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The Domains
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 4:27 am
The Domains
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 2:24 am
The Domains
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 1:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Halle Berry wants her domain name
Actress files complaint against owner of HalleBerry.com. Actress Halle Berry has filed a cybersquatting complaint in order to obtain the domain name HalleBerry.com. The case was filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) wit...
Discussion
Halle Berry wants her domain name
Actress files complaint against owner of HalleBerry.com. Actress Halle Berry has filed a cybersquatting complaint in order to obtain the domain name HalleBerry.com. The case was filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) wit...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 11:13 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve been getting a lot of complaints about the images that I’ve been posting being unreadable on mobile phones. I’m not sure why that is, but I went ahead and narrowed this table down so that it would fit on the screen. ...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve been getting a lot of complaints about the images that I’ve been posting being unreadable on mobile phones. I’m not sure why that is, but I went ahead and narrowed this table down so that it would fit on the screen. ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 9:29 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Carman’s Fine Foods is a reverse domain name hijacker
Australian company nailed for abusing cybersquatting dispute policy proceedings. An Australian seller of cereals and granola has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a .au Dispute Resolution Policy dispute. Carman’s Fi...
Discussion
Carman’s Fine Foods is a reverse domain name hijacker
Australian company nailed for abusing cybersquatting dispute policy proceedings. An Australian seller of cereals and granola has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a .au Dispute Resolution Policy dispute. Carman’s Fi...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two interesting GoDaddy patent applications
Applications describe system for recommending different domain names for a website, and making it easy to transition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published two interesting patent applications from GoDaddy related to search engine optimiz...
Discussion
Two interesting GoDaddy patent applications
Applications describe system for recommending different domain names for a website, and making it easy to transition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published two interesting patent applications from GoDaddy related to search engine optimiz...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 5:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Not Quite What You’re Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report)
Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must ...
Discussion
Not Quite What You’re Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report)
Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 3:01 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
