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Domain Name Wire
A bad reason for not finding reverse domain name hijacking
A domain owner shouldn’t have to prove the second element of UDRP to get a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. Semiconductor company ARM has filed a handful of UDRP cases against arm.tld domains this year. It won cases for arm.click and a...
Discussion
A bad reason for not finding reverse domain name hijacking
A domain owner shouldn’t have to prove the second element of UDRP to get a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. Semiconductor company ARM has filed a handful of UDRP cases against arm.tld domains this year. It won cases for arm.click and a...
Discussion
July 29, 2021, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Kassey Lee examines the domain names these startups selected. No, they are not the things that I found on the day I married my wife, but the domains used by leading Chinese startups featured in a TechCrunch story about the new trend of faux meat. The...
Discussion
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Kassey Lee examines the domain names these startups selected. No, they are not the things that I found on the day I married my wife, but the domains used by leading Chinese startups featured in a TechCrunch story about the new trend of faux meat. The...
Discussion
July 29, 2021, 1:20 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – July 27, 2021: Ape Ape Baby!
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, typically hosted by JT, Drew & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – July 27, 2021: Ape Ape Baby!
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, typically hosted by JT, Drew & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of...
Discussion
July 29, 2021, 3:56 am
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames June sales report
Things were a bit slow in June, no five figure sales. Top NameJet Sale: CFS.org – $9695 Top SnapNames Sale: SMARTCELL.com – $9889 DOMAINNAME BRAND PRODUCT SALES AMOUNT cfs.org Namejet Expiring $9,695 themarketmogul.com Namejet...
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NameJet/SnapNames June sales report
Things were a bit slow in June, no five figure sales. Top NameJet Sale: CFS.org – $9695 Top SnapNames Sale: SMARTCELL.com – $9889 DOMAINNAME BRAND PRODUCT SALES AMOUNT cfs.org Namejet Expiring $9,695 themarketmogul.com Namejet...
Discussion
July 29, 2021, 12:38 am
Domain Name Wire
USA sues to get GIBill.com domain name back after letting it expire
Oops. U. S. Gov forgets to renew domain it won in a settlement, so now it has to sue to get it back. The United States of America has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against GIBill.com in an effort to recover the domain name. The governm...
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USA sues to get GIBill.com domain name back after letting it expire
Oops. U. S. Gov forgets to renew domain it won in a settlement, so now it has to sue to get it back. The United States of America has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against GIBill.com in an effort to recover the domain name. The governm...
Discussion
July 28, 2021, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy end user report up to $792k, including Harley-Davidson’s domain buy
Harley-Davidson among end user buyers at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has published a selection of its top sales from February, led by Ava.com for $792,000. Some other interesting sales include Harley-Davidson buying a domain for its electric motorcycle line, a ...
Discussion
GoDaddy end user report up to $792k, including Harley-Davidson’s domain buy
Harley-Davidson among end user buyers at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has published a selection of its top sales from February, led by Ava.com for $792,000. Some other interesting sales include Harley-Davidson buying a domain for its electric motorcycle line, a ...
Discussion
July 28, 2021, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
Facebook agrees to buy OnlineNic’s owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name regis...
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Facebook to pay $74,812 for OnlineNic’s domain name portfolio
Facebook agrees to buy OnlineNic’s owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name regis...
Discussion
July 28, 2021, 3:39 pm
The Domains
2616.com closes at $58,000 High mark for NNNN.coms in 2021
2616.com was left to expire and it closed at GoDaddy auctions at $58,000. This is the highest price for an NNNN.com reported in 2021. There have only been 19 reported transactions. Interestingly 14 have been at GoDaddy and I would guess most if not a...
Discussion
2616.com closes at $58,000 High mark for NNNN.coms in 2021
2616.com was left to expire and it closed at GoDaddy auctions at $58,000. This is the highest price for an NNNN.com reported in 2021. There have only been 19 reported transactions. Interestingly 14 have been at GoDaddy and I would guess most if not a...
Discussion
July 28, 2021, 6:04 am
Domain Name Wire
How much is this domain portfolio worth?
Would you pay $70,000 for these names? The domain name registrar OnlineNic has told a court that someone is interested in buying a portfolio of 685 domains from it for $70,000. It says that this money could be used to pay the Special Master in a laws...
Discussion
How much is this domain portfolio worth?
Would you pay $70,000 for these names? The domain name registrar OnlineNic has told a court that someone is interested in buying a portfolio of 685 domains from it for $70,000. It says that this money could be used to pay the Special Master in a laws...
Discussion
July 27, 2021, 8:23 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by cartecadeau.fr
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and cartecadeau.fr led the way at 49,000 Euro, ($57,923). Translated to Gift Card in English. OneGoal.com was second at $34,495 and Links.to was third at $30,000. 35 .com sales 27 cctld sales 13 other tld ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by cartecadeau.fr
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and cartecadeau.fr led the way at 49,000 Euro, ($57,923). Translated to Gift Card in English. OneGoal.com was second at $34,495 and Links.to was third at $30,000. 35 .com sales 27 cctld sales 13 other tld ...
Discussion
July 27, 2021, 7:22 pm
