Company says material terms are "substantially similar" to the prior agreement. Rightside, parent company of eNom and domain parking platform HotKeys, has signed a new domain name parking agreement with Google. In an SEC filing, the company stated ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The state of the domain name industry
· UncategorizedMy views on domain parking, domain sales, registrars and registries. I've been collecting my thoughts on the domain name business over the past month, and it's time to put them down in writing. Here's what I think about the state of the domain name ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Are industry-specific resellers the future of domain name registration?
· Domain RegistrarsNiche resellers and registrars are key for selling industry-specific domain names. Many of the new top level domain names coming to market are targeted to particular industries: .photography for photographers, .plumbing for plumbers, .solar for the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
My takeaways from Rightside’s first investor call
· Domain RegistrarsNaidu makes his pitch to analysts; company discloses some numbers on parking and domain sales. Rightside just concluded its first ever investor conference call as a standalone company. CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox spent much of the time ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Rightside just released its first earnings report
· Domain RegistrarsRevenue and earnings slip year-over-year, but that was expected. Rightside today released its first quarterly earnings report after being spun off from Demand Media. The company, which started trading as NAME on the NASDAQ this Monday, posted total ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rightside begins trading today as NAME on the NASDAQ
· Domain RegistrarsA big day for Rightside (and the domain name industry). Today is a big day for domain name company Rightside as it begins to trade on the NASDAQ. Shares are down slightly right now to $15.65. Rightside has been spun off from Demand Media. Owners ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rightside promotes Matt Overman, hires Dwayne Walker
· UncategorizedFormer NameJet GM gets a promotion and Dwayne Walker jumps from Oversee.net to Rightside. Matt Overman, formerly General Manager of NameJet, has a new role at Rightside. According to Rightside's Executive Leadership page, Overman is now VP & GM, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Finally, well-targeted new top level domain name marketing
· Domain RegistrarsNetwork Solutions' pitches .republican domain names to owners of political domain names. A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Sedo did a new TLD promotion that registrars should be doing. Sedo looked at its existing customer base for people ... Continue Reading3 Comments
New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
· UncategorizedPunto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
· ServicesRightside's debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment