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Domain Name Wire
Afilias gets patent for managing domain name bundles
Patent describes way to manage multiple domain names at once. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,632 (pdf) to registry operator Afilias for “Domain name registration and management.” The patent describes...
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Afilias gets patent for managing domain name bundles
Patent describes way to manage multiple domain names at once. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,632 (pdf) to registry operator Afilias for “Domain name registration and management.” The patent describes...
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April 1, 2020, 7:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic shakes up management positions
CentralNic names five people to new roles, Siffrin steps down. CentralNIC (London AIM: CNIC), a rollup of domain name companies, announced a restructuring of its leadership today. COO Alex Siffrin is stepping down. He joined CentralNic when he sold h...
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CentralNic shakes up management positions
CentralNic names five people to new roles, Siffrin steps down. CentralNIC (London AIM: CNIC), a rollup of domain name companies, announced a restructuring of its leadership today. COO Alex Siffrin is stepping down. He joined CentralNic when he sold h...
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April 1, 2020, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $200,000
Two .app domains lead the way at Sedo. The top two end user domain name sales at Sedo this past week were .app domains, including the blockbuster sale of shop.app to Shopify (NYSE: SHOP). Other domain buyers include a French leather goods company, a ...
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End user domain name sales up to $200,000
Two .app domains lead the way at Sedo. The top two end user domain name sales at Sedo this past week were .app domains, including the blockbuster sale of shop.app to Shopify (NYSE: SHOP). Other domain buyers include a French leather goods company, a ...
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April 1, 2020, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cyrus Namazi leaves ICANN
Head of domains division exits ICANN. Cyrus Namazi has left his role as Vice President of the Global Domains Division (GDD) at ICANN effective immediately. In a statement on the ICANN web site, ICANN CEO Göran Marby said that his co-deputy, Ther...
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Cyrus Namazi leaves ICANN
Head of domains division exits ICANN. Cyrus Namazi has left his role as Vice President of the Global Domains Division (GDD) at ICANN effective immediately. In a statement on the ICANN web site, ICANN CEO Göran Marby said that his co-deputy, Ther...
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April 1, 2020, 12:23 pm
The Domains
Shopify now owns Shop.app and Shopapp.com
Last week Sedo broker Yiming Yang brokered the domain name Shop.app for $200,000. At the time the domain was in transfer and now the whois has been updated. The buyer is Shopify and the domain name has moved to MarkMonitor Inc. Shopify also owns the ...
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Shopify now owns Shop.app and Shopapp.com
Last week Sedo broker Yiming Yang brokered the domain name Shop.app for $200,000. At the time the domain was in transfer and now the whois has been updated. The buyer is Shopify and the domain name has moved to MarkMonitor Inc. Shopify also owns the ...
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April 1, 2020, 1:40 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by six figure sale of Shop.app
Sedo released their weekly sales and Shop.app led the way at $200,000. Instructions.com was second at 50,000 GBP, ($62,059). Connys.com was third at 30,000 Euro, ($33,066). 31 .com sales 12 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Me.app sold for $24,000 so it ...
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Sedo weekly sales led by six figure sale of Shop.app
Sedo released their weekly sales and Shop.app led the way at $200,000. Instructions.com was second at 50,000 GBP, ($62,059). Connys.com was third at 30,000 Euro, ($33,066). 31 .com sales 12 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Me.app sold for $24,000 so it ...
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March 31, 2020, 8:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Zoom domain registrations skyrocket
Some of the registrations are for bad purposes. Videoconferencing solution Zoom is having its moment as millions of people work from home and kids take classes from their bedrooms. My daughter is now getting instruction on Zoom the majority of the sc...
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Zoom domain registrations skyrocket
Some of the registrations are for bad purposes. Videoconferencing solution Zoom is having its moment as millions of people work from home and kids take classes from their bedrooms. My daughter is now getting instruction on Zoom the majority of the sc...
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March 31, 2020, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user research helps me decide whether to acquire a domain
Kassey Lee explains the process he went through when evaluating an expired domain for purchase. I was watching Godaddy Auctions today and found the expiring domain YogaYoung.com. Since “yoga” is a popular keyword, I decided to look into t...
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End user research helps me decide whether to acquire a domain
Kassey Lee explains the process he went through when evaluating an expired domain for purchase. I was watching Godaddy Auctions today and found the expiring domain YogaYoung.com. Since “yoga” is a popular keyword, I decided to look into t...
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March 31, 2020, 1:23 pm
DomainSherpa
Sherpa Founders Series: Signaling Strength via .COM for a B2B – with Daniel Vassallo
Daniel Vassallo, who recently quit his $500k/year Software Engineering job at Amazon to found UserBase.com, has a very insightful approach to entrepreneurship, and some phenomenal advice for you. We discuss his acquisition of the domain UserBase.com ...
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Sherpa Founders Series: Signaling Strength via .COM for a B2B – with Daniel Vassallo
Daniel Vassallo, who recently quit his $500k/year Software Engineering job at Amazon to found UserBase.com, has a very insightful approach to entrepreneurship, and some phenomenal advice for you. We discuss his acquisition of the domain UserBase.com ...
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March 30, 2020, 8:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Loco UDRP ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Tech company tries to hijack domain name registered in 1999. A Brazilian technology company has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its effort to get the domain name InLoco.com. The Complainant, In Loco Tecnologia da Informa&...
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Loco UDRP ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Tech company tries to hijack domain name registered in 1999. A Brazilian technology company has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its effort to get the domain name InLoco.com. The Complainant, In Loco Tecnologia da Informa&...
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March 30, 2020, 4:55 pm
