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Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve included a chart showing the last 30 days of 6N.com (No 0/4), because there has been so much activity in that space. On top of the volume spikes, the data shows a nice increase in average prices for this category of names. The pos...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve included a chart showing the last 30 days of 6N.com (No 0/4), because there has been so much activity in that space. On top of the volume spikes, the data shows a nice increase in average prices for this category of names. The pos...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign files opening brief in appeal against .XYZ
David v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge dismis...
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Verisign files opening brief in appeal against .XYZ
David v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge dismis...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 7:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
FundMe.com and GoFundMe.com in trademark spat
Two similarly-named companies are on a collision course. The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowfunding. Fu...
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FundMe.com and GoFundMe.com in trademark spat
Two similarly-named companies are on a collision course. The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowfunding. Fu...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big companies recently registered these domain names
Here are some interesting domain name registrations undertaken by large companies in recent days. Companies made a bunch of hand registrations and domain acquisitions the past couple days. Although none of them rise to the level of writing a dedicate...
Discussion
Big companies recently registered these domain names
Here are some interesting domain name registrations undertaken by large companies in recent days. Companies made a bunch of hand registrations and domain acquisitions the past couple days. Although none of them rise to the level of writing a dedicate...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mobile phone service continues to lift Tucows
Domain names are the base, but mobile phone service contributes the most gross margin. Tucows, one of the largest domain name registrars, released fourth quarter and full year financial results yesterday. Fourth quarter revenue hit $45 million, with ...
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Mobile phone service continues to lift Tucows
Domain names are the base, but mobile phone service contributes the most gross margin. Tucows, one of the largest domain name registrars, released fourth quarter and full year financial results yesterday. Fourth quarter revenue hit $45 million, with ...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
China dominates new .com registration trends
Chinese names are a big hit in .com. Verisign has released its monthly trending keywords report, and words tied to China dominated last month. The list considers which keywords made the biggest jump in registrations from one month to the next. Here a...
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China dominates new .com registration trends
Chinese names are a big hit in .com. Verisign has released its monthly trending keywords report, and words tied to China dominated last month. The list considers which keywords made the biggest jump in registrations from one month to the next. Here a...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 4:01 pm
The Domains
Tucows Announces $40 Million Stock BuyBack Program & Is Up Over 8% To $20 A Share
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) announced after the market closed yesterday “that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase from time to time up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.” &ldq...
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Tucows Announces $40 Million Stock BuyBack Program & Is Up Over 8% To $20 A Share
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) announced after the market closed yesterday “that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase from time to time up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.” &ldq...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 3:58 pm
The Domains
SalesForce Buys The Domain Quotable.com Through BrandBucket.com
Salesforce has just bought the domain name Quotable.com through BrandBucket.com According to DomainTools.com the owner of the domain name was Baroda Ventures LLC of Beverly Hills, who seemed to own the domain for many years. The live whois records ch...
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SalesForce Buys The Domain Quotable.com Through BrandBucket.com
Salesforce has just bought the domain name Quotable.com through BrandBucket.com According to DomainTools.com the owner of the domain name was Baroda Ventures LLC of Beverly Hills, who seemed to own the domain for many years. The live whois records ch...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 3:09 pm
The Domains
Feel The Bern? FeelTheBern.com Is For Sale W/ It’s 18K Visitors A Month: We Chat With The Owner
Yesterday Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic primary of the 2016 election beating Hillary Clinton by over 20%. What has become the rally phrase for Mr. Sanders supporters is “Feel the Bern”. I reached out to the owner of the domain n...
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Feel The Bern? FeelTheBern.com Is For Sale W/ It’s 18K Visitors A Month: We Chat With The Owner
Yesterday Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic primary of the 2016 election beating Hillary Clinton by over 20%. What has become the rally phrase for Mr. Sanders supporters is “Feel the Bern”. I reached out to the owner of the domain n...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 2:34 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, Feb 10th
I got one of the best gifts I’ve received in quite a while in the mail yesterday from Directnic.com. Yesterday was Fat Tuesday or the end of Mardi Gras as well as Directnic’s 15th anniversary. One of the loc...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, Feb 10th
I got one of the best gifts I’ve received in quite a while in the mail yesterday from Directnic.com. Yesterday was Fat Tuesday or the end of Mardi Gras as well as Directnic’s 15th anniversary. One of the loc...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 10:18 am
