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Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
If you hadn’t read Mark’s article yesterday about Donuts not refunding his money for a mistake they made then you need to. These are the types of things that Registries can not get away with. Mistakes will be made by plenty. &...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
If you hadn’t read Mark’s article yesterday about Donuts not refunding his money for a mistake they made then you need to. These are the types of things that Registries can not get away with. Mistakes will be made by plenty. &...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 11:14 am

The Domains
Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy ?
Kathy Nielsen did an article for Wired that took a look at the U.S. lagging behind China when it comes to gTLD awareness. From the article: The IDN movement is significant in China, which has 21.97% of the world’s Internet users, compared to ju...
Discussion
Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy ?
Kathy Nielsen did an article for Wired that took a look at the U.S. lagging behind China when it comes to gTLD awareness. From the article: The IDN movement is significant in China, which has 21.97% of the world’s Internet users, compared to ju...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 10:47 am

Domain Shane
DS + AD : Book of 10… HDMovies.info, Lawyers.cc, 50Y.com, RNR.com
Here is this weeks 10 names up for sale or at auction. HDMovies.info (auction) The sale of Movie.info for $24,000 shows the value of this one. In the last two years, monthly searches for HD movies has gone 49K...
Discussion
DS + AD : Book of 10… HDMovies.info, Lawyers.cc, 50Y.com, RNR.com
Here is this weeks 10 names up for sale or at auction. HDMovies.info (auction) The sale of Movie.info for $24,000 shows the value of this one. In the last two years, monthly searches for HD movies has gone 49K...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 2:47 am

The Domains
Verisign Goes Rouge: New gTLD’s: “Registration Numbers on Par With .Co” & .Net is Like One
During ts earnings call today Verisign (VRSN) brushed away the new gTLD’s saying “Gross registrations for new gTLD’s are at 1.6 million which puts them on Par with .Co” Ouch Verisign’s Representative went further to say ...
Discussion
Verisign Goes Rouge: New gTLD’s: “Registration Numbers on Par With .Co” & .Net is Like One
During ts earnings call today Verisign (VRSN) brushed away the new gTLD’s saying “Gross registrations for new gTLD’s are at 1.6 million which puts them on Par with .Co” Ouch Verisign’s Representative went further to say ...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 9:39 pm

Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports slowing growth, hikes .Net prices 10%
.Com base inches forward, .Net prices are increasing. Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren’t that promising. It gets harder to grow something as it gets bigger, but net adds across these two domain...
Discussion
Verisign reports slowing growth, hikes .Net prices 10%
.Com base inches forward, .Net prices are increasing. Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren’t that promising. It gets harder to grow something as it gets bigger, but net adds across these two domain...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 8:49 pm

The Domains
Verisign Reports: 128.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains; 57.2% Profit Margin & $1.5 Billion In the Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the registry for .Com and .Net reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2014 after the market closed today and lets face it .com and net growth are basically stalled. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $250 mill...
Discussion
Verisign Reports: 128.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains; 57.2% Profit Margin & $1.5 Billion In the Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the registry for .Com and .Net reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2014 after the market closed today and lets face it .com and net growth are basically stalled. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $250 mill...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 8:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
HA Domain name auction grosses $774k, Cute.com and Digital.com sell for 6 figures
Heritage Auctions’ latest domain name auction goes well. Heritage Auctions latest domain name auction has concluded with $773,876 worth of domain name sales. That doesn’t include after-auction sales, which almost always increase the total...
Discussion
HA Domain name auction grosses $774k, Cute.com and Digital.com sell for 6 figures
Heritage Auctions’ latest domain name auction goes well. Heritage Auctions latest domain name auction has concluded with $773,876 worth of domain name sales. That doesn’t include after-auction sales, which almost always increase the total...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 8:00 pm

The Domains
Heritage Auctions Led by Digital.com sells $773,876 in domain names
Heritage Auction Results total $773,876 which includes the Buyers Premium of 15 % The Heritage auction wrapped up today and the big sellers were Digital.com and Cute.com. Digital sold for $325,000 and with the buyers premium the total comes to $373,7...
Discussion
Heritage Auctions Led by Digital.com sells $773,876 in domain names
Heritage Auction Results total $773,876 which includes the Buyers Premium of 15 % The Heritage auction wrapped up today and the big sellers were Digital.com and Cute.com. Digital sold for $325,000 and with the buyers premium the total comes to $373,7...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 7:15 pm

Domain Name Wire
Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
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Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 6:12 pm

Domain Name Wire
A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
Discussion
A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 4:42 pm