[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 20:53:01 EAT 2017

It's an interesting new brave world..

Just check out the YTD Sales in the Domain Aftermarket..

http://dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm

Endeleeni tu kununua ploti kitengela.. :-)

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>
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>>> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
>>>
>>> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
>>>
>>> Nairobi, Kenya.
>>>
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>>> mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
>>> organizations that I work with.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
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