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Rightside to Modernize Enom, Predicts $75m New gTLD Revs
May 11, 2016 @ 7:07 AMRightside used its first quarter earnings call yesterday to address, albeit indirectly, some of the criticisms recently leveled at it by activist investors and competitors. CEO Taryn Naidu revealed for the first time how the company sees the new gTLD market playing out in the longer term. He said than in three to five years,…
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S.club Sells for $38k, Leading .club Domain Name Auction
May 11, 2016 @ 6:14 AMSingle letter .club domain sells for big bucks. The .Club registry sold over $130,000 worth of premium domain names last month, with about half of the sales coming from an auction held on Alibaba’s Ali Auction platform (TaoBao) in China. .Club continues to try out different auction platforms in China for its domain names, with…
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.flir Becomes The 1,300th TLD
May 11, 2016 @ 4:09 AMThere are now 1,300 top-level domains live on the internet. The milestone was hit today when the dot-brand .flir was delegated to FLIR Systems, a $1.5 billion-a-year thermal imaging systems manufacturer. Its nic.flir domain is now live and currently redirects to existing sites in other TLDs. According to the DI database, there are 292 ccTLDs,…
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Rightside: Q-over-Q Revenue Drops, New TLD Revenue Builds
May 10, 2016 @ 1:00 PMRightside’s revenue was down sequentially, but up compared to the same time last year. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) released earnings after the bell today. The company reported $55.1 million revenue for the first quarter of 2016, a 9% increase over the same quarter of 2015. However, this was down from $55.7 million last quarter. Rightside reported a…
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Premium Domains are Confusing, But Can Be Profitable for Domain Name Registries
May 10, 2016 @ 11:40 AMI don’t blame registries for holding back premiums. Here’s some data. Premium domain names in new TLDS-those priced higher than the regular price for registration-can be frustrating for domain investors. But there’s no doubt that a premium strategy can be worthwhile for a registry. The key is in execution. Rightside had a record month for…
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Zacr Wades Into .africa Lawsuit, Tells Judge He Screwed Up
May 10, 2016 @ 6:43 AMZA Central Registry has told the judge in DotConnectAfrica’s lawsuit against ICANN that the preliminary injunction he granted DCA recently was based on a misunderstanding. The injunction, granted a month ago, prevents ICANN delegating the .africa gTLD to ZACR until the lawsuit reaches a conclusion. But, in papers filed Friday, ZACR points out that the…
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With Zika Fears, is ICANN Dissing Latin America?
May 10, 2016 @ 1:53 AMInternet organizations in Latin America are pissed off with ICANN for cancelling its Panama public meeting and potentially cancelling its Puerto Rico meeting. They said that the cancellations will have “a direct negative impact on the participation of our communities in the region, since they view these meetings as favorable opportunities to get together for…
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Tribune Publishing Company Bought The Domain Name LA.com For $1.2 Million
May 9, 2016 @ 3:22 PMTribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB) bought the domain name LA.com for $1.2 million in February 2016. The sale was revealed in a quarterly report (FORM 10-Q) that was filed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by the company on the 4th of May 2016.
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GiftCards.com Valued at $11 Million Dollars, Part of a 9-figure Sale
May 9, 2016 @ 3:21 PMGeorge Kirikos has been digging up SEC reports like there’s no tomorrow. After unveiling the sale of LA.com, the Canadian domain investor shared the 8-figure valuation of a domain that was part of a much larger sale. The domain GiftCards.com was sold with a price tag of $11 million dollars, but it was part of an asset sale valued at $103.8 million dollars.
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GoDaddy Made a $42 Million Acquisition
May 9, 2016 @ 3:21 PMIn GoDaddy’s most recent 10-Q quarterly report filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission, the company reported a major acquisition and some other interesting business information. On page 20 of the filing, GoDaddy stated, “In April 2016, we completed an immaterial acquisition for cash consideration of $42.0 million.”
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