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Domain Name Wire
WSJ: GoDaddy prepping for Initial Public Offering
WSJ reports that GoDaddy is interviewing bankers. It’s no secret that the next step for domain name registrar and webhosting company GoDaddy is an initial public offering. But now we have a bit more concrete understanding of where the company i...
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WSJ: GoDaddy prepping for Initial Public Offering
WSJ reports that GoDaddy is interviewing bankers. It’s no secret that the next step for domain name registrar and webhosting company GoDaddy is an initial public offering. But now we have a bit more concrete understanding of where the company i...
Discussion
March 15, 2014, 1:17 am
Domain Name Wire
This time it’s real: U.S. ready to give up control over key internet functions
Government ready to relinquish control over IANA contract. In 2009 the U.S Government agreed to the “Affirmation of Commitments” with ICANN to set if free from U.S. control. The press ate it up, assuming that it meant the U.S. had given u...
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This time it’s real: U.S. ready to give up control over key internet functions
Government ready to relinquish control over IANA contract. In 2009 the U.S Government agreed to the “Affirmation of Commitments” with ICANN to set if free from U.S. control. The press ate it up, assuming that it meant the U.S. had given u...
Discussion
March 15, 2014, 1:01 am
The Domains
Here Is the Offical Statement Of The US Giving Up Control Over ICANN
We just published that the United States is giving up control over ICANN Here is the official statement from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): “”To support and enhance ...
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Here Is the Offical Statement Of The US Giving Up Control Over ICANN
We just published that the United States is giving up control over ICANN Here is the official statement from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA): “”To support and enhance ...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 10:14 pm
The Domains
WSJ: Godaddy Shooting For IPO In 2nd Half of 2014
GoDaddy Group Inc., the Internet company that helps individuals and businesses create websites, is preparing for an initial public share offering, said people familiar with the matter. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company, which provides domain-name ...
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WSJ: Godaddy Shooting For IPO In 2nd Half of 2014
GoDaddy Group Inc., the Internet company that helps individuals and businesses create websites, is preparing for an initial public share offering, said people familiar with the matter. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company, which provides domain-name ...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 9:54 pm
The Domains
Breaking: US To Give Up Control Over ICANN: We Predicted It in 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. government is preparing to relinquish oversight for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). We predict back in 2008 that the Obama Administration would give up control over ICANN...
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Breaking: US To Give Up Control Over ICANN: We Predicted It in 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. government is preparing to relinquish oversight for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). We predict back in 2008 that the Obama Administration would give up control over ICANN...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 9:34 pm
The Domains
Moki.com closes at $66,100 on NameJet
Moki.com closed today at $66,100 on NameJet. There seemed to be quite a bit of conversation on Twitter. Here was one conversation. @mwzd @VinsDomainscom The winning bidder is MokiOrphanage. They must really want it mate, now at $66,100…...
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Moki.com closes at $66,100 on NameJet
Moki.com closed today at $66,100 on NameJet. There seemed to be quite a bit of conversation on Twitter. Here was one conversation. @mwzd @VinsDomainscom The winning bidder is MokiOrphanage. They must really want it mate, now at $66,100…...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 9:00 pm
The Domains
BIN Priced Domains On Frank Schilling DomainNameSales Totals Over $3 Billion
Frank Schilling just Tweeted that the the total dollar value of “priced” domain names on DomainNameSales.com is over $3 Billion dollars. The exactly total of priced domain names was $3,327,525,422. That’s a lot of digit...
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BIN Priced Domains On Frank Schilling DomainNameSales Totals Over $3 Billion
Frank Schilling just Tweeted that the the total dollar value of “priced” domain names on DomainNameSales.com is over $3 Billion dollars. The exactly total of priced domain names was $3,327,525,422. That’s a lot of digit...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 7:24 pm
The Domains
Teabox.com sold by MostWantedDomains Featured in Tech Crunch
Back in June of 2013 our very own Michael Berkens and his company Most Wanted Domains sold Teabox.com for $30,000. Today the company was featured on Tech Crunch as the company is seeking to raise $1million in seed funding. Now TeaBox, a speciali...
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Teabox.com sold by MostWantedDomains Featured in Tech Crunch
Back in June of 2013 our very own Michael Berkens and his company Most Wanted Domains sold Teabox.com for $30,000. Today the company was featured on Tech Crunch as the company is seeking to raise $1million in seed funding. Now TeaBox, a speciali...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 6:51 pm
The Domains
Donuts Letter To Those That Lost Eco New gTLD’s
Donuts just sent out a letter to all their customers that registered a new gTLD with the word Eco on the left of the dot, who had their domains taken back from the registry. As we stated earlier this week, we lost such a domain, eco.domains, so we go...
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Donuts Letter To Those That Lost Eco New gTLD’s
Donuts just sent out a letter to all their customers that registered a new gTLD with the word Eco on the left of the dot, who had their domains taken back from the registry. As we stated earlier this week, we lost such a domain, eco.domains, so we go...
Discussion
March 14, 2014, 5:27 pm
The Domains
Another Day, Another Deadbeat Buyer
I got a serious of emails the other day on a domain name we own Hablamos.com The offer came into us unsolicited and except for the amount which we quoted as in dollars, but for the purposes of the post is now referred to just being $xx,xxx; the emai...
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Another Day, Another Deadbeat Buyer
I got a serious of emails the other day on a domain name we own Hablamos.com The offer came into us unsolicited and except for the amount which we quoted as in dollars, but for the purposes of the post is now referred to just being $xx,xxx; the emai...
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March 14, 2014, 3:48 pm
