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Domain Name Wire
Over 200 expired domain name sales [results]
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name auctions. It will surprise some people that the country responsible for last week’s #2 Namejet expired auction is Turkey. Kemer.com ($11.4k) describes a seaside re...
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Over 200 expired domain name sales [results]
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name auctions. It will surprise some people that the country responsible for last week’s #2 Namejet expired auction is Turkey. Kemer.com ($11.4k) describes a seaside re...
Discussion
October 24, 2014, 6:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyst ups forecast for new TLDs, $900MM bookings by 2016
Analyst becomes more bullish on new top level domain name potential. B. Riley analyst Sameet Sinha has increased his forecast for new top level domain name registrations after attending last week’s ICANN conference in Los Angeles. Previously, h...
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Analyst ups forecast for new TLDs, $900MM bookings by 2016
Analyst becomes more bullish on new top level domain name potential. B. Riley analyst Sameet Sinha has increased his forecast for new top level domain name registrations after attending last week’s ICANN conference in Los Angeles. Previously, h...
Discussion
October 24, 2014, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why .com had a good quarter (and .net didn’t )
Thank the Chinese and discount pricing for continued demand for .com domain names. Verisign handled 8.7 million new registrations in .com and .net in the third quarter this year, the most ever in a third quarter. That amounted to 1.15 million domain ...
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Why .com had a good quarter (and .net didn’t )
Thank the Chinese and discount pricing for continued demand for .com domain names. Verisign handled 8.7 million new registrations in .com and .net in the third quarter this year, the most ever in a third quarter. That amounted to 1.15 million domain ...
Discussion
October 24, 2014, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bad news for IDN.com investors
Verisign still negotiating with ICANN over .com transliteration domain names. Owners of IDN.com domain names that are patiently waiting for .com transliterations are going to have to keep waiting. In an SEC filing today, and on its investor conferenc...
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Bad news for IDN.com investors
Verisign still negotiating with ICANN over .com transliteration domain names. Owners of IDN.com domain names that are patiently waiting for .com transliterations are going to have to keep waiting. In an SEC filing today, and on its investor conferenc...
Discussion
October 24, 2014, 12:19 am
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter domain names
Suit alleges 35 domain names were stolen from a GoDaddy account. Acme Billing Company filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court this week to recover 14 stolen domain names, including 9 three letter domain names. The suit alleges that an un...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter domain names
Suit alleges 35 domain names were stolen from a GoDaddy account. Acme Billing Company filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court this week to recover 14 stolen domain names, including 9 three letter domain names. The suit alleges that an un...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 8:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rebound: Verisign adds 1.15 million domain names to hit 130.0 million
After slow second quarter, Verisign returns to health growth in net-adds in third quarter. Verisign just reported third quarter earnings, and it appears to have been a pretty good quarter in terms of .com and .net registrations compared to the previo...
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.Com rebound: Verisign adds 1.15 million domain names to hit 130.0 million
After slow second quarter, Verisign returns to health growth in net-adds in third quarter. Verisign just reported third quarter earnings, and it appears to have been a pretty good quarter in terms of .com and .net registrations compared to the previo...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 8:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
How you can (and can’t) justify recent Top Level Domain auction prices
In this post, DOT TBA founder Christa Taylor considers the payback period for new TLDs based on recent auction prices and current registration volumes. The October 22nd ICANN new top level domain name auction resulted in the resolution of several TLD...
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How you can (and can’t) justify recent Top Level Domain auction prices
In this post, DOT TBA founder Christa Taylor considers the payback period for new TLDs based on recent auction prices and current registration volumes. The October 22nd ICANN new top level domain name auction resulted in the resolution of several TLD...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 more end user domain name sales
Here’s a list of some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled a total of 484 transactions last week, representing $1.4 million in total sales. Yes the most expensive sale they reported was just $16,200, suggesting ther...
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17 more end user domain name sales
Here’s a list of some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled a total of 484 transactions last week, representing $1.4 million in total sales. Yes the most expensive sale they reported was just $16,200, suggesting ther...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yesterday’s 5 new TLD launches total about 2,500 registrations
A slow start, but some of these domains have long term potential. Five new top level domain names launched yesterday, and they combined for a total registration base of just 2,500 after the end of the “zone day”. This includes sunrise and...
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Yesterday’s 5 new TLD launches total about 2,500 registrations
A slow start, but some of these domains have long term potential. Five new top level domain names launched yesterday, and they combined for a total registration base of just 2,500 after the end of the “zone day”. This includes sunrise and...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million
Amazon wins another new top level domain, but it was out shadowed by more expensive auctions. The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top leve...
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Amazon.com buys .spot domain name for $2.2 million, .Realty sells for $5.6 million
Amazon wins another new top level domain, but it was out shadowed by more expensive auctions. The latest round of new top level domain name “auctions of last resort” at ICANN took place today. Three auctions for the rights to run top leve...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 12:47 am
