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Domain Name Wire
USAA tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist find reverse domain name hijacking in case involving third-party claims adjuster. It’s not every day that a large company is found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. But a National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled th...
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USAA tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist find reverse domain name hijacking in case involving third-party claims adjuster. It’s not every day that a large company is found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. But a National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled th...
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September 27, 2022, 11:13 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index for Q2 2022
Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q2 2022. The total transaction value for all domains combined has dropped in Q2 2022 to $125M, from $130M in Q1 2022. Executive Summary Escrow.com has continued to facilitate more than $100 millio...
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Escrow.com Domain Investment Index for Q2 2022
Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q2 2022. The total transaction value for all domains combined has dropped in Q2 2022 to $125M, from $130M in Q1 2022. Executive Summary Escrow.com has continued to facilitate more than $100 millio...
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September 27, 2022, 6:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports $256 million in domain transactions in first half of 2022
Domain transactions are up, although results are flattening so far this year. Escrow.com parent Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) reported earnings today for the first half of 2022. The escrow service handled USD $407.2 million of transactions during the fir...
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Escrow.com reports $256 million in domain transactions in first half of 2022
Domain transactions are up, although results are flattening so far this year. Escrow.com parent Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) reported earnings today for the first half of 2022. The escrow service handled USD $407.2 million of transactions during the fir...
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September 27, 2022, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Using data to improve domain investing – DNW Podcast #406
How data can help you become a better domain investor. On today’s show, I talk with Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal. You’ll learn: What signals predict someone might by a domain name (and which ones do no predict it) How adding language t...
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Using data to improve domain investing – DNW Podcast #406
How data can help you become a better domain investor. On today’s show, I talk with Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal. You’ll learn: What signals predict someone might by a domain name (and which ones do no predict it) How adding language t...
Discussion
September 26, 2022, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Security Week “Hundreds of eCommerce Domains Infected With Google Tag Manager-Based Skimmers”
SecurityWeek.com published a piece on hackers abusing Google Tag Manager by injecting HTML or JavaScript code into websites using GTM. These were all ecommerce websites From the article: A legitimate Google service typically used for marketing and us...
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Security Week “Hundreds of eCommerce Domains Infected With Google Tag Manager-Based Skimmers”
SecurityWeek.com published a piece on hackers abusing Google Tag Manager by injecting HTML or JavaScript code into websites using GTM. These were all ecommerce websites From the article: A legitimate Google service typically used for marketing and us...
Discussion
September 25, 2022, 6:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains and .wallet Handshake owner file dueling lawsuits
Fight escalates between Unstoppable Domains and Handshake. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains and the owner of .wallet in the rival Handshake system have sued each other. The lawsuits come on the heels of Unstoppable Domains’ la...
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Unstoppable Domains and .wallet Handshake owner file dueling lawsuits
Fight escalates between Unstoppable Domains and Handshake. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains and the owner of .wallet in the rival Handshake system have sued each other. The lawsuits come on the heels of Unstoppable Domains’ la...
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September 23, 2022, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
After $100 million in funding, DoiT International secures doit.com
This large company upgraded from a hyphenated domain name. Cloud computing is commonplace today, with on-demand, distributed systems used by most of the top firms around the world. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure lead an indust...
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After $100 million in funding, DoiT International secures doit.com
This large company upgraded from a hyphenated domain name. Cloud computing is commonplace today, with on-demand, distributed systems used by most of the top firms around the world. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure lead an indust...
Discussion
September 23, 2022, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what likely happened with eth.link
No one played dirty, but the expiration process can appear that way. Ethereum Name Service and Virgil Griffith, the registrant of eth.link, recently filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy, Dynadot, and a company that “bought” eth.link in a domai...
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Here’s what likely happened with eth.link
No one played dirty, but the expiration process can appear that way. Ethereum Name Service and Virgil Griffith, the registrant of eth.link, recently filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy, Dynadot, and a company that “bought” eth.link in a domai...
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September 23, 2022, 12:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges zow.com is a stolen domain name
Person who registered the domain in 1996 says it’s stolen. A California resident has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that the valuable domain name zow.com is stolen. Yesterday, Marci Seely filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern ...
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Lawsuit alleges zow.com is a stolen domain name
Person who registered the domain in 1996 says it’s stolen. A California resident has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that the valuable domain name zow.com is stolen. Yesterday, Marci Seely filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern ...
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September 22, 2022, 6:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawmakers push for Whois privacy on .us domains
10 Democrats ask NTIA to add Whois privacy to .us domain names. While Whois records in most top level domains are now private, .us remains an outlier: the U.S. government specifically forbids Whois privacy on .us domain registrations. It has enforced...
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Lawmakers push for Whois privacy on .us domains
10 Democrats ask NTIA to add Whois privacy to .us domain names. While Whois records in most top level domains are now private, .us remains an outlier: the U.S. government specifically forbids Whois privacy on .us domain registrations. It has enforced...
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September 22, 2022, 5:41 pm
