Tag Archives: Publicly Traded Domain Co

Thu 15th May 2014
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Tucows Reports Earnings & New gTLD’s Accounted For 6.5% of Total New Sales - Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 Beginning in the first quarter of 2014, Tucows has reclassified its revenue streams into Domain Services and Network Access Services. Domain Services includes Wholesale OpenSRS (Domain Service and Value Added Services), Retail (Hover) and Portfolio. Network Access Services includes Ting. “Our performance in the first ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2014
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CentralNic Reports: Almost £4M In Revenue; £1M in Earnings & Has £4.93 In The Bank - CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Share of the company are down slightly trading at 62.5P.  The company has a 52 week high of 115.5 P and has a low of 58,5 P. For 2013 billings were £3.89 million, representing a 15% increase on 2012, and producing net revenues of £3.05 million, an increase of 4% over 2012. Net cash-flow from operating activities was £1.13 million, a 15% improvement over the previous year. This growth in revenues ... read more ...
Wed 16th April 2014
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Neustar Reports Lower than approaching gain – Stock off 4% in After Hours Trading - Neustar is down in after hours trading as the company reported lower than expected earnings. The stock is off close to 4 % in after hours trading at $27.15. Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services and analytics, today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, and affirmed its revenue and adjusted net income guidance for 2014. Results for First Quarter 2014 Compared to First Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 6% to $229.9 million Revenue ... read more ...
Tue 15th April 2014
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The Sale of .Co To Neustar Closed Today; Offices To Stay In Miami - Although it was announced a few weeks ago, the sale of the  .CO Internet S.A.S to Neustar for $109 million dollars actually just closed today. According to the MiamiHerald.com, the “Champagne popped and bonuses flowed after .CO Internet closed its chapter as an independent company and became part of the publicly traded Neustar on Monday afternoon.” “In his first comments to the press about the transaction, Juan Diego Calle, co-founder and former CEO of .CO, said “The timing was right for ... read more ...
Thu 27th March 2014
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Sedo Holdings Reports: Revenue Up 5.5%; Domain Parking Down; 16.5 Million Domains For Sale - Sedo Holding AG just issued its Annual Report for 2013 and revenues overall were up by 5.5% to €140.0 million (previous year: €132.7 million). But the growth was driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment, “although it performed significantly more weakly than expected”. The Domain Marketing segment continued to face the challenges presented by the falling domain parking market accompanied by strong competition from aggressively-priced providers, which is why the drop in sales revenues continued, ... read more ...
Sun 23rd March 2014
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The Denver Post Apparently Has Never Heard of Neustar - The Denver Post is not too familiar with Neustar, they referred to the company as “virtually unknown”. The article  is pertaining to Neustar and their bid to retain a very lucrative contract in the telecom space. This is the same “virtually unknown” company that just spent $109 to million to buy .CO Internet S.A.S. The Denver Post doesn’t seem to be aware that Neustar (NSR) is a publicly traded company with a valuation of over $2 Billion dollars based on its closing share price on Friday ... read more ...
Fri 21st March 2014
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Top Level Domain Holdings Starts Trading Under Minds + Machines Today - Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (“TLDH”) has officially changed its name to and started trading today under Minds + Machines Group Limited From today, the Company’s shares will trade uwith the EPIC ticker symbol, MMX. Fred Krueger, Chairman of the Group, commented: “We are delighted to be now fully grouped under the banner of our operating businesses, Minds + Machines. It not only reflects the Board’s confidence in the prospects of our registry and registrar operations but will create ... read more ...
Thu 20th March 2014
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.CO Internet S.A.S Acquired for $109 Million - Neustar traded on the NYSE under the symbol NSR has a market cap of roughly $2.16 billion, today after the close they announced the acquistion of the company behind the .CO extension. Neustar is acquiring  .CO Internet S.A.S for $109 million. Neustar recorded $4 million in revenue for its role as the back-end provider for .CO Internet, which will be eliminated upon consolidation. Neustar is proud to announce the acquisition of .@dotco .CO Internet will expand Neustar’s registry services http://t.co/xpv8XLDRHe — ... read more ...
Wed 19th March 2014
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Marchex, Endurance Added To NASDAQ Internet Index - NASDAQ (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced the addition and deletion of companies to the NASDAQ Internet Index® (Nasdaq:QNET), which will become effective prior to market open on Monday, March 24, 2014. The Index is designed to track the performance of a set of companies engaged in internet-related businesses. Two of the company’s added are two in the domain industry Marchex (Nasdaq:MCHX) and Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc (Nasdaq:EIGI) Twenty-two securities will be added to the Index: Benefitfocus, ... read more ...
Tue 4th March 2014
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TLDH Formally Announces Appointment Of Elliot Noss Of Tucows As “Non-Executive Director” - According to a press release out today, the Board of Top Level Domain Holdings announced the formal appointment of Mr Elliot Noss as a non-executive director of TLDH with immediate effect. Mr Noss is President and CEO of Tucows, Inc (NASDAQ:TCX), one of the larger domain registrars, and has served in such capacity since the completion of Tucows, Inc’s merger with Tucows Delaware in August 2001. From May 1999 until completion of the merger in August 2001, Mr Noss served as President and Chief Executive ... read more ...
Mon 3rd March 2014
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Web.com Officially Announces The Acquisition of SnapNames.com - Web.com Group, Inc. (WWWW) officially announced today that it has acquired SnapNames from KeyDrive S.A. Shares are down over 2% in early trading today. The questions yet to be answered is how will the acquisition effect where expiring domain names from Web.com registrars, including NetworkSolutions.com and Register.com will be going. All expired domains of Netsol where going to SnapNames.com until it was acquired by Oversee.net, the company that sold SnapNames.com to Keysystems. Once Oversee.net ... read more ...
Thu 27th February 2014
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Marchex’s Archeo Clarifies 4th Q Sales -   Last week we reported on Marchex earnings which included its Archeo division sold a total of 262 domain names in the 4th Quarter that yielded $1.6 million. At the time we noted that the average sales price of  domain names in 4Q was just over $6,100 per domain name which was well below the average price the company sold its domains in the third quarter of 2013. Today we received some additional and clairfy information from Rod Diefendorf COO, of Archeo on the sales “”Each quarter our team ... read more ...
 
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Endurance Reports: Revenue Up 17% in 4th Q 78% In 2013 - Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (EIGI),  which owns Dotster.com,  Domain.com and most recently acquired Direct, along with many hosting company’s,  reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter Highlights Revenue increased 17% to $136.4 million compared to $117.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2012. Adjusted EBITDA increased 40% to $46.2 million compared to $33.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2012. Net loss attributable ... read more ...
Wed 26th February 2014
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Demand Media Fall Under $5 A Share Down 10% - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) released its earnings for the 4th Quarter of 2013 as well 2013 numbers and the market apparently didn’t like them. Demand Media, Inc. is hovering around $5 a share down about 10% from the closing price last night hitting an intraday low of $4.95 Demand has a 52 week high of $9.75 At its current price, Demand’s market cap is $459 Million dollars. Demand Media, Inc, is intending to spin off its registrar, registry and new gTLD business into a new public company Rightside.       Google+Michael ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Demand Reports: Registrar Revenue Increases 12% in 4Q and 10% Year-over-Year - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. Q4 2013 Financial Summary: Total revenue ex-TAC declined 3% year-over-year, with 12% year-over-year growth in Registrar revenue offset by an 11% decline in Content Media revenue ex-TAC. Excluding the acquisitions of Society6 and Name.com, total revenue ex-TAC decreased 15%. Registrar revenue grew 12% year-over-year, primarily due to the addition of Name.com, which was acquired ... read more ...
Wed 19th February 2014
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Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells 262 Domains For 1.6 Million In 4th Quarter of 2013 - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. Archeo Q4 Business Highlights: Revenue. Archeo non-GAAP revenue was $3.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2013, which excludes domain sales recognized in GAAP revenue. Domains sales. During the fourth quarter of 2013, Archeo sold a total of 262 domain names that yielded $1.6 million. To save you the math, that is just over $6,100 per domain name which is well below the ... read more ...
Mon 17th February 2014
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“Exciting Times for TLD Holdings as .London Launch Looms” - ProactiveInvestors.co.uk did a small write up on TLD Holdings the company which just recently raised another $33 million and said they would change their name to Minds+Machines. The stock is up 11% today, of course the stock trades for a very low price so it does not take much to get a large percentage move. I can say this is a perfect example of procrastination on my part, as I constantly was having discussion with a couple friends when the stock was at 5 1/2 pence. I felt it was a cheap hedge in ... read more ...
Fri 31st January 2014
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TLD Holdings Raises Over $33 Million, Names Tucows CEO To Board and Will Change the Name - Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) is a publicly traded company on the London AIM, the company came out with a press release today which details a lot of things going on for the company.  It placed shares at 12pence and surprisingly traded up after the placement. Elliot Noss the CEO of Tucows will join the board, and they are doing a name change to Minds + Machines Limited Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (“TLDH”, the “Company” or “Group”) announced today they raised  £21 million (approximately ... read more ...
Thu 30th January 2014
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Google Reports: Paid Clicks Up 31%; Cost Per Click Down 11% - Google reported its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2013 after the market closed today Google’s consolidated net income was $3.38 billion, or $9.90 per share, compared to $2.89 billion, or $8.62 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, Google said it earned $12.01 per share. Google’s consolidated revenue, rose to $16.86 billion from $14.42 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012. Paid click growth, rose 31% Y/Y after growing 26% in Q3 and 23% in Q2. At the ... read more ...
Wed 29th January 2014
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Neustar Reports & Shares Are Down 25% Afterhours - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013 and provided guidance for 2014. The market didn’t like the news, with shares of the company plummeting 25% after hours to $32 a share. Neustar has a 52 week high of over $57 a share. Of course the market may have not like Neustar’s updated statement it also issued today on “local number portability administrator selection” “”Neustar announced an update on the selection process for the local ... read more ...
Mon 13th January 2014
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Penn State Lets PennState.com Expire & The Domain Is In Auction W/ $4,583 Min Bid - Penn State which certainly has had one of the biggest scandals in the United States over the last few years leading to criminal charges, the resignation of the President of the University and the legendary football coach Joe Paterno, has now let the domain name PennState.com expire. The domain name PennState.com is registered to Penn State formally known as the The Pennsylvania State University. The University has owned the domain since at least 2001 according to DomainTools.com The University let ... read more ...
Thu 2nd January 2014
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NeuStar & Web.com Make Forbes “Tech Stocks To Buy In 2014 For Growth & Value Investors” - Forbes published a short list of “Tech Stocks To Buy In 2014 For Growth Value Investors” and two companies from the domain space made the list NeuStar (NSR) operates the .US ccTLD and .Biz TLD, .NYC new gTLD and is also the back end provider for .Co and for hundreds of new gTLD’s. Shares of NeuStar traded between $41.82 – $57.29 in the past 52 weeks and sits just around $49.75 as of publication. Web.com (WWWW) owns two of the top 10  domain name registrars, Network Solutions and Register.com, ... read more ...
Tue 31st December 2013
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Tucows Joins Sedo MLS Network - Sedo, today announced that Tucows, one of the leading global provider of domain names and other Internet services, has joined its SedoMLS network. The partnership will enable Tucows to automatically distribute more than 17 million actual existing premium domains and premium domains of more than 400 upcoming new generic top­level domain (gTLD) extensions to the more than 13,000 resellers in Tucows’ OpenSRS reseller channel, and also allows Tucows registered domains to be listed for sale on the ... read more ...
Wed 18th December 2013
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12 Registrar Signup With TLDH; 7 With Minds + Machines; 25 New gTLD To Launch 1Q - The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) announced the company has  Registry-Registrar Agreements (“RRA’s”) with an initial twelve ICANN-accredited registrars in the US, Europe and Asia. The Company plans to expand its registrar network in 2014 to complement its own direct sales channel to market through its wholly-owned registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. Of the initial 12 registrars that have signed RRAs, 7 have signed up with Minds + Machines OPEN Priority Reservation ... read more ...
Tue 17th December 2013
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Tucows Moving To NASDAQ & Does 1-for-4 Reverse Stock Split - Tucows Inc. (NYSE MKT:TCX, TSX:TC), announced today that it will transfer its U.S. stock exchange listing to the NASDAQ  effective December 30, 2013. The Company also announced that its board of directors has approved a reverse stock split of the Company’s common shares that will combine every four Tucows common shares into one Tucows common share. The Company’s common stock is expected to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis at the market open on December 31, 2013. Shares of Tucows have ... read more ...