[kictanet] Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch (Warning: This could be #FakeNews :-) )

Wed Dec 20 20:21:05 EAT 2017

@Ali,

I am struggling with the figure :-)

.KE is going place indeed!

Regards
Bob.

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Nope.
>
> I billion.
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Bobs via kictanet <
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>> 10M I think!
>>
>> Regards
>> Bob.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Dec 20, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
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>> Woooowwww!
>> Yep, this is a great feat. Kudos KENIC!
>>
>> 2017-12-20 18:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
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>>> Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain
>>> auction of the .ke second level domain launch. This is probably an all time
>>> record of any ccTLD (Country Code Second Level Domain).
>>>
>>>
>>> For a minute I thought this was an error. And it could still be.. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> http://auction.kenic.or.ke/item/19203406/nike
>>>
>>>
>>> If this turns out to be true it would be a world record and focus the
>>> world alot more on Kenya.. Hold on! We are onto a wild ride! :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> At the very least this is great PR and a Marketing Coup.
>>>
>>>
>>> @Abdalla and Team - Well done for putting KENIC on the map!
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>>> Regards
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