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Lawsuit alleges EPE.com domain name stolen
Porsche service company alleges domain name was stolen from its Network Solutions account. European Performance Engineering, Inc. (EPE) has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that a thief stole the domain name EPE.com from it. The company, which services...
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Lawsuit alleges EPE.com domain name stolen
Porsche service company alleges domain name was stolen from its Network Solutions account. European Performance Engineering, Inc. (EPE) has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that a thief stole the domain name EPE.com from it. The company, which services...
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August 1, 2016, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
All about China with Raymond Li and Simon Cousins – DNW Podcast #95
What you need to know about China’s market for domain names. How has peer-to-peer lending driven the Chinese domain name market craze? Can you trust domain name auction results in China? What’s real name verification all about? Simon Cous...
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All about China with Raymond Li and Simon Cousins – DNW Podcast #95
What you need to know about China’s market for domain names. How has peer-to-peer lending driven the Chinese domain name market craze? Can you trust domain name auction results in China? What’s real name verification all about? Simon Cous...
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August 1, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign releases statement about .Web
Verisign plans to “quickly grow .web”. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) released a statement this morning about .web. It said what we already know: Verisign backed Nu Dot Co’s bid for .web. Once Nu Do Co executes the contract, it will seek to t...
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Verisign releases statement about .Web
Verisign plans to “quickly grow .web”. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) released a statement this morning about .web. It said what we already know: Verisign backed Nu Dot Co’s bid for .web. Once Nu Do Co executes the contract, it will seek to t...
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August 1, 2016, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Furniture.co.uk domain name sells for $650,000
.UK domain name is one of the biggest public sales of the year. The domain name Furniture.co.uk has sold for $650,000. Buyer Graham Haynes issued a release last week announcing his purchase of the domain name through Sedo domain name broker Dave Evan...
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Furniture.co.uk domain name sells for $650,000
.UK domain name is one of the biggest public sales of the year. The domain name Furniture.co.uk has sold for $650,000. Buyer Graham Haynes issued a release last week announcing his purchase of the domain name through Sedo domain name broker Dave Evan...
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July 30, 2016, 3:53 pm
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Why Verisign paid $135 million for the .web top level domain
Here are three reasons it might have wanted to run .web. Verisign bought rights to the .web top level domain name yesterday for a staggering $135 million. Up until now, Verisign’s only interest in new top level domain names (other than running ...
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Why Verisign paid $135 million for the .web top level domain
Here are three reasons it might have wanted to run .web. Verisign bought rights to the .web top level domain name yesterday for a staggering $135 million. Up until now, Verisign’s only interest in new top level domain names (other than running ...
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July 29, 2016, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
It looks like Verisign bought .Web domain for $135 million (SEC Filing)
Company paying $130 million for “contractual rights”. It sure looks like Nu Dot Co was the winner of today’s .web auction and Verisign is behind the bid. Verisign just filed its quarterly report with the SEC today. Under “Subs...
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It looks like Verisign bought .Web domain for $135 million (SEC Filing)
Company paying $130 million for “contractual rights”. It sure looks like Nu Dot Co was the winner of today’s .web auction and Verisign is behind the bid. Verisign just filed its quarterly report with the SEC today. Under “Subs...
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July 28, 2016, 9:22 pm
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Neustar and Verisign release earnings, doesn’t mention .web
Companies report results and doesn’t mention today’s .web auction. Does this mean anything? Verisign and Neustar released second quarter earnings today after the bell. Both companies are rumored to be backers of Nu Dot Co in the .web auct...
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Neustar and Verisign release earnings, doesn’t mention .web
Companies report results and doesn’t mention today’s .web auction. Does this mean anything? Verisign and Neustar released second quarter earnings today after the bell. Both companies are rumored to be backers of Nu Dot Co in the .web auct...
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July 28, 2016, 8:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: .Web top level domain name auction ends for $135 million
The auction to determine who gets to run the .web top level domain name has concluded with a $135 million price. This is by far the most paid to run a top level domain name. More to come… © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted con...
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Breaking: .Web top level domain name auction ends for $135 million
The auction to determine who gets to run the .web top level domain name has concluded with a $135 million price. This is by far the most paid to run a top level domain name. More to come… © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted con...
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July 28, 2016, 2:25 pm
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MMX records over $8 million billings in first half of year
2016 looking much rosier than 2015 for new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines (MMX) recorded $8.05 million in billings in the first half of 2016, the company announced today. That’s four times as much as it recorded...
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MMX records over $8 million billings in first half of year
2016 looking much rosier than 2015 for new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines (MMX) recorded $8.05 million in billings in the first half of 2016, the company announced today. That’s four times as much as it recorded...
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July 28, 2016, 12:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $25,000
CodeFactory.com, IdealSleep.com and TrueStory.com all sell for $20,000 or more. Sedo handled 450 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. It was a somewhat slow sales week but there are plenty of end user sales to ...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $25,000
CodeFactory.com, IdealSleep.com and TrueStory.com all sell for $20,000 or more. Sedo handled 450 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. It was a somewhat slow sales week but there are plenty of end user sales to ...
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July 27, 2016, 5:19 pm
