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The Domains
Market Recap 3/4/16 Tucows bounces back – Rightside off close to 4%
Market Recap 3/4/16 Rightside (NAME) was off close to 4% to $8.42. Verisign (VRSN) continued to close higher up another .50 to $89.14. Tucows (TCX) bounced back up 3% after losing ground the last few days. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 730.22 -1.37 (-0.19%) God...
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Market Recap 3/4/16 Tucows bounces back – Rightside off close to 4%
Market Recap 3/4/16 Rightside (NAME) was off close to 4% to $8.42. Verisign (VRSN) continued to close higher up another .50 to $89.14. Tucows (TCX) bounced back up 3% after losing ground the last few days. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 730.22 -1.37 (-0.19%) God...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 10:15 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MARCH 4, 2016
Based on feedback I got yesterday, I modified the delta column to reflect a comparison of today vs. the previous 30-day moving average rather than the previous calendar month. Enjoy! table, th, td { border: 1px solid #C2BFB...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MARCH 4, 2016
Based on feedback I got yesterday, I modified the delta column to reflect a comparison of today vs. the previous 30-day moving average rather than the previous calendar month. Enjoy! table, th, td { border: 1px solid #C2BFB...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 9:47 pm
The Domains
Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
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Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 3:56 pm
The Domains
New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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March 4, 2016, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
19 End User Domain Name Sales
Domains for a new app, an illustrator and a celebrity service traded hands last week. Sedo handled 698 transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million in domain name transactions. There were some good end user sales for the week, including the &eu...
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19 End User Domain Name Sales
Domains for a new app, an illustrator and a celebrity service traded hands last week. Sedo handled 698 transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million in domain name transactions. There were some good end user sales for the week, including the &eu...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 3:11 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, 3rd of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap Seems like a slow week for liquid type names. No drastic changes, but the 4L nets and some of the 6n’s seem just a little bit lower than the last cou...
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AUCTION RECAP, 3rd of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap Seems like a slow week for liquid type names. No drastic changes, but the 4L nets and some of the 6n’s seem just a little bit lower than the last cou...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 10:08 am
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Mar 4th
You’re going to notice a bunch more brands on my list now. I’ve started to realize there is some value in owning inexpensive brands and playing the numbers game. I never did it before because I was so afraid of the renewal fe...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Mar 4th
You’re going to notice a bunch more brands on my list now. I’ve started to realize there is some value in owning inexpensive brands and playing the numbers game. I never did it before because I was so afraid of the renewal fe...
Discussion
March 4, 2016, 10:04 am
The Domains
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign up 1% – Tucows down another 2.6%
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign (VRSN) was up today when most stocks in the group were down. The stock closed at $88.64 up 1.2%. Tucows (TCX) continued where it left off yesterday, the stock was down another 2.6%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 731.59 -7.89 (-1.07%...
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Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign up 1% – Tucows down another 2.6%
Market Recap 3-3-16 Verisign (VRSN) was up today when most stocks in the group were down. The stock closed at $88.64 up 1.2%. Tucows (TCX) continued where it left off yesterday, the stock was down another 2.6%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 731.59 -7.89 (-1.07%...
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March 3, 2016, 10:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
February’s Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories
A look back at February in the domain name business. February had an extra day thanks to “leap day”, and that was a good thing…there was so much domain name news to cram into a short month! From Tesla to Ted Cruz to great podcasts,...
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February’s Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories
A look back at February in the domain name business. February had an extra day thanks to “leap day”, and that was a good thing…there was so much domain name news to cram into a short month! From Tesla to Ted Cruz to great podcasts,...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 7:45 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MARCH 3, 2016
I’ve changed the table again. Previously, I was showing today vs. the numbers exactly 30 days ago. This can be very misleading because of the wild swings in low volume categories day by day. What I’m doing now is showing...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MARCH 3, 2016
I’ve changed the table again. Previously, I was showing today vs. the numbers exactly 30 days ago. This can be very misleading because of the wild swings in low volume categories day by day. What I’m doing now is showing...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 5:41 pm
