After supporting dozens of Donuts' launches, Rightside is finally ready to play its own hand. Rightside's first two top level domain names are getting closer to market. The company, currently part of Demand Media, launched .democrat and .dance in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Green and .Wedding contention sets settled in multi-million dollar auctions
· UncategorizedTwo three-applicant contention sets are resolved. The .green and .wedding new top level domain name contention sets have been resolved in private auctions. It's unclear which company won the .green auction as applications have not yet been ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Demand Media’s Rightside reveals numbers and bet on new TLDs in SEC filing
· Domain RegistrarsRightside's growth is highly dependent on the success of new top level domain names. Demand Media is spinning off its domain name business as a new publicly traded company, Rightside. Today the company filed documents with the U.S. Securities and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Donuts assigns rights to .futbol and .reviews top level domains to Demand Media’s Rightside
· ServicesRightside has two more top level domain names in its new TLD portfolio. Demand Media filed documents with the SEC today related to its spinoff of Rightside, and also published an investor presentation. The disclosures show that Donuts has assigned ... Continue Reading2 Comments
2013 Top Stories: Demand Media to spin off domain business
· ServicesRightside will make some noise in 2014. Demand Media has had its share of ups and downs since it was founded in 2006. 2013 was mostly a year of downs for its content business, which includes eHow and Livestrong.com, thanks to Google's search engine ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Domain parking clawback dings Demand Media earnings, plus first look at Rightside numbers
· Domain ParkingCompany hit with parking clawback from a previous quarter. Ask any domain parking company about their top frustrations, and clawbacks will be high on the list. Basically, their upstream ad partner will clawback previously paid revenue based on traffic ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Demand Media to call spinoff Rightside?
· Domain RegistrarsCompany files trademark applications that may be for spinoff. Demand Media is in the process of spinning off its domain name business into a new publicly traded company. Will it be called Rightside? Earlier this month Rightside Group, Ltd. filed ... Continue Reading1 Comment