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Domain Name Wire
May’s top stories: Southwest Airlines, PayPal, Google and more
Southwest Airlines, PayPal and Google were in the news last month. With May in the books, here’s a look at what made news in the domain business. These stories were the most-viewed on Domain Name Wire: 1. Southwest Airlines fails to take down &...
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May’s top stories: Southwest Airlines, PayPal, Google and more
Southwest Airlines, PayPal and Google were in the news last month. With May in the books, here’s a look at what made news in the domain business. These stories were the most-viewed on Domain Name Wire: 1. Southwest Airlines fails to take down &...
Discussion
June 8, 2023, 1:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com winners – latest rankings
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing 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 February 2023. CentralNic ...
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.Com winners – latest rankings
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing 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 February 2023. CentralNic ...
Discussion
June 7, 2023, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 of this week’s end user domain name sales
Some AI companies, an insurance company, and a wellness clinic in India bought domain names. Sedo didn’t report any significant domain sales this week. That doesn’t mean none happened; it just means it couldn’t report them. Here&rsq...
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13 of this week’s end user domain name sales
Some AI companies, an insurance company, and a wellness clinic in India bought domain names. Sedo didn’t report any significant domain sales this week. That doesn’t mean none happened; it just means it couldn’t report them. Here&rsq...
Discussion
June 7, 2023, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com is for communism?
It’s an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ...
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.Com is for communism?
It’s an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ...
Discussion
June 6, 2023, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rocket ship company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after domain registered before it existed. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which launches satellites, filed a cybersquatting complaint against rocketlab.com, which is owned by Roc...
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Rocket ship company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after domain registered before it existed. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which launches satellites, filed a cybersquatting complaint against rocketlab.com, which is owned by Roc...
Discussion
June 6, 2023, 3:56 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Sulamericasaude.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Sulamericasaude.com was the top sale at $14,999. FVco.com was second at $12,500 and Kesch.com was third at 11,000 Euro, ($11,759). 29 .com sales 14 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Highlights of public Se...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Sulamericasaude.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Sulamericasaude.com was the top sale at $14,999. FVco.com was second at $12,500 and Kesch.com was third at 11,000 Euro, ($11,759). 29 .com sales 14 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Highlights of public Se...
Discussion
June 6, 2023, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
$550k of NameJet/SnapNames sales from May
Here are the notable sales from last month. Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 131 domains for $2,000 or more last month, grossing about $550,000 from those sales. Sean Markey will review some of the SEO sales...
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$550k of NameJet/SnapNames sales from May
Here are the notable sales from last month. Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 131 domains for $2,000 or more last month, grossing about $550,000 from those sales. Sean Markey will review some of the SEO sales...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 8:46 pm
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames May 2023 sales report led by Agon.com
NameJet Domain Name Brand Name Product Gross Amt bigbearlake.com Namejet Expiry $8,027 mfea.com Namejet Expiry $7,600 lambethpalacelibrary.org Namejet Expiry $6,003 iseek.org Namejet Expiry $5,751 leny.com Namejet Deleting...
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NameJet/SnapNames May 2023 sales report led by Agon.com
NameJet Domain Name Brand Name Product Gross Amt bigbearlake.com Namejet Expiry $8,027 mfea.com Namejet Expiry $7,600 lambethpalacelibrary.org Namejet Expiry $6,003 iseek.org Namejet Expiry $5,751 leny.com Namejet Deleting...
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June 5, 2023, 8:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
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Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
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AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 3:40 pm
