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The Domains
Rightside/Enom Enters Into $30 Million Dollar Credit Agreement w/Silicon Valley Bank
According to an announcement just out, after the market closed Rightside Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), its domestic subsidiaries Rightside Operating Co. and eNom, Incorporated (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”) a...
Discussion
Rightside/Enom Enters Into $30 Million Dollar Credit Agreement w/Silicon Valley Bank
According to an announcement just out, after the market closed Rightside Group, Ltd. (the “Company”), its domestic subsidiaries Rightside Operating Co. and eNom, Incorporated (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”) a...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 8:16 pm
DomainSherpa
Welcome to the Google Domains invite-only beta!
The Google Domains registrar service is in private beta, and only invitation-only users have access.Luckily, I was invited today to preview their service. Come along for a pictorial walk-through of the new Google Domains registrar service. Related Ar...
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Welcome to the Google Domains invite-only beta!
The Google Domains registrar service is in private beta, and only invitation-only users have access.Luckily, I was invited today to preview their service. Come along for a pictorial walk-through of the new Google Domains registrar service. Related Ar...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 7:59 pm
The Domains
DomainIQ.com takes On DomainTools.com To Take “Domain Name Research to a New Level”
Intelium Corp. , which is headed up by Luc Lezonn CEO, has rolled out their newest site DomainIQ.com, “the world’s most powerful domain name and internet research tool.” The site “was created by software engineers with over a ...
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DomainIQ.com takes On DomainTools.com To Take “Domain Name Research to a New Level”
Intelium Corp. , which is headed up by Luc Lezonn CEO, has rolled out their newest site DomainIQ.com, “the world’s most powerful domain name and internet research tool.” The site “was created by software engineers with over a ...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN 51 site shows funny tweet from parody Chehade account
Unfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all...
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ICANN 51 site shows funny tweet from parody Chehade account
Unfiltered tweet feed on ICANN website pokes fun at .xyz giveways. Like many meetings/conferences, ICANN publishes a tweetstream on its page for each meeting. That includes the site for the upcoming ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which pulls in all...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week .Rocks, definitely not a .Fail week
.Rocks is the top TLD of the week. On Tuesday I questioned if this week would be a big .fail for new TLDs, or if it would .Rock. We now have a (relative) answer. Rightside’s .Rocks was the top domain name launch of the week. So, by that definit...
Discussion
This week .Rocks, definitely not a .Fail week
.Rocks is the top TLD of the week. On Tuesday I questioned if this week would be a big .fail for new TLDs, or if it would .Rock. We now have a (relative) answer. Rightside’s .Rocks was the top domain name launch of the week. So, by that definit...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 3:25 pm
The Domains
Treat.co Bought For $1,050 in 2011 Just Flipped For $19K
The domain name Treat.co just crossed the Sedo.com sales wire selling for $19,000. The domain was bought by the Seller also from Sedo, back in December 2011 for $1,050. So its a 19X return in about 30 months. Not bad. The domain name is already activ...
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Treat.co Bought For $1,050 in 2011 Just Flipped For $19K
The domain name Treat.co just crossed the Sedo.com sales wire selling for $19,000. The domain was bought by the Seller also from Sedo, back in December 2011 for $1,050. So its a 19X return in about 30 months. Not bad. The domain name is already activ...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 3:24 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Adopts Compensation “Restricted Stock Unit Plan” For Up To 12.5% Of Its Shares
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today “that it has adopted a new share incentive scheme”. “As set out in the Company’s Readmission document published earlier this year, the Company has been considering impl...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Adopts Compensation “Restricted Stock Unit Plan” For Up To 12.5% Of Its Shares
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today “that it has adopted a new share incentive scheme”. “As set out in the Company’s Readmission document published earlier this year, the Company has been considering impl...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
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GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor
Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones. Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for g...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:54 pm
The Domains
Very Troubling: 19 Year Old SouthPaw.com Lost in UDRP
Southpaw Enterprises, Inc. just won the rights to the domain name southpaw.com in a UDRP As a term, Southpaw refers to someone who is left handed. The domain name was registered on April 18, 1995. The Respondent bought the domain name in 2002. The Co...
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Very Troubling: 19 Year Old SouthPaw.com Lost in UDRP
Southpaw Enterprises, Inc. just won the rights to the domain name southpaw.com in a UDRP As a term, Southpaw refers to someone who is left handed. The domain name was registered on April 18, 1995. The Respondent bought the domain name in 2002. The Co...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:53 pm
The Domains
Principal Financial Loses URS On Principal.Guru
Principal Financial Services,just lost a Uniform Resolution Proceeding on the domain name Principal.Guru The company filed a separate URS on the domain names principal.services principal.center Which case has not been decided yet but I would not expe...
Discussion
Principal Financial Loses URS On Principal.Guru
Principal Financial Services,just lost a Uniform Resolution Proceeding on the domain name Principal.Guru The company filed a separate URS on the domain names principal.services principal.center Which case has not been decided yet but I would not expe...
Discussion
August 7, 2014, 1:32 pm
