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The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by BettingTips.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BettingTips.com led the way at $150,000. Yugo.com was second at $50,000 and Modena.com was third at 34,000 Euro, ($37,004). 44 .com sales 13 cctld sales 9 other tld sales A few new gtld sales this week, H.energy w...
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Sedo weekly sales led by BettingTips.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BettingTips.com led the way at $150,000. Yugo.com was second at $50,000 and Modena.com was third at 34,000 Euro, ($37,004). 44 .com sales 13 cctld sales 9 other tld sales A few new gtld sales this week, H.energy w...
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February 25, 2020, 9:03 pm

Domain Name Wire
Popular YouTuber Stacy Plays files lawsuit to get domain StacyPlays .com
Lawsuit cites Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Stacy Hinojosa’s company Stacy Plays Brands, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to get the domain name StacyPlays .com. Hinojosa is known as Stacy Plays. Her YouTube channel has over 2...
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Popular YouTuber Stacy Plays files lawsuit to get domain StacyPlays .com
Lawsuit cites Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Stacy Hinojosa’s company Stacy Plays Brands, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to get the domain name StacyPlays .com. Hinojosa is known as Stacy Plays. Her YouTube channel has over 2...
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February 25, 2020, 6:42 pm

Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges Pay.io is a stolen domain name
Company recently realized that its valuable domain name was missing. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona alleges that the domain name Pay.io is stolen. Deltaventure GmbH, a German company, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name...
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Lawsuit alleges Pay.io is a stolen domain name
Company recently realized that its valuable domain name was missing. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona alleges that the domain name Pay.io is stolen. Deltaventure GmbH, a German company, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name...
Discussion
February 25, 2020, 6:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
Valve company AVK tries reverse hijacking AVK.com
Panel determines that company filed “Plan B” dispute after failing to buy domain name. A Czech Arbitration Court panel has found that AVK Group attempted reverse domain name hijacking by filing a cybersquatting dispute over the domain nam...
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Valve company AVK tries reverse hijacking AVK.com
Panel determines that company filed “Plan B” dispute after failing to buy domain name. A Czech Arbitration Court panel has found that AVK Group attempted reverse domain name hijacking by filing a cybersquatting dispute over the domain nam...
Discussion
February 25, 2020, 5:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
These companies upgraded their domain names
Lots of companies are paying to get a better version of their domain name. Of the forty reported sales at Uniregistry over the past two weeks, I was able to connect 17 of the purchases to end users. Many of these are upgraded domain names that are fl...
Discussion
These companies upgraded their domain names
Lots of companies are paying to get a better version of their domain name. Of the forty reported sales at Uniregistry over the past two weeks, I was able to connect 17 of the purchases to end users. Many of these are upgraded domain names that are fl...
Discussion
February 25, 2020, 2:21 pm

The Domains
Motley Fool contributor looking for Tucows to bounce back
Tucows (TSX:TC)(NASDAQ:TCX) got a write up on Motley Fool by Joey Frenette. While calling the domain business “boring” Frenette mentioned that he liked Tucows to bounce back. The stock was down 5.2% today 52-wk high 90.21 52-wk low 45.01 ...
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Motley Fool contributor looking for Tucows to bounce back
Tucows (TSX:TC)(NASDAQ:TCX) got a write up on Motley Fool by Joey Frenette. While calling the domain business “boring” Frenette mentioned that he liked Tucows to bounce back. The stock was down 5.2% today 52-wk high 90.21 52-wk low 45.01 ...
Discussion
February 24, 2020, 9:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
This report has great aftermarket and primary domain data
Report provides rich data on domain names and the aftermarket. A few weeks ago, Sedo and InternetX released a Global Domain Report covering data about the domain name industry and their own businesses. I was at NamesCon and bogged down but I finally ...
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This report has great aftermarket and primary domain data
Report provides rich data on domain names and the aftermarket. A few weeks ago, Sedo and InternetX released a Global Domain Report covering data about the domain name industry and their own businesses. I was at NamesCon and bogged down but I finally ...
Discussion
February 24, 2020, 7:05 pm

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Feb 24: Confront.com, Teky.com, 4 letter .COM
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Confront.com, Teky.com, 4 letter .COM• We discuss some challenges professional domain brokers enco...
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DomainSherpa Review – Feb 24: Confront.com, Teky.com, 4 letter .COM
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Confront.com, Teky.com, 4 letter .COM• We discuss some challenges professional domain brokers enco...
Discussion
February 24, 2020, 7:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain sales including a .Tel domain
An accounting firm, streaming services comparison site, and multiple consulting firms bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale a week ago was Profitable.com. It’s not clear if the buyer is a domain investor or end user. Last week also ...
Discussion
15 end user domain sales including a .Tel domain
An accounting firm, streaming services comparison site, and multiple consulting firms bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale a week ago was Profitable.com. It’s not clear if the buyer is a domain investor or end user. Last week also ...
Discussion
February 24, 2020, 5:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
Should you get your own TLD? – DNW Podcast #274
Is getting your own TLD a good investment? There’s been a lot of debate about new top level domain names. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s a legitimate business opportunity to get your own top level domain name. On today’s ...
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Should you get your own TLD? – DNW Podcast #274
Is getting your own TLD a good investment? There’s been a lot of debate about new top level domain names. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s a legitimate business opportunity to get your own top level domain name. On today’s ...
Discussion
February 24, 2020, 4:30 pm