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Domain Name Wire
How to merge Network Solutions / Register accounts
Here’s how to combine multiple accounts created by Web.com’s dropcatching services. One of the things I hope Newfold Digital does now that it owns the Web.com properties is to fix its aftermarket. I assume the long-term vision is to combi...
Discussion
How to merge Network Solutions / Register accounts
Here’s how to combine multiple accounts created by Web.com’s dropcatching services. One of the things I hope Newfold Digital does now that it owns the Web.com properties is to fix its aftermarket. I assume the long-term vision is to combi...
Discussion
March 15, 2021, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign’s .com printing press – DNW Podcast #329
How Verisign got such a profitable business and what the future holds. Verisign operates one of the most profitable large businesses in the world thanks to a no-bid contract to operate the .com namespace. My guest on today’s show talks about ho...
Discussion
Verisign’s .com printing press – DNW Podcast #329
How Verisign got such a profitable business and what the future holds. Verisign operates one of the most profitable large businesses in the world thanks to a no-bid contract to operate the .com namespace. My guest on today’s show talks about ho...
Discussion
March 15, 2021, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is this trademark infringement or cybersquatting?
Confusing similarity might be a stretch. A World Intellectual Property (WIPO) panelist has found in favor of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a generic drugs maker, in a dispute it filed against the domain DrLede.com. The pharmaceutical company uses t...
Discussion
Is this trademark infringement or cybersquatting?
Confusing similarity might be a stretch. A World Intellectual Property (WIPO) panelist has found in favor of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, a generic drugs maker, in a dispute it filed against the domain DrLede.com. The pharmaceutical company uses t...
Discussion
March 12, 2021, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org offers domain quality program to other registries
System rewards registrars for the quality of their registrations, not just the quantity. Many registries measure their success by the total domains in their namespace. They provide incentives for registrars to sell more of their domains by either cha...
Discussion
.Org offers domain quality program to other registries
System rewards registrars for the quality of their registrations, not just the quantity. Many registries measure their success by the total domains in their namespace. They provide incentives for registrars to sell more of their domains by either cha...
Discussion
March 12, 2021, 4:51 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Founders Series – Mar 11 2021: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop w/ Bradley Kam of Unstoppable Domains
On this episode of the DomainSherpa Founder Series JT & Drew talk to Bradley Kam of Unstoppable Domains and discuss a number of topics including (a) the rise of the decentralized internet, (b) the appeal of the .crypto & .zil domain extension...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Founders Series – Mar 11 2021: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop w/ Bradley Kam of Unstoppable Domains
On this episode of the DomainSherpa Founder Series JT & Drew talk to Bradley Kam of Unstoppable Domains and discuss a number of topics including (a) the rise of the decentralized internet, (b) the appeal of the .crypto & .zil domain extension...
Discussion
March 11, 2021, 11:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what sold on NameJet and SnapNames last month
98 domains sold for $2,000 or more last month. Web.com’s (or should I say Newfold Digital’s?) aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined for $368,000 in sales of domains over $2,000 in February. The top sale was only $15,000 but there we...
Discussion
Here’s what sold on NameJet and SnapNames last month
98 domains sold for $2,000 or more last month. Web.com’s (or should I say Newfold Digital’s?) aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined for $368,000 in sales of domains over $2,000 in February. The top sale was only $15,000 but there we...
Discussion
March 11, 2021, 7:28 pm
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames February sales led by PayZone.com
NameJet/Snapnames released their February sales data. The top sale was payzone.com at $15,000. The top SnapNames Sale: smartjx.com – $11,554 DOMAINNAME BRAND TYPE SALES AMOUNT payzone.com Namejet Expiring $15,000 cheapmovies.com Namejet B...
Discussion
NameJet/Snapnames February sales led by PayZone.com
NameJet/Snapnames released their February sales data. The top sale was payzone.com at $15,000. The top SnapNames Sale: smartjx.com – $11,554 DOMAINNAME BRAND TYPE SALES AMOUNT payzone.com Namejet Expiring $15,000 cheapmovies.com Namejet B...
Discussion
March 11, 2021, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
NFTs are the newest manufactured scarcity
What do you call too many rare things? Something that’s not rare at all. Like many boys who grew up in the 80s and 90s, I collected baseball cards. My brother and I would pool our allowance and head to the Magik Market convenience store, where ...
Discussion
NFTs are the newest manufactured scarcity
What do you call too many rare things? Something that’s not rare at all. Like many boys who grew up in the 80s and 90s, I collected baseball cards. My brother and I would pool our allowance and head to the Magik Market convenience store, where ...
Discussion
March 11, 2021, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales led by a $50,000 .io domain
A crypto exchange, a children’s footwear company and an auto parts manufacturer bought domain names. The cryptocurrency surge is creating lots of demand for domain names. The domains themselves aren’t always descriptive of cryptocurrency,...
Discussion
End user domain name sales led by a $50,000 .io domain
A crypto exchange, a children’s footwear company and an auto parts manufacturer bought domain names. The cryptocurrency surge is creating lots of demand for domain names. The domains themselves aren’t always descriptive of cryptocurrency,...
Discussion
March 11, 2021, 2:46 pm
The Domains
Other Registrars reply when asked how they would handle the Oxley situation?
So while there is other stuff going on in domaining, for many the only thing that matters is the Brent Oxley domain lockdown at GoDaddy. Someone registered FireAman.com referring to the CEO of GoDaddy Aman Bhutani and redirected it to the thread on N...
Discussion
Other Registrars reply when asked how they would handle the Oxley situation?
So while there is other stuff going on in domaining, for many the only thing that matters is the Brent Oxley domain lockdown at GoDaddy. Someone registered FireAman.com referring to the CEO of GoDaddy Aman Bhutani and redirected it to the thread on N...
Discussion
March 10, 2021, 10:37 pm
