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How One Tweet Cost Twitter $8billion in Market Cap
Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and fu...
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How One Tweet Cost Twitter $8billion in Market Cap
Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and fu...
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April 30, 2015, 5:06 pm
The Domains
Domain Registrar MAFF.com Rebrands To XZ.com That They Bought For $138K in 2013
The Chinese domain name registrar MAFF.com has re-branded to XZ.com We received an email from MAFF.com announcing the re-branding today. The domain name XZ.com was pu...
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Domain Registrar MAFF.com Rebrands To XZ.com That They Bought For $138K in 2013
The Chinese domain name registrar MAFF.com has re-branded to XZ.com We received an email from MAFF.com announcing the re-branding today. The domain name XZ.com was pu...
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April 30, 2015, 2:57 pm
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Domain Movers: Haus.com, Gifts.com, 00.com and More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers series I detect several domain names that have been recent acquired by large companies, domain registrations and many more. Domains like Gifts.com, Haus.com, 00.com and more so stop in and check it out!
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Domain Movers: Haus.com, Gifts.com, 00.com and More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers series I detect several domain names that have been recent acquired by large companies, domain registrations and many more. Domains like Gifts.com, Haus.com, 00.com and more so stop in and check it out!
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 2:13 pm
The Domains
New gTLD .Science Tops 220K Registrations; Passes .Club; & Who Is AlpNames.com?
The new gTLD .Science has now blown by the 220K domain name registration mark hitting 223,159 according to ntldstats.com becoming the 2nd most registered new gTLD passing .club It was just 11 da...
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New gTLD .Science Tops 220K Registrations; Passes .Club; & Who Is AlpNames.com?
The new gTLD .Science has now blown by the 220K domain name registration mark hitting 223,159 according to ntldstats.com becoming the 2nd most registered new gTLD passing .club It was just 11 da...
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April 30, 2015, 1:26 pm
The Domains
.Fit Finishes 1st Day Of General Availability With 1,269 Domains
.Fit which launched into General Availability yesterday by Minds + Machines wound up with 1,269 domain names including selling some of those premium domain names we talked about yesterday. .Fit had less than 75 domains registered during the sunrise p...
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.Fit Finishes 1st Day Of General Availability With 1,269 Domains
.Fit which launched into General Availability yesterday by Minds + Machines wound up with 1,269 domain names including selling some of those premium domain names we talked about yesterday. .Fit had less than 75 domains registered during the sunrise p...
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April 30, 2015, 12:46 pm
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.Video Hits EAP Today & 85% Of All Premiums Are Priced at $200 or Less
.Video is entered the Early Access Program (EAP) today (day 1) and based on the volume of Sunrise registrations and search data it would seem to be a pretty hot new gTLD. We counted some 460 domain registrations by trademark holders in the Sunrise pe...
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.Video Hits EAP Today & 85% Of All Premiums Are Priced at $200 or Less
.Video is entered the Early Access Program (EAP) today (day 1) and based on the volume of Sunrise registrations and search data it would seem to be a pretty hot new gTLD. We counted some 460 domain registrations by trademark holders in the Sunrise pe...
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April 29, 2015, 7:49 pm
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.Fit Launches Today: Here’s Our Picks For The Best Domains But They Are Not Cheap
.Fit is launching into general availability today and thought I would let you know my top picks because I won’t be registering any of them. .Fit seems to be a limited extension when it comes to natural terms as Fit is falling on the wrong side ...
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.Fit Launches Today: Here’s Our Picks For The Best Domains But They Are Not Cheap
.Fit is launching into general availability today and thought I would let you know my top picks because I won’t be registering any of them. .Fit seems to be a limited extension when it comes to natural terms as Fit is falling on the wrong side ...
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April 29, 2015, 2:55 pm
The Domains
Godaddy Ends Sponsorship Deal With Danica Patrick No. 10 Team After 2015 Season
According to sbnation.com, GoDaddy will no longer sponsor Danica Patrick, No. 10 team following the 2015 season, however she will remain a Godaddy spokeswoman. But after the 2015 season we won’t be seeing Danica in the Godaddy Green car SBNatio...
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Godaddy Ends Sponsorship Deal With Danica Patrick No. 10 Team After 2015 Season
According to sbnation.com, GoDaddy will no longer sponsor Danica Patrick, No. 10 team following the 2015 season, however she will remain a Godaddy spokeswoman. But after the 2015 season we won’t be seeing Danica in the Godaddy Green car SBNatio...
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April 29, 2015, 2:26 pm
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ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the...
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ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the...
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April 29, 2015, 1:06 pm
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Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 million led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: pax.com at 200,000 USD To...
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Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 million led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: pax.com at 200,000 USD To...
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April 28, 2015, 8:11 pm
