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Wave.com domain name sold for $420,000
Big sale of Wave.com was the result of a corporate bankruptcy. The owner of SendWave.com now owns Wave.com after spending $420,000 to buy the domain name in a bankruptcy auction. George Kirikos spotted the sale in an SEC filing that was made on Augus...
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Wave.com domain name sold for $420,000
Big sale of Wave.com was the result of a corporate bankruptcy. The owner of SendWave.com now owns Wave.com after spending $420,000 to buy the domain name in a bankruptcy auction. George Kirikos spotted the sale in an SEC filing that was made on Augus...
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August 22, 2016, 1:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Divyank Turakhia sells Media.net for $900 million
Turakhia scores again with Media.net; $900 million deal makes him a billionaire at age 34. Divyank Turakhia, who co-founded Directi with his brother, has struck again. Turakhia sold his AdTech company Media.net to a Chinese consortium for $900 millio...
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Divyank Turakhia sells Media.net for $900 million
Turakhia scores again with Media.net; $900 million deal makes him a billionaire at age 34. Divyank Turakhia, who co-founded Directi with his brother, has struck again. Turakhia sold his AdTech company Media.net to a Chinese consortium for $900 millio...
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August 22, 2016, 12:31 pm
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Uniregistry to release over one million domains through registrar channel
Registry will start selling premium domain names through the registrar channel. New top level domain name companies took a handful of approaches to premium domain names. Some, like Donuts, made almost all of their premium domain names available throu...
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Uniregistry to release over one million domains through registrar channel
Registry will start selling premium domain names through the registrar channel. New top level domain name companies took a handful of approaches to premium domain names. Some, like Donuts, made almost all of their premium domain names available throu...
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August 19, 2016, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon acquired by WorldHostingDays
Large hosting conference now owns biggest domain name conference. World Hosting Days, a conference for the webhosting industry, has acquired the domain name industry’s flagship conference NamesCon. Soeren von Varchmin, GM for World Hosting Days...
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NamesCon acquired by WorldHostingDays
Large hosting conference now owns biggest domain name conference. World Hosting Days, a conference for the webhosting industry, has acquired the domain name industry’s flagship conference NamesCon. Soeren von Varchmin, GM for World Hosting Days...
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August 19, 2016, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
A new Trademark King? Domainers need to watch out.
A number of companies owned my Michael Gleissner are filing questionable trademark applications, including ones that match domain names he doesn’t own. Back in 2014, I wrote about the Trademark King. Trademark King was an Indiana business that ...
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A new Trademark King? Domainers need to watch out.
A number of companies owned my Michael Gleissner are filing questionable trademark applications, including ones that match domain names he doesn’t own. Back in 2014, I wrote about the Trademark King. Trademark King was an Indiana business that ...
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August 19, 2016, 1:18 pm
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Namecheap lands on Inc. 5000 with $76 million in revenue
Domain name registrar is growing quickly. Domain name registrar Namecheap made the 2016 Inc. 5000 list, coming in at #2,944 with 117% three-year growth. The company had 2015 revenue of $76 million, according to the Inc. listing. Most of Namecheap&rsq...
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Namecheap lands on Inc. 5000 with $76 million in revenue
Domain name registrar is growing quickly. Domain name registrar Namecheap made the 2016 Inc. 5000 list, coming in at #2,944 with 117% three-year growth. The company had 2015 revenue of $76 million, according to the Inc. listing. Most of Namecheap&rsq...
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August 18, 2016, 3:35 pm
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.Club has now sold over $4 million in premium domain names
.Club plows through $4 million mark for premium dmains. The .Club registry announced its premium sales for July today and it hit a milestone: over $4 million in premium domain name sales. July was a relatively slow premium sales month with about $62,...
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.Club has now sold over $4 million in premium domain names
.Club plows through $4 million mark for premium dmains. The .Club registry announced its premium sales for July today and it hit a milestone: over $4 million in premium domain name sales. July was a relatively slow premium sales month with about $62,...
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August 18, 2016, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 more end user domain name sales
A game maker, financial planner and printing company bought domain names last week. Sedo’s top sale last week was Mamma.com for $72,999. The domain name has a rich backstory. Alas, the whois record is private, so I can’t qualify it as an ...
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13 more end user domain name sales
A game maker, financial planner and printing company bought domain names last week. Sedo’s top sale last week was Mamma.com for $72,999. The domain name has a rich backstory. Alas, the whois record is private, so I can’t qualify it as an ...
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August 18, 2016, 2:41 pm
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Hey Analysts: this is what I think about Verisign’s .com pricing going forward
I received two LinkedIn requests from stock analysts yesterday asking for my thoughts on what Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) will be able to charge for .com domain names going forward. I suspect this is in response to Ted Cruz’s most recent letter. Analy...
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Hey Analysts: this is what I think about Verisign’s .com pricing going forward
I received two LinkedIn requests from stock analysts yesterday asking for my thoughts on what Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) will be able to charge for .com domain names going forward. I suspect this is in response to Ted Cruz’s most recent letter. Analy...
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August 17, 2016, 3:29 pm
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Franklin Covey’s The Leader in Me on the defensive (with domain names)
Domains related to criticisms of school program are registered. I bet that if you look at any corporation’s domain name portfolio, you’ll find that 95%-99% of the domain names it owns are for defensive purposes. Yesterday, someone registe...
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Franklin Covey’s The Leader in Me on the defensive (with domain names)
Domains related to criticisms of school program are registered. I bet that if you look at any corporation’s domain name portfolio, you’ll find that 95%-99% of the domain names it owns are for defensive purposes. Yesterday, someone registe...
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August 17, 2016, 1:53 pm
