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What domains Getty Images, John Hancock, and others bought last week
Getty Images and John Hancock Insurance were among the end user domain buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.4 million worth of domain names last week, including these sales to end users. pairNetworks bought yet another domain in the aftermarket. Th...
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What domains Getty Images, John Hancock, and others bought last week
Getty Images and John Hancock Insurance were among the end user domain buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.4 million worth of domain names last week, including these sales to end users. pairNetworks bought yet another domain in the aftermarket. Th...
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October 3, 2013, 9:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Meet Steve Banfield, Demand Media’s new SVP and GM of Registrar Services
Banfield to lead eNom and Name.com. Earlier this week Demand Media announced that it hired Steve Banfield to serve as SVP and GM of Registrar Services. Demand Media owns domain name reseller eNom and consumer registrar Name.com, both of which Banfiel...
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Meet Steve Banfield, Demand Media’s new SVP and GM of Registrar Services
Banfield to lead eNom and Name.com. Earlier this week Demand Media announced that it hired Steve Banfield to serve as SVP and GM of Registrar Services. Demand Media owns domain name reseller eNom and consumer registrar Name.com, both of which Banfiel...
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October 2, 2013, 3:13 pm
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What domain names BMW and 19 others bought
BMW was among the end user buyers at Sedo recently. Some times when you schedule a post on WordPress it somehow doesn’t publish, giving an error “misses schedule”. That happened to one of my end user sales posts scheduled for Septem...
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What domain names BMW and 19 others bought
BMW was among the end user buyers at Sedo recently. Some times when you schedule a post on WordPress it somehow doesn’t publish, giving an error “misses schedule”. That happened to one of my end user sales posts scheduled for Septem...
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October 2, 2013, 1:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires invoicing company Ronin
Domain name registrar has made five acquisitions in fifteen months. GoDaddy announced another acquisition today, although the acquisition isn’t actually new. In April the company quietly acquired invoicing company Ronin and has integrated the t...
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GoDaddy acquires invoicing company Ronin
Domain name registrar has made five acquisitions in fifteen months. GoDaddy announced another acquisition today, although the acquisition isn’t actually new. In April the company quietly acquired invoicing company Ronin and has integrated the t...
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October 2, 2013, 11:52 am
Domain Name Wire
The Health Insurance Marketplaces are here, and so are the Cybersquatters
Typosquatters were quick to register domain names similar to new health exchanges. Yesterday marked the official start of the health insurance marketplaces under Obamacare. Residents of most states can shop for plans at HealthCare.gov, but 17 states ...
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The Health Insurance Marketplaces are here, and so are the Cybersquatters
Typosquatters were quick to register domain names similar to new health exchanges. Yesterday marked the official start of the health insurance marketplaces under Obamacare. Residents of most states can shop for plans at HealthCare.gov, but 17 states ...
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October 2, 2013, 11:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations
GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain...
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Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations
GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain...
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October 2, 2013, 10:41 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain name industry loses two public companies in under a month
Fewer public companies mean less public information about the domain name industry. The domain name industry has lost two public companies in less than a month. Well, not technically. But it feels that way to me. As someone who has written about the ...
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Domain name industry loses two public companies in under a month
Fewer public companies mean less public information about the domain name industry. The domain name industry has lost two public companies in less than a month. Well, not technically. But it feels that way to me. As someone who has written about the ...
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October 2, 2013, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo to go private as United Internet buys out co-founders
Sedo will no longer be a separate, publicly traded company. United Internet AG has raised its stake in Sedo Holding to 96.05% after buying out the co-founders’ shares at a price of 2.60 euros per share. United Internet plans to integrate Sedo H...
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Sedo to go private as United Internet buys out co-founders
Sedo will no longer be a separate, publicly traded company. United Internet AG has raised its stake in Sedo Holding to 96.05% after buying out the co-founders’ shares at a price of 2.60 euros per share. United Internet plans to integrate Sedo H...
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October 2, 2013, 8:16 am
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Vanity.com settles with Vanity Shop, transfers domain name
Valuable Vanity.com domain name changes hands as a result of lawsuit. The owners of Vanity.com have settled a legal dispute with Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, resulting in a transfer of the domain name to the clothing company. In June 2012, National Ar...
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Vanity.com settles with Vanity Shop, transfers domain name
Valuable Vanity.com domain name changes hands as a result of lawsuit. The owners of Vanity.com have settled a legal dispute with Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, resulting in a transfer of the domain name to the clothing company. In June 2012, National Ar...
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October 1, 2013, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions’ first domain auction is just a month away
Big name auction house hopes to introduce domain name auctions to a wider audience. Will Heritage Auctions be able to bring the concept of domain name auctions beyond just the domain industry? We’re about to find out. The company’s first ...
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Heritage Auctions’ first domain auction is just a month away
Big name auction house hopes to introduce domain name auctions to a wider audience. Will Heritage Auctions be able to bring the concept of domain name auctions beyond just the domain industry? We’re about to find out. The company’s first ...
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October 1, 2013, 1:13 pm
