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Domain Name Wire
Spase.io tries reverse domain name hijacking
A new company goes after domain registered in 2005. The owner of a business called Spase has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Spase.com. Spase is a service that converts photographs into 3D models. The business w...
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Spase.io tries reverse domain name hijacking
A new company goes after domain registered in 2005. The owner of a business called Spase has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Spase.com. Spase is a service that converts photographs into 3D models. The business w...
Discussion
September 22, 2020, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy fixes domain listing glitch
Two-factor users should no longer get errors when submitting domains through Domain Listing Service. GoDaddy has fixed an annoying issue with its Domain Listing Service. Domain Listing Service allows GoDaddy customers to list domain names on the Afte...
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GoDaddy fixes domain listing glitch
Two-factor users should no longer get errors when submitting domains through Domain Listing Service. GoDaddy has fixed an annoying issue with its Domain Listing Service. Domain Listing Service allows GoDaddy customers to list domain names on the Afte...
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September 22, 2020, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bytedance files cybersquatting dispute against TikToks.com
Owners told a newspaper they turned down a $145,000 offer for the domain name. In June, the Herald Sun published an article about two Melbourne teens who have had success with online businesses. The article stated: And about six months ago, the ...
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Bytedance files cybersquatting dispute against TikToks.com
Owners told a newspaper they turned down a $145,000 offer for the domain name. In June, the Herald Sun published an article about two Melbourne teens who have had success with online businesses. The article stated: And about six months ago, the ...
Discussion
September 22, 2020, 4:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Does the truth matter?
False information does significant damage. False allegations and stories seem to travel around the internet much faster than the truth. And I’m not just talking about politics. Last week, a Hacker News story made waves when someone suggested th...
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Does the truth matter?
False information does significant damage. False allegations and stories seem to travel around the internet much faster than the truth. And I’m not just talking about politics. Last week, a Hacker News story made waves when someone suggested th...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
OneWord.Domains adds great new filtering metric
You can now see how many top level domains a word is registered under. OneWord.Domains is a site dedicated to helping people find available one word domain names across many different top level domain names. Not all one word domains are great domains...
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OneWord.Domains adds great new filtering metric
You can now see how many top level domains a word is registered under. OneWord.Domains is a site dedicated to helping people find available one word domain names across many different top level domain names. Not all one word domains are great domains...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
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Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 3:30 pm
The Domains
ThePirateBay.com closes at $35,150 at DropCatch
A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Back...
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ThePirateBay.com closes at $35,150 at DropCatch
A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Back...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 1:00 am
The Domains
Where are the 10 highest reported new gtld domain name sales in 2020?
There have been 7,064 reported new gtld sales at Namebio. These sales total $26.6 million. The top 10 brought home $3,169,431 or approximately 12% of all reported sales. .Top and .Games both placed multiple entries in the top 10, with 2 each. Online....
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Where are the 10 highest reported new gtld domain name sales in 2020?
There have been 7,064 reported new gtld sales at Namebio. These sales total $26.6 million. The top 10 brought home $3,169,431 or approximately 12% of all reported sales. .Top and .Games both placed multiple entries in the top 10, with 2 each. Online....
Discussion
September 20, 2020, 2:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
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Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
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Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:37 pm
