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Endurance to acquire Web.com, spin off Constant Contact
More consolidation in the domain name industry as Web.com to join with Endurance. Endurance International Group plans to acquire Web.com and rename itself Endure Digital. In September, Web.com owner Siris Capital opened a position in Endurance. In No...
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Endurance to acquire Web.com, spin off Constant Contact
More consolidation in the domain name industry as Web.com to join with Endurance. Endurance International Group plans to acquire Web.com and rename itself Endure Digital. In September, Web.com owner Siris Capital opened a position in Endurance. In No...
Discussion
February 10, 2021, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows announces earnings, $40 million buyback
Domain name business continues to chug along. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) announced Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings after the market closed yesterday. It also announced that its board authorized the purchase of up to $40 million of its stock on the open mark...
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Tucows announces earnings, $40 million buyback
Domain name business continues to chug along. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) announced Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings after the market closed yesterday. It also announced that its board authorized the purchase of up to $40 million of its stock on the open mark...
Discussion
February 10, 2021, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 examples of how premium new top level domains are being used
These ten recently-created websites are paying annual premiums for their domain names. Top level domain company Donuts releases a monthly list of premium domain name activity (like this) at Donuts.news. I wanted to dig deeper and see how domains that...
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10 examples of how premium new top level domains are being used
These ten recently-created websites are paying annual premiums for their domain names. Top level domain company Donuts releases a monthly list of premium domain name activity (like this) at Donuts.news. I wanted to dig deeper and see how domains that...
Discussion
February 9, 2021, 8:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP works
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that UDRP works correctly almost all of the time. My short headline for this article is to make a point: most of the time, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) works as intended. It helps bra...
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UDRP works
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that UDRP works correctly almost all of the time. My short headline for this article is to make a point: most of the time, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) works as intended. It helps bra...
Discussion
February 9, 2021, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Catching up with Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #324
The legendary domain name investor reflects on new top level domains and talks about his upcoming sale of 23 strings. Frank Schilling is exiting the top level domain business in a big way: he’s auctioning off his 23 top level domains on April 2...
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Catching up with Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #324
The legendary domain name investor reflects on new top level domains and talks about his upcoming sale of 23 strings. Frank Schilling is exiting the top level domain business in a big way: he’s auctioning off his 23 top level domains on April 2...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic to issue €15 million debt for more acquisitions
Bondholders approved an increase last month. Domain name industry rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) plans to issue more bonds to pay for additional acquisitions. Yesterday, the company announced plans to issue €15 million in bonds “for conside...
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CentralNic to issue €15 million debt for more acquisitions
Bondholders approved an increase last month. Domain name industry rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) plans to issue more bonds to pay for additional acquisitions. Yesterday, the company announced plans to issue €15 million in bonds “for conside...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
10+ tools for domain name investing
Here’s a list of the tools we discussed in Clubhouse on Friday. I hosted three events on Clubhouse last week. It was fun to interact with familiar faces and new people I haven’t connected with before. (If you’re new to Clubhouse, pl...
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10+ tools for domain name investing
Here’s a list of the tools we discussed in Clubhouse on Friday. I hosted three events on Clubhouse last week. It was fun to interact with familiar faces and new people I haven’t connected with before. (If you’re new to Clubhouse, pl...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
People are auctioning domains on Clubhouse. Here’s how to get in on it
Hal Yaffe has organized two auctions on Clubhouse that have totaled nearly $40,000 in sales. It started small and organically. Domain name investor Hal Yaffe opened a room Tuesday on Clubhouse to auction domain names. People started showing up. Befor...
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People are auctioning domains on Clubhouse. Here’s how to get in on it
Hal Yaffe has organized two auctions on Clubhouse that have totaled nearly $40,000 in sales. It started small and organically. Domain name investor Hal Yaffe opened a room Tuesday on Clubhouse to auction domain names. People started showing up. Befor...
Discussion
February 5, 2021, 9:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Miss a NamesCon session? Videos are now online.
Ticketholders can go back and watch sessions they missed. One of the silver linings to NamesCon being online (rather than in person) this January is that all of the sessions were recorded. That means you can go back and watch any of the sessions you ...
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Miss a NamesCon session? Videos are now online.
Ticketholders can go back and watch sessions they missed. One of the silver linings to NamesCon being online (rather than in person) this January is that all of the sessions were recorded. That means you can go back and watch any of the sessions you ...
Discussion
February 5, 2021, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man gets 90 days in jail for domain name investment scheme
Man induced someone to invest in a domain acquisition scheme in which the transactions were not arms-length. An Ohio man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his role in a domain name investment scheme, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. The schem...
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Man gets 90 days in jail for domain name investment scheme
Man induced someone to invest in a domain acquisition scheme in which the transactions were not arms-length. An Ohio man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his role in a domain name investment scheme, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. The schem...
Discussion
February 5, 2021, 3:04 am
