Domain name investor buys more shares, and has made a small profit. A company connected to domain name investor Frank Schilling has purchased another 150,000 shares of Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) stock, increasing his interest in the company to 6.1% of ... Continue Reading8 Comments
A Frank Schilling company owns more than 5% of Rightside
· Domain RegistrarsSEC filing discloses interest in company. Some people say the domain name business is an incestuous industry. They might be right. An SEC filing this afternoon discloses that a company associated with Frank Schilling now owns 5.5% of the ... Continue Reading11 Comments
The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
· UncategorizedNo surprise at the top, but it gets interesting after that. This year's Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents who the most influential person is in the domain name industry, as well as who they'd most like to have dinner with. Unsurprisingly, ... Continue Reading12 Comments
NamesCon Domain Name Conference Recap – DNW Podcast #018
· PodcastsListen in at last month's NamesCon domain name conference. Take a walk on the floor of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas in this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I walk the exhibit floor talking to exhibitors, pop in on a few sessions, and also play ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Frank Schilling changes strategy for .Click launch
· ServicesNothingHeldBack.click. 5 more Uniregistry domain names go into general availability next week. And for one of them, .click, Frank Schilling is taking a different strategy when it comes to holding back domain names. In previous launches, Schilling's ... Continue Reading17 Comments
BuyDomains and the economics of large domain portfolios
· ServicesShould very large domain name portfolios be valued per domain or on sales and profitability metrics? The sale of BuyDomains.com this week, including a portfolio of close to a million domains for something less than $80 per domain, has raised ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Frank Schilling has sold $12 million in domain names this year
· Domain SalesSchilling says his domain aftermarket sales have hit $12 million for the year. Frank Schilling has sold $12 million worth of his own domain names this year, already surpassing his total from 2013. Schilling disclosed this number in an update to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Frank Schilling gets reverse domain name hijacking win on Puket.com
· Policy & Law"Ah, Puket, let's file this case and hope they don't show up." Clothing company IMB Textil S.A., which uses the domain name puket.com.br, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for trying to steal Puket.com through UDRP. ... Continue Reading10 Comments
New TLDs this week: Schilling launches .hiphop, Donuts charges your .creditcard
· UncategorizedFrank Schilling's Uniregistry joins Donuts with new TLD releases this week. Shortened holiday week be damned: new TLD operators are launching a bunch of domain names this week. And by this week, I really mean this Wednesday. Frank Schilling's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Uniregistry inks distribution deal with GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsFrank Schilling's registry finally comes to agreement with GoDaddy. Frank Schilling's registry Uniregistry has signed a registry-registrar agreement with GoDaddy, paving the way for its top level domains to show up on the world's largest domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments