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The Domains
Verisign reports First Quarter 2021 Results
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) reported earnings after the close. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 73.5 percent compared to 73.8 percent for the same quarter in 2019. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarte...
Discussion
Verisign reports First Quarter 2021 Results
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) reported earnings after the close. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 73.5 percent compared to 73.8 percent for the same quarter in 2019. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarte...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 8:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stands4 sues Dan.com over Calculator.com transaction
Company that bought a stolen domain name sues Dan.com and John Doe thief. A publisher is suing Dan.com after it paid $180,000 for a stolen domain name using Dan.com. Stands4 paid $180,000 last year to acquire Calculator.com. It then spent $50,000 dev...
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Stands4 sues Dan.com over Calculator.com transaction
Company that bought a stolen domain name sues Dan.com and John Doe thief. A publisher is suing Dan.com after it paid $180,000 for a stolen domain name using Dan.com. Stands4 paid $180,000 last year to acquire Calculator.com. It then spent $50,000 dev...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 6:31 pm
The Domains
investing.com (the business) sold for $500m – domain sold in 2012
Investing.com was sold for $2,450,000 in 2012. Well now according to Globes.co.il the business that was built on that domain name sold for $500 million. An international investment fund based in East Asia has acquired Investing.com for $500 million. ...
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investing.com (the business) sold for $500m – domain sold in 2012
Investing.com was sold for $2,450,000 in 2012. Well now according to Globes.co.il the business that was built on that domain name sold for $500 million. An international investment fund based in East Asia has acquired Investing.com for $500 million. ...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 4:22 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down the Rabbit Hole – April 22, 2021: Doja & Doge
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, hosted by JT, Drew, & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects -...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down the Rabbit Hole – April 22, 2021: Doja & Doge
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, hosted by JT, Drew, & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects -...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Spa launch muddied by court order
Ownership fight and a battle over premium domains have thrown doubt into .spa’s launch this week. A ruling by a Hong Kong court has muddied the planned launch of the .spa top level domain in sunrise this week. The court responded to a lawsuit a...
Discussion
.Spa launch muddied by court order
Ownership fight and a battle over premium domains have thrown doubt into .spa’s launch this week. A ruling by a Hong Kong court has muddied the planned launch of the .spa top level domain in sunrise this week. The court responded to a lawsuit a...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Scammers target Australian domain owners
Perpetrators posing as Australia’s domain name registry are requesting identification documents. auDA, the organization that oversees Australia’s .au domain names, has issued a second warning this year about scammers targeting .au domain ...
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Scammers target Australian domain owners
Perpetrators posing as Australia’s domain name registry are requesting identification documents. auDA, the organization that oversees Australia’s .au domain names, has issued a second warning this year about scammers targeting .au domain ...
Discussion
April 22, 2021, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Gov says o.com auction is not an issue after all
The government appears to back off four months after questioning Verisign’s proposed o.com sale. A few months after a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) official objected to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) auctioning off ...
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U.S. Gov says o.com auction is not an issue after all
The government appears to back off four months after questioning Verisign’s proposed o.com sale. A few months after a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) official objected to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) auctioning off ...
Discussion
April 21, 2021, 10:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
CIIDRC issues its first reverse domain name hijacking ruling
Panel finds water utility compliance company Klir guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The Canadian International Internet Dispute Centre (CIIDRC), a UDRP forum accredited by ICANN in 2019, has issued its first reverse domain name hijacking decis...
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CIIDRC issues its first reverse domain name hijacking ruling
Panel finds water utility compliance company Klir guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The Canadian International Internet Dispute Centre (CIIDRC), a UDRP forum accredited by ICANN in 2019, has issued its first reverse domain name hijacking decis...
Discussion
April 21, 2021, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales up to $2 million
A movie studio, a sales automation platform, and a collections agency bought domain names. Sedo’s blockbuster sale of Angel.com leads its end user sales list this week. The second-highest sale at Sedo this week was 1of1.com. I can’t figur...
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End user domain sales up to $2 million
A movie studio, a sales automation platform, and a collections agency bought domain names. Sedo’s blockbuster sale of Angel.com leads its end user sales list this week. The second-highest sale at Sedo this week was 1of1.com. I can’t figur...
Discussion
April 21, 2021, 1:37 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Digital Fortune – April 19, 2021: Smoke on the Water
Josh Reason is a successful domain investor and entrepreneur with an fantastic podcast on domain names and digital entrepreneurship - Digital Fortune - which has recently been added to the DomainSherpa Network! Josh is joined on this episode by Denni...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Digital Fortune – April 19, 2021: Smoke on the Water
Josh Reason is a successful domain investor and entrepreneur with an fantastic podcast on domain names and digital entrepreneurship - Digital Fortune - which has recently been added to the DomainSherpa Network! Josh is joined on this episode by Denni...
Discussion
April 21, 2021, 1:01 pm
