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101domain Acquired by Afilias

Elliot Silver
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I want to share some news I received this morning via email. Wolfgang Reile, President and CEO of 101domain, announced that the company has been acquired by Afilias. I imagine the announcement was made to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Dublin, which kicks off very soon. As you likely know, Afilias is a domain name registry (billed as “the world’s second largest Internet domain name registry”), and 101domain is a popular domain name registrar.

In the email, Mr. Reile announced that he is stepping down from his role as President and CEO. Anthony Beltran, who served as the company COO and CFO, will be leading 101domain going forward. The email mentioned that not much will be changing at 101domain aside from some of the “corporate, registry and operational details.” I presume this means that the 101domain branding will be retained.

The email announcement I received is below:

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Guta.com Shares Q2 & Q3 Domain Sales Report & Analysis

Elliot Silver
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As I mentioned last week in my domain conference recap, one of the most popular topics that I found people discussing is the Chinese domain name market. As a result of this interest, George Hong, founder of the Guta.com domain brokerage, was often found engrossed in conversation with domain investors about the Chinese domain market.

Guta.com is a domain brokerage that is entrenched in the Chinese domain market. Here’s what the company’s website says about its involvement in the Chinese domain market:

“Our management team has extensive experience in both the US and China . We have a deep understanding of both Chinese and western cultures and almost 10 years of domain investment and consulting experience . We are well connected; we know and have worked with many of the key players in the global domain name industry. This unique combination of culture, backgrounds, talents, resources and experience make us an industry leading expert in connecting domain sellers from all over the world with Chinese buyers.”

Many people trust

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DNA Shares “Industry Leader” Videos

Elliot Silver
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The Domain Name Association (DNA) recently uploaded 5 videos interviews with commentaries on the state of the industry, specifically the new gTLD domain name space. The five videos were filmed during the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires this past June (2015).

Simon Cousins, CEO of Allegravita, the company that filmed the interviews, shared that the videos are  “intended to be evergreen commentaries on the state of the industry.” He added that the videos are only about two minutes in length, so you should be able to  watch all five of them in one sitting.

The industry leaders featured in the first five videos are:

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Shares.com to Offer “Crowdfunded Domain Name Investment Opportunities”

Elliot Silver
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I received a press release from Shares.com that I found interesting. According to the title of the press release, the company is offering “Crowdfunded Domain Name Investment Opportunities.” I saw a similar press release for Shares.com for the art community.

Shares.com is obviously a great domain name, and although I first thought about stocks when I saw the name in the email subject, the branding seems to make sense. The email I received wasn’t personally addressed to me, and I am not sure who owns or is  operating Shares.com.

I would personally need to do much more due diligence before considering a crowdfunded domain name investment (or selling a domain name in this manner). According to the Shares.com website, the company “will soon accept submissions on” things like start up businesses, properties, artwork, vintage coins, stamp collections, and other collectibles.

Here is the entire press release I received:

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NameBio Now Sharing Pre-Auction “Domain Discoveries”

Elliot Silver
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I am a regular reader of the NameBio daily sales report. I don’t monitor all of the domain name marketplaces, and the report gives a quick overview of some of the top domain sales of the day.

One of the most interesting aspects of the daily report is the “Sales With History” section. NameBio highlights some of the domain names that sold again after being previously listed in the sales database. Some of these domain names were previously sold at auction at Snapnames or NameJet and others were sold on domain marketplaces like Sedo, Afternic, and elsewhere. I was told that sales reports come from many sources.

This morning, NameBio announced that they will be

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.Club Making Presence Felt at TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon

Elliot Silver
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It looks like the .Club registry is taking a page out of the .CO registry playbook by appealing to startups and companies at the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon event in San Francisco. According to a press release, “.CLUB is offering every Hackathon participant a free .CLUB domain name to use for their project and will award $6,000 cash to the teams with the best projects using a .CLUB web address.”

From my perspective, one of the main reasons .CO domain names have been such big sellers is that the registry appealed to startups. Registry representatives attended conferences like SXSW, hackathons, tech meetups, and other events that were attended by people who need domain names for their startup businesses. I think this is a smart way for .Club to let startup founders and decision makers know about .Club domain names.

The Hackathon

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