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The Domains
.Pro Domain Extension Hits All Time High Number of Domain Registrations
On November 15th the restrictions on the TLD .Pro were lifted. Since it was approved in 2000, .Pro domain names had been restricted to to three classes of professions; lawyers, doctors, and accountants. According to Domainincite.com, “.pro star...
Discussion
.Pro Domain Extension Hits All Time High Number of Domain Registrations
On November 15th the restrictions on the TLD .Pro were lifted. Since it was approved in 2000, .Pro domain names had been restricted to to three classes of professions; lawyers, doctors, and accountants. According to Domainincite.com, “.pro star...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 6:11 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2016
There must have been one or more really nice 6N.com (No 0/4) sales yesterday to spike the average up to $880. I can see most of the sales yesterday, and none of them are anywhere near that. Unfortunately, the large sale or sales have alre...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 12, 2016
There must have been one or more really nice 6N.com (No 0/4) sales yesterday to spike the average up to $880. I can see most of the sales yesterday, and none of them are anywhere near that. Unfortunately, the large sale or sales have alre...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Mozilla and others bought last week
Mozilla buys domain names for open web game. It used to be that domain name marketplaces saw a sales slowdown over major Western holidays, particularly Christmas. Now, there’s another holiday that dials things back: Chinese New Year. Sedo handl...
Discussion
What domain names Mozilla and others bought last week
Mozilla buys domain names for open web game. It used to be that domain name marketplaces saw a sales slowdown over major Western holidays, particularly Christmas. Now, there’s another holiday that dials things back: Chinese New Year. Sedo handl...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: What goes up might come down
Strong end of 2015 could make for a challenging end to 2016. .Com domain name registry Verisign reported Q4 results after the bell yesterday. Thanks to Chinese domain name investors, the company had 12.2 million new domain name registrations for .com...
Discussion
Verisign: What goes up might come down
Strong end of 2015 could make for a challenging end to 2016. .Com domain name registry Verisign reported Q4 results after the bell yesterday. Thanks to Chinese domain name investors, the company had 12.2 million new domain name registrations for .com...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 3:06 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Feb 12th
The NamesCon 2016 highlight reel came out yesterday and as expected, the annual meeting of Aaron and I about the future offerings of DSAD, was captured in its entirety on video. You can click the photo below to see the whole video ...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Feb 12th
The NamesCon 2016 highlight reel came out yesterday and as expected, the annual meeting of Aaron and I about the future offerings of DSAD, was captured in its entirety on video. You can click the photo below to see the whole video ...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 10:05 am
DomainSherpa
DNAcademy: The Shortest Path to Domain Name Investing
After five plus years of interviewing the brightest Sherpas from around the world, you can now have all their expertise and insights condensed down into a single, carefully-crafted and professionally-published educational course.DNAcademy.com is an a...
Discussion
DNAcademy: The Shortest Path to Domain Name Investing
After five plus years of interviewing the brightest Sherpas from around the world, you can now have all their expertise and insights condensed down into a single, carefully-crafted and professionally-published educational course.DNAcademy.com is an a...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 8:05 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 11th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 11th of February Auction Quick Recap Some really high prices for 5L pronounceable names today, I think they’re more valuable than the 5L Chips just like 4L pronounceable’s generally...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 11th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 11th of February Auction Quick Recap Some really high prices for 5L pronounceable names today, I think they’re more valuable than the 5L Chips just like 4L pronounceable’s generally...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 5:52 am
The Domains
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
Verisign Working On Getting Contract To Operate .Com Registry For 10 More Years
In the earnings call today, Verisign (VRSN) announced that it was in “in the final stages of drafting the new Root Zone Maintainer Agreement with ICANN “to perform this Root Zone Maintainer role as a commercial service for ICANN upon the ...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 4:27 am
The Domains
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
Verisign Expects Higher Non-Renewal Rates From Those 4th Q Domains Reg By Chinese Investors
Verisign reported its earnings for the 4th quarter of 2015 and financial results for 2015. In the earnings call today, Verisign made some interesting comments about that huge volume of .Com domain name registration we saw from Asia the 4th quarter of...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 2:24 am
The Domains
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
Web.com Buying Local Ad Co. Yodle for $342M Which Is About 40% of Its Market Cap
Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB) announced today it’s acquiring Yodle, a provider of local online ad/marketing services for 50K+ small businesses, for $300M in cash up-front + payments of $20M and $22M at the first and second anniversaries of the deal&rsqu...
Discussion
February 12, 2016, 1:28 am
