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Domain Name Wire
Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
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Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
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November 26, 2019, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
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GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
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November 26, 2019, 1:22 pm
The Domains
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
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A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 2:04 am
DomainSherpa
Liquid Domain Name Market Report Q3 2019
Get insights from Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano, authors of the quarterly "State of the Market" industry report on liquid domain names.Learn more about investing in liquid domains.Or, hear the vocabulary and empirical data to explain...
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Liquid Domain Name Market Report Q3 2019
Get insights from Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano, authors of the quarterly "State of the Market" industry report on liquid domain names.Learn more about investing in liquid domains.Or, hear the vocabulary and empirical data to explain...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
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Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
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James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 2:11 pm
The Domains
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
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Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 1:48 am
The Domains
Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
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Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
Discussion
November 23, 2019, 1:47 am
The Domains
That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
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That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 9:15 pm
