[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 :-) )

Sat Dec 23 04:34:11 EAT 2017

Auction ends on the 30th I think. Some though did end yesterday.

Would be interesting to hear from KENIC.

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From: Collins Areba <arebacollins at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [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 :-) )

Now that the auction is complete... any indication if this indeed happened?

On 21 Dec 2017 12:15, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
The auction is getting very interesting..

By the way.. This is a note to KENIC - I believe there are bidders who are using bots to automate the auction alerts.. Amazing stuff!

Great use case for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning..

Ali Hussein

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On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Let me go for all the likes - li.ke<http://li.ke>

On 21 December 2017 at 09:26, Collins Areba <arebacollins at gmail.com<mailto:arebacollins at gmail.com>> wrote:
We should just sell co.ke<http://co.ke>
:-)

Regards,

Collins Areba,
Kilifi, Kenya.
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Hi Bob,

Have you registered 1Bob.KE or you are waiting till I go squatting with the name? :-)

On 20 December 2017 at 20:38, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
So am I Bob.. So am I... :-)

I had to go in several times to confirm the number.. However, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.. Let's see who plonks that kind of money..

Some interesting domains are hitting respectable numbers.. Ranging from 100k to 500k..This is real..

Ali Hussein

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Bob Omondi <omondibob at gmail.com<mailto:omondibob at gmail.com>> 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<mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke>> wrote:
Nope.

I billion.

Ali Hussein

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Hussein & Associates

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Chiromo Road, Westlands,

Nairobi, Kenya.

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Bobs via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
10M I think!

Regards
Bob.

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On Dec 20, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto: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<mailto: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

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Twitter: @AliHKassim

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