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Domain Name Wire
Voi acquired Voi.com prior to $115 million funding round
Scooter company upgrades its domain, which will allow it to expand beyond scooters. Micro-mobility may be a new term to you, but it describes a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies such as Bird, Lime, and Tier have created electric scooter and bi...
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Voi acquired Voi.com prior to $115 million funding round
Scooter company upgrades its domain, which will allow it to expand beyond scooters. Micro-mobility may be a new term to you, but it describes a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies such as Bird, Lime, and Tier have created electric scooter and bi...
Discussion
December 29, 2021, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former IPC member tries reverse domain name hijacking
A former member of ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency represented a company in a UDRP. It didn’t go so well. A World Intellectual Property (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Pacific House, LLC to have engaged in reverse domain name hija...
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Former IPC member tries reverse domain name hijacking
A former member of ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency represented a company in a UDRP. It didn’t go so well. A World Intellectual Property (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Pacific House, LLC to have engaged in reverse domain name hija...
Discussion
December 29, 2021, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panel admonishes Afilias over .web appeal, Verisign claims victory
Independent Review Panel says appeal was frivolous and orders it to pay ICANN’s legal costs. An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has denied Afilias’ latest attempt to wrest control of .web away from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and has ordered t...
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Panel admonishes Afilias over .web appeal, Verisign claims victory
Independent Review Panel says appeal was frivolous and orders it to pay ICANN’s legal costs. An Independent Review Panel (IRP) has denied Afilias’ latest attempt to wrest control of .web away from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and has ordered t...
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 10:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Soaring domain values – 2021 top stories
Like many assets, domain values rocketed in 2021. This is the first in a series covering the top stories and themes in the domain name industry this year. Houses. Equities. Digital artwork. The value of all types of assets soared in 2021, and top-tie...
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Soaring domain values – 2021 top stories
Like many assets, domain values rocketed in 2021. This is the first in a series covering the top stories and themes in the domain name industry this year. Houses. Equities. Digital artwork. The value of all types of assets soared in 2021, and top-tie...
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 6:21 pm
The Domains
TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
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TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Feature idea: deletion dates for domain marketplace listings
Marketplaces could help themselves by making it easier for domain investors to delete their listings on preset dates. Last week I sold two geo domains on Squadhelp on two consecutive days. Unfortunately, I had let one of the domains expire a few mont...
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Feature idea: deletion dates for domain marketplace listings
Marketplaces could help themselves by making it easier for domain investors to delete their listings on preset dates. Last week I sold two geo domains on Squadhelp on two consecutive days. Unfortunately, I had let one of the domains expire a few mont...
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Starboard takes big stake in GoDaddy
Activist investor takes 6.5% stake in GoDaddy. Investment company Starboard has made a significant investment in shares of GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). Today, the group filed a 13D with the SEC, disclosing its ownership stake. Shares of GoDaddy are up about...
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Starboard takes big stake in GoDaddy
Activist investor takes 6.5% stake in GoDaddy. Investment company Starboard has made a significant investment in shares of GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). Today, the group filed a 13D with the SEC, disclosing its ownership stake. Shares of GoDaddy are up about...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hire a domain attorney, exhibit #3205
A properly-argued UDRP would have likely negated reverse domain name hijacking and possibly ended in a transfer. My brother is a corporate attorney. When I ask him a legal question outside of his specialty, he tells me I might as well ask someone on ...
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Hire a domain attorney, exhibit #3205
A properly-argued UDRP would have likely negated reverse domain name hijacking and possibly ended in a transfer. My brother is a corporate attorney. When I ask him a legal question outside of his specialty, he tells me I might as well ask someone on ...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 5:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
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.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 1:55 pm
The Domains
Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
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Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
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December 27, 2021, 2:17 am
