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Domain Name Wire
.XYZ working to make domains available in China again
Domains haven’t been available at Chinese domain registrars since early May. Many Chinese domain name registrars stopped offering .xyz domain names back in May at the behest of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). At th...
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.XYZ working to make domains available in China again
Domains haven’t been available at Chinese domain registrars since early May. Many Chinese domain name registrars stopped offering .xyz domain names back in May at the behest of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). At th...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts acquisition of Rightside to happen overnight
Rightside should no longer exist as a public company tomorrow morning. The sun has gone into hiding and a mist is falling in Seattle this morning, but executives at Rightside and Donuts won’t be getting much time outside anyway. They’ll b...
Discussion
Donuts acquisition of Rightside to happen overnight
Rightside should no longer exist as a public company tomorrow morning. The sun has gone into hiding and a mist is falling in Seattle this morning, but executives at Rightside and Donuts won’t be getting much time outside anyway. They’ll b...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Track your outbound domain sales with PipeDrive
PipeDrive is a great tool for managing outbound sales efforts. There are lots of tools for managing inbound domain sales leads, such as Uniregistry Market and Efty. But there aren’t any that make it easy to handle outbound sales efforts, and mo...
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Track your outbound domain sales with PipeDrive
PipeDrive is a great tool for managing outbound sales efforts. There are lots of tools for managing inbound domain sales leads, such as Uniregistry Market and Efty. But there aren’t any that make it easy to handle outbound sales efforts, and mo...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 12:28 pm
The Domains
Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference 24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in ...
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Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference 24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in ...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 3:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
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Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.VIP gets 75% renewal rate for early registrations
Company tops expectation it set last month. Last month MMX (Minds + Machines) forecasted that about 70% or more of .VIP domains registered within the first 31 days of general availability last year would be renewed. A commenter on that post claimed &...
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.VIP gets 75% renewal rate for early registrations
Company tops expectation it set last month. Last month MMX (Minds + Machines) forecasted that about 70% or more of .VIP domains registered within the first 31 days of general availability last year would be renewed. A commenter on that post claimed &...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 domain names end users just bought
From BrokenBrain.com to OutofPlace.com, here are 17 domain names that were acquired by end users over the past week. Crypto currency domain names remain hot, and one qualifies for our end user list this week. Other end users buying domains include a ...
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17 domain names end users just bought
From BrokenBrain.com to OutofPlace.com, here are 17 domain names that were acquired by end users over the past week. Crypto currency domain names remain hot, and one qualifies for our end user list this week. Other end users buying domains include a ...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 12:35 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Mondly.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Mondly.com was the top sale this week at $25,000. Thf.org sold for $14,500 to lead the other gtlds. Crypto was a theme this week, Crypto.bet sold for $4,800. CryptoAcademy.com sold for $4,999. Bitcoin.blog sold fo...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Mondly.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Mondly.com was the top sale this week at $25,000. Thf.org sold for $14,500 to lead the other gtlds. Crypto was a theme this week, Crypto.bet sold for $4,800. CryptoAcademy.com sold for $4,999. Bitcoin.blog sold fo...
Discussion
July 25, 2017, 8:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shills, Insiders, & Front Runners – 5 Bidding Scandals
Joseph Peterson reviews domain industry auction bidding scandals to bring context to the NameJet issue that blew up last week. Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself embroiled in a controversy involving “shill” bids. T...
Discussion
Shills, Insiders, & Front Runners – 5 Bidding Scandals
Joseph Peterson reviews domain industry auction bidding scandals to bring context to the NameJet issue that blew up last week. Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself embroiled in a controversy involving “shill” bids. T...
Discussion
July 25, 2017, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Net Donuts purchase price for Rightside and details of their registry agreement
SEC filings show valuation of Rightside business and disclose deal value of registry services. There are a couple interesting tidbits in SEC filings for Donuts acquisition of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) that are worth sharing as they could be important t...
Discussion
Net Donuts purchase price for Rightside and details of their registry agreement
SEC filings show valuation of Rightside business and disclose deal value of registry services. There are a couple interesting tidbits in SEC filings for Donuts acquisition of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) that are worth sharing as they could be important t...
Discussion
July 25, 2017, 3:26 pm
