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Domain Name Wire
Web.com scoops up Aussie domain business Webcentral for $12.2 million
It’s the second Australian domain registrar acquisition in two years for Web.com. Domain name company Web.com is acquiring Webcentral Group (ASX:WCG) for $12.2 million. Webcentral has about 330,000 customers and focuses on the Australian market...
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Web.com scoops up Aussie domain business Webcentral for $12.2 million
It’s the second Australian domain registrar acquisition in two years for Web.com. Domain name company Web.com is acquiring Webcentral Group (ASX:WCG) for $12.2 million. Webcentral has about 330,000 customers and focuses on the Australian market...
Discussion
July 13, 2020, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Squadhelp’s new white label marketplace is worth a look
A lot is going on under the hood with Squadhelp’s new marketplace option. SquadHelp announced its new white label marketplace option today. It enables domain investors to create their own marketplace of domain names. I wasn’t excited when...
Discussion
Why Squadhelp’s new white label marketplace is worth a look
A lot is going on under the hood with Squadhelp’s new marketplace option. SquadHelp announced its new white label marketplace option today. It enables domain investors to create their own marketplace of domain names. I wasn’t excited when...
Discussion
July 13, 2020, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sell more domains with a crowd – DNW Podcast #294
Squadhelp is becoming a formidable player in the domain aftermarket. It’s one thing to list your brandable domains for sale. It’s another thing to list them for sale and have people suggest them to end users at the exact moment they&rsquo...
Discussion
Sell more domains with a crowd – DNW Podcast #294
Squadhelp is becoming a formidable player in the domain aftermarket. It’s one thing to list your brandable domains for sale. It’s another thing to list them for sale and have people suggest them to end users at the exact moment they&rsquo...
Discussion
July 13, 2020, 3:30 pm
The Domains
It’s not just domain squatting but trademark squatting as well
The Washington football team of the NFL will be making an announcement today that they will being moving on from the name “Redskins” The new name will not be announced today but there has been a lot of speculation. Some have thought Washi...
Discussion
It’s not just domain squatting but trademark squatting as well
The Washington football team of the NFL will be making an announcement today that they will being moving on from the name “Redskins” The new name will not be announced today but there has been a lot of speculation. Some have thought Washi...
Discussion
July 13, 2020, 12:49 pm
The Domains
Googles vs Google
It seems before the search juggernaut came along there was a children’s company called Googles Children’s Workshop. In 1997 they registered the trademark GOOGLES. They of course also registered the domain name Googles.com. The website did...
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Googles vs Google
It seems before the search juggernaut came along there was a children’s company called Googles Children’s Workshop. In 1997 they registered the trademark GOOGLES. They of course also registered the domain name Googles.com. The website did...
Discussion
July 11, 2020, 10:39 am
Domain Name Wire
AIRY GreenTech tries reverse domain name hijacking
offCompany tries (and fails) to upgrade its domain through a cybersquatting complaint. Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. AIRY GreenTech GmbH has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Airy.com...
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AIRY GreenTech tries reverse domain name hijacking
offCompany tries (and fails) to upgrade its domain through a cybersquatting complaint. Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. AIRY GreenTech GmbH has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Airy.com...
Discussion
July 10, 2020, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in June
Kassey Lee examines potential Chinese buyers for recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in June. It seems to me that lately, the sentiment regarding 4L domains is quite pessimistic. At least in China, 4L domains have...
Discussion
Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in June
Kassey Lee examines potential Chinese buyers for recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in June. It seems to me that lately, the sentiment regarding 4L domains is quite pessimistic. At least in China, 4L domains have...
Discussion
July 10, 2020, 1:39 pm
The Domains
GoDaddy’s loss is DropCatch’s gain on EveryDayCounts.com
Well this is a weird one, back in May I wrote about everydaycounts.com closing at auction on GoDaddy for $2,601. The domain name was at Tucows not GoDaddy. I would imagine the winner did not pay and the domain was left to expire. So now DropCatch get...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s loss is DropCatch’s gain on EveryDayCounts.com
Well this is a weird one, back in May I wrote about everydaycounts.com closing at auction on GoDaddy for $2,601. The domain name was at Tucows not GoDaddy. I would imagine the winner did not pay and the domain was left to expire. So now DropCatch get...
Discussion
July 10, 2020, 4:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Before the surge: .Com in March
Registrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2020. This...
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Before the surge: .Com in March
Registrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2020. This...
Discussion
July 9, 2020, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
An update on the Chinese domain name market
Chinese government releases domain name report. I just read the “Internet and Domain Industry Report” (互联网域名产业报告) published in June this year and would like to share with you some of its highlights that may help you unde...
Discussion
An update on the Chinese domain name market
Chinese government releases domain name report. I just read the “Internet and Domain Industry Report” (互联网域名产业报告) published in June this year and would like to share with you some of its highlights that may help you unde...
Discussion
July 9, 2020, 4:53 pm
