Tag Archives: services

Mon 22nd February 2016
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VaultPress drops it cost for WordPress confidence and backup - Must-have security service now costs less. I was one of the first customers to sue Automattic’s VaultPress service, and it has saved my behind on multiple occasions. VaultPress is a WordPress backup and security system created by WordPress. The backup tool is nice, but plenty of other companies offer some type of backup. It’s the security that makes this system a no-brainer. VaultPress scans your site for any potential security holes or hacking and alerts you when it finds something. It’s ... read more ...
 
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Antony Van Couvering dismissed as CEO of Minds + Machines - Van Couvering out, Hall in as CEO. Minds + Machines co-founder Antony Van Couvering has been ousted as CEO of the company by its board. He will be replaced by Toby Hall, who was named Chief Marketing Officer of the company just last month after working as a marketing consultant for the company. Hall was worked for years with companies publicly traded on the London AIM exchange. Minds + Machines trades as MMX on the AIM. In a press release issued today, the company wrote: The Group is currently making ... read more ...
Fri 19th February 2016
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R.I.P. DNForum, 2001-2016 - DNForum has been offline for a week. I’m calling it: DNForum is dead. What was once the industry’s go-to place to discuss domain names has been down for a week. I’ve tried to contact forum owner Adam Dicker about it over Skype, but I have not heard back. Dan Gessler founded DNForum in 2001. Domain name investor Greg Ricks purchased the forum from Gessler about a year later, and then Adam Dicker acquired it from Ricks. DNForum used to be the place people went to get deals done, and there was ... read more ...
 
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DNAcademy is a good authority for new domain name investors - Online course will help new domain name investors get up-to-speed in a hurry. I’m always a bit wary when someone releases a course about investing in domain names. There are a handful of people selling domain names as a get rich scheme, and this ultimately harms the industry. But I believe a new online course from Mike Cyger, publisher of DomainSherpa, is a good resource for people just getting their feet wet in domain name investing. It will save them many hours of research, teaching them the ... read more ...
Fri 12th February 2016
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Verisign: What goes adult competence come down - Strong end of 2015 could make for a challenging end to 2016. .Com domain name registry Verisign reported Q4 results after the bell yesterday. Thanks to Chinese domain name investors, the company had 12.2 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net last quarter, as compared to 8.2 million for the same quarter in 2014. This boosted its base of .com and .net by 4.6 million after deletions. Verisign does not expect this surge to continue. It expects a return to normalcy in Q1, with net additions ... read more ...
Wed 27th January 2016
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Lendvo enters Domain Name Financing business - Company offers capital to owners of domain names and online businesses. A new company has entered the domain name lending space, offering loans to domain name owners and digital businesses. Lendvo was founded by Patrick Izzo and Ben Lichtman, nephew of the late Igal Lichtman (Mrs Jello). The company has a number of creative financing options for buying and selling domain names, as well as unlocking the equity built up in existing domain name portfolios. The most straightforward loan is for the purchase ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines, FFM make pull into China - Companies setting up subsidiaries in China. Two more new top level domain name companies are establishing ties in China to tap into the growing appetite for domain names there. Today, Minds + Machines announced it has appointed ZDNS as its local infrastructure partner in China. The company is also establishing a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China called Beijing Ming Zhi Mo Si Technology Company Limited. Allegravita is advising Minds + Machines on its China strategy. Yesterday, Famous Four Media ... read more ...
Mon 25th January 2016
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Mark your calendars for…NamesCon? - You just got home from NamesCon 2016 and you can now register for NamesCon 2017. Just a week after the final curtain closed on NamesCon 2016, show organizers have already opened registration for the January 2017 show. Next year’s event will take place January 22-25 in Las Vegas. The show will take place at the Tropicana again. Rooms are available for $95 plus resort fees. The dates later in January will put more distance between CES and NamesCon, which will make it much easier for early arrivers. Super ... read more ...
Thu 21st January 2016
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Dietmar Stefitz gives a lowdown on Domaining Europe - Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. Paul Keating presents at last year’s Domaining Europe conference in Spain.After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can currently purchase passes for half price. I’ve never been to the DomainingEurope shows, so I asked show organizer Dietmar Stefitz to provide an overview. DNW: What’s your background? Stefitz: ... read more ...
Tue 19th January 2016
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The DNW NamesCon recap - Here are my takeaways from last week’s event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finish to 2015 thanks to China, was high. That’s a lot of people. The record attendance was a good thing, but it also created a couple of challenges. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie reveals Escrow.com stats.In general, there were no issues finding a seat at sessions ... read more ...
Thu 14th January 2016
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Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com - Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China. Escrow handled $430 million of payments in 2015: The average sales price of domain names transacted through Escrow.com has appreciated 7.3% per year: 4 letter domains have appreciated 9.3% per year over past ten years: And perhaps the most telling ... read more ...
Mon 11th January 2016
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Board shakeup during Minds + Machines - Major board changes and executive appointments at new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced major changes to its Board of Directors today. Non-executive directors Keith Teare, Elliot Noss (CEO of Tucows) and David Weill are stepping down, as is executive director Caspar von Veltheim. Von Veltheim will now be Director of European Operations for the company. The company also announced that Guy Elliott, an existing non-executive director, will take over the role of ... read more ...
Fri 8th January 2016
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Another unfortunate Whois information service - Internet marketer selling access to whois data. Many people are selling cheap access to whois information culled from recently registered domain names. Now an internet marketer is getting into the act. A new service called FreshDomainLeads.com promises members daily sales leads in the form of whois records of newly registered domain names. A video for the service says it provides ‘legal access’ to the bulk information and that ‘domain name registration info is public by law’. I think they’re ... read more ...
Thu 7th January 2016
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Lance Wolak takes CMO purpose with .Buzz registry - Wolak will help drive .Buzz. Lance Wolak, founder of consulting firm ExcelStrategy and former vice president at Public Interest Registry, is taking a role with .Buzz registry dotStrategy. As Chief Marketing Officer, Wolak will help build new markets for .buzz as well as new products and services. dotStrategy founder Bill Doshier explained: Lance’s extensive marketing and strategy experience will be a valuable added asset to dotStrategy and the .buzz brand moving forward. Lance is an innovator ... read more ...
Tue 5th January 2016
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NamesCon registrations tip 1,100 - NamesCon will top its own record for attendance at a domain business conference. Next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas will be the biggest yet, by far. As of last Saturday morning, registrations crossed the 1,100 mark. I bet a lot more people registered Saturday before prices increased. If you procrastinated, you can still register for $799 before January 10. Walk-up registrations are $999. NamesCon will be a great way to kick off the New Year in the domain name business. If you’d like ... read more ...
Tue 22nd December 2015
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Verisign gets obvious for generating Pronounceable domain names - Patent describes method of generating made up words that can be pronounced. .Com registry Verisign has obtained U.S. patent number 9,218,334 for “Pronounceable domain names”. The patent describes a method of generating domain names that can be pronounced. Verisign explains that while many short domain names are registered, there are still short domains that can be pronounced that can be registered: Short domain names are popular because they can be catchy and easier to remember than longer domain ... read more ...
 
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Make your NamesCon scheduling easy with Sched - Tool makes it easy to sync session calendar with personal calendar. Sched, a nifty tool for planning your schedule during NamesCon, is back this year. You can use Sched to plan which sessions you want to attend and then easily import them into your calendar. You can even change your session plans through the NamesCon site and have your calendar automatically sync. I just used Sched last week to plan my session schedule, and can now fill the gaps with meetings. Here’s how to do it. 1. Sign up or ... read more ...
Fri 18th December 2015
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Verisign IDNs: Landrush sum and Premium Domains - Landrush will not be like Early Access. Verisign is getting ready to launch its first internationalized domain name, a Japanese transliteration of .com .コム. Based on comments Verisign CEO James Bidzos made on an investor conference call, it seemed that the company was considering a declining price “Early Access” model for landrush. Early Access was popularized by Donuts, and is essentially a dutch auction model in which the price to register a domain name decreases over time. Verisign is ... read more ...
 
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Neustar: Linking What Matters - As company continues to evolve, it files trademarks for likely new slogan. Neustar has been shifting its revenue base from a telecom contract to marketing, domain names and more. Based on recent trademark filings, it appears the company will adopt the slogan “Linking What Matters” going forward. The company filed six intent-to-use trademark applications for “Linking What Matters”, and the goods and services descriptions cover basically everything the company offers. That includes, of course, ... read more ...
Thu 17th December 2015
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Sunday competence be a best day of NamesCon - Topic tables, networking and a wine bar greet attendees on Sunday. I typically get to Las Vegas for NamesCon on Sunday evening, and I’ve already booked the same travel for this year. Now that I’ve taken a closer look at the schedule, I regret the timing. If you haven’t booked your travel yet, try to get there earlier. Sunday, January 10 might be the most informative day for conference-goers. Multiple topic tables will be set up from noon to 6 pm, giving people the chance to chat with experts ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines has finished 1/3 of designed £15 share buyback - Company purchased another two million shares yesterday, bringing total to 59 million. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines bought another two million of its own shares for cancellation yesterday, pushing its total buybacks to £5.1 million to date. The company announced an up-to £15 million share buyback program in September, and has now spent about a third of the total within the first three months. To date, the company has purchased approximately 59 million shares, reducing its total ... read more ...
Wed 16th December 2015
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Escrow.com wants to keep Trust while improving a service - GM Jackson Elsegood says support and usability enhancements are key initiatives for leading escrow service. Jackson Elsegood, GM for Escrow.comEscrow.com is under new ownership. With a change at the top, there’s been a bit of concern over making sure the core escrow product remains intact. Yesterday I spoke with Jackson Elsegood, the new General Manager for Escrow.com. His message is pretty clear: the core product and pricing will stay, and service and usability enhancements are on the way. What’s ... read more ...
Tue 15th December 2015
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Women in Domaining earnings to NamesCon - One of the most important events during NamesCon is returning for next month’s event in Las Vegas. Women in Domaining, a networking event for women in the domain name industry, will take place on Tuesday, January 12. This year’s event will be poolside at the Tropicana and feature a full buffet. Although the number of women in the domain name industry is growing, it’s still an industry made up primarily of men. This event is a great way for women to network before the evening’s Waternight ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2015
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Dear Freelancer.com, don't disaster adult Escrow.com - Escrow.com has a bright future ahead of it, as long as new ownership makes the right moves. Dear Freelancer.com, Congratulations on your acquisition of Escrow.com. It is a great company that just about everyone in the domain name industry uses, and uses often. When you bought Escrow.com for $7.5 million, I knew you didn’t have a goal of merely milking the cash cow. As your CEO Matt Barrie told me on the Domain Name Wire Podcast, you want more. You want to grow the company. That makes sense. But ... read more ...
Mon 30th November 2015
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.XYZ's Negari and Ambrose now possess 5% of Rightside - CXOs at .XYZ have invested $8.6 million in Rightside. First it was Frank Schilling. Now two other domain name industry insiders are disclosing ownership in publicly traded domain name company Rightside. .XYZ founder and CEO Daniel Negari and COO Mike Ambrose disclosed a combined 5.2% ownership in Rightside today in an SEC filing. The disclosure is mandated because they now own more than 5% of the company. Negari paid about $4.5 million for his 2.7% stake in the company, representing 511,885 shares. ... read more ...