Minds + Machines Share Discussion Threads

[smarm] 30/10/2015 17:27

henjay - that is good news re verisign losing their case.

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[davemake] 30/10/2015 10:24

.law starting to pick up momentum...
.Miami growth is good

It would be more desirable to have at least a couple of 00's suffix after each figure..

[ftangftang] 30/10/2015 09:52

.law gained 237 now 2308



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[henjay] 28/10/2015 23:20

smarm. you said..
" Giving away XYZ was genius but of course there are now problems with law suits, which shows that .com Verisign is not going down without a fight.

Looks like the judge has thrown VeriSign's claim out and xyz is the winner, also as the previous post says VeriSign are also now admitting that the new tlds are indeed having a material affect on their income...as I say, new tlds are here to stay.

[ftangftang] 28/10/2015 22:47

Verisign: new TLDs are affecting .Com growth
BY ANDREW ALLEMANN — OCTOBER 28, 2015

Company makes admission for first time in latest SEC filing.

VerisignVerisign made a subtle, but important, change in its risk language in its third quarter 10-Q report filed with the SEC. I picked up on this change using the Intelligize SEC document comparison tool.

Here’s the relevant content from the Q2 report:

We do not yet know the impact, if any, that these new gTLDs may have on our business, including if or how the introduction of these new gTLDs will affect registrations for .com and .net and therefore have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.



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[treble in 1999] 28/10/2015 17:24

sorry, 356000

[treble in 1999] 28/10/2015 16:48

Another 3560000 today

[henjay] 28/10/2015 15:31

as we know with AIM shares there are plenty out there way above their "fair value" and more to do with sentiment and potential, as I said it's very early days and the potential is huge...anyway time will tell.

[smarm] 28/10/2015 14:15

henjay - yes but for investors to buy in here they have to see value. A market cap of around £75m needs profit of at least £4-5m to seem fair value. So I repeat my earlier post that as things stand MMX is over-valued and that's why there's no buyers or response to the update.

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[ftangftang] 28/10/2015 13:07

Law jumps to 1961 today
pushing us over 300k excluding .nrw



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[henjay] 28/10/2015 09:33

I disagree about Krueger, I just think he was using MMX as a cash cow for Mozart or whatever name he has changed it to now and AVC saw through it and ousted him..simple.Rgds rodeo and a few others, we always knew there would be good and not so good domains and it is still early days in the whole process.One thing is for sure new tlds are here to stay...just a bit of patience is needed, don't forget they reckon they will be in profit next year so can't be bad can it?

[smarm] 28/10/2015 08:22

henjay - yes, there are threads of good news but I think the strategy from the off has been questionable. .Rodeo sums it up for me. Daftness personified. We'll see how they do over next year but in my opinion Fred saw that the new domain market isn't going to be explosive and was simply trying to create a plausible USP. The first thing they did after kicking him out was to bring back some previous board members...that doesn't sit well with me.

Anyway, I think CNIC has played a better game. Giving away XYZ was genius but of course there are now problems with law suits, which shows that .com Verisign is not going down without a fight.

ftang wonders why I'm here...it's because I'm genuinely interested in how it all plays out. I have held small positions but I'm not one to hang about when price falls so am not currently invested.



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[ftangftang] 28/10/2015 07:43

.Miami Domains Banner at Dolphins Game
Part of Larger Effort
By Elliot Silver ⋅ October 27, 2015

.Miami Domain names at GoDaddy
GoDaddy and the .Miami domain registry have been teaming up to market .Miami domain names using a variety of channels. One attention grabbing tactic was seen by thousands who attended the Miami Dolphins NFL game this past Sunday.
As you can see from the photos above and below, a small airplane flew around Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Florida with a banner advertising .Miami domain names available at GoDaddy for “40% off.” The banner was part of a larger marketing effort being undertaken by Minds & Machines, the operators of the .Miami domain extension, and GoDaddy.
Since .Miami launched earlier in October, I understand that GoDaddy has been advertising via local radio commercials, search engine marketing, website placements, and social media marketing. The airplane banner will be seen at various Miami events, but this is the only Dolphins game for the banner. Obviously, it would not be feasible for the company to track the results from this banner and other general advertising like this.
In less than a month since .Miami launched, just over 11,000 .Miami domain names have been registered. GoDaddy has just over 50% of the .Miami registrations, according to nTLDStats.com.
Michelle Hedtke, Director of Product Marketing, Domains at GoDaddy, commented on the aerial banner: “Since .MIAMI is a great geographic domain name, we’re able to advertise in different ways. The aerial signage gave us some good visibility during an exciting football game.”
I reached out to Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines, and here’s what he told me about .Miami and this campaign:
“Minds + Machines made it a priority to work closely with different registrars to address different sectors of the very diverse .MIAMI market. By far our biggest and most successful co-marketing partnership was with GoDaddy — we both see the very real value of this fast-growing and vibrant city. We really wanted to do innovate, attention-grabbing marketing and in GoDaddy we found a perfect partner. As a result, I believe we’ve executed the most cost-effective marketing campaign for any geo TLD launched to date. The fly-overs are just one example of a number of things we did together to let Miami know we’re both here, and here to stay.”
.Miami domain names do not have nexus requirements, and they are available for sale to anyone. As you can see, they can be registered at GoDaddy and other domain name registrars.
If you see any co-operative marketing efforts like this, please let me know. I think it’s neat to see and I’d be happy to share them.



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[henjay] 27/10/2015 18:15

well I think it's a lot better now that pillock Krueger has been sent packing.I do have trust in AVC and so far they are doing well.You must agree that to pull in $1.2m in the first week (Eap) was pretty good. I just feel a bit of momentum is coming and the share price is underpinned around 9p by the buyback so hopefully will only go higher.

[smarm] 27/10/2015 18:00

henjay - well it's all a matter of opinion so all sides of the argument should be heard. The price suggests that nobody but a few here think this has legs but at least there's a healthy balance sheet and no cause for worry over cash. Just a worry as to what they are going to do with the cash....can they be trusted to use it wisely?

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[smarm] 27/10/2015 16:42

That's good news, little point in talking to those who insist on burying their heads in the sand. I say once again that I have no .coms (well, one as it happens) and no vested interest in seeing this win or lose. So..read back on the thread and some said MMX's names were all going to sell for for £30 at high margin. What we know is that the reality bears no relation to what was presumed by rampers here and we see that MMX is so 'bothered' they are busy cost cutting. Cost cutting tells you what????The secret to making money on the stock market is to know when you are wasting time and money. All in my very humble opinion.

[liquid millionaire] 27/10/2015 15:16

Ok ftangftang i have smarmy FILTERED now!

[ftangftang] 27/10/2015 15:08

LM best to filter it
its been relentlessly bashing the stock for over 3 years now ...makes you wonder why ?
appears to be a very worried nervous attention seeker, either that or it has a hell of a lot of .coms for sale, that are unwanted and losing value by the day

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[smarm] 27/10/2015 15:05

Liquid - well, instead of stoopid comments, why don't you tell us how the p!ss poor revenue justifies the market cap. I'm all ears.

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[liquid millionaire] 27/10/2015 14:21

A smarm of de-ramping desends over MMX this afternoon....

[smarm] 27/10/2015 14:16

Mortimer - in fact, the update is a triumph of waffle over content. I see the price just ticked down. I rest my case.

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[mortimer7] 27/10/2015 14:10

Thanks for that henjay. This is going to be a long process in that case unless interest picks up elsewhere.

[smarm] 27/10/2015 14:10

Mortimer - not enough revenue let alone profit to support current market cap and thus no interest.

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[henjay] 27/10/2015 11:54

Mortimer, there are AIM regulations for buybacks and quantities they can buy.It's to do with a percentage of the previous few weeks average, or something like that,anyway they are not able to just buy what they like when they like it seems..