[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 20:33:37 EAT 2017

I withdraw my bid.

On 20 Dec 2017 8:21 pm, "Bob Omondi via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @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.
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Bobs via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> 10M I think!
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Bob.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Dec 20, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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>:
>>>
>>>> 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!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>>
>>>> *Principal*
>>>>
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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