Tag Archives: top level design

Tue 12th May 2015
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This week's new TLDs: .Design and 4 Early Access - .Design enters GA and Donuts releases four more domain names. Only one top level domain name enters true general availability this week: .Design went live this morning U.S. time. The domain name is being offered (fittingly) by Top Level Design. You can read more about the hotly contest auction for this top level domain, and listen to Top Level Design founder Ray King discuss why he thinks this domain offers so much opportunity. GoDaddy is offering .Design domains with a first year price of $29.99, ... read more ...
Mon 6th October 2014
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #1: Ray King of Top Level Design - I’m very excited today to launch the Domain Name Wire Podcast. Each week’s podcast will include an overview of the previous week’s domain name industry news followed by a guest from the Domain Name Industry. The podcast will soon be available on iTunes, Stitcher and other services. Until then, you can play it directly on Domain Name Wire (below) or download the MP3. My first guest is Ray King. In this episode, King talks about his history in the domain name ... read more ...
Thu 25th September 2014
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Top Level Design wins .design row set - Hotly contested top level domain name goes to Portland company. The .design top level domain name will be run, fittingly, by Top Level Design. Top Level Design beat out six other applicants in a private auction to win the domain. Given the number of applicants, I suspect the final price for the domain was near a high water mark. Top Level Design CEO Ray King told Domain Name Wire that winning .design was very important for the company, as you might guess from the ... read more ...
Fri 7th June 2013
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Donuts wins .photography auction - Donuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Donuts won the auction for .photography. It was in contention with Top Level Design, a company that applied for ten top level domains. Top Level Design is lead by Ray King, who co-founded drop catching service SnapNames. There’s ... read more ...
Mon 11th June 2012
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SnapNames co-founder Ray King behind registry requesting for 10 tip turn domains - King’s latest venture applies for ten top level domains. Raymond King, the co-founder of SnapNames (later bought by Oversee.net and then KeyDrive) and founder of AboutUs, Inc., is applying for 10 top level domain names through his new company Top Level Design, LLC. King has partnered with early stage investor Peter Brual, who doesn’t appear to have a background in the domain industry but is an advisor at AboutUs. Top level Design has applied for .blog, .llc, .group, ... read more ...