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Domain Name Wire
Using a three letter .com domain for an unsavory business practice
I’m surprised someone would use a three letter .com domain to do this. This week I received a snail-mail notice that one of my domains is about to expire and I should renew it. You can view it here (pdf). If you aren’t familiar with these...
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Using a three letter .com domain for an unsavory business practice
I’m surprised someone would use a three letter .com domain to do this. This week I received a snail-mail notice that one of my domains is about to expire and I should renew it. You can view it here (pdf). If you aren’t familiar with these...
Discussion
March 24, 2022, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires DNAcademy
Company hopes to teach more people about domain name investing. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has acquired DNAcademy, an education platform for domain name investing. Michael Cyger founded DNAcademy seven years ago. What started as a basic education platform ...
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GoDaddy acquires DNAcademy
Company hopes to teach more people about domain name investing. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has acquired DNAcademy, an education platform for domain name investing. Michael Cyger founded DNAcademy seven years ago. What started as a basic education platform ...
Discussion
March 23, 2022, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is this scam DNS abuse?
Does a sophisticated scam that includes using a domain name count as DNS abuse? Yesterday, I wrote about how data suggest DNS abuse has decreased over the past few years. A key question about all DNS abuse data is how you define it. What exactly is D...
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Is this scam DNS abuse?
Does a sophisticated scam that includes using a domain name count as DNS abuse? Yesterday, I wrote about how data suggest DNS abuse has decreased over the past few years. A key question about all DNS abuse data is how you define it. What exactly is D...
Discussion
March 23, 2022, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
New end user domain sales up to $50,000
A University, an NFT project and a grocer bought domain names. Over the past week, Sedo’s top public sale was exports.com for $60,000. It’s unclear who bought it and if it’s an end user. Beyond that, the top three sales were non-.co...
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New end user domain sales up to $50,000
A University, an NFT project and a grocer bought domain names. Over the past week, Sedo’s top public sale was exports.com for $60,000. It’s unclear who bought it and if it’s an end user. Beyond that, the top three sales were non-.co...
Discussion
March 23, 2022, 1:01 pm
The Domains
Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name
The Guardian published an article on .io and how the government of Mauritius wants control of .io. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune cane out with another article, the provocative title of, ‘Colonialis...
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Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name
The Guardian published an article on .io and how the government of Mauritius wants control of .io. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune cane out with another article, the provocative title of, ‘Colonialis...
Discussion
March 23, 2022, 5:06 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: DNS abuse is going…down?
ICANN’s analysis suggests that DNS abuse might not be spiraling out of control after all. ICANN published a report today summarizing DNS abuse in recent years. Given all of the focus on DNS abuse recently (including multiple new organizations c...
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ICANN: DNS abuse is going…down?
ICANN’s analysis suggests that DNS abuse might not be spiraling out of control after all. ICANN published a report today summarizing DNS abuse in recent years. Given all of the focus on DNS abuse recently (including multiple new organizations c...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 5:16 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Exports.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Exports.com led the way at $60,000. Algo.xyz was second at $50,000 and UTN.net third at $45,000. Domain name Date Price Currency .COM &nbs...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Exports.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Exports.com led the way at $60,000. Algo.xyz was second at $50,000 and UTN.net third at $45,000. Domain name Date Price Currency .COM &nbs...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 4:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Phi Kappa Sigma frat fight leads to domain name dispute
The fraternity voted to end ties with a philanthropic organization, which then registered a new domain to continue operations. A fight between the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and a fundraising group that provides scholarships to its members resulted i...
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Phi Kappa Sigma frat fight leads to domain name dispute
The fraternity voted to end ties with a philanthropic organization, which then registered a new domain to continue operations. A fight between the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and a fundraising group that provides scholarships to its members resulted i...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
This UDRP decision is worth reading
It was David vs. Goliath and David didn’t even respond. So why did David win? Every day, I scan the latest UDRP decisions and look for cases worth writing about. I look for things that jump out at me, such as a valuable dictionary domain. Other...
Discussion
This UDRP decision is worth reading
It was David vs. Goliath and David didn’t even respond. So why did David win? Every day, I scan the latest UDRP decisions and look for cases worth writing about. I look for things that jump out at me, such as a valuable dictionary domain. Other...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Emile raises $29.4 million and rebrands to Subject.com
Online learning platform gets an A for its rebrand. Education companies and premium domain names go hand in hand, it seems. Startups such as Chalk, Class, and Clever operate on their exact-match .com domain, and now another education platform is foll...
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Emile raises $29.4 million and rebrands to Subject.com
Online learning platform gets an A for its rebrand. Education companies and premium domain names go hand in hand, it seems. Startups such as Chalk, Class, and Clever operate on their exact-match .com domain, and now another education platform is foll...
Discussion
March 22, 2022, 3:25 pm
