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The Domains
Verisign Q1 2022 closed with and increase of 13.2 million domain names
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all to...
Discussion
Verisign Q1 2022 closed with and increase of 13.2 million domain names
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all to...
Discussion
July 2, 2022, 5:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Hosting company’s parking page nullifies reverse domain name hijacking
A UDRP panelist has, with “considerable hesitation,” determined (pdf) that a case was not reverse domain name hijacking because the registrar added pay-per-click ads to the domain’s landing page. Samet Kalıp Ve Madeni Eşya Sanayi ...
Discussion
Hosting company’s parking page nullifies reverse domain name hijacking
A UDRP panelist has, with “considerable hesitation,” determined (pdf) that a case was not reverse domain name hijacking because the registrar added pay-per-click ads to the domain’s landing page. Samet Kalıp Ve Madeni Eşya Sanayi ...
Discussion
July 1, 2022, 4:19 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 30, 2022: Shark Tanks and Life Rings: SanLorenzo.com, Agentive.com, Unmask.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 30, 2022: Shark Tanks and Life Rings: SanLorenzo.com, Agentive.com, Unmask.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Courier upgraded to Courier.com. It just raised $35M
It acquired Courier.com for $200,000 two years ago. There is a well-trodden path that startups can take regarding their domain name. That path involves picking the best available domain you can afford as a brand new venture and then upgrading to your...
Discussion
Courier upgraded to Courier.com. It just raised $35M
It acquired Courier.com for $200,000 two years ago. There is a well-trodden path that startups can take regarding their domain name. That path involves picking the best available domain you can afford as a brand new venture and then upgrading to your...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales this week
A real estate virtual tour company, a metaverse project, and a food delivery business bought domain names. Sedo reported a couple of nice sales this week, but it’s unclear who bought the top two domains at this point. Mixed.com sold for $115,00...
Discussion
18 end user domain name sales this week
A real estate virtual tour company, a metaverse project, and a food delivery business bought domain names. Sedo reported a couple of nice sales this week, but it’s unclear who bought the top two domains at this point. Mixed.com sold for $115,00...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 1:11 pm
The Domains
Has .io lost it’s shine?
Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not hear...
Discussion
Has .io lost it’s shine?
Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not hear...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 4:15 am
Domain Name Wire
Have legal questions? Join us Thursday for Domain Name Legal Hour
Join us on Twitter Spaces this Thursday. Have questions about domain name law? Domain Name Wire is hosting a Twitter Spaces event on Thursday that you should attend. Domain name and trademark attorney John Berryhill will join us for a one-hour event ...
Discussion
Have legal questions? Join us Thursday for Domain Name Legal Hour
Join us on Twitter Spaces this Thursday. Have questions about domain name law? Domain Name Wire is hosting a Twitter Spaces event on Thursday that you should attend. Domain name and trademark attorney John Berryhill will join us for a one-hour event ...
Discussion
June 29, 2022, 7:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Jewelry company Reza tries to reverse domain name hijack Reza.com
One panelist strongly disagreed with the others. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled (pdf) that Reza IP Holdings LLC attempted to reverse domain name hijack reza.com. The jewelry company, which is named after Al...
Discussion
Jewelry company Reza tries to reverse domain name hijack Reza.com
One panelist strongly disagreed with the others. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled (pdf) that Reza IP Holdings LLC attempted to reverse domain name hijack reza.com. The jewelry company, which is named after Al...
Discussion
June 29, 2022, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
What people think about the Dan.com acquistion
They’re concerned about one key thing. The day’s talk in the domain community is that GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring Dan.com. Domain investors want to know what this will mean for them. I just held an hour-long Twitter Space on the top...
Discussion
What people think about the Dan.com acquistion
They’re concerned about one key thing. The day’s talk in the domain community is that GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring Dan.com. Domain investors want to know what this will mean for them. I just held an hour-long Twitter Space on the top...
Discussion
June 28, 2022, 9:01 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Off The Market Forever – June 28, 2022: Going, Going, Gone: Electra.com, Weath.com, Firework.com, RocketReach.com
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And now we are debuting a brand a new show related to domains called "Off The Market Forever", starring Chris Zuiker and James Iles! In this show we focus on the domain space from the...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Off The Market Forever – June 28, 2022: Going, Going, Gone: Electra.com, Weath.com, Firework.com, RocketReach.com
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And now we are debuting a brand a new show related to domains called "Off The Market Forever", starring Chris Zuiker and James Iles! In this show we focus on the domain space from the...
Discussion
June 28, 2022, 6:17 pm
