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Domain Name Wire
Sex.com is for sale (again)
Sellers hope to get at least $20 million for the domain. The domain name sex.com, once the most valuable domain on the internet, is for sale again. Most recently sold for $13 million, the owners hope to sell it for at least $20 million this time arou...
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Sex.com is for sale (again)
Sellers hope to get at least $20 million for the domain. The domain name sex.com, once the most valuable domain on the internet, is for sale again. Most recently sold for $13 million, the owners hope to sell it for at least $20 million this time arou...
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January 18, 2023, 8:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A baker’s dozen end user sales at Sedo
A recipe blogger, a Greek supermarket chain, and a senior housing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was SkyWin.com for $275,000. The name doesn’t resolve, and its Whois record is private. There are a handful of tradem...
Discussion
A baker’s dozen end user sales at Sedo
A recipe blogger, a Greek supermarket chain, and a senior housing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was SkyWin.com for $275,000. The name doesn’t resolve, and its Whois record is private. There are a handful of tradem...
Discussion
January 18, 2023, 4:50 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by SkyWin.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SkyWin.com led the way at $275,000. Nevis.com was second at $100,000. Star247.com third at $18,000 tied with Dominari.com. Sex.xyz has a high premium renewal so looks like someone just wanted out of th...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by SkyWin.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SkyWin.com led the way at $275,000. Nevis.com was second at $100,000. Star247.com third at $18,000 tied with Dominari.com. Sex.xyz has a high premium renewal so looks like someone just wanted out of th...
Discussion
January 18, 2023, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pool.com relaunches as web3 domains business
Company throws its hat into a crowded ring of companies selling alt-root domain names. Pool.com, a long-time player in the domain drop-catching business, has a new business model. The business has a relaunched as a web3 domain name business. It seems...
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Pool.com relaunches as web3 domains business
Company throws its hat into a crowded ring of companies selling alt-root domain names. Pool.com, a long-time player in the domain drop-catching business, has a new business model. The business has a relaunched as a web3 domain name business. It seems...
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January 17, 2023, 9:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains and CNNIC get blockchain patents
Two entities get U.S. patents related to blockchain and domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents today related to blockchain and domain names. Unstoppable Domains obtained patent number 11,558,344 for Resolving blockchai...
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Unstoppable Domains and CNNIC get blockchain patents
Two entities get U.S. patents related to blockchain and domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents today related to blockchain and domain names. Unstoppable Domains obtained patent number 11,558,344 for Resolving blockchai...
Discussion
January 17, 2023, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
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19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
Discussion
January 17, 2023, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
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How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
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Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 4:30 pm
The Domains
Q4 2022 Liquid Domains Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his liquid domains report for Q4 2022. – Q4 2022 saw a significant decline in sales volume: Escrow.com sales went down by 51%, while public sales as reported by ShortNames.com went down by 85%. – The number of p...
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Q4 2022 Liquid Domains Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his liquid domains report for Q4 2022. – Q4 2022 saw a significant decline in sales volume: Escrow.com sales went down by 51%, while public sales as reported by ShortNames.com went down by 85%. – The number of p...
Discussion
January 13, 2023, 6:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
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Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
Discussion
January 13, 2023, 2:29 pm
