Company no longer holds a portfolio of domains for the secondary market. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released its Q3 earnings yesterday. You can see the numbers here (pdf), but they aren't the headline for the domain segment. Instead, it's this: after many ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Tucows releases earnings, quantifies lift from GoDaddy Auctions
· Domain RegistrarsMargin contribution from domains up due to price increases and Ascio; Tucows also explains lift from moving Enom expiry stream. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released second quarter earnings (pdf) yesterday after the close of the market. The company has ... Continue Reading2 Comments
5 Domain Name Thoughts
· UncategorizedHere are some things I've been thinking about lately. It must be difficult for expired domain name research tools to compete with ExpiredDomains.net. It's hard to beat free with such a solid feature set. There's a new domain name generator out ... Continue Reading25 Comments
April’s Top Stories
· UncategorizedHere's what happened in domain names last month. These are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by pageviews. 1. Clothing company tries to reverse hijack domain name - A European clothing brand filed a "factually misleading" ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Should GoDaddy allow investors to list domains in the expired auction stream?
· Domain SalesIt would be great for domain sellers but has some downsides. There was an interesting discussion on Twitter over the weekend about auctioning domain names on GoDaddy. Hey - @godaddyauctions @jjstyler - I want to liquidate DomainDiscounts dot ... Continue Reading11 Comments
February’s top domain name stories
· UncategorizedHere's a look at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, as ranked by views. 1. How I almost lost a domain name this week - Even professional domain owners can let something slip through the cracks. Here's what happened and how to make sure it ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com acquires Tucows’ half of NameJet
· Expired DomainsDeal is a sign of the times in the expired domain business. Web.com is now the sole owner of domain name auction site NameJet after acquiring Tucows' (NASDAQ: TCX) interest in the business. NameJet was created as a partnership between Enom and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How NameJet can right the ship
· Expired DomainsNameJet needs to make some changes to improve its results. It's been a rough year or so at domain marketplace NameJet. First, there was the shill bidding scandal last summer. Then, the company re-lost its Tucows expired inventory to rival ... Continue Reading12 Comments
GoDaddy is closing an expired domain “loophole”
· Expired DomainsLast second backorders will no longer circumvent closeout process. Auctions for expired domain names at GoDaddy can get competitive. With no backorders required, domain names can go from $0 to hundreds of dollars even when no bids are placed until the ... Continue Reading18 Comments
WIPO panel explains a common expired domain occurrence
· Policy & LawA company wanted a domain but failed it capture it when it expired. Then it filed a UDRP against the new domain owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has provided an unusually descriptive explanation and interpretation of a very ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
