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Marchex Shares Down 40% In 3 Months
Marchex gets smacked around in the stock market. The stock market isn’t showing any love to Marchex, one of the world’s largest holders of domain names. Shares closed today at just $6.38, down nearly 40% from their $10.57 opening price on...
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Marchex Shares Down 40% In 3 Months
Marchex gets smacked around in the stock market. The stock market isn’t showing any love to Marchex, one of the world’s largest holders of domain names. Shares closed today at just $6.38, down nearly 40% from their $10.57 opening price on...
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November 15, 2011, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
60 Days To Renew Your Domains Before Price Hikes
.Com prices jump 7% in January. Time is running out if you want to save money (or not spend more) on your .com and .net domain name renewals. VeriSign’s price hikes on its wholesale cost for the domains goes into effect January 15. The wholesal...
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60 Days To Renew Your Domains Before Price Hikes
.Com prices jump 7% in January. Time is running out if you want to save money (or not spend more) on your .com and .net domain name renewals. VeriSign’s price hikes on its wholesale cost for the domains goes into effect January 15. The wholesal...
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November 15, 2011, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Proactiv Being Proactive About a Recall?
Handful of domain name registrations point to defensive registrations for “Proactiv Recall”. Proactiv — the acne control company that apparently keeps Justin Beiber’s skin clear — may be making some “proactive&rdqu...
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Is Proactiv Being Proactive About a Recall?
Handful of domain name registrations point to defensive registrations for “Proactiv Recall”. Proactiv — the acne control company that apparently keeps Justin Beiber’s skin clear — may be making some “proactive&rdqu...
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November 15, 2011, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Citrix Assigns $18 Million Value to Cloud.com Domain Name
Company puts domain name on the books at a huge sum. How much is the cloud.com domain name worth? According to Citrix’s accountants, it’s $18 million. The company acquired Cloud.com (the business) for $200 million plus earlier this year. ...
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Citrix Assigns $18 Million Value to Cloud.com Domain Name
Company puts domain name on the books at a huge sum. How much is the cloud.com domain name worth? According to Citrix’s accountants, it’s $18 million. The company acquired Cloud.com (the business) for $200 million plus earlier this year. ...
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November 14, 2011, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is the 5,000th Post on Domain Wire
Thanks for helping Domain Name Wire reach another milestone. Domain Name Wire has hit a milestone: this is the 5,000th post. It seems like just yesterday that I started this blog. But it has been nearly 7 years of exciting research, sleuthing, and wr...
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This is the 5,000th Post on Domain Wire
Thanks for helping Domain Name Wire reach another milestone. Domain Name Wire has hit a milestone: this is the 5,000th post. It seems like just yesterday that I started this blog. But it has been nearly 7 years of exciting research, sleuthing, and wr...
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November 14, 2011, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domainer Colin Pape Files Complaint with FTC Over Google
Claims Google unfairly promoted its own web properties. Someone close do the domain name industry is getting lots of press today. ShopCity, led by Colin Pape, filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on November 11. Pape has been in t...
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Domainer Colin Pape Files Complaint with FTC Over Google
Claims Google unfairly promoted its own web properties. Someone close do the domain name industry is getting lots of press today. ShopCity, led by Colin Pape, filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on November 11. Pape has been in t...
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November 14, 2011, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Enters the Post-Playboy Era
Next DOMAINfest Global conference just a few months away. For three years DOMAINfest has been defined by a single event: its party at the Playboy Mansion. Don’t get me wrong. The conferences were great and packed with excellent sessions. But wh...
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DOMAINfest Enters the Post-Playboy Era
Next DOMAINfest Global conference just a few months away. For three years DOMAINfest has been defined by a single event: its party at the Playboy Mansion. Don’t get me wrong. The conferences were great and packed with excellent sessions. But wh...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 1:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Retail CPCs Up, Finance Clicks Cost Less
How are your parking pages doing? If you’ve noticed your finance parked domains are hitting headwinds lately, you won’t be surprised by new data released today by Efficient Frontier. Efficient Frontier, which manages some of the biggest p...
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Retail CPCs Up, Finance Clicks Cost Less
How are your parking pages doing? If you’ve noticed your finance parked domains are hitting headwinds lately, you won’t be surprised by new data released today by Efficient Frontier. Efficient Frontier, which manages some of the biggest p...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 12:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Real o.co Lesson
Branding a new domain name — and especially a new top level domain — takes a long time. News that Overstock.com, err, o.co, is slowing down its efforts to rebrand to o.co, didn’t come as a big surprise to me. Too drastic. Too fast. ...
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The Real o.co Lesson
Branding a new domain name — and especially a new top level domain — takes a long time. News that Overstock.com, err, o.co, is slowing down its efforts to rebrand to o.co, didn’t come as a big surprise to me. Too drastic. Too fast. ...
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November 14, 2011, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions Now Autotransferring and Paying in 5 Days
Easier transfers and faster payments. I sold the domain name EnglishDesk.com on Go Daddy a week ago, and have benefited first hand from changes made to GoDaddy Auctions. Domain Name News first wrote about the changes a few weeks ago. For a domain nam...
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GoDaddy Auctions Now Autotransferring and Paying in 5 Days
Easier transfers and faster payments. I sold the domain name EnglishDesk.com on Go Daddy a week ago, and have benefited first hand from changes made to GoDaddy Auctions. Domain Name News first wrote about the changes a few weeks ago. For a domain nam...
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November 14, 2011, 9:32 am
