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The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements
ICANN has opened the comment period for “Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements” The operational requirements for implementation of the Sunrise and Trademark Claims processes in new gTLDs, and a set of community-proposed ...
Discussion
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements
ICANN has opened the comment period for “Rights Protection Mechanism (RPM) Requirements” The operational requirements for implementation of the Sunrise and Trademark Claims processes in new gTLDs, and a set of community-proposed ...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 10:40 am
The Domains
Marchex Up 20% to New 52 Week High
After reporting earnings last night Marchex (MCHX) is up just about 20% in trading today to a 52 week high of $7 a share. Marchex has now more than doubled off its 52 week low of $3.06 a share. At $7 a share the company has a Market Cap of $270 Milli...
Discussion
Marchex Up 20% to New 52 Week High
After reporting earnings last night Marchex (MCHX) is up just about 20% in trading today to a 52 week high of $7 a share. Marchex has now more than doubled off its 52 week low of $3.06 a share. At $7 a share the company has a Market Cap of $270 Milli...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 10:26 am
The Domains
AOL Buys Adap.tv For $405 Million
We have agreed to acquire Adap.tv for $405 MM, here is what Adap.tv brings AOL: The only complete global programmatic video stack for publishers and advertisers across all screens; A unified yield management platform for advertisers an...
Discussion
AOL Buys Adap.tv For $405 Million
We have agreed to acquire Adap.tv for $405 MM, here is what Adap.tv brings AOL: The only complete global programmatic video stack for publishers and advertisers across all screens; A unified yield management platform for advertisers an...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 9:36 am
The Domains
Marchex Details Spin Off Archeo Business: Buying & Selling & Developing Domains; 200,000 Of Them
The Marchex earnings call yesterday reveal some interesting facts about Archeo the business that Marchex is looking to spin off to a separate public company later this year. It appears Archeo is set to become the first publicly traded company whose o...
Discussion
Marchex Details Spin Off Archeo Business: Buying & Selling & Developing Domains; 200,000 Of Them
The Marchex earnings call yesterday reveal some interesting facts about Archeo the business that Marchex is looking to spin off to a separate public company later this year. It appears Archeo is set to become the first publicly traded company whose o...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 9:27 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 7th, 2013
Today I have a pretty good day planned. Going out for a business lunch at the Chicago Bears mini camp. Evidently they have private corporate lunches on the sidelines and sounds like Jay Cutler and I could be sharing a ham sandwich. I heard his wife t...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 7th, 2013
Today I have a pretty good day planned. Going out for a business lunch at the Chicago Bears mini camp. Evidently they have private corporate lunches on the sidelines and sounds like Jay Cutler and I could be sharing a ham sandwich. I heard his wife t...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 6:14 am
The Domains
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issues fifth and last chapter in its five part series of “issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. ” Bottom line Verisign Concluded wi...
Discussion
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issues fifth and last chapter in its five part series of “issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. ” Bottom line Verisign Concluded wi...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 6:29 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By MicroBusiness.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 7/29/13 – 8/4/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,294,035. The highest sale was MicroBusiness.com which sold for $10,165 followed by Fa...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By MicroBusiness.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 7/29/13 – 8/4/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,294,035. The highest sale was MicroBusiness.com which sold for $10,165 followed by Fa...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 5:33 pm
The Domains
Marchex’s Archeo Sells 70 Domains For $1.3 Million & Spinoff Is Set For 4th Q
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), a leader in mobile performance advertising, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Highlights: Revenue was $39.0 million for the second q...
Discussion
Marchex’s Archeo Sells 70 Domains For $1.3 Million & Spinoff Is Set For 4th Q
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), a leader in mobile performance advertising, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Highlights: Revenue was $39.0 million for the second q...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 5:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions Total Over $1MM Led By WaterTreatment.com For $30K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/29/13 – 08/04/13 totaling over $1MM. The highest priced transaction was watertreatment.com at $30,000 followed by hometests.com at $22,000. Over the past week, 663 transactions to...
Discussion
Sedo.com Transactions Total Over $1MM Led By WaterTreatment.com For $30K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/29/13 – 08/04/13 totaling over $1MM. The highest priced transaction was watertreatment.com at $30,000 followed by hometests.com at $22,000. Over the past week, 663 transactions to...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 4:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
After sweeping it under the rug, Name Collisions come back to haunt new TLD program
Name collisions derail new top level domain name timeline. Everyone in the executive suite at Verisign must have been smiling this morning. That’s because ICANN dropped a bombshell, delaying a big portion of new top level domain names due to &l...
Discussion
After sweeping it under the rug, Name Collisions come back to haunt new TLD program
Name collisions derail new top level domain name timeline. Everyone in the executive suite at Verisign must have been smiling this morning. That’s because ICANN dropped a bombshell, delaying a big portion of new top level domain names due to &l...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:57 pm
