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Domain Name Wire
These 14 companies bought domains on the aftermarket this week
A robotic lawnmower company, an autonomous store creator, and a machine learning company bought domain names. Sedo had a good sales week in terms of volume, turning in 79 public sales of $2,000 or more. The top two sales weren’t .com: casinoapp...
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These 14 companies bought domains on the aftermarket this week
A robotic lawnmower company, an autonomous store creator, and a machine learning company bought domain names. Sedo had a good sales week in terms of volume, turning in 79 public sales of $2,000 or more. The top two sales weren’t .com: casinoapp...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
April’s top domain name stories
Here’s what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket – GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company D...
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April’s top domain name stories
Here’s what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket – GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company D...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ryan Kavanaugh loses cybersquatting dispute with YouTuber Ethan Klein
Kavanaugh’s novel arguments don’t persuade panel. As I predicted, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he filed against YouTuber and host of the H3 podcast, Ethan Klein. Klein created a website at doesryankavanaug...
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Ryan Kavanaugh loses cybersquatting dispute with YouTuber Ethan Klein
Kavanaugh’s novel arguments don’t persuade panel. As I predicted, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he filed against YouTuber and host of the H3 podcast, Ethan Klein. Klein created a website at doesryankavanaug...
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May 4, 2022, 2:54 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CasinoApps.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CasinoApps.org led the way at $42,500. PFP.xyz was second at $34,999 and SelfHealing.com was third at $25,000. 51 .com sales 18 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales a...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CasinoApps.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CasinoApps.org led the way at $42,500. PFP.xyz was second at $34,999 and SelfHealing.com was third at $25,000. 51 .com sales 18 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales a...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
How will shrinking demand for domains impact aftermarket?
Demand for domains is off to a slower start this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which evaluated top registrars’ performances in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already knew: de...
Discussion
How will shrinking demand for domains impact aftermarket?
Demand for domains is off to a slower start this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which evaluated top registrars’ performances in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already knew: de...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com rankings: the slowdown has begun
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2022. Registratio...
Discussion
Latest .com rankings: the slowdown has begun
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2022. Registratio...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s tax return: top salaries and a big savings account
Latest tax return reveals big salaries and a growing treasure chest. ICANN has filed its 2021 Form 990 (pdf), which is the non-profit equivalent of a U.S. tax return. The return covers the 12-month period ending June 30, 2021. Here are some noteworth...
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ICANN’s tax return: top salaries and a big savings account
Latest tax return reveals big salaries and a growing treasure chest. ICANN has filed its 2021 Form 990 (pdf), which is the non-profit equivalent of a U.S. tax return. The return covers the 12-month period ending June 30, 2021. Here are some noteworth...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Numeric .eth domains are the latest meme NFT
How people sextupled their money in one week. Three and four digit .eth domain names are the new hot thing. Over the past week or so, prices of short numeric .eth domains have taken off. .Eth domains are connected to Ethereum Name Service, a blockcha...
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Numeric .eth domains are the latest meme NFT
How people sextupled their money in one week. Three and four digit .eth domain names are the new hot thing. Over the past week or so, prices of short numeric .eth domains have taken off. .Eth domains are connected to Ethereum Name Service, a blockcha...
Discussion
May 2, 2022, 9:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Instructure and Canvas/Untapped settle lawsuit
Untapped agrees to a permanent injunction against using the Canvas brand. Instructure and Untapped (formerly called Canvas) have settled their lawsuit. Instructure (NYSE: INST) sued Canvas in November, arguing that the latter company’s rebrand ...
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Instructure and Canvas/Untapped settle lawsuit
Untapped agrees to a permanent injunction against using the Canvas brand. Instructure and Untapped (formerly called Canvas) have settled their lawsuit. Instructure (NYSE: INST) sued Canvas in November, arguing that the latter company’s rebrand ...
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May 2, 2022, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yuga Labs apes in on Otherside domains but misses a key one
I still don’t understand its domain strategy. I’ve questioned Yuga Labs’ defensive domain registration strategy before and I’m going to do it again. In March I wrote about how the Bored Ape Yacht Club creator registered over 1...
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Yuga Labs apes in on Otherside domains but misses a key one
I still don’t understand its domain strategy. I’ve questioned Yuga Labs’ defensive domain registration strategy before and I’m going to do it again. In March I wrote about how the Bored Ape Yacht Club creator registered over 1...
Discussion
May 2, 2022, 5:22 pm
