GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported second quarter earnings up 22% year over year. The stock is up After Hours: 43.00 +0.55 (1.30%). Domain revenue up 14.6% year over year. Highlights: Total revenue of $557.8 million, up 22.3% year over year, or 23.5% on a constant currency basis. Total bookings of $667.5 million, up 23.9% year over year, or 25.8% on a constant currency basis. Net cash … [Read more...]
Where are you investing your domain dollars?
A lot of different niches en vogue and some slipping out of vogue. From VR to Crypto to Emojis to AI. EMDs vs brandables, .com vs non coms. Where are you currently putting your domain dollars? … [Read more...]
Rightside to be acquired for $10.60 a share
Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) to be acquired by Donuts for $10.60 a share. 52 week range on the stock $7.17 - $12.85. It really is a deal that makes sense for everybody, well accept for those that paid in the teens for NAME stock. Three years ago stock was at 17.00. One question is what happens to Name.com the registrar? From StreetInsider.com Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: NAME) and … [Read more...]
The History of money
With all the talk about cryptocurrency lately, I thought this was an interesting look at the history of money. When looking at Bitcoin here is an interesting fact not in the infographic. 2010: 1 bitcoin = 0.004 usd 2016: 1 usd = 0.001 bitcoin Source: … [Read more...]
Details On The RightOfTheDot/Namejet’s Live/Online Domain Auction at NamesCon
RightOfTheDot and NameJet are partnering for the second year in a row to host the live and online domain name auction of premium domain names for the upcoming NamesCon 2017 domain name industry conference. RightOfTheDot and NameJet will conduct the premier domain name auction that is currently taking place online on the NameJet website in conjunction with the live domain name auction that will … [Read more...]
AU Publication Says Trump Is the World’s Largest Domain Holder with 3,600 Domains
The Australian publication Channelnews.com.au, just declared Donald Trump as the "World’s Biggest Owner Of Domain Names". Yes according to the story, The Donald only has over 3,600 domain names. My God how did no one in the domain industry recognize Mr. Trump as owning the most domain names in the world with 3,600? In the domain industry we know there are companies that own 1 Million + … [Read more...]
Want To Buy A New gTLD? .Buzz Headed For Auction With A Minimum Bid of $3.5 Million
dotStrategy Co., the company that owns and operates the .buzz Top Level Domain (TLD) registry announced today the upcoming sale of 100% of the company’s shares in a closed-‐sealed auction. The closed, sealed auction is scheduled for December 8, 2016. The auction carries a minimum reserve bid price of $3,500,000. "The winning bid received in auction will acquire the following .buzz … [Read more...]