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Web.com misses revenue target, acquires UK online directory company
Web.com’s Q2 revenue numbers don’t hit company’s target. Web.com, which owns Network Solutions, Register.com and SnapNames, released earnings after the bell today. GAAP revenue for the second quarter was $138.2 million. Adjusted rev...
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Web.com misses revenue target, acquires UK online directory company
Web.com’s Q2 revenue numbers don’t hit company’s target. Web.com, which owns Network Solutions, Register.com and SnapNames, released earnings after the bell today. GAAP revenue for the second quarter was $138.2 million. Adjusted rev...
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July 31, 2014, 8:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Estibot to launch domainIQ for reverse and historical whois
New service will launch next week. The company behind Estibot is launching a new domain name service called domainIQ next week. domainIQ provides reverse whois (all the domains owned by a person or company), historical whois, and other intelligence a...
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Estibot to launch domainIQ for reverse and historical whois
New service will launch next week. The company behind Estibot is launching a new domain name service called domainIQ next week. domainIQ provides reverse whois (all the domains owned by a person or company), historical whois, and other intelligence a...
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July 31, 2014, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo sells $17M of domains in Q2, including a new TLD for $100k
Sedo reports on its domain aftermarket sales so far this year. Sedo released its market report for the first half of 2014 today. The company sold about $17 million worth of domain names in the second quarter, down slightly from $19 million in Q1. In ...
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Sedo sells $17M of domains in Q2, including a new TLD for $100k
Sedo reports on its domain aftermarket sales so far this year. Sedo released its market report for the first half of 2014 today. The company sold about $17 million worth of domain names in the second quarter, down slightly from $19 million in Q1. In ...
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July 31, 2014, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts: 775,000 domain names served
Donuts’ domain name registration base keeps growing. Donuts sent out a newsletter today that announced it is up to 775,000 domain name registrations. The mega-registry has released 111 top level domain names in general availability, so that&rsq...
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Donuts: 775,000 domain names served
Donuts’ domain name registration base keeps growing. Donuts sent out a newsletter today that announced it is up to 775,000 domain name registrations. The mega-registry has released 111 top level domain names in general availability, so that&rsq...
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July 31, 2014, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
German domain name .Reisen tops Donut’s launches with 2,262 registrations
Domain buyers go traveling with .Reisen. Donuts launched another four domain names into regularly-priced general availability yesterday. Based on overnight zone files, which don’t include a full day, .Reisen was the most successful launch. .Rei...
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German domain name .Reisen tops Donut’s launches with 2,262 registrations
Domain buyers go traveling with .Reisen. Donuts launched another four domain names into regularly-priced general availability yesterday. Based on overnight zone files, which don’t include a full day, .Reisen was the most successful launch. .Rei...
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July 31, 2014, 12:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big names buy domains: Under Armour, Mary Kay, SAP and more
Large companies snap up domain names at Sedo. This week’s Sedo end user sales list is packed with big name end user buyers. Fortune 500 companies bought domains for under $2,000. The list follows. You can view previous lists like this here. If ...
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Big names buy domains: Under Armour, Mary Kay, SAP and more
Large companies snap up domain names at Sedo. This week’s Sedo end user sales list is packed with big name end user buyers. Fortune 500 companies bought domains for under $2,000. The list follows. You can view previous lists like this here. If ...
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July 30, 2014, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
.London’s unique “SunPriorityRush” period ends tomorrow
Tomorrow is a key deadline for .London domain names. The .London domain name is launching, and it’s very different from previous domain name launches. I reached out to Antony Van Couvering with Minds + Machines to learn more about the .London l...
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.London’s unique “SunPriorityRush” period ends tomorrow
Tomorrow is a key deadline for .London domain names. The .London domain name is launching, and it’s very different from previous domain name launches. I reached out to Antony Van Couvering with Minds + Machines to learn more about the .London l...
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July 30, 2014, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN tells court ccTLDs aren’t property, can’t be awarded to plaintiffs
Victims of terrorism want to be paid (in part) with country code top level domain names. ICANN has responded to the U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, arguing that ccTLDs (country Code top level domain names, e.g. .ca and .de) are not pr...
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ICANN tells court ccTLDs aren’t property, can’t be awarded to plaintiffs
Victims of terrorism want to be paid (in part) with country code top level domain names. ICANN has responded to the U.S. federal court in the District of Columbia, arguing that ccTLDs (country Code top level domain names, e.g. .ca and .de) are not pr...
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July 30, 2014, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX worth more with .Sex in the bag?
Owners of .xxx domain names will get matching adult-themed web addresses. Kevin Murphy at Domain Incite reports this morning that ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx, has settled the contention set for .sex. That means ICM is the only remaining app...
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.XXX worth more with .Sex in the bag?
Owners of .xxx domain names will get matching adult-themed web addresses. Kevin Murphy at Domain Incite reports this morning that ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx, has settled the contention set for .sex. That means ICM is the only remaining app...
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July 30, 2014, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company wants to trademark the term “Domain Auction”
New domain listings site wants a trademark on descriptive term. From the merely descriptive file… A Florida company has filed two trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain Auction” and “Doma...
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Company wants to trademark the term “Domain Auction”
New domain listings site wants a trademark on descriptive term. From the merely descriptive file… A Florida company has filed two trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain Auction” and “Doma...
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July 29, 2014, 5:34 pm
