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Over 200 Expired Domain Sales Results, including Kickbox.com
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain name sales. The combat sport that brought Jean-Claude Van Damme to the silver screen (and eventually put “the Muscles from Brussels” to work in maracas-shaking GoDaddy commercia...
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Over 200 Expired Domain Sales Results, including Kickbox.com
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain name sales. The combat sport that brought Jean-Claude Van Damme to the silver screen (and eventually put “the Muscles from Brussels” to work in maracas-shaking GoDaddy commercia...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
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Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
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A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
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Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets another Domain Appraisal patent
Patent covers using comps for domain name evaluation. GoDaddy has been issued another U.S. patent related to domain name appraisals. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today issued patent number 8,909,558 for “Appraising a domain name using k...
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GoDaddy gets another Domain Appraisal patent
Patent covers using comps for domain name evaluation. GoDaddy has been issued another U.S. patent related to domain name appraisals. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today issued patent number 8,909,558 for “Appraising a domain name using k...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 6:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts and Rightside release 6 new domains on Wednesday
…And they’re some of the better domains released so far. Remember the good ole’ days of the middle of 2014, when mega-registry Donuts would release four of five new top level domain names every week? Well, they’re back. For o...
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Donuts and Rightside release 6 new domains on Wednesday
…And they’re some of the better domains released so far. Remember the good ole’ days of the middle of 2014, when mega-registry Donuts would release four of five new top level domain names every week? Well, they’re back. For o...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyst reiterates new TLD forecast and price target for Rightside
After Rightside investor day, analyst says forecast is on target.
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Analyst reiterates new TLD forecast and price target for Rightside
After Rightside investor day, analyst says forecast is on target.
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oops: Moniker account balances are apparently borked
Incorrect balances shown on accounts dating back to October. The hits keep on coming for Moniker…and its customers. When the domain name registrar switched to a completely new registrar platform over the summer, it lost all previous invoices t...
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Oops: Moniker account balances are apparently borked
Incorrect balances shown on accounts dating back to October. The hits keep on coming for Moniker…and its customers. When the domain name registrar switched to a completely new registrar platform over the summer, it lost all previous invoices t...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs & Minds + Machines with Antony Van Couvering – DNW Podcast #10
A discussion about new top level domain names. Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of new TLD company Minds + Machines, shares his thoughts on new top level domain names on this week’s podcast. We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, ...
Discussion
New TLDs & Minds + Machines with Antony Van Couvering – DNW Podcast #10
A discussion about new top level domain names. Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of new TLD company Minds + Machines, shares his thoughts on new top level domain names on this week’s podcast. We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, ...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside rings NASDAQ closing bell [Photo]
Domain name company holds investor day and rings closing bell. On Friday, domain name company Rightside rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ. The company became listed on the NASDAQ earlier this year after being spun off from Demand Media. Rightside t...
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Rightside rings NASDAQ closing bell [Photo]
Domain name company holds investor day and rings closing bell. On Friday, domain name company Rightside rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ. The company became listed on the NASDAQ earlier this year after being spun off from Demand Media. Rightside t...
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December 8, 2014, 2:19 pm
