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The Domains
In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 4th Largest Domain Extension
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been around since 2001 in the number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStat...
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In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 4th Largest Domain Extension
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been around since 2001 in the number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStat...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 1:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 18th
Another pretty good list today. But lets cut to something more interesting. How much Mr. Michael Berkens got from Godaddy. Frank Schilling (I think it was Frank) shared that the crowd that Godaddy paid more than the Marchex portfol...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 18th
Another pretty good list today. But lets cut to something more interesting. How much Mr. Michael Berkens got from Godaddy. Frank Schilling (I think it was Frank) shared that the crowd that Godaddy paid more than the Marchex portfol...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 9:50 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 17th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 17th of February Auction Quick Recap Yesterday I had to turn my text notification for Godaddy auction off. My phone was blowing up with offer received texts. Someone must have gone through all the L...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 17th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 17th of February Auction Quick Recap Yesterday I had to turn my text notification for Godaddy auction off. My phone was blowing up with offer received texts. Someone must have gone through all the L...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 5:54 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): SHGR.com, Ezzi.com, Tepui.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SHGR.com sold for $7,950 at Sedo, an...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): SHGR.com, Ezzi.com, Tepui.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SHGR.com sold for $7,950 at Sedo, an...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 11:46 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Finally, it’s been 30 days since I added the new rows and the pesky divide by zero errors are gone. We have 30 day change number for 7N, 8N and 5L. Of course, there had to be zero 8N sales yesterday so it still shows -100%, but...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Finally, it’s been 30 days since I added the new rows and the pesky divide by zero errors are gone. We have 30 day change number for 7N, 8N and 5L. Of course, there had to be zero 8N sales yesterday so it still shows -100%, but...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 10:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Did GoDaddy pay $35.5 million for Michael Berkens’ portfolio?
Maybe… GoDaddy released earnings today. Although the company doesn’t directly disclose how much the company paid for Michael Berkens’ Worldwide Media domain name portfolio, there’s a clue. As of the end of September, the comp...
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Did GoDaddy pay $35.5 million for Michael Berkens’ portfolio?
Maybe… GoDaddy released earnings today. Although the company doesn’t directly disclose how much the company paid for Michael Berkens’ Worldwide Media domain name portfolio, there’s a clue. As of the end of September, the comp...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 10:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy almost profitable in Q4
GoDaddy almost turns a GAAP profit in Q4. Domain name and web hosting company GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings after the bell today. GoDaddy had a net loss of $(0.5) million and an adjusted EBITDA of $73.5 million. Total bookings hit $464.0 mill...
Discussion
GoDaddy almost profitable in Q4
GoDaddy almost turns a GAAP profit in Q4. Domain name and web hosting company GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings after the bell today. GoDaddy had a net loss of $(0.5) million and an adjusted EBITDA of $73.5 million. Total bookings hit $464.0 mill...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 9:29 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/17/16 GoDaddy up over 7% reports earnings
Market Recap 2/17/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up over $2 today or 7%, they received a buy recommendation from Deutsche Bank and reported earnings after the close. Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights Revenue of $425.4 million, up 14.4% year over year, or a...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/17/16 GoDaddy up over 7% reports earnings
Market Recap 2/17/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up over $2 today or 7%, they received a buy recommendation from Deutsche Bank and reported earnings after the close. Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights Revenue of $425.4 million, up 14.4% year over year, or a...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $21,000
Here are end user that bought domain names last week. Sedo had a strong sales week, turning in 685 transactions for about $2 million of domain name sales. Among the buyers was a maker of prosthetics (e.g. fake legs) that bought the fitting domain nam...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $21,000
Here are end user that bought domain names last week. Sedo had a strong sales week, turning in 685 transactions for about $2 million of domain name sales. Among the buyers was a maker of prosthetics (e.g. fake legs) that bought the fitting domain nam...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 7:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Name.com to trademark the Bearglecorn
Don’t rip off the Bearglecorn or Statton Hammock will send you a cease & desist. Perhaps fed up with people trying to rip off its Bearglecorn (you know you’re out there!), Name.com parent company Rightside has filed a trademark applic...
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Name.com to trademark the Bearglecorn
Don’t rip off the Bearglecorn or Statton Hammock will send you a cease & desist. Perhaps fed up with people trying to rip off its Bearglecorn (you know you’re out there!), Name.com parent company Rightside has filed a trademark applic...
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February 17, 2016, 4:15 pm
