If you follow Namecheap on Twitter, you’ve probably seen the company post trivia questions today. I saw the questions, and I visited their website to see what was happening and at stake. In case you aren’t aware, Namecheap just began its annual holiday Twitter trivia contest, and the company is giving out prizes for answering correctly.
Here’s how the company describes the trivia contest on its website:
When I have a domain name with a set price, I don’t want to have to pay a commission to a brokerage or marketplace if the buyer visits my domain name with the intention of buying it. I also don’t generally use Paypal for 4 figure + domain sales, so I needed to have the ability for a buyer to easily start an escrow transaction.
Brandon Abbey emailed me last week to let me know Escrow.com is now offering domain investors the ability to easily create links or buttons that can be implemented on their landing pages to allow buyers to agree to a price and start an escrow transaction. Sellers no longer need to take extra steps to become authorized to do this, as this rollout enables all customers to create these links and buttons for any products.
I reached out to Brandon for details about this, and here’s how it works:
The date and venue for the next domain name auction being conducted by Heritage Auctions has been set. According to Aron Meystedt, Director of the Domain Name and Intellectual Property Department at Heritage Auctions, the live auction will be held on February 9, 2015 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Waldorf is one of the most famous hotels in the City.
Previously, Heritage Auctions put out a call for submissions, and it seemed clear that the company was only looking for the best of the best domain names. In the email sent out today, the company shared more details about the quality of domain names they expect to include.
Here is what Aron had to say about the domain names the company is considering:
The Rightside executive team is in New York City today, as the company will be holding its first investor day at the NASDAQ market in Times Square from 10:30 – 1:30. While in NYC for the investor day, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu was interviewed by at least two financial news networks.
In the video interview embedded below, Jill Malandrino from TheStreet.com discusses Rightside’s new domain name extensions and the economics behind them with Naidu. In addition, Naidu met with Canada’s Business News Network to discuss some of the trends in the domain name sector (I was unable to embed this video, but you can watch it here).
This investor day event gives the company an opportunity to discuss what it does and how it makes money with Wall Street analysts and investors. There is an event webcast on the company website for those who can’t be there but want to follow along. According to a press release announcing the event, “in honor of the occasion, Chief Executive Officer Taryn Naidu will ring the Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell” at 4pm this afternoon.
Here’s the video of the interview that aired on TheStreet.com:
For the last week or so, popular domain registrar Namecheap has been promoting its special offers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday via its blog and social media channels. A few hours ago on Twitter, the company cited heavy demand for its increase in the number of special offers:
Due to high demand will be increasing some of the deals we offer. We hope this will give more people a chance to take advantage of them.
— Namecheap.com (@Namecheap) November 28, 2014
I went to check out some of the company’s domain name offers, and I saw a
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