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Should new TLDs be judged as startups or just top level domains?
How you view TLD companies frames how you view their success so far. This week I received a note along with a press release from a new top level domain name company. The note read: In less than 11 months, Internet users worldwide have registered more...
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Should new TLDs be judged as startups or just top level domains?
How you view TLD companies frames how you view their success so far. This week I received a note along with a press release from a new top level domain name company. The note read: In less than 11 months, Internet users worldwide have registered more...
Discussion
November 5, 2014, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cool site lets you see what new TLD domains were registered yesterday
DomainPunch’s latest tool is eye-opening. There are a lot of new top level domain names out there. Most of them grow by a dozen or so registrations every day. Now that the brand protection and investor rush is over, who is registering these dom...
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Cool site lets you see what new TLD domains were registered yesterday
DomainPunch’s latest tool is eye-opening. There are a lot of new top level domain names out there. Most of them grow by a dozen or so registrations every day. Now that the brand protection and investor rush is over, who is registering these dom...
Discussion
November 5, 2014, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker lost just 18,057 .com domains to transfers in July
Customer losses still fairly low after switch to new system. Last month I reported that Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domain names to transfers in June after its disastrous switch to a new registrar platform. I predicted that the number would shoot u...
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Moniker lost just 18,057 .com domains to transfers in July
Customer losses still fairly low after switch to new system. Last month I reported that Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domain names to transfers in June after its disastrous switch to a new registrar platform. I predicted that the number would shoot u...
Discussion
November 5, 2014, 12:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Endurance bought BuyDomains, and why the price might make sense
BuyDomains is a natural fit for Endurance, and you need to look at more than price-per-domain to understand its value. Endurance International, a $2.1 billion (market cap) rollup of hosting and domain name companies, announced this morning that it ac...
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Why Endurance bought BuyDomains, and why the price might make sense
BuyDomains is a natural fit for Endurance, and you need to look at more than price-per-domain to understand its value. Endurance International, a $2.1 billion (market cap) rollup of hosting and domain name companies, announced this morning that it ac...
Discussion
November 4, 2014, 8:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
John Berryhill fills Noah’s Arc, gets another reverse domain name hijacking win
Domain attorney defends owner of Squirrels.com in his latest animal-related UDRP. Domain name attorney John Berryhill is either Noah, busily filling up his arc, or he has a fetish with animals. He’s successfully defended UDRP filings against Pi...
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John Berryhill fills Noah’s Arc, gets another reverse domain name hijacking win
Domain attorney defends owner of Squirrels.com in his latest animal-related UDRP. Domain name attorney John Berryhill is either Noah, busily filling up his arc, or he has a fetish with animals. He’s successfully defended UDRP filings against Pi...
Discussion
November 4, 2014, 6:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ebola forces ICANN to move meeting from Morocco to Singapore
Without specifically citing Ebola, ICANN moves meeting due to Ebola-inflicted attendance concerns. That “confidential agenda item” at last week’s ICANN Board meeting? A decision to move the next ICANN meeting, which was scheduled fo...
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Ebola forces ICANN to move meeting from Morocco to Singapore
Without specifically citing Ebola, ICANN moves meeting due to Ebola-inflicted attendance concerns. That “confidential agenda item” at last week’s ICANN Board meeting? A decision to move the next ICANN meeting, which was scheduled fo...
Discussion
November 4, 2014, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines close to $4 million in domain registration revenue
Company says it has sold the equivalent of nearly a half million .com domain names. New top level domain name portfolio company Minds + Machines issued a press release this morning touting its results to date after launching 10 new TLDs. According to...
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Minds + Machines close to $4 million in domain registration revenue
Company says it has sold the equivalent of nearly a half million .com domain names. New top level domain name portfolio company Minds + Machines issued a press release this morning touting its results to date after launching 10 new TLDs. According to...
Discussion
November 4, 2014, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Endurance continues to roll up, acquires BuyDomains
NameMedia sells off domain name portfolio. Publicly traded Endurance International Group continued its roll up of the webhosting and domain name business last quarter with the acquisition of BuyDomains, the company announced today. In his prepared st...
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Endurance continues to roll up, acquires BuyDomains
NameMedia sells off domain name portfolio. Publicly traded Endurance International Group continued its roll up of the webhosting and domain name business last quarter with the acquisition of BuyDomains, the company announced today. In his prepared st...
Discussion
November 4, 2014, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Appraisals with Estibot’s Luc Lezon – Domain Name Wire Podcast #5
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #5. What’s a domain name worth? It’s the key question whenever you buy or sell a domain name. That’s part of the reason people use Estibot.com to appraise 1.8 million domain names a day. Automated ...
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Domain Appraisals with Estibot’s Luc Lezon – Domain Name Wire Podcast #5
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #5. What’s a domain name worth? It’s the key question whenever you buy or sell a domain name. That’s part of the reason people use Estibot.com to appraise 1.8 million domain names a day. Automated ...
Discussion
November 3, 2014, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
October’s Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire
A look back at last month in the domain name industry. Halloween has passed and the holiday season is quickly approaching. Last month’s big domain name news included bullish analyst reports on new TLDs, a Big Apple domain, and zero click traffi...
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October’s Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire
A look back at last month in the domain name industry. Halloween has passed and the holiday season is quickly approaching. Last month’s big domain name news included bullish analyst reports on new TLDs, a Big Apple domain, and zero click traffi...
Discussion
November 3, 2014, 4:04 pm
