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Verisign shares drop 14% after hours on pricing concerns, slower growth
Shares off sharply as .com price hikes in doubt. VeriSign shares are down 14% in after hours trading to about $40.00 at the time of writing. This is likely do mostly to concerns over VeriSign being able to hike prices 7% per year in its .com contract...
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Verisign shares drop 14% after hours on pricing concerns, slower growth
Shares off sharply as .com price hikes in doubt. VeriSign shares are down 14% in after hours trading to about $40.00 at the time of writing. This is likely do mostly to concerns over VeriSign being able to hike prices 7% per year in its .com contract...
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October 25, 2012, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will Lance Armstrong fallout hurt Demand Media?
One of the risks disclosed in Demand Media’s S-1 has come true. When Demand Media filed to go public in 2010 it disclosed a laundry list of risk factors for the company. One of those risks was the reputation hit the company could take if any of...
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Will Lance Armstrong fallout hurt Demand Media?
One of the risks disclosed in Demand Media’s S-1 has come true. When Demand Media filed to go public in 2010 it disclosed a laundry list of risk factors for the company. One of those risks was the reputation hit the company could take if any of...
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October 25, 2012, 3:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy files patent applications for geo domain suggestion tools
Patent applications are related to geo domain search tool released in 2009. In 2009 Go Daddy released a geo domain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool is online at geo.godaddy.com/. The company subsequ...
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Go Daddy files patent applications for geo domain suggestion tools
Patent applications are related to geo domain search tool released in 2009. In 2009 Go Daddy released a geo domain research tool to help domainers find local domains, such as cityHotels.com. The tool is online at geo.godaddy.com/. The company subsequ...
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October 25, 2012, 11:06 am
Domain Name Wire
Locksmiths “pick” fight with Frank Schilling
…and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration over the d...
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Locksmiths “pick” fight with Frank Schilling
…and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration over the d...
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October 25, 2012, 9:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Cognac.com sells for $140,000
Cognac.com changes hands again in $140,000 sale. Dallas company Weblabcenter has sold Cognac.com for $140,000, Domain Name Wire has learned. Weblabcenter bought the domain name in a Sedo GreatDomains auction in 2008 for $88,000. That’s nearly a...
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Cognac.com sells for $140,000
Cognac.com changes hands again in $140,000 sale. Dallas company Weblabcenter has sold Cognac.com for $140,000, Domain Name Wire has learned. Weblabcenter bought the domain name in a Sedo GreatDomains auction in 2008 for $88,000. That’s nearly a...
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October 24, 2012, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
40 end user domain sales
40 end user domain sales from the past week. It was a busy week for end user domain sales: A university bought the name for its new mascot, a rehab center spent $30k on a category defining domain name, and a company bought a three letter .com as an a...
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40 end user domain sales
40 end user domain sales from the past week. It was a busy week for end user domain sales: A university bought the name for its new mascot, a rehab center spent $30k on a category defining domain name, and a company bought a three letter .com as an a...
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October 24, 2012, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain sale roundup: Bankruptcy auction, .xxx, GreatDomains, and SnapNames
Some interesting domain offerings and auctions are on tap over the next 30 days. I’ve received a number of recent announcements regarding domains sales and auctions, and some of them are rather interesting. First, there’s a bankruptcy auc...
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Domain sale roundup: Bankruptcy auction, .xxx, GreatDomains, and SnapNames
Some interesting domain offerings and auctions are on tap over the next 30 days. I’ve received a number of recent announcements regarding domains sales and auctions, and some of them are rather interesting. First, there’s a bankruptcy auc...
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October 24, 2012, 9:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit claims Go Daddy illegally recorded phone calls
Two California men claim domain registrar recorded calls without permission. You know the line… “This call may be recorded for quality or training purposes”. Well, according to two California men, their phone calls with domain name...
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Lawsuit claims Go Daddy illegally recorded phone calls
Two California men claim domain registrar recorded calls without permission. You know the line… “This call may be recorded for quality or training purposes”. Well, according to two California men, their phone calls with domain name...
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October 23, 2012, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
InteriorDesign.com hit with UDRP
Valuable generic hit with UDRP. Another day, another amazing UDRP filing. This time it’s for InteriorDesign.com, which is owned by P. A. Gordon in Guam. Gordon owns some spectacular domain names, including Laptops.com, Getaway.com, Profit.com, ...
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InteriorDesign.com hit with UDRP
Valuable generic hit with UDRP. Another day, another amazing UDRP filing. This time it’s for InteriorDesign.com, which is owned by P. A. Gordon in Guam. Gordon owns some spectacular domain names, including Laptops.com, Getaway.com, Profit.com, ...
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October 23, 2012, 9:31 am
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames releases Android app for bidding
App lets you update bids on the go. Less than two months after it released an iPhone app, domain name marketplace SnapNames has released a comparable Android app. The app lets you: - Bid on your domain names in auction from your Android device - View...
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SnapNames releases Android app for bidding
App lets you update bids on the go. Less than two months after it released an iPhone app, domain name marketplace SnapNames has released a comparable Android app. The app lets you: - Bid on your domain names in auction from your Android device - View...
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October 22, 2012, 5:42 pm
