, 5:44 pm

Domain Name Wire
A much slower week ahead for new TLDs
A slower week, but still a lot of TLDs will hit the market. After an incredibly busy week with 16 new TLD launches last week, this week slows down quite a bit. Scotland didn’t vote to break off from the United Kingdom, but it does launch its .s...
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A much slower week ahead for new TLDs
A slower week, but still a lot of TLDs will hit the market. After an incredibly busy week with 16 new TLD launches last week, this week slows down quite a bit. Scotland didn’t vote to break off from the United Kingdom, but it does launch its .s...
Discussion
September 22, 2014, 4:10 pm

The Domains
HuntingMoon’s Auction Is Live: 675 Domains: Adult, Dating, Gambling & New gTLD’s
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of over 675 domain names including in conjunction with the Webmaster Access conference which is being held in Amsterdam. The auction ends Oct 1, 2014 in staggered fashion starting around 4PM EST/1PM PST Th...
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HuntingMoon’s Auction Is Live: 675 Domains: Adult, Dating, Gambling & New gTLD’s
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of over 675 domain names including in conjunction with the Webmaster Access conference which is being held in Amsterdam. The auction ends Oct 1, 2014 in staggered fashion starting around 4PM EST/1PM PST Th...
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September 22, 2014, 4:04 pm

Domain Name Wire
CentralNic invests in .Tickets TLD winner, valuing it at $13.5 million
Registry pumps money into .tickets auction victor. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has invested $1.62 million in Accent Media Ltd, which the latter used to help acquired the .Tickets TLD in a private auction. Accent Media Ltd beat Donuts,...
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CentralNic invests in .Tickets TLD winner, valuing it at $13.5 million
Registry pumps money into .tickets auction victor. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has invested $1.62 million in Accent Media Ltd, which the latter used to help acquired the .Tickets TLD in a private auction. Accent Media Ltd beat Donuts,...
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September 22, 2014, 2:35 pm

The Domains
SeekingAlpha”: Even After Marchex Stock Droped More Than 45%, Last Week Its Still Overvalued
SeekingAlpha.com just covered Marchex and noted even though shares were down 45% last week and is down over 66% since July since July its still overvalued. The post was written by Ariana Research: “On September 18th, 2014, Marchex Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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SeekingAlpha”: Even After Marchex Stock Droped More Than 45%, Last Week Its Still Overvalued
SeekingAlpha.com just covered Marchex and noted even though shares were down 45% last week and is down over 66% since July since July its still overvalued. The post was written by Ariana Research: “On September 18th, 2014, Marchex Inc. (NASDAQ:...
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September 22, 2014, 2:03 pm

The Domains
Accent Media Limited Win Private Auction For .Tickets Beating Donuts, Famous Four 2 Others
According to a press release we received overnight, a British company, Accent Media Limited, won the private auction for the new gTLD .Tickets beating Donuts, Famous Four Media, Shubert Internet, Inc., and Afilias According to the PR, “The comp...
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Accent Media Limited Win Private Auction For .Tickets Beating Donuts, Famous Four 2 Others
According to a press release we received overnight, a British company, Accent Media Limited, won the private auction for the new gTLD .Tickets beating Donuts, Famous Four Media, Shubert Internet, Inc., and Afilias According to the PR, “The comp...
Discussion
September 22, 2014, 12:56 pm