Donuts paid Tucows to walk away from two new top level domain bids. Donuts negotiated a deal with rival applicant Tucows for the strings .marketing and .media, which is why the latter withdrew its applications for the two domains last month. While ... Continue Reading2 Comments
TLDH and Tucows team up on 3 top level domain names
· UncategorizedTwo TLD applicants pool resources. Top Level Domain Holdings and Tucows are combining resources in an effort to lock down three top level domain names that are in contention sets. Tucows had applied for .group and TLDH applied for .tech and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing the impact of new TLDs
· Domain RegistrarsTucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Tucows: fewer big domain sales, but good numbers on lower priced domains
· Domain SalesTucows generates less revenue from its portfolio but sales of $2,000-$3,000 domains still strong. Tucows reported earnings yesterday, which should give domainers some insight into how large domain portfolio holders are doing. The headline number is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
27 end user domain sales, including a buy from the Data.com seller
· Domain SalesA report on 27 end user domain name sales made last week. This week's end user domain sales report includes a small purchase by the company that sold Data.com from Salesforce.com for $4.5 million. Afternic New York City bakery City Cakes ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Tucows: 14.1 million domains and Ting has 5,000+ accounts
· Domain RegistrarsTucows continues to grow domain business while mobile phone service Ting gets bigger. Tucows' total domains under management hit 14.1 million at the end of last quarter, the company announced on its investor conference call last evening. That's up ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Have ccTLD questions? Just ask Alex
· Domain RegistrarsGet answers to your toughest country code domain questions. Some country code domain names are fairly easy to register. Most of them aren't. Frankly, figuring out how to register some of the more obscure ccTLDs could take a Ph.D. But now ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN sends breach notice to Tucows
· Domain RegistrarsOrganization sends notice of breach to third largest domain name registrar. ICANN has sent a notice of breach to Tucows, the third largest domain name registrar. This breach notice is unusual in that it seems to stem from a dispute over a particular ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Domain stocks doing very well this year
· UncategorizedTucows more than doubles and other domain stocks also on a tear. It has been a decent year for the NASDAQ so far. But returns on domain stocks have been exceptional. Consider Tucows (TCX), which opened the year at 75 cents. It has more than doubled ... Continue Reading1 Comment
OpenSRS implements 100+ ccTLDs from EPAG acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsTucows' reseller network now has over 100 additional domains to choose from. One of the key reasons Tucows bought domain name registrar EPAG back in August was to bolster its offering of country code domain names (ccTLD). Today it announced the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment