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Aman Bhutani NamesCon live blog
GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) new CEO, Aman Bhutani, is giving a keynote presentation at NamesCon in Austin, Texas this afternoon. This is a live blog. The presentation is called Sushi, Onions and Domain Investors. Bhutani said that in the past, they ...
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Aman Bhutani NamesCon live blog
GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) new CEO, Aman Bhutani, is giving a keynote presentation at NamesCon in Austin, Texas this afternoon. This is a live blog. The presentation is called Sushi, Onions and Domain Investors. Bhutani said that in the past, they ...
Discussion
January 30, 2020, 7:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name industry consolidation needs to have its limits
Domain name industry consolidation is necessary, but competition is crucial. As I walked around NamesCon yesterday, I saw the signs of consolidation in the domain name industry. There’s Hexonet, now part of CentralNic, which has gobbled up many...
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Domain name industry consolidation needs to have its limits
Domain name industry consolidation is necessary, but competition is crucial. As I walked around NamesCon yesterday, I saw the signs of consolidation in the domain name industry. There’s Hexonet, now part of CentralNic, which has gobbled up many...
Discussion
January 30, 2020, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix premium domain revenue jumps in second half of 2019
Premium revenue takes a leg up at Radix. New top level domain name company Radix disclosed details of its premium domain name sales in the second half of 2019. Overall, the company generated $1.67 million in revenue during the period. This was up 22%...
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Radix premium domain revenue jumps in second half of 2019
Premium revenue takes a leg up at Radix. New top level domain name company Radix disclosed details of its premium domain name sales in the second half of 2019. Overall, the company generated $1.67 million in revenue during the period. This was up 22%...
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January 30, 2020, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales
A box machinery company, business credit provider, and facilities management company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was Apuestas.es for €111,625. At the time of writing, it’s not clear who bought the domain b...
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16 end user domain name sales
A box machinery company, business credit provider, and facilities management company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was Apuestas.es for €111,625. At the time of writing, it’s not clear who bought the domain b...
Discussion
January 30, 2020, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Direct visits driving demand for domains in China (update)
Kassey Lee looks at the latest data on web navigation in China. Now that we are in 2020, it’s time to update the time-series analysis of web traffic data in China and see the impact on demand for domains. I wrote the article “Direct visit...
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Direct visits driving demand for domains in China (update)
Kassey Lee looks at the latest data on web navigation in China. Now that we are in 2020, it’s time to update the time-series analysis of web traffic data in China and see the impact on demand for domains. I wrote the article “Direct visit...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX plans dividend as outlook improves
New top level domain company to issue dividend as revenue and cash flow picture improve. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) previewed its 2019 earnings today and announced plans to introduce a dividend. The comp...
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MMX plans dividend as outlook improves
New top level domain company to issue dividend as revenue and cash flow picture improve. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) previewed its 2019 earnings today and announced plans to introduce a dividend. The comp...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ to launch five top level domains this year
.Quest is next up on the company’s launch schedule. The rollout of new top level domains has slowed to a trickle these days, but one company continues to bring the domains to market. New top level domain name company XYZ says it has acquired fi...
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XYZ to launch five top level domains this year
.Quest is next up on the company’s launch schedule. The rollout of new top level domains has slowed to a trickle these days, but one company continues to bring the domains to market. New top level domain name company XYZ says it has acquired fi...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google’s new search results pages: love it or hate it?
Desktop results still show the domain name but mobile results don’t. Google recently changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. This includes showing the site’s favicon, second level and top level doma...
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Google’s new search results pages: love it or hate it?
Desktop results still show the domain name but mobile results don’t. Google recently changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. This includes showing the site’s favicon, second level and top level doma...
Discussion
January 28, 2020, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why X, Y, J are great letters for Chinese acronym domains
Why these letters make sense in China. Before I came into the domain space, I had not heard that some letters in the English alphabet are premium and some are not. Specifically, some domain investors in the west consider j, k, q, x, y, and z to be in...
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Why X, Y, J are great letters for Chinese acronym domains
Why these letters make sense in China. Before I came into the domain space, I had not heard that some letters in the English alphabet are premium and some are not. Specifically, some domain investors in the west consider j, k, q, x, y, and z to be in...
Discussion
January 28, 2020, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon weather will be hit and miss
Most days will be nice, and Saturday will be beautiful. Weather in Austin during January can be hit or miss. Some days will be sunny and warm while other days will be cold with even a bit of freezing precipitation. Fortunately, it looks like this wee...
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NamesCon weather will be hit and miss
Most days will be nice, and Saturday will be beautiful. Weather in Austin during January can be hit or miss. Some days will be sunny and warm while other days will be cold with even a bit of freezing precipitation. Fortunately, it looks like this wee...
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January 27, 2020, 9:16 pm
