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Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain name sales from last week
Car.info and Portfolio.me highlight this week’s list. Sedo’s marketplace handled 669 transactions last week for a total of $1.3 million in sales. The top public sale was Car.info, a staggering price for a .info in light of all of the new ...
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22 end user domain name sales from last week
Car.info and Portfolio.me highlight this week’s list. Sedo’s marketplace handled 669 transactions last week for a total of $1.3 million in sales. The top public sale was Car.info, a staggering price for a .info in light of all of the new ...
Discussion
April 2, 2015, 1:53 pm
The Domains
Drug Maker Hoffmann-La Roche AG Wins 154 Domains in One UDRP
A WIPO UDRP panel has awarded drug maker F. Hoffmann-La Roche control of 154 domain names in a single UDRP The domain names were owned by dozens of registrants. The decision has not been published yet but you can see why the panel awarded the domain ...
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Drug Maker Hoffmann-La Roche AG Wins 154 Domains in One UDRP
A WIPO UDRP panel has awarded drug maker F. Hoffmann-La Roche control of 154 domain names in a single UDRP The domain names were owned by dozens of registrants. The decision has not been published yet but you can see why the panel awarded the domain ...
Discussion
April 2, 2015, 1:22 pm
The Domains
Donuts’ marketing offensive tops list of most-read stories for March on WTR
Trevor Little wrote on World Trademark Review that Donuts marketing offensive was the most read story for March. From the article: The campaign is aimed at spreading the new gTLD gospel to small businesses in the US. While unlikely to be the turning ...
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Donuts’ marketing offensive tops list of most-read stories for March on WTR
Trevor Little wrote on World Trademark Review that Donuts marketing offensive was the most read story for March. From the article: The campaign is aimed at spreading the new gTLD gospel to small businesses in the US. While unlikely to be the turning ...
Discussion
April 2, 2015, 10:20 am
The Domains
WallStreet.com Is Back For Sale With Wall-Street.com & 7 Trademark: Starting Bid: $30M
WallStreet.com is back for sale. According to a press release just out the domain name WallStreet.com, Wall-Street.com are being sold with 7 U.S. registered trademarks with bidding starting at $30 Million Dollars. Wall-Street.com is an active website...
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WallStreet.com Is Back For Sale With Wall-Street.com & 7 Trademark: Starting Bid: $30M
WallStreet.com is back for sale. According to a press release just out the domain name WallStreet.com, Wall-Street.com are being sold with 7 U.S. registered trademarks with bidding starting at $30 Million Dollars. Wall-Street.com is an active website...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 6:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
March’s Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire
A look back at March 2015 in the domain name business. Was March a slow news month? Looking over the top stories from last month, there wasn’t a lot of breaking, hard-hitting news. But there were some interesting domain name sales and other dev...
Discussion
March’s Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire
A look back at March 2015 in the domain name business. Was March a slow news month? Looking over the top stories from last month, there wasn’t a lot of breaking, hard-hitting news. But there were some interesting domain name sales and other dev...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 5:15 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Daniel Negari Appears To Have Acquired The New gTLD .Rent
It appears Daniel Negari of .XYZ has acquired another new gTLD .Rent. It appears that .XYZ bought the new gTLD .Rent application that was originally filed by DERRent, LLC which was owned by Dominion Enterprises The applicant for .Rent is ...
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.XYZ Daniel Negari Appears To Have Acquired The New gTLD .Rent
It appears Daniel Negari of .XYZ has acquired another new gTLD .Rent. It appears that .XYZ bought the new gTLD .Rent application that was originally filed by DERRent, LLC which was owned by Dominion Enterprises The applicant for .Rent is ...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 5:14 pm
The Domains
Godaddy Is Up Over $6 a Share In Early Trading
Godaddy (GDDY) which went public today at $20 IPO price is trading as of publication at $26.30, up $6.30 Godaddy’s first trade was at $26.18 then slipped as low as $25.49 before bouncing to its inter-day high of $26.84. Over 10,500,000 shares o...
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Godaddy Is Up Over $6 a Share In Early Trading
Godaddy (GDDY) which went public today at $20 IPO price is trading as of publication at $26.30, up $6.30 Godaddy’s first trade was at $26.18 then slipped as low as $25.49 before bouncing to its inter-day high of $26.84. Over 10,500,000 shares o...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 2:42 pm
The Domains
After Shares Hit An All Time Low, CentralNic Issues an Update On Their gTLD’s
After its shares hit an all time low yesterday, CentralNic Group plc (AIM:CNIC) issued an update on “CentralNic gTLDs” CentralNic is a back-end provider for new gTLD’s Shares rose today 1p to 24p. ” CentralNic is pleased to re...
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After Shares Hit An All Time Low, CentralNic Issues an Update On Their gTLD’s
After its shares hit an all time low yesterday, CentralNic Group plc (AIM:CNIC) issued an update on “CentralNic gTLDs” CentralNic is a back-end provider for new gTLD’s Shares rose today 1p to 24p. ” CentralNic is pleased to re...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 2:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares pop 30% at open
So far, so good for GoDaddy’s IPO. It’s not an April Fool joke — GoDaddy is off to a great start in the public markets. Shares began trading at about $26 today, 30% over where the IPO priced. The $20 pricing was itself above the exp...
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GoDaddy shares pop 30% at open
So far, so good for GoDaddy’s IPO. It’s not an April Fool joke — GoDaddy is off to a great start in the public markets. Shares began trading at about $26 today, 30% over where the IPO priced. The $20 pricing was itself above the exp...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM’s Softlayer hit with ICANN breach notice
Notice appears to be triggered by customer complaint. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Everyones Internet, Ltd. dba SoftLayer, citing multiple contract infractions. Softlayer was acquired by IBM in 2013. According to the most recent .com regis...
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IBM’s Softlayer hit with ICANN breach notice
Notice appears to be triggered by customer complaint. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Everyones Internet, Ltd. dba SoftLayer, citing multiple contract infractions. Softlayer was acquired by IBM in 2013. According to the most recent .com regis...
Discussion
April 1, 2015, 2:01 pm
