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QLQ.com “We are seeing much more activity in the more volatile, less expensive end of the investment market”
Jason Mcardle of QLQ.com wrote a blog post on where QLQ sees the domain market going. Jason started off looking at how the Chinese economy is affecting the domain market as outflows continue from the stock market. From the article: We are seeing much...
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QLQ.com “We are seeing much more activity in the more volatile, less expensive end of the investment market”
Jason Mcardle of QLQ.com wrote a blog post on where QLQ sees the domain market going. Jason started off looking at how the Chinese economy is affecting the domain market as outflows continue from the stock market. From the article: We are seeing much...
Discussion
February 26, 2016, 6:09 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/25/16 Verisign up – Minds + Machines off 5.7%
Market Recap 2/25/16 Neustar (NSR) was the top gainer today up 3.4% and the stock is up over 18% since Feb 10. Verisign (VRSN) was up $1.13 to $84.33. Minds + Machines (MMX) was off 5.7% at 8.25P Alphabet Inc GOOGL 729.12 +8.22 (1.14%) Godaddy Inc GD...
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Market Recap 2/25/16 Verisign up – Minds + Machines off 5.7%
Market Recap 2/25/16 Neustar (NSR) was the top gainer today up 3.4% and the stock is up over 18% since Feb 10. Verisign (VRSN) was up $1.13 to $84.33. Minds + Machines (MMX) was off 5.7% at 8.25P Alphabet Inc GOOGL 729.12 +8.22 (1.14%) Godaddy Inc GD...
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February 25, 2016, 9:55 pm
The Domains
.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names reg...
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.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names reg...
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February 25, 2016, 1:24 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
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Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
Discussion
February 24, 2016, 10:00 pm
The Domains
Sled.com Owned by Yahoo; Mark Monitor Sold
The domain name Sled.com which was owned by Yahoo! Inc. back in 2013, with the domain name registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com just sold. Since January 2014 the domain name whois changed from Yahoo, to the catch all for Mark Monito...
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Sled.com Owned by Yahoo; Mark Monitor Sold
The domain name Sled.com which was owned by Yahoo! Inc. back in 2013, with the domain name registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com just sold. Since January 2014 the domain name whois changed from Yahoo, to the catch all for Mark Monito...
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February 24, 2016, 3:49 pm
The Domains
NameJet to Auction off 22 Top Tier .WS Names
.WS is making their push into the Chinese market and a press release that came out stated that in the past 3 months .WS registrations have increased by 1500%. The initial auctions contain LL names like MB and DX, there are NNN names like 887 and 288....
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NameJet to Auction off 22 Top Tier .WS Names
.WS is making their push into the Chinese market and a press release that came out stated that in the past 3 months .WS registrations have increased by 1500%. The initial auctions contain LL names like MB and DX, there are NNN names like 887 and 288....
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February 23, 2016, 11:38 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks down – Rightside bucks the trend up 2.2%
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks were down today, Rightside (NAME) being the exception, the stock was up 2.2%. Verisign (VRSN) gave back half of their gains from yesterday and closed at $82.49. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 717.29 -11.76 (-1.61%) Godaddy Inc ...
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Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks down – Rightside bucks the trend up 2.2%
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks were down today, Rightside (NAME) being the exception, the stock was up 2.2%. Verisign (VRSN) gave back half of their gains from yesterday and closed at $82.49. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 717.29 -11.76 (-1.61%) Godaddy Inc ...
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February 23, 2016, 9:32 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2million led by GWH.com
Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gwh.com at 57,306 USD Top ccTLD: lumax.de at ...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2million led by GWH.com
Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gwh.com at 57,306 USD Top ccTLD: lumax.de at ...
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February 23, 2016, 8:47 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Announces new service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,”Domain Concierge” Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name until full payment is received, then transfer...
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Escrow.com Announces new service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,”Domain Concierge” Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name until full payment is received, then transfer...
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February 23, 2016, 12:04 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO. Online Domain wrote a good piece on the move. Verisign (VRSN) was up $3.32 or 4.1%. The stock ...
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Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO. Online Domain wrote a good piece on the move. Verisign (VRSN) was up $3.32 or 4.1%. The stock ...
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February 22, 2016, 9:17 pm
