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Domain Name Wire
How companies are using Black Friday domains
Few companies are using .BlackFriday domain names. It’s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away. One of the more interesting new top level domain names is .BlackFriday. It’s interesting because it refers to just a si...
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How companies are using Black Friday domains
Few companies are using .BlackFriday domain names. It’s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away. One of the more interesting new top level domain names is .BlackFriday. It’s interesting because it refers to just a si...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 5:45 pm
The Domains
Listed On Sedo: 8888888888.com $190K; 8888888888888.com for $88,888
I was looking through Sedo’s recently announced numeric search engine and found a few interesting listings The domain name 8888888888.com (that is 10 number 8’s) for $190K; 8888888888888.com (that is 13 number 8’s) for $88,888...
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Listed On Sedo: 8888888888.com $190K; 8888888888888.com for $88,888
I was looking through Sedo’s recently announced numeric search engine and found a few interesting listings The domain name 8888888888.com (that is 10 number 8’s) for $190K; 8888888888888.com (that is 13 number 8’s) for $88,888...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Areas.com doesn’t respond, loses domain name
Cybersquatting complaint successful in absence of response. The owner of Areas.com has lost the domain name in a UDRP after failing to submit a response. The complaint was brought by AREAS, S.A. of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates over 1,000 fo...
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Owner of Areas.com doesn’t respond, loses domain name
Cybersquatting complaint successful in absence of response. The owner of Areas.com has lost the domain name in a UDRP after failing to submit a response. The complaint was brought by AREAS, S.A. of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates over 1,000 fo...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 4:54 pm
The Domains
Sedo Adds Numeric Domain Search: 10% Of its Sales Last week Were Number Domains
Sedo.com just announced they integrated a new search feature that only shows numeric domain names in the search results.” “This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact our Chinese customers whose interest in nu...
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Sedo Adds Numeric Domain Search: 10% Of its Sales Last week Were Number Domains
Sedo.com just announced they integrated a new search feature that only shows numeric domain names in the search results.” “This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact our Chinese customers whose interest in nu...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
When the bubble bursts…
What will drive the long-term value of short domain names? I’m ecstatic that Chinese buyers are snapping up short domain names. It’s great for the resale market, it’s great for registries (new and old) that are suddenly selling lots...
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When the bubble bursts…
What will drive the long-term value of short domain names? I’m ecstatic that Chinese buyers are snapping up short domain names. It’s great for the resale market, it’s great for registries (new and old) that are suddenly selling lots...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
.News rings up $1.4 million for Rightside
Rightside reveals numbers behind successful TLD, plus renewal rates. Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME). On yesterday’s investor conference c...
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.News rings up $1.4 million for Rightside
Rightside reveals numbers behind successful TLD, plus renewal rates. Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME). On yesterday’s investor conference c...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:16 pm
The Domains
CentralNic Passes 2 Million Registrations of New gTLD
CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names. Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names. The only other extension us...
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CentralNic Passes 2 Million Registrations of New gTLD
CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names. Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names. The only other extension us...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
When I struggled to find a way to invest in the new gTLDs I figured buying Rightside stock was the best way to enter. I thought if anything else, they would be bought out. I still feel comfortable with owning the stock because I thin...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
When I struggled to find a way to invest in the new gTLDs I figured buying Rightside stock was the best way to enter. I thought if anything else, they would be bought out. I still feel comfortable with owning the stock because I thin...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 10:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Rightside turns in record revenue in Q3
Rightside posts record revenue, positive adjusted EBITDA. Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME), parent company of eNom, Name.com and owner of dozens of top level domain names, released earnings this afternoon. The company generated $54.1 million in Q3, a record ...
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Rightside turns in record revenue in Q3
Rightside posts record revenue, positive adjusted EBITDA. Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME), parent company of eNom, Name.com and owner of dozens of top level domain names, released earnings this afternoon. The company generated $54.1 million in Q3, a record ...
Discussion
November 9, 2015, 9:24 pm
The Domains
I’M Calling It: The New Wholesale On Chinese LLL.com Is Around $50K
The new wholesale value of a Chinese three letter .Com domain name (LLL.com) is now $50,000. Having over 100 LLL.com, 58 of them which are those Favorited by Chinese domain investors, without vowels or the letter “v’ opens me up to ...
Discussion
I’M Calling It: The New Wholesale On Chinese LLL.com Is Around $50K
The new wholesale value of a Chinese three letter .Com domain name (LLL.com) is now $50,000. Having over 100 LLL.com, 58 of them which are those Favorited by Chinese domain investors, without vowels or the letter “v’ opens me up to ...
Discussion
November 9, 2015, 6:44 pm