Be Interviewed on DomainSherpa
-
Silicon Valley Firms in $2.25b Go Daddy Buyout
July 3, 2011 @ 4:12 AMA trio of Silicon Valley investment firms agreed on Friday to buy control of Go Daddy Group Inc. for about $2.25 billion. Technology Crossover Ventures of Palo Alto, along with Menlo Park firms Silver Lake and Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts will have the majority of the stock in Go Daddy. But Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons will be the single largest individual investor in the company.
-
Xxx Marks The Spot Where The Dot Con Boom Begins
July 2, 2011 @ 8:06 AMEstablishing the domain .xxx as cyberspace’s red-light district was just an overture to the cynical advances of big business, says John Naughton
-
Bob Parsons Explains Go Daddy – KKR Deal to Domain Name Wire
July 1, 2011 @ 6:53 PMInvestment makes 36 millionaires, will help company expand overseas and acquire complementary businesses. I just got off the phone with GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons, who explained the deal his company just struck with KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Contrary to reports in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, this was not an […]
-
Sedo Increases Commission Rates
July 1, 2011 @ 2:51 AMTypical sales will see a 5% fee increase. Sedo has increased its commission rate on most transactions occurring directly on its site. The typical sale on Sedo.com will now carry a 15% commission, up from 10%. The commission is still 10% if the domain is parked at Sedo and it is sells through a fixed price. Sales on Sedo’s MLS system carry …
-
Finally a Good UDRP Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
June 30, 2011 @ 3:29 AMAustralian company uses UDRP in bad faith. I’m kind of upset lately over panels not finding reverse domain name hijacking, so let me applaud the three person panel in a case over Futuris.com. The panel found Australia-based Futuris Automotive Interiors guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Even more shocking: Andrew Christie was a …
-
A Pricey Social Event: Social.com Sells for $2.6 Million
June 30, 2011 @ 3:11 AMIt’s the highest publicly reported price for a domain sale this year, according to Marksmen Inc., one of the companies that helped broker the sale during the recent Moniker DomainFest auction in Barcelona, Spain. Marksmen did not identify the seller or buyer.
-
Neustar Prices .brands at $10k
June 29, 2011 @ 4:05 PMNeustar has unveiled extremely aggressive entry-level pricing for “.brand” applicants looking for a registry services provider – just $10,000 a year. For the size of company expected to apply for .brands, that’s a rounding error. It may as well be free. It’s called the Brand Assurance Package.
-
Verisign Shares Rise On Renewal of Dot-net Deal
June 29, 2011 @ 2:26 AMShares of VeriSign Inc. rose Wednesday after the Internet domain and security company said that it extended its deal to operate the .net registry for another six years.
-
Mcafee to Wipe Mess Off .xxx Pr0n Sites
June 28, 2011 @ 8:01 PMICM Registry, which plans to start selling .xxx domain names later this year, has inked a deal with McAfee to provide a free daily security scan for every website at a .xxx address. The deal with the Intel-owned security business is worth $8m, according to ICM.
-
Marketers Debate Usefulness of Icann's New Domain Names
June 28, 2011 @ 1:39 AMIndustry trade groups might apply for generic domains such as .insurance. Kanchan Mhatre, exec VP-digital brand services at Melbourne, said it would provide an extra layer of security in financial services for instance, if an association owned .bank. It would imply that a financial institution went through a vetting process to get the .bank domain name.
If you enjoyed this article, subscribe for updates (it's free)
