Market Watch 3/31/16 Domain stocks ended the first quarter mixed. No real boig moves today, Rightside (NAME) saw the highest number of shares traded since January 19,2016. The stock closed at the low for the day $8.05. Neustar (NSR) was down another 2.5% after dropping 7.5% yesterday. Endurance Intl (EIGI) cpntinued to improve on the previous days gains up another 2.3%. Alphabet … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
PlayBuzz.com Raises $15 Million; Domain Bought For $2,900 in 2013
Playbuzz.com is in the news today after raising $15 million dollars. According to VentureBeat.com, the company said it "raised $15 million in funding from Saban Ventures and Disney for its business of providing sponsored content. Playbuzz helps publishers and content creators distribute their content in ways that boost engagement and social distribution." The domain name PlayBuzz.com … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Domainking.ng Moved To A New Registrar After Rick Schwartz Announced UDRP
The domain name domainking.ng changed registrars yesterday, apparently as a result of our post announcing that Rick Schwartz filed an administrative proceeding similar to a UDRP with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) which manages the Top Level Domain (.ng ccTLD) based on his "domain King" trademark. The domain name domainking.ng is being used as a domain name registrar and … [Read more...]
91.top leads auction results at 220,000 Yuan ($33,846)
Dot Top posted results from an auction held in Nanjing on March 26, 2016. 91.top led all results at 220,000 Yuan, PP.Top was second at 210,000 Yuan. Full list: … [Read more...]
Over 53% Of New gTLD Are Registered In China: Just Over 10% By Those In US
Over 53% of all new gTLD's are registered to domain holders in China. Only 10.8% of all new gTLD's are registered to Domain holders in the United States. According to stats newly complied by ntldstats.com, who has now broken down new gTLD registrants by the country where the domain name is registered, China accounts for 53.6% of all new gTLD registrations or 8,784,383 of the 16,396,564 new … [Read more...]
Market Recap 3/30/16 Neustar slammed down 7.5%
Market Recap 3/30/16 Neustar (NSR) was the big loser on the day, the stock was off over 7.5%. SmallCapWired.com wrote: Analysts await Neustar Inc (NYSE:NSR) to reports earnings on May, 4. They expect $1.06 EPS, up 7.07% or $0.07 from last year’s $0.99 per share. NSR’s profit will be $57.96 million for 5.95 P/E if the $1.06 EPS becomes reality. After $1.30 actual EPS reported by Neustar Inc … [Read more...]
Daniel Negari Of XYZ Offers $5 Million To Buy 4 New gTLD’s From Rightside
Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry just offered Rightside (NAME) $5 Million dollars cash to buy four of their new gTLD extensions; .Army, .Vet, .Dentist, Dance. The four extensions were uncontested, meaning Rightside did not have to buy them in an auction and got them for the $185,000 application fee per string. The four extensions according to ntldstats.com have a total of less than … [Read more...]