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Domain Name Wire
Cryptocurrency business tries to reverse hijack domain name
Netherlands company brought case in abuse of the policy, panelist rules. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found fintech/cryptocurrency business Feev Holding B.V. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybe...
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Cryptocurrency business tries to reverse hijack domain name
Netherlands company brought case in abuse of the policy, panelist rules. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found fintech/cryptocurrency business Feev Holding B.V. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybe...
Discussion
January 8, 2020, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
The curious case of a 7 letter acronym domain
It’s a mouthful. I enjoy end user research because it is quite entertaining. I get to discover all sorts of reasons why a company chooses a corporate domain. However, sometimes the reason can be hard to understand. A recent case will illustrate...
Discussion
The curious case of a 7 letter acronym domain
It’s a mouthful. I enjoy end user research because it is quite entertaining. I get to discover all sorts of reasons why a company chooses a corporate domain. However, sometimes the reason can be hard to understand. A recent case will illustrate...
Discussion
January 8, 2020, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Touhou.com and a 62,000 3L.net
Sedo released their extended weekly sales report as they did not release data over the holiday season. Touhou.com was the top sale at $75,000 and OGE.net sold for $62,000 to come in second. The Touhou Project, often referred to simply as Touhou, is a...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Touhou.com and a 62,000 3L.net
Sedo released their extended weekly sales report as they did not release data over the holiday season. Touhou.com was the top sale at $75,000 and OGE.net sold for $62,000 to come in second. The Touhou Project, often referred to simply as Touhou, is a...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 9:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pizzeria, music academy and other end user domain sales
A Boston pizzeria was among end user buyers at Uniregistry. I’ve reviewed Uniregistry’s last two sales reports to find end user domain name purchases. You’ll especially like the last one. Flapp.com $22,500 – Travel company Tra...
Discussion
Pizzeria, music academy and other end user domain sales
A Boston pizzeria was among end user buyers at Uniregistry. I’ve reviewed Uniregistry’s last two sales reports to find end user domain name purchases. You’ll especially like the last one. Flapp.com $22,500 – Travel company Tra...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shakeup on the .com leader boards, Namecheap tops 5 million
Lots of shifting and Namecheap hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2019. There was a lot of shakeup this month. On t...
Discussion
Shakeup on the .com leader boards, Namecheap tops 5 million
Lots of shifting and Namecheap hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2019. There was a lot of shakeup this month. On t...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
The biggest problem with Verisign’s .com deal
It’s not the billion-dollar bonus for Verisign. As expected, ICANN has agreed* to let Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) increase prices on .com domain names starting this year. The U.S. government had already agreed to the price increases, but these incr...
Discussion
The biggest problem with Verisign’s .com deal
It’s not the billion-dollar bonus for Verisign. As expected, ICANN has agreed* to let Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) increase prices on .com domain names starting this year. The U.S. government had already agreed to the price increases, but these incr...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing the 4 character domains that sold in December
Kassey Lee reviews the market for four character domain names. I’m starting this monthly series to look at 4C (four character) .com domains. Thanks to the ripple effect which began with 2C and then continued on to 3C, I believe many 4C will bec...
Discussion
Reviewing the 4 character domains that sold in December
Kassey Lee reviews the market for four character domain names. I’m starting this monthly series to look at 4C (four character) .com domains. Thanks to the ripple effect which began with 2C and then continued on to 3C, I believe many 4C will bec...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 2:37 pm
The Domains
We asked what % of domain sales reports do you believe? 75% was top vote-getter
Back in November we asked what percentage of reported sales do you believe? 75% was the top vote-getter followed by 50%. Props to the 1 person that believes nothing. #PollTroll We also asked if all big sales should be questioned? This was on the heel...
Discussion
We asked what % of domain sales reports do you believe? 75% was top vote-getter
Back in November we asked what percentage of reported sales do you believe? 75% was the top vote-getter followed by 50%. Props to the 1 person that believes nothing. #PollTroll We also asked if all big sales should be questioned? This was on the heel...
Discussion
January 7, 2020, 4:25 am
The Domains
Breaking news – Not all domain sales are reported
“Hey bro there are many sales that are not reported!” That seems to be the mantra of half the commenters when a post is published regarding reported sales data. This is not news, everyone knows this, the posts I am referencing never made ...
Discussion
Breaking news – Not all domain sales are reported
“Hey bro there are many sales that are not reported!” That seems to be the mantra of half the commenters when a post is published regarding reported sales data. This is not news, everyone knows this, the posts I am referencing never made ...
Discussion
January 6, 2020, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another reverse domain hijacking finding against DePenning & DePenning
Law firm is behind another reverse domain name hijacking case. DePenning & DePenning, a law firm in India, has filed another UDRP that was found to be reverse domain name hijacking. Previous reverse domain name hijacking findings against the firm...
Discussion
Another reverse domain hijacking finding against DePenning & DePenning
Law firm is behind another reverse domain name hijacking case. DePenning & DePenning, a law firm in India, has filed another UDRP that was found to be reverse domain name hijacking. Previous reverse domain name hijacking findings against the firm...
Discussion
January 6, 2020, 4:36 pm
