Top Level Share Discussion Threads

[parsons] 11/2/2014 07:44

kwizza how can I read that !

[kwizza] 10/2/2014 22:59

BIG PICTURE - Top level domain names are not small beer
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 by John Harrington

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[hazl] 10/2/2014 11:50

it will be a normal part of the web I'm sure in no time.

separately EUSP being noticed!

[tinklepop] 10/2/2014 08:40

My view is that once people and business see the change beginning then the stampede will follow. Take .London for example. We know that Selfridges have already reserved selfridges.London. I see that jamieoliver.cooking and Nigella.cooking have gone too. The fear of being left behind in a comptetive market place will be a very powerful driver. I cannot think that there will be many lawyers/solicitors who wont want to change to .law as soon as they can.
As for .beer, if I had a brewery, I'd certainly be changing to a .beer domain rapido.

[ftangftang] 10/2/2014 08:34

Introducing the .BEER Domain Extension
Within the next year ICANN will introduce hundreds of new Top Level Domains (TLD) to the Internet including the new .BEER Internet address. The .BEER domain extension can be registered by individuals and businesses that are in compliance with the future .BEER Registry. DOMAINIA® will act as your connection to the new Internet age.

Why Get a .BEER Domain?

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A specialized .BEER domain name will help your success in the online arena and make the SEO task clear and easy to perform. Enable your online customers and visitors to conveniently access the resources and the information they are searching for with a memorable .BEER domain name.

HW
hope that helps
but of course you don't have to buy one if you don't want too
cheers
ft ft

[hardwiring] 10/2/2014 07:53

Some very interesting posts on this thread. I part own a micro brewery in the UK. Can somebody explain to me why .beer will help the business? Just trying to understand what the impact of all these new domain names is going to be.Thanks

[phsycho] 08/2/2014 22:25

I agree with the poker anaolgy John, next 6 months here is gonna interesting, I am certainly looking forward to the .london numbers.

[mail2] 08/2/2014 21:47

new domain names starting to get noticed,

[johnma] 08/2/2014 20:09

Tinkle - the key peace is TLDH have enough chips at the table - sometimes we get out bid at the poker table.This way we can ensure we serious players.The next few weeks will have positive uplift to the company's financial position. Auction is a win win. 185k Fee will be paid back significantly even if we loose the auction. Once 43 gtlds which we are contesting are cleared, the house Broker can have a more aggressive price target.

[tinklepop] 08/2/2014 19:24

I had it in my mind that the week before the auction would begin to build and as a result increased my position further on Friday.I will likely add a further 50k on Monday as the chart begins to look increasingly positive.
Thanks for some good posts B.T.W. This reminds me of the GBO board when we bought in the teens and early 20s, before the herd arrived. Eventually the idiots and shorters will arrive, so be warned, but by then some serious money should have been accumulated.
I note the analysts valuation, but have the feeling that the auction outcomes may overtake events, and lead possibly to a short term valuation which is unjustifiable. Johnma, if there is an outcome from the next auction which surprises the market I could quite see 25-30p being achieved.
Let's see. My wife is a great cook, so has her eye on a .cooking domain.

[parsons] 08/2/2014 14:47

Lets face it with the reservations of the few domain names that are owned TLDH are the only ones to have a very good idea of what each domain name might be worth. This is why they could raise a relatively large amount of money to increase funds for the auctions. None of the competitors can have as much knowledge as to the worth of each name. This has the most potential of any other AIM stock apart from maybe QPP !!

[johnma] 08/2/2014 13:50

TLDH - starting to form an interesting play.1. Next Auction 10 days away.2. Chart pattern trending higher 3. More PR being achieved4. Broker Research indicating 24p target price short term5. Strong Instos joining shareholder base.6. Henderson Global exceptional fund manager7. .london pre registrations at 19kWe could test 20.25p within the next 10 days.

[hazl] 08/2/2014 09:34

thanks johnma and phsycho appreciated.

Hi to you too rich0304 are you on board?

[l234244] 08/2/2014 09:15

Minds + Machines now have youtube channel and a video -

[bonko2096] 08/2/2014 08:26

.Rugby, I take it that rugby league clubs/businesses will also be using it. From all the posts it's been about my beloved rugby union. But league in Australia is their nation sport it's massive, even more potential. Ps come on Wales.

[johnma] 08/2/2014 06:59

House BrokerTLDH announced that the International Centre for Expertise of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has upheld the Community Objections lodged by the International Rugby Board (IRB) against the two competing applications of dot Rugby Limited, and Atomic Cross LLC for .RUGBY. As a result, the IRB is now the sole applicant for .RUGBY, taking the number of uncontested top level domains in which the Company has an interest to 25. TLDH and Roar Domains LLC are the IRB's joint venture partners for .RUGBY. Impact on Earnings & Valuation TLDH expects a smooth contracting and delegation process and likewise to establishing .RUGBY as the domain choice for all those who are passionate about the sport whether at the playing, spectator, or commercial levels. Whilst we have no forecasts for the group as we await further details on its final portfolio (settled via deals, private auctions, or ICANN auction) and the respective launches of these gTLDs, we believe the group will be profitable this year through a combination of gains in private auctions as well as the operations of its TLDs later on in the year. N+1 Singer View The old world dominated by Verisign (registry in charge of .com) and GoDaddy (largest registrar - i.e. retailer of domain names) is about to be disrupted by new players that include Google and Amazon. TLDH, one of the two largest independent players, offers a unique exposure to this market where we believe considerable value for shareholders can be created. TLDH recently announced it raised £21m from institutional investors, providing it with the opportunity to further strengthen its portfolio. The long-term annuity revenue stream this will generate and the associated profits and cash generation are highly attractive and will be the key driver of the group's value.

[johnma] 08/2/2014 05:45

Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is one of the companies behind the International Rugby Board's (IRB) application to control the .RUGBY top level domain (TLD).On Friday, the IRB saw two competing applications to control the .RUGBY TLD dismissed by the International Chamber of Commerce.What this means, in effect, is that if rugby league team Wigan wants to set up a web site called www.wiganwarriors.rugby then, galling though it may for a rugby league team, it will have to go through the world governing and law making body for the game of Rugby Union to do so.The .RUGBY top level domain - the bit after the final dot in an internet address - is just one of many generic TLDs that the AIM-listed company either controls or has an uncontested application to control.The company's chief executive, Antony Van Couvering, describes Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) as a wholesaler of domain names.Companies that specialise in registering (and, often, hosting) internet domain names will have to apply to TLDH for the right to set up a web address that ends in a generic TLD string controlled by TLDH, such as .FISHING, .VODKA and .BEER.In the cases of Anheuser-Busch InBev, which sells the well-known US beer Budweiser, and Budweiser Budvar, the Czech company that brews the well-known Czech beer Budweiser, the competition to bag www.budweiser.beer could prove interesting for TLDH's legal eagles.A bit like personalised car number plates, it costs money to get the web site address you want; unlike personalised car number plates, web site owners have to keep renewing their right to a web address, which should prove a regular source of income to TLDH.It is only relatively recently that ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, loosened up the restrictions on generic TLDs, and a lot of heavy hitters are involved in the scramble to blag large chunks of cyber real estate.Among the big players are Amazon and Google, but although the UK-listed company is only valued at £96mln, TLDH is more than holding its own against the big boys, and recently topped up its war chest through a well-supported placing so it could compete more effectively in auctions for contested TLD names.Besides, which company would want to cross swords with a chairman whose name is Fred Krueger and whose most recent board addition is called Elliot Noss?The barriers to entry to this high-margin market opportunity are steep, and include the significant administrative costs involved, major investment in information technology and the knowledge-base required to operate and thrive in the space.Best of all, from TLDH's point of view, is that the deadline for applications to control ICANN's newly minted generic TLDs ended over a year ago, so it knows where it stands in terms of contested and uncontested applications.The contested applications are usually resolved through an auction process where the amount of the winning bid is divided equally among the losing bidders, prompting some wags among the TLDH shareholder base to suggest the company should low-ball a few bids to ensure it gets a pay-out, but the recurring revenue to be earned from controlling a TLD means, in TLDH's view, winning bids is the way to go.

[johnma] 08/2/2014 05:33

Hargreaves Hale 43m

[johnma] 08/2/2014 05:26

ShareholderOrdinary Shares% of issued share capitalFrederick Krueger* 128,331,604 15.54%Henderson Volantis 69,318,98 8.39%Artemis Investment Management LLP 40,322,177 6.20%Guy Elliott (and family) * 35,186,350 4.26%Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited 30,503,206 4.69%London & Capital 28,442,373 3.45%Roy Nominees Limited a/c 625360 21,577,248 3.32%Michael Salazar* 910,375 0.11%Caspar von Veltheim* 504,613 0.06%Antony Van Couvering*

[phsycho] 07/2/2014 16:22

yep i thought the same les, hope you had a good trip hazl.

[lesable] 07/2/2014 16:06

pleased to see you back hazl and hope all is well. I read your posts on here for so long when nothing at all was happening and thought you may have missed out on the good times, so glad that is not so.