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NASDAQ closing bell [Photo] — Rightside rings

NASDAQ closing bell [Photo] — Rightside rings

Domain name firm holds investor day and rings closing bell.

On Friday, domain name firm Rightside rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ.

The firm became listed on the NASDAQ earlier this year following being spun off from Demand Media. Rightside trades under the ticker ‘NAME’.

Earlier in the day Friday, Rightside held its first Investor & Analyst Day event at Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. Rightside is pitching fresh top level domain names as the future, and is trying to explain the potential growth in the market (and the upside for firms like Rightside) to investors.

Rightside owns eNom, Rightside Registry, Name.com, and part of NameJet.

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