Tag Archives: Publicly Traded Domain Co

Tue 10th December 2013
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Art.com Build On Category Killer Domain Planning On Going Public in 2014; Godaddy May Not Be Far Behind - USAToday.com, is reporting that Art.com, a leading online seller of prints, posters, frames and canvas, is discuss plans for a possible initial public offering (IPO) next year If Art.com’s IPO plans work out, it will likely try to go public toward the end of 2014. “A surge in Internet stocks this year and the successful Twitter IPO has many private technology companies raising money or mulling a public listing. Alibaba, the giant Chinese e-commerce company, is expected to go public in the U.S. ... read more ...
Wed 4th December 2013
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Variety.com Publishes; Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media -   Variety.com just published a cover story on Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) and its less than flattering. The article entitled Epic Fail: The Rise and Fall of Demand Media starts out: “Take note, Twitter: Not every tech company has a happy ending after a ballyhooed IPO. Just look at Demand Media, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based firm some thought would revolutionize content production. Not long after the company went public in January 2011, its market capitalization soared to more than $2 billion, ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Proposes To Offer $50 Million More In Shares & Allow Insiders To Sell Up To 15% of Holdings - According to a 8-K form filed by Marchex, Inc. (“Marchex”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)  the company may sell up to $50 million of its Class B common stock, at prices and on terms that Marchex will decide at the time of any offering. In addition, under the shelf registration, certain of Marchex’s stockholders may offer for resale to the public from time to time in one or more offerings up to 3.5 million shares of Marchex’s Class B common stock owned by them ... read more ...
Wed 13th November 2013
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Tucows Sells Over $4 Million In Domains Names In 3rd Quarter Or Gets A Lot Of Money For New gTLD Strings -   Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 beating EPS estimates by $0.03 and beating revenue estimates by $3.8M. Shares are trading up over 15% after hours. Tucows sold a total of  $4.167,000 in domain names for the 3rd quarter of 2013 or maybe not. To be clear Tucows reported portfolio income of $4.1 million which has always consisted of  domain name sales but now includes some serious cash they may have gotten ... read more ...
Thu 7th November 2013
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Demand Reports: Media business Negatively Impacted by Declines in Search Referral Traffic & Advertising Demand -  Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), reported its earnings after the market closed today. Demand’s earnings were in line with estimates, but revenue was above estimates. However it seems like Demand is fighting a losing battle on the eHow front as changes in Google search algorithm is negatively effecting that part of the business. For Demand in My opinion the spin off of the domain service business can’t happen soon enough “This quarter, our media business was negatively impacted by declines in search ... read more ...
Tue 5th November 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo Division Sells 81 Domains For $1.9 Million; Ave Price $23,500 -   Marchex report earnings today after the market closed and its Archeo unit which operates the domain name portfolio of Marchex sold a total of 81 domain names for $1.9 Million in the third quarter of 2013. The total sales in the 3rd quarter averaged $23,457 per domain based on the total sales figures Archeo had total revenue of $4 Million dollars for the quarter meaning their domain monetized over $2 million dollars in revenue in the quarter. Here are the details: Archeo Q3 Business Highlights: Revenue. ... read more ...
Thu 31st October 2013
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 8%; & Acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc For $119 Million - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), the back end provider of  the ccTLD’s, .Us .Co and the TLD of .Biz and for hundreds of new gTLD applicants today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, and in a separate release stated that it has acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc., a leading campaign and predictive analytics platform, for approximately $119 million in cash consideration. Results for Third Quarter 2013 Compared to Third Quarter 2012   Revenue increased 8% to $227.6 million Non-NPAC ... read more ...
Fri 25th October 2013
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Losing Private New gTLD Auctions For .Lawyer & .Website Net Top Level Domain Holdings $4.8 Million - Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) said  by losing the  private auctions for .website and .lawyer, which concluded on Oct. 23, it will add £2.97m ($4.81m) to its cash reserves. The 14 previous new gTLD private auctions held by ApplicantAuction.com, totaled $18.9 in winning bids or around $1.33 million per string. This week ApplicantAuction.com declined to furnish a total amount raised in the auction for 4 string auctioned, telling theDomains.com that they would not be furnishing a total this ... read more ...
Thu 24th October 2013
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Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains Registered Up 5% From Last Year - VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013 reporting revenue of $244 million up 9% from the same quarter in 2012. Verisign reported net income of $81 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53 for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $78 million and diluted EPS of $0.47 in the same quarter in 2012. The operating margin was 54.5% for the third quarter of 2013 compared to 51.9% for the same quarter in 2012. Business ... read more ...
 
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Report: Demand Media Lays Off All 15 Members Of R & D Unit - Variety.com, is reporting that just days after Richard Rosenblatt resigned from Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) as its CEO and Chairman of the Board,  all 15 members of the research and development unit at the company were laid off, including chief innovation officer Byron Reese. Demand reps did not respond to repeated requests for comment to Variety.com “Reese was seen as the architect of Demand’s SEO approach, which has been widely derided as turning the company into a “content farm” that flooded ... read more ...
Tue 15th October 2013
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Demand Media Shares Hit 52 Week Low After Rosenblatt Resigns - Shares of Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) hit a 52 week low today closing at $5.34 down almost 9% in the first day of trading since Richard Rosenblatt resigned as CEO and Chairman Share hit inter-day low of $5.31. Demand Media, Inc. is now over almost 50% off its 52 week high of $10.34 Volume today was over double of its  90 day average. Demand Media, Inc. now has a market cap of $466 million. Demand went public at $17 a share.     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Mon 14th October 2013
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Demand Media CEO & Chairman Rosenblatt Resigns - Demand Media (DMD) CEO and Chairman Richard Rosenblatt resigned today. The resignation of CEO is effective October 31, 2013, and as Chairman is effective immediately The board has appointed Shawn Colo as interim President, effective immediately, and as interim CEO, to be effective upon Mr. Rosenblatts resignation. James Quandt has been appointed Chairman, effective immediately. The board will begin a search for a permanent CEO shortly. Demand Medias board also confirmed its commitment to pursue its ... read more ...
Sat 28th September 2013
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Web.com Finally Completes Acquisition Of NetworkSolutions.com - According to an email we received tonight it looks like Web.com (WWWW) has finally completed the acquisition of NetworkSolutions.com Here is the email we got tonight: “I have great news for you! Network Solutions is now a Web.com company, and with that everything just got easier. Not only will you still have access to the Network Solutions products and services you currently enjoy but you will now be able to take advantage of Web.com’s acclaimed Build-it-for-Me products too! Web.com is focused ... read more ...
Mon 23rd September 2013
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1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Blows Past 2 Million, Setting Off gTLD Pre-Reservation Panic -                   1and1.com which started a multimillion dollar national television advertising campaign which seemed to start around the first NFL games three weeks ago, just crossed the 2,000,000 mark in new gTLD pre-reservations. Unofficially I tracked some 70,000 pre-registrations today alone. To their credit and unlike other pre-registration services, 1and1.com is only accepting one pre-registration per new gTLD domain name. If someone’s selected new gTLD domain name is the person ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Marchex Pulls Plan To Spin Off Archeo Into Separate Public Company But Plans To Issues Dividends -   Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced that it will not pursue a spin-off its domains-related assets into a stand-alone, publicly-traded company at this time and that Archeo will continue to operate as an independent division of Marchex. Marchex came to this conclusion as part of a recent strategic review which began this summer after Marchex sold certain pay-per-click assets, which were operating under Archeo, in July. Marchex sold the assets to help sharpen Archeo’s focus and market ... read more ...
Tue 10th September 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo Opens Marketplace To Sell Its 200K+ Domains: Still Has 95% Of Yung Ye’s Domains - “Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced the launch of the Archeo Domains Marketplace (www.archeodomains.com), providing direct access for businesses, brokers and individuals to Archeo’s portfolio of more than 200,000 premium domain names available for sale.” “The searchable portfolio is presented in 21 categories, ranging from Business Finance to Technology and Travel in a responsive, mobile-friendly design. The new website features an easy-to-navigate ... read more ...
 
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Endurance Files For $400M IPO: Buys Directi For $110M: Commits Up To $62 Million In New gTLD Auctions - As reported by Domainincite.com, Endurance International Group Holdings Inc,  filed for an IPO  to $400 million in an initial public offering of its common stock and plans on buying Directi for between $100 and $110 million Dollars. In  buying Directi Endurance would also get Radix Registry which has 29 active new gTLD applications of which 26 are in contention. Endurance is also committing an additional $62 Million dollars or over 2 million per contested string for auctions. As for existing business ... read more ...
Tue 3rd September 2013
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Demand Increases Credit Facility From $105 Million To $225 Million - Demand Media (DMD) announced today that it has entered into a new $225 million credit facility comprised of a $125 million revolving credit facility and a $100 million term loan. The new facility, which matures in August 2018, replaces the Company’s existing $105 million revolving credit facility that was due to expire in August 2016. The new credit facility has an accordion feature under which it can increase to a maximum of $250 million, subject to certain conditions. Shares of Demand Media, ... read more ...
 
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Google Buys Smart Watch Maker WIMM & Gets Category Killer SmartWatch.com Along With - Google acquired WIMM Labs a maker of “smart watches” last year according to TechCrunch.com and CNET.com “Google quietly snapped up Los Altos, Calif.-based WIMM Labs last year . WIMM Labs not only gives Google the talent and technology to build a smartwatch, but actually an Android-based app platform tailored for consumers’ wrists.” What neither publication picked up on, is that not only did Google get some technology by buying WIMM to help its own smart watch efforts, it also got the ownership ... read more ...
Tue 20th August 2013
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Tucows.com Shares Hit 52 Week High - Shares of Tucows.com (TCX) hit a 52 week high in trading today. Shares of Tucows.com traded as high as $2.31 which is a 52 week high. As of publication Tucows.com is trading at  $2.26 up $.10 on the day and has a trading range today of $2.10 to $2.31 Tucows.com has a market cap of $93 million dollars. Tucows.com 52 week low was $1.05 making a very nice return for investors. Tucows is a top 5 ICANN domain name registrar.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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CentralNic Formally Announces Sep IPO - CentralNic and SLD’s … You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig; and a pig subject to US Law 15 USC § 1125 – False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden (a) Civil action (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading ... read more ...
Thu 8th August 2013
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Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 11%; Sells Over $1 Million In Domain Names - Tucows.com reported its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30, 2013. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2013 increased 11% to a record $31.2 million from $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $0.6 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with $0.7 million, or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of 2012. Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the second quarter of 2013 were $6.5 million compared with $4.3 million at the end ... read more ...
 
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RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com - RBC issued an Equity Research Report  today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s Search algorithm continues to impact Demand’s owned and operated site traffic negatively and to a greater extent than captured in estimates. Shares of Demand are down over 5% in early trading today at $6.21 as time of publication although they hit as low as ... read more ...
Wed 7th August 2013
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Demand Media Reports: Revenue Up 9%; Registrar Revenue Up 4% Without Name.com + 10% With -   Demand Media, Inc. (DMD),reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Summary: Content Media revenue ex-TAC grew 9% year-over-year. This was driven primarily by 15% Owned Operated revenue growth, which slowed sequentially from 26% year-over-year growth in Q1 2013, due primarily to traffic declines from lower search engine referrals. Network revenue ex-TAC declined 15%, due primarily to lower revenue from YouTube Channels. Registrar revenue grew 10% ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Up Over 20% to New 52 Week High - After reporting earnings last night Marchex (MCHX) is up just over 20% in trading today to a 52 week high of $7.30 a share. Marchex has now more than doubled off its 52 week low of $3.06 a share. At $7 a share the company has a Market Cap of $270 Million dollars. At its lows of the year, Marchex was trading at or below the acquisition cost of Yun Yee’s Portfolio. The company received an upgrade to outperform by RBC this morning helping the stock. Marchex is looking to spin off its Domaining business, ... read more ...