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Domain Name Wire
Warehouse optimization company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed a dispute against domain registered before it had any rights in the mark. A company that helps optimize warehouses has been found to have engaged of reverse domain name hijacking. Element Logic AS filed a dispute (pdf) with World Intell...
Discussion
Warehouse optimization company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed a dispute against domain registered before it had any rights in the mark. A company that helps optimize warehouses has been found to have engaged of reverse domain name hijacking. Element Logic AS filed a dispute (pdf) with World Intell...
Discussion
December 18, 2023, 7:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Selling brandable domains with Keith DeBoer – DNW Podcast #466
Keith DeBoer provides tips and best practices for domain investors. “Brandable Insider” Keith DeBoer returns to the show this week to talk about domain investing. Keith owns about 5,000 domains. Today, he explains how he decides which dom...
Discussion
Selling brandable domains with Keith DeBoer – DNW Podcast #466
Keith DeBoer provides tips and best practices for domain investors. “Brandable Insider” Keith DeBoer returns to the show this week to talk about domain investing. Keith owns about 5,000 domains. Today, he explains how he decides which dom...
Discussion
December 18, 2023, 6:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
What to do if your domain at Freenom/OpenTLD expires
Your domain should be safe even if you can’t renew it because ICANN terminated the registrar. A Domain Name Wire reader contacted me last week with a big concern: they couldn’t renew their domain at Freenom (OpenTLD B.V.). ICANN has de-ac...
Discussion
What to do if your domain at Freenom/OpenTLD expires
Your domain should be safe even if you can’t renew it because ICANN terminated the registrar. A Domain Name Wire reader contacted me last week with a big concern: they couldn’t renew their domain at Freenom (OpenTLD B.V.). ICANN has de-ac...
Discussion
December 18, 2023, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Using Domain Academy’s Research Snapshot to evaluate domains
There are some neat metrics in this tool included with Domain Academy. I’ve been bidding on many of the domains in GoDaddy’s NameFind auctions. One of the tools I’ve used to evaluate my bid prices is Domain Academy’s Research ...
Discussion
Using Domain Academy’s Research Snapshot to evaluate domains
There are some neat metrics in this tool included with Domain Academy. I’ve been bidding on many of the domains in GoDaddy’s NameFind auctions. One of the tools I’ve used to evaluate my bid prices is Domain Academy’s Research ...
Discussion
December 15, 2023, 5:37 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – December 14, 2023: .AI Domains, Changing the Game or More of the Same?
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• Andy and James Booth come on the show, along with Josh Reason, as the Sherpas skip The Domain Game and instead focus on .AI domains - as Andy & James ...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – December 14, 2023: .AI Domains, Changing the Game or More of the Same?
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• Andy and James Booth come on the show, along with Josh Reason, as the Sherpas skip The Domain Game and instead focus on .AI domains - as Andy & James ...
Discussion
December 14, 2023, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panelist denies UDRP claim against four letter .com domain
Panelist made the right call even though the domain owner didn’t respond. In some ways, a UDRP panelist’s job is more complicated when a domain owner doesn’t respond to the dispute. The panelist has to hear one side of the story and...
Discussion
Panelist denies UDRP claim against four letter .com domain
Panelist made the right call even though the domain owner didn’t respond. In some ways, a UDRP panelist’s job is more complicated when a domain owner doesn’t respond to the dispute. The panelist has to hear one side of the story and...
Discussion
December 14, 2023, 7:30 pm
The Domains
8 years since Mike sold to GoDaddy, how has the sale aged in your opinion?
It has now been 8 years since Mike sold his portfolio of approximately 70,000 domain names. The sale price came in at $35.5M. 4 years ago we asked what readers thought of the sale? Another 4 years have passed, we have had a pandemic, NFTs, extensions...
Discussion
8 years since Mike sold to GoDaddy, how has the sale aged in your opinion?
It has now been 8 years since Mike sold his portfolio of approximately 70,000 domain names. The sale price came in at $35.5M. 4 years ago we asked what readers thought of the sale? Another 4 years have passed, we have had a pandemic, NFTs, extensions...
Discussion
December 14, 2023, 6:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
New DNS abuse mitigation requirements coming for domain name registrars and registries
Rules will make it easier for people to submit reports and (loosely) define what registrars and registries must do in response. ICANN’s contracted parties have approved changes to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and base R...
Discussion
New DNS abuse mitigation requirements coming for domain name registrars and registries
Rules will make it easier for people to submit reports and (loosely) define what registrars and registries must do in response. ICANN’s contracted parties have approved changes to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and base R...
Discussion
December 14, 2023, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two things to do today for your Afternic domain names
Add these tasks to your to-do list. I’ve completed two housekeeping tasks this morning related to my domains at Afternic, and I’d consider them critical to maximizing your sales volume. First, did you know that domains pointed to ns1.unir...
Discussion
Two things to do today for your Afternic domain names
Add these tasks to your to-do list. I’ve completed two housekeeping tasks this morning related to my domains at Afternic, and I’d consider them critical to maximizing your sales volume. First, did you know that domains pointed to ns1.unir...
Discussion
December 13, 2023, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 latest end user domain name sales
A web3 company, an auto glass shop and a precious metals company bought domain names. This week, Sedo’s top four public sales were non-coms: gms.net, goat.fi, elektroroller.de, and bump.co.uk. Two of these were definitely end users, and we&rsqu...
Discussion
10 latest end user domain name sales
A web3 company, an auto glass shop and a precious metals company bought domain names. This week, Sedo’s top four public sales were non-coms: gms.net, goat.fi, elektroroller.de, and bump.co.uk. Two of these were definitely end users, and we&rsqu...
Discussion
December 13, 2023, 2:28 pm
