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Domain Name Wire
California restaurant chain fights over domain name
Cafe fights marketing firm for domain name. A California restaurant chain has gone to court to try to recover a domain name that it says it rightfully owns. West Coast Sourdough filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) in Federal District Court in Virginia on T...
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California restaurant chain fights over domain name
Cafe fights marketing firm for domain name. A California restaurant chain has gone to court to try to recover a domain name that it says it rightfully owns. West Coast Sourdough filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) in Federal District Court in Virginia on T...
Discussion
June 8, 2020, 1:12 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – DAN
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
What they do right – what do they do wrong – DAN
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
June 8, 2020, 5:49 am
Sully's Blog
“…some new gTLD names are getting a lot of traffic each month, lot of clicks, and are actually producing some nice parking revenues!&rdqu
Marek Eckhaus is the founder of Brands.International and resides in Prague. His company works… The post “…some new gTLD names are getting a lot of traffic each month, lot of clicks, and are actually producing some nice parking rev...
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“…some new gTLD names are getting a lot of traffic each month, lot of clicks, and are actually producing some nice parking revenues!&rdqu
Marek Eckhaus is the founder of Brands.International and resides in Prague. His company works… The post “…some new gTLD names are getting a lot of traffic each month, lot of clicks, and are actually producing some nice parking rev...
Discussion
June 7, 2020, 4:23 am
The Domains
Cutanea.com and RealStep.com solid end user sales left to expire and sell for a lot less
There were a couple former Uniregistry sales that resold on Friday for much less than they did at Uniregistry. Cutanea.com was sold for $10,000 in 2015. Purchased by Cutanea Life Sciences, a US-based pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology...
Discussion
Cutanea.com and RealStep.com solid end user sales left to expire and sell for a lot less
There were a couple former Uniregistry sales that resold on Friday for much less than they did at Uniregistry. Cutanea.com was sold for $10,000 in 2015. Purchased by Cutanea Life Sciences, a US-based pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology...
Discussion
June 6, 2020, 5:26 am
Domain Name Wire
Registrars: remove phone numbers from Whois
You can no longer justify the harm it causes consumers. GoDaddy is making long-overdue changes to Whois records sometime soon. As much as I’ll hate missing the data, this is going to significantly improve the customer experience due to t...
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Registrars: remove phone numbers from Whois
You can no longer justify the harm it causes consumers. GoDaddy is making long-overdue changes to Whois records sometime soon. As much as I’ll hate missing the data, this is going to significantly improve the customer experience due to t...
Discussion
June 5, 2020, 8:09 pm
The Domains
The Domain Show – New Dates July 23-25 2020
Back on April 9, I wrote a post is “The future of NamesCon virtual?” At the time Page Howe left a comment about a show he was looking to do called the Domain Show. The Domain Show was scheduled for next week. The show looks to have been p...
Discussion
The Domain Show – New Dates July 23-25 2020
Back on April 9, I wrote a post is “The future of NamesCon virtual?” At the time Page Howe left a comment about a show he was looking to do called the Domain Show. The Domain Show was scheduled for next week. The show looks to have been p...
Discussion
June 5, 2020, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 3-letter domains sold in May and April
Kassey Lee explains why these domains have appeal in China. 3-letter domains are highly sought after in corporate China because they can shorten long Pinyin names and also help Chinese companies go global. Some successful examples are DJI.com and ZBJ...
Discussion
Reviewing 3-letter domains sold in May and April
Kassey Lee explains why these domains have appeal in China. 3-letter domains are highly sought after in corporate China because they can shorten long Pinyin names and also help Chinese companies go global. Some successful examples are DJI.com and ZBJ...
Discussion
June 5, 2020, 1:50 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Sedo
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Sedo
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
June 5, 2020, 2:37 am
Domain Name Wire
May’s hottest domain name stories
New TLDs, Frank Schilling and .org among popular stories last month. Here’s a look back at what caught the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. More and more companies are using new TLDs – There’s more use than before, ...
Discussion
May’s hottest domain name stories
New TLDs, Frank Schilling and .org among popular stories last month. Here’s a look back at what caught the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. More and more companies are using new TLDs – There’s more use than before, ...
Discussion
June 4, 2020, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
There is demand for English domains in China
These companies are examples of Chinese companies using English domain names. I often see English-based domains being used by Chinese startups. Here are some I came across recently when reading venture capital news. BeBetterMed.cn Bi Bei Te (必贝...
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There is demand for English domains in China
These companies are examples of Chinese companies using English domain names. I often see English-based domains being used by Chinese startups. Here are some I came across recently when reading venture capital news. BeBetterMed.cn Bi Bei Te (必贝...
Discussion
June 4, 2020, 1:21 pm
