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Five Interesting Things About The eNom Sale to Tucows
January 24, 2017 @ 9:27 AMRightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox gave a presentation yesterday about the company’s sale of eNom to Tucows. Here are some interesting takeaways: New TLDs are still the smallest part of Rightside’s business. Name.com is the biggest part, followed by aftermarket revenue. Aftermarket includes money the company makes from its portfolio of…
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Tucows Expects $20 Million EBITDA/Year From "Opportunistic" eNom Acquisition
January 23, 2017 @ 1:13 PMTucows expects fast contribution from eNom, which has booked losses at Rightside. Domain name and communications company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) didn’t plan to acquire two domain name businesses over the past year, but the opportunities were too good to pass up. First, the company scooped up Melbourne IT’s reseller channel for just over $8 million AUD…
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Now MMX Kills Off Premium Renewals
January 23, 2017 @ 7:43 AMAre we witnessing the beginning of the end for the premium renewal business model? MMX, aka Minds + Machines today became the latest new gTLD registry to announce it is getting rid of premium renewal fees for all of its premium domain names. The price changes are retroactive to January 6 and affect all MMX…
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MMX Drops Expensive Renewals On Premium Domain Names
January 23, 2017 @ 7:32 AMDomain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual first-year registration price as well as high annual renewal prices. Now, buyers will only have…
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Hires and Promotions at Donuts, MMX and CentralNic
January 23, 2017 @ 6:45 AMA few gTLD registries have announced changes to senior management positions and new hires over the last several days, so I thought I’d lump them all together into one post. Donuts has appointed a new CEO. Venture capitalist Bruce Jaffe, who’s been on the board as an independent director for about a year, has taken…
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As Trump Sworn In, CADNA Returns to Lobby for Stronger Cybersquatting Laws
January 23, 2017 @ 12:54 AMRemember the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse? The lobby group that campaigned for stronger cybersquatting laws and against new gTLDs? It’s back. CADNA on Thursday used the imminent inauguration of new US president Donald Trump to announce that it’s back in the game, hoping a Republican-dominated government will be friendlier to its agenda. It told…
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.club Announces New Broker Program and Interest-free Financing Plans
January 23, 2017 @ 12:20 AM.CLUB announced today a new broker program and interest-free financing plans starting at $17 per month. .Club tries to find new ways to make its brandable premium names accessible to entrepreneurs and small businesses. “We were the first to offer financing to select registrants under our Startup Club program, which successfully incubated businesses such as Coffee.club and…
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Solomon Amoako Joins MMX As VP Channel Management
January 22, 2017 @ 9:31 AMAmoako back in the domain name industry in new role at MMX. Solomon Amoako has joined new top level domain company MMX (formerly known as Minds + Machines) as VP of Channel Management. Amoako will be responsible for sales in the Americas and Europe. He’s a familiar face in the domain name industry, having held…
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Tucows Inc. To Acquire eNom From Rightside
January 20, 2017 @ 1:47 PMFor years, eNom and OpenSRS have been the two leading registrars primarily focused on the needs of resellers. This acquisition will keep resellers where they will be well understood, well valued and well served and will create tremendous value through efficiency and scale.
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Bruce Jaffe Replaces Paul Stahura As CEO of Donuts
January 19, 2017 @ 6:00 AMJaffe and Stahura swap places and Donuts hires Chief Revenue Officer. Paul Stahura has exited his role as CEO of new top level domain company Donuts, switching places with Bruce Jaffe, who was previously Executive Chairman of the company’s board. “I’m really looking forward to the switcheroo and I think it’s a little bit overdue,”…
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