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The Domains
Polls at Namepros and TheDomains don’t seem like most want to pay for a Virtual Conference
Last week we asked will you attend a Virtual NamesCon and over the last week the response has been slanted to the no side. 70% of readers said no and 30% went with yes. Now to be fair there were not hundreds of votes. On Namepros a poll asked about a...
Discussion
Polls at Namepros and TheDomains don’t seem like most want to pay for a Virtual Conference
Last week we asked will you attend a Virtual NamesCon and over the last week the response has been slanted to the no side. 70% of readers said no and 30% went with yes. Now to be fair there were not hundreds of votes. On Namepros a poll asked about a...
Discussion
June 26, 2020, 8:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
Discussion
Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
Discussion
June 26, 2020, 1:45 pm
The Domains
The 10 year anniversary of .XXX – A look back
A decade ago on this day ICANN approved the .xxx extension. Stuart Lawley and his ICM Registry realized a dream. The controversial extension that found resistance from all sides including, adult performers and studios, they had concerns that adult or...
Discussion
The 10 year anniversary of .XXX – A look back
A decade ago on this day ICANN approved the .xxx extension. Stuart Lawley and his ICM Registry realized a dream. The controversial extension that found resistance from all sides including, adult performers and studios, they had concerns that adult or...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 10:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
Discussion
20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
Discussion
2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 1:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
I’m struggling with this UDRP decision
Is EveryFamily.org confusingly similar to Everytown? Post link: I’m struggling with this UDRP decision © DomainNameWire.com 2020. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only,...
Discussion
I’m struggling with this UDRP decision
Is EveryFamily.org confusingly similar to Everytown? Post link: I’m struggling with this UDRP decision © DomainNameWire.com 2020. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only,...
Discussion
June 24, 2020, 8:01 pm
The Domains
Post your best .coms for sale up to $500
READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. You can list up to 10 .coms $500 or less Sell some domain names. Unless noted by an individual seller, prices only good for 1 week. You can make it 24 hours o...
Discussion
Post your best .coms for sale up to $500
READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. You can list up to 10 .coms $500 or less Sell some domain names. Unless noted by an individual seller, prices only good for 1 week. You can make it 24 hours o...
Discussion
June 24, 2020, 6:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR calls for nominations for .Org Impact Awards
10 organizations that use .org domains will take home a total of $85,000. Public Interest Registry, the registry that manages .org domains, has opened nominations for its 2020 .Org Impact Awards. This year’s awards are a bit different from last...
Discussion
PIR calls for nominations for .Org Impact Awards
10 organizations that use .org domains will take home a total of $85,000. Public Interest Registry, the registry that manages .org domains, has opened nominations for its 2020 .Org Impact Awards. This year’s awards are a bit different from last...
Discussion
June 24, 2020, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy plans layoffs and is closing Austin offices
Company struggles with outbound sales and social media products. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) revenue is topping expectations, but the company is laying off employees and restructuring its business because Covid-19 is impacting part of its business. ...
Discussion
GoDaddy plans layoffs and is closing Austin offices
Company struggles with outbound sales and social media products. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) revenue is topping expectations, but the company is laying off employees and restructuring its business because Covid-19 is impacting part of its business. ...
Discussion
June 24, 2020, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ TrueName service offers brand protection to registrants
Donuts has announced TrueName, a registrant service that automatically blocks registrations of homographs of registered domains. When a customer registers a Donuts TLD such as .guru, .money or .live, Donuts will block registrations of lookalike domai...
Discussion
Donuts’ TrueName service offers brand protection to registrants
Donuts has announced TrueName, a registrant service that automatically blocks registrations of homographs of registered domains. When a customer registers a Donuts TLD such as .guru, .money or .live, Donuts will block registrations of lookalike domai...
Discussion
June 24, 2020, 1:12 pm
