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Domain Name Wire
Distributed acquired Distributed.com before £8 million funding round
Company moved from matching .co domain name. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the popularity of global workforces and remote employment. That shift has brought about a change in the way that some companies operate, including challenging the ofte...
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Distributed acquired Distributed.com before £8 million funding round
Company moved from matching .co domain name. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the popularity of global workforces and remote employment. That shift has brought about a change in the way that some companies operate, including challenging the ofte...
Discussion
July 5, 2022, 1:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Thorpe Technologies, Inc. tries to reverse hijack jtt.com
Tech company went after valuable domain registered in 1995. A California company tried to reverse domain name hijack jtt.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf). Thorpe Technologies, Inc. filed the case against Gregory K...
Discussion
Thorpe Technologies, Inc. tries to reverse hijack jtt.com
Tech company went after valuable domain registered in 1995. A California company tried to reverse domain name hijack jtt.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf). Thorpe Technologies, Inc. filed the case against Gregory K...
Discussion
July 4, 2022, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name legal hour – DNW Podcast #395
John Berryhill answers listener questions. Last week I held a Twitter Space with attorney John Berryhill to talk about domains. We had a great showing and some intriguing questions. I’m turning this conversation into a podcast and splitting it ...
Discussion
Domain name legal hour – DNW Podcast #395
John Berryhill answers listener questions. Last week I held a Twitter Space with attorney John Berryhill to talk about domains. We had a great showing and some intriguing questions. I’m turning this conversation into a podcast and splitting it ...
Discussion
July 4, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bitcoin.xyz auction ends at $42,501
Two bidders pushed the final bid up by $15,000. An expired domain auction for bitcoin.xyz ended at $42,501 on Namecheap today. Bidding was at $15,001 with less than a minute left on the original auction, but like most hot auctions, late bids continua...
Discussion
Bitcoin.xyz auction ends at $42,501
Two bidders pushed the final bid up by $15,000. An expired domain auction for bitcoin.xyz ended at $42,501 on Namecheap today. Bidding was at $15,001 with less than a minute left on the original auction, but like most hot auctions, late bids continua...
Discussion
July 2, 2022, 5:41 pm
The Domains
Verisign Q1 2022 closed with and increase of 13.2 million domain names
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all to...
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Verisign Q1 2022 closed with and increase of 13.2 million domain names
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all to...
Discussion
July 2, 2022, 5:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Hosting company’s parking page nullifies reverse domain name hijacking
A UDRP panelist has, with “considerable hesitation,” determined (pdf) that a case was not reverse domain name hijacking because the registrar added pay-per-click ads to the domain’s landing page. Samet Kalıp Ve Madeni Eşya Sanayi ...
Discussion
Hosting company’s parking page nullifies reverse domain name hijacking
A UDRP panelist has, with “considerable hesitation,” determined (pdf) that a case was not reverse domain name hijacking because the registrar added pay-per-click ads to the domain’s landing page. Samet Kalıp Ve Madeni Eşya Sanayi ...
Discussion
July 1, 2022, 4:19 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 30, 2022: Shark Tanks and Life Rings: SanLorenzo.com, Agentive.com, Unmask.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 30, 2022: Shark Tanks and Life Rings: SanLorenzo.com, Agentive.com, Unmask.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Courier upgraded to Courier.com. It just raised $35M
It acquired Courier.com for $200,000 two years ago. There is a well-trodden path that startups can take regarding their domain name. That path involves picking the best available domain you can afford as a brand new venture and then upgrading to your...
Discussion
Courier upgraded to Courier.com. It just raised $35M
It acquired Courier.com for $200,000 two years ago. There is a well-trodden path that startups can take regarding their domain name. That path involves picking the best available domain you can afford as a brand new venture and then upgrading to your...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales this week
A real estate virtual tour company, a metaverse project, and a food delivery business bought domain names. Sedo reported a couple of nice sales this week, but it’s unclear who bought the top two domains at this point. Mixed.com sold for $115,00...
Discussion
18 end user domain name sales this week
A real estate virtual tour company, a metaverse project, and a food delivery business bought domain names. Sedo reported a couple of nice sales this week, but it’s unclear who bought the top two domains at this point. Mixed.com sold for $115,00...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 1:11 pm
The Domains
Has .io lost it’s shine?
Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not hear...
Discussion
Has .io lost it’s shine?
Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not hear...
Discussion
June 30, 2022, 4:15 am
