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The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Namepros
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 – Namepros
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
April 30, 2020, 3:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Thermamax tries reverse domain name hijacking
WIPO admonishes German company for reverse domain name hijacking. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has determined that German company Thermamax Hochtemperaturdämmungen GmbH tried to reverse domain name hijack Tmax .com. Th...
Discussion
Thermamax tries reverse domain name hijacking
WIPO admonishes German company for reverse domain name hijacking. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has determined that German company Thermamax Hochtemperaturdämmungen GmbH tried to reverse domain name hijack Tmax .com. Th...
Discussion
April 29, 2020, 3:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meet Yue Dai, the man who owns the most two-letter .com domains
This Chinese domain name investor is sitting on valuable online real estate. Two letter .com domains are some of the most valuable online real estate. And you’ll find many of these domains registered to Chinese companies and investors. Chinese ...
Discussion
Meet Yue Dai, the man who owns the most two-letter .com domains
This Chinese domain name investor is sitting on valuable online real estate. Two letter .com domains are some of the most valuable online real estate. And you’ll find many of these domains registered to Chinese companies and investors. Chinese ...
Discussion
April 29, 2020, 1:56 pm
The Domains
GrubHub has registered and dropped a lot of domain names
Restaurants and Domain Names There is so much going on with restaurants during this pandemic. Most restaurants have had to switch to take out and delivery. A lot of restaurants use companies like GrubHub and DoorDash to facilitate these deliveries. A...
Discussion
GrubHub has registered and dropped a lot of domain names
Restaurants and Domain Names There is so much going on with restaurants during this pandemic. Most restaurants have had to switch to take out and delivery. A lot of restaurants use companies like GrubHub and DoorDash to facilitate these deliveries. A...
Discussion
April 29, 2020, 6:09 am
The Domains
Google parent Alphabet Q1 2020 earnings – $6.8 billion profit
Alphabet Inc, (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) the parent company of Google reported Q1 2020 earnings. Alphabet earned $6.8 billion in profit on sales of $41.2 billion. The stock was down 3.3% on the day and now up in after hours, After hours 1,286.50 ...
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Google parent Alphabet Q1 2020 earnings – $6.8 billion profit
Alphabet Inc, (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) the parent company of Google reported Q1 2020 earnings. Alphabet earned $6.8 billion in profit on sales of $41.2 billion. The stock was down 3.3% on the day and now up in after hours, After hours 1,286.50 ...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 9:10 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Punks.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Punks.com led the way at $60,000. Fww.com came in second at $35,000. Be.de was third at $23,000. 47 .com sales 21 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs punks.com 04/20/2020 60,000 USD...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Punks.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Punks.com led the way at $60,000. Fww.com came in second at $35,000. Be.de was third at $23,000. 47 .com sales 21 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs punks.com 04/20/2020 60,000 USD...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 8:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Intercap navigates launching a domain during Covid-19 pandemic
Registry’s delayed .dealer launch moves forward in uncertain environment. Launching any product is hard. Launching one in the middle of a pandemic takes it to another level. For Intercap Registry, its two-year journey to launch .dealer has been...
Discussion
Intercap navigates launching a domain during Covid-19 pandemic
Registry’s delayed .dealer launch moves forward in uncertain environment. Launching any product is hard. Launching one in the middle of a pandemic takes it to another level. For Intercap Registry, its two-year journey to launch .dealer has been...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 5:25 pm
The Domains
Radix Temporarily Waives Off Domain Restoration Fee
Radix (an advertiser here) is temporarily waiving the restore fee on all their strings. This is being supported by 75 registrars who have enrolled in the program. Here is the full release In an effort to reduce customer burden on domain-related spend...
Discussion
Radix Temporarily Waives Off Domain Restoration Fee
Radix (an advertiser here) is temporarily waiving the restore fee on all their strings. This is being supported by 75 registrars who have enrolled in the program. Here is the full release In an effort to reduce customer burden on domain-related spend...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
A berry well reasoned cybersquatting case
Decision explains that domain registrant must have targeted the Complainant to win a case. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found against blackberry producer Berry Fresh, LLC, in a cybersquatting dispute it filed agai...
Discussion
A berry well reasoned cybersquatting case
Decision explains that domain registrant must have targeted the Complainant to win a case. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found against blackberry producer Berry Fresh, LLC, in a cybersquatting dispute it filed agai...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s crazy that 3 three-letter domains dropped this month
The previous owners of these valuable three letter domains let them expire. Three letter domains are very valuable, so I was surprised to see so many of them expired this month. According to Namebio, the following domains were dropped and then auctio...
Discussion
It’s crazy that 3 three-letter domains dropped this month
The previous owners of these valuable three letter domains let them expire. Three letter domains are very valuable, so I was surprised to see so many of them expired this month. According to Namebio, the following domains were dropped and then auctio...
Discussion
April 28, 2020, 2:05 pm
