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Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
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Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
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August 4, 2014, 1:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Matt Overman gets promotion, Dwayne Walker joins Rightside
Rightside promotes Overman, hires Walker. Matt Overman, formerly General Manager of NameJet, has a new role at Rightside. According to Rightside’s Executive Leadership page, Overman is now VP & GM, Aftermarket and Premium Domains. His bio d...
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Matt Overman gets promotion, Dwayne Walker joins Rightside
Rightside promotes Overman, hires Walker. Matt Overman, formerly General Manager of NameJet, has a new role at Rightside. According to Rightside’s Executive Leadership page, Overman is now VP & GM, Aftermarket and Premium Domains. His bio d...
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August 2, 2014, 12:58 pm
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Web.com discusses .XYZ and threat from Google
Company responds to question about .xyz giveaway and threat from Google becoming a domain name registrar. Web.com held its quarterly conference call yesterday. Analysts asked the company about Network Solutions’ .xyz domain name giveaway and th...
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Web.com discusses .XYZ and threat from Google
Company responds to question about .xyz giveaway and threat from Google becoming a domain name registrar. Web.com held its quarterly conference call yesterday. Analysts asked the company about Network Solutions’ .xyz domain name giveaway and th...
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August 1, 2014, 4:34 pm
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Expired Domain Roundup: Tequila, Exotica and more
Sometimes $30 is more shocking than $20,250. GoDaddy Auctions’ sale of Exotica.com for over $20k comes as no surprise. There were already 97 bids up to $6,700 after day 1 (with 8 days remaining); and, by the penultimate day, those num...
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Expired Domain Roundup: Tequila, Exotica and more
Sometimes $30 is more shocking than $20,250. GoDaddy Auctions’ sale of Exotica.com for over $20k comes as no surprise. There were already 97 bids up to $6,700 after day 1 (with 8 days remaining); and, by the penultimate day, those num...
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August 1, 2014, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com starts offering domain name registration
Et tu, Amazon? Amazon.com is now offering domain name registration in conjunction with its web services. This move is not similar to Google’s recent foray into the retail registration market. Instead, it’s similar to what Google did many ...
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Amazon.com starts offering domain name registration
Et tu, Amazon? Amazon.com is now offering domain name registration in conjunction with its web services. This move is not similar to Google’s recent foray into the retail registration market. Instead, it’s similar to what Google did many ...
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August 1, 2014, 1:45 am
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Web.com misses revenue target, acquires UK online directory company
Web.com’s Q2 revenue numbers don’t hit company’s target. Web.com, which owns Network Solutions, Register.com and SnapNames, released earnings after the bell today. GAAP revenue for the second quarter was $138.2 million. Adjusted rev...
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Web.com misses revenue target, acquires UK online directory company
Web.com’s Q2 revenue numbers don’t hit company’s target. Web.com, which owns Network Solutions, Register.com and SnapNames, released earnings after the bell today. GAAP revenue for the second quarter was $138.2 million. Adjusted rev...
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July 31, 2014, 8:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Estibot to launch domainIQ for reverse and historical whois
New service will launch next week. The company behind Estibot is launching a new domain name service called domainIQ next week. domainIQ provides reverse whois (all the domains owned by a person or company), historical whois, and other intelligence a...
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Estibot to launch domainIQ for reverse and historical whois
New service will launch next week. The company behind Estibot is launching a new domain name service called domainIQ next week. domainIQ provides reverse whois (all the domains owned by a person or company), historical whois, and other intelligence a...
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July 31, 2014, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo sells $17M of domains in Q2, including a new TLD for $100k
Sedo reports on its domain aftermarket sales so far this year. Sedo released its market report for the first half of 2014 today. The company sold about $17 million worth of domain names in the second quarter, down slightly from $19 million in Q1. In ...
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Sedo sells $17M of domains in Q2, including a new TLD for $100k
Sedo reports on its domain aftermarket sales so far this year. Sedo released its market report for the first half of 2014 today. The company sold about $17 million worth of domain names in the second quarter, down slightly from $19 million in Q1. In ...
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July 31, 2014, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts: 775,000 domain names served
Donuts’ domain name registration base keeps growing. Donuts sent out a newsletter today that announced it is up to 775,000 domain name registrations. The mega-registry has released 111 top level domain names in general availability, so that&rsq...
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Donuts: 775,000 domain names served
Donuts’ domain name registration base keeps growing. Donuts sent out a newsletter today that announced it is up to 775,000 domain name registrations. The mega-registry has released 111 top level domain names in general availability, so that&rsq...
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July 31, 2014, 2:47 pm
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German domain name .Reisen tops Donut’s launches with 2,262 registrations
Domain buyers go traveling with .Reisen. Donuts launched another four domain names into regularly-priced general availability yesterday. Based on overnight zone files, which don’t include a full day, .Reisen was the most successful launch. .Rei...
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German domain name .Reisen tops Donut’s launches with 2,262 registrations
Domain buyers go traveling with .Reisen. Donuts launched another four domain names into regularly-priced general availability yesterday. Based on overnight zone files, which don’t include a full day, .Reisen was the most successful launch. .Rei...
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July 31, 2014, 12:56 pm
