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Domain Name Wire
APAC group doesn’t want ICANN meeting to go on without them
Because they’ll have to work on a weird time zone even if it’s just a virtual meeting? A group of ICANN community members in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands region are opposed to ICANN holding its planned Annual General Meeting in...
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APAC group doesn’t want ICANN meeting to go on without them
Because they’ll have to work on a weird time zone even if it’s just a virtual meeting? A group of ICANN community members in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands region are opposed to ICANN holding its planned Annual General Meeting in...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 7:36 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa SportsPodcast – July 7, 2021: Kris Jenkins – Shoot Your Shot
DomainSherpa SportsPodcast is a new show on the DomainSherpa network branched off of our Down The Rabbit Hole series, where we dive into a variety of different topics - in this case, sports and the intersection of sports and digital assets. In this...
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DomainSherpa SportsPodcast – July 7, 2021: Kris Jenkins – Shoot Your Shot
DomainSherpa SportsPodcast is a new show on the DomainSherpa network branched off of our Down The Rabbit Hole series, where we dive into a variety of different topics - in this case, sports and the intersection of sports and digital assets. In this...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Titan asset management acquires Titan.com
This investment app made a big investment of its own. Titan, an asset management company, has acquired a valuable asset of its own. Founded in 2018, Titan is a New York-based fintech setup that calls itself a world-class hedge fund in your pocket. Th...
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Titan asset management acquires Titan.com
This investment app made a big investment of its own. Titan, an asset management company, has acquired a valuable asset of its own. Founded in 2018, Titan is a New York-based fintech setup that calls itself a world-class hedge fund in your pocket. Th...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
How important are .cn domains to Chinese companies?
Kassey Lee examines if big Chinese companies care about .cn domain names. Many investors may assume that .cn is the preferred extension of Chinese companies for their domestic market. However, the result of my recent study may surprise you. I picked ...
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How important are .cn domains to Chinese companies?
Kassey Lee examines if big Chinese companies care about .cn domain names. Many investors may assume that .cn is the preferred extension of Chinese companies for their domestic market. However, the result of my recent study may surprise you. I picked ...
Discussion
July 8, 2021, 12:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
A billionaire’s company cannot afford the ideal domain?
It’s a bit surprising that this high-flying company and its billionaire founder use a subpar domain. What is the hottest business in today’s market? Vaccines. That’s how Kong Wei became a newly minted billionaire when his vaccine co...
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A billionaire’s company cannot afford the ideal domain?
It’s a bit surprising that this high-flying company and its billionaire founder use a subpar domain. What is the hottest business in today’s market? Vaccines. That’s how Kong Wei became a newly minted billionaire when his vaccine co...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Streaming platform Brime loses another bad cybersquatting claim
This company’s lawyers need to re-read the UDRP. Brime is a new streaming video platform launching this summer. For some reason, the company thinks it should get domain names registered before it existed. The company uses the domain BrimeLive.c...
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Streaming platform Brime loses another bad cybersquatting claim
This company’s lawyers need to re-read the UDRP. Brime is a new streaming video platform launching this summer. For some reason, the company thinks it should get domain names registered before it existed. The company uses the domain BrimeLive.c...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user sales at Sedo
A lighting company, an astrophotographer, and a flavored water company bought domain names this past week. Sedo’s top sale this past week was on.de for €119,000. The domain doesn’t resolve yet and .de Whois doesn’t show any per...
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Latest end user sales at Sedo
A lighting company, an astrophotographer, and a flavored water company bought domain names this past week. Sedo’s top sale this past week was on.de for €119,000. The domain doesn’t resolve yet and .de Whois doesn’t show any per...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Walmart.com, Ford.com and other big company domains expire soon
GoldmanSachs.com expires later this month! OK, I get it. Fortune 500 companies use reputable brand management domain registrars that are good at auto-renewing domain names. Still, if you’re Comcast, does it make sense that your domain name expi...
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Walmart.com, Ford.com and other big company domains expire soon
GoldmanSachs.com expires later this month! OK, I get it. Fortune 500 companies use reputable brand management domain registrars that are good at auto-renewing domain names. Still, if you’re Comcast, does it make sense that your domain name expi...
Discussion
July 7, 2021, 1:20 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by ON.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and ON.de led the way at 119,000 Euro, ($140,705). Cobrand.com and MaturePorn.com were tied for second at $50,000. Great price for MaturePorn.com. 39 .com sales 26 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highl...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by ON.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and ON.de led the way at 119,000 Euro, ($140,705). Cobrand.com and MaturePorn.com were tied for second at $50,000. Great price for MaturePorn.com. 39 .com sales 26 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highl...
Discussion
July 6, 2021, 7:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold surges in latest .com report
These are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2021. Newfold turne...
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Newfold surges in latest .com report
These are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2021. Newfold turne...
Discussion
July 6, 2021, 6:16 pm
