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HealthInsurance.net Sold For $525,000 - Plus .PW  Opens to the Public

We have learned that HealthInsurance.net was sold in a previously unannounced 2011 transaction for $525,000. John Mcknight and William Foster of Adaptive Insurance Services, LLC sold the well developed website to an undisclosed buyer (the WhoIs record currently shows Moniker Privacy Services contact information). The website, that 

operates as the Health Insurance Network, allows users to enter their zip code to get policy quotes from leading insurance providers in their area.  

Also today, Directi, the administrator of the  re-purposed .PW ccTLD opened the doors for general registration. The .PW extension began life as the country code for Palau, but Directi acquired the rights to re-launch the TLD as a globally available extension they are marketing as the "Professional Web".

110 registrars from 32 countries around the globe  are now offering .PW domains (prices vary from one registrar to the next but some are offering prices as low as $5 for the first year). Directi said more than 4,000 domains were registered in the first 30 minutes of open registration. 

Bhavin Turakhia, Founder and CEO of the Directi Group, said, “The internet space is getting cramped with thousands of new users going online every day. Distinguishing your online identity from this crowd is getting harder. With com, net, org and other major TLDs running out of quality domain names, .PW provides customers with short, generic and first-choice domain names to stand out from the rest of the crowd." 

By getting out of the gate now, .PW will have a head start on the hundreds of new gTLDs that ICANN will start rolling out  this year.  

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