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Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy hosting accounts hacked
Unauthorized access happened in October last year and impacted SSH logins only. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has informed some of its webhosting customers that their accounts were breached last year. The company submitted the breach notice (pdf) to the State...
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GoDaddy hosting accounts hacked
Unauthorized access happened in October last year and impacted SSH logins only. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has informed some of its webhosting customers that their accounts were breached last year. The company submitted the breach notice (pdf) to the State...
Discussion
May 5, 2020, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
Discussion
UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
Discussion
May 5, 2020, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
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English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
Discussion
May 5, 2020, 1:06 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Afternic
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 – Afternic
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
May 5, 2020, 12:35 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – May 4: Estates.com, Etho.com, Cappuccino.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Estates.com, Etho.com, Cappuccino.com• Get your bids in soon for Siz.com, EverGo.com, Je.net...&bu...
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DomainSherpa Review – May 4: Estates.com, Etho.com, Cappuccino.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Estates.com, Etho.com, Cappuccino.com• Get your bids in soon for Siz.com, EverGo.com, Je.net...&bu...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 11:06 pm
The Domains
Think.ai leads monthly .Ai auction results
Whois.Ai completed their monthly auctions and Think.ai topped the list again, it was auctioned last month but was not paid for in the allotted time. This how things work with .Ai auctions. https://whois.ai/auctionfaq.htmlAnyone who makes a login on a...
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Think.ai leads monthly .Ai auction results
Whois.Ai completed their monthly auctions and Think.ai topped the list again, it was auctioned last month but was not paid for in the allotted time. This how things work with .Ai auctions. https://whois.ai/auctionfaq.htmlAnyone who makes a login on a...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 9:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
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.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
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MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
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Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: Not opposed to private equity-owned registries
Despite .org decision, ICANN not opposed to private equity companies in the domain name business. Last Thursday, ICANN’s Board of Directors decided to nix a deal for Internet Society to sell the .org registry to a private equity company. The do...
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ICANN: Not opposed to private equity-owned registries
Despite .org decision, ICANN not opposed to private equity companies in the domain name business. Last Thursday, ICANN’s Board of Directors decided to nix a deal for Internet Society to sell the .org registry to a private equity company. The do...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 1:26 pm
