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.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
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.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
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July 15, 2014, 12:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
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New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
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Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
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July 14, 2014, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
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Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
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July 14, 2014, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable sales from NameJet last month
Here are ten of the more notable sales that took place on NameJet in June. Every month NameJet sells dozens of domains above the $2,000 mark. Andrew Allemann took a look at April, and I followed his lead with May. Here I’ll be think...
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10 notable sales from NameJet last month
Here are ten of the more notable sales that took place on NameJet in June. Every month NameJet sells dozens of domains above the $2,000 mark. Andrew Allemann took a look at April, and I followed his lead with May. Here I’ll be think...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
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Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report for this week
Last week, the expired domain market posted gains of … Well, nobody knows. Without any cost basis to refer to, who can say whether it’s a bull or a bear? In any event, the former domain owner gains nothing from the sale of a domain...
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Expired Domain Report for this week
Last week, the expired domain market posted gains of … Well, nobody knows. Without any cost basis to refer to, who can say whether it’s a bull or a bear? In any event, the former domain owner gains nothing from the sale of a domain...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
End users buy matching domains and domain hacks
Many end user domain purchases this past week were for “matching” domains. What strikes me about the latest list of end user domain name sales taking place at Sedo is the number of companies that are buying “matching” domains....
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End users buy matching domains and domain hacks
Many end user domain purchases this past week were for “matching” domains. What strikes me about the latest list of end user domain name sales taking place at Sedo is the number of companies that are buying “matching” domains....
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registrar’s .Co.com promo misses the point
Promotion misses the point of getting the .com I’ve always wanted. The .co.com third level domain name launched in general availability this week. The company is using the tagline “Get the .com You’ve Always Wanted”, pitching ...
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Registrar’s .Co.com promo misses the point
Promotion misses the point of getting the .com I’ve always wanted. The .co.com third level domain name launched in general availability this week. The company is using the tagline “Get the .com You’ve Always Wanted”, pitching ...
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Services domain name up to 4,600 and .Pub 1,300 after one day
.Services runs out of the gate, .pub is toast-worthy. Two new top level domain names launched yesterday and both had fairly good days. Donuts launched .services, its only domain name to come out of the Early Access phase this week. It added roughly 4...
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.Services domain name up to 4,600 and .Pub 1,300 after one day
.Services runs out of the gate, .pub is toast-worthy. Two new top level domain names launched yesterday and both had fairly good days. Donuts launched .services, its only domain name to come out of the Early Access phase this week. It added roughly 4...
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 1:40 pm
