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Domain Name Wire
Rob Monster sues after losing UDRP for BC30.com
Monster chose to blast WIPO rather than respond to the three elements of UDRP. Rob Monster, the CEO of domain name registrar Epik, has filed a lawsuit after losing the domain name BC30.com in a UDRP. Ganeden Biotech, Inc. filed a UDRP with World Inte...
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Rob Monster sues after losing UDRP for BC30.com
Monster chose to blast WIPO rather than respond to the three elements of UDRP. Rob Monster, the CEO of domain name registrar Epik, has filed a lawsuit after losing the domain name BC30.com in a UDRP. Ganeden Biotech, Inc. filed a UDRP with World Inte...
Discussion
March 11, 2020, 4:10 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF MARCH 10, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on March 10, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF MARCH 10, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on March 10, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring...
Discussion
March 11, 2020, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
Google hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019. Google’s domain name registrar hit the 3 million .com domain m...
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.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
Google hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019. Google’s domain name registrar hit the 3 million .com domain m...
Discussion
March 11, 2020, 1:35 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday March 11th, 2020
If you’ve been around the block a few times or have the ability to converse regularly with your parents and grandparents, you realize there have been some bad events over the last 100 years. While it feels like each event is unique and worse ...
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Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday March 11th, 2020
If you’ve been around the block a few times or have the ability to converse regularly with your parents and grandparents, you realize there have been some bad events over the last 100 years. While it feels like each event is unique and worse ...
Discussion
March 11, 2020, 11:06 am
The Domains
Verisign Q4 2019 DNIB: New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019
Verisign (NASDAQ – VRSN) released their Q4 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief. The report shows 362.3 Million Domain Name Registrations In The Fourth Quarter Of 2019 From the report: The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 158.8 million dom...
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Verisign Q4 2019 DNIB: New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019
Verisign (NASDAQ – VRSN) released their Q4 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief. The report shows 362.3 Million Domain Name Registrations In The Fourth Quarter Of 2019 From the report: The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 158.8 million dom...
Discussion
March 11, 2020, 12:42 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by RS.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and RS.de led the way at 70,000 Euro, ($78,631). Memories.net was second at $41,000. OnlyTech.com was the highest .com sale at 10,000 Euro, ($11,283) 30 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date Pri...
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Sedo weekly sales led by RS.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and RS.de led the way at 70,000 Euro, ($78,631). Memories.net was second at $41,000. OnlyTech.com was the highest .com sale at 10,000 Euro, ($11,283) 30 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date Pri...
Discussion
March 10, 2020, 8:31 pm
The Domains
Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?
Poll is very simple who is your favorite registrar in 2020? Who is your favorite registrar in 2020? GoDaddy Name.com NameCheap Hexonet Fabulous Gandi 1&1 NameSilo Epik Dynadot NetworkSolutions Register.com Porkbun Uniregistry Hover Domain.com Eno...
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Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?
Poll is very simple who is your favorite registrar in 2020? Who is your favorite registrar in 2020? GoDaddy Name.com NameCheap Hexonet Fabulous Gandi 1&1 NameSilo Epik Dynadot NetworkSolutions Register.com Porkbun Uniregistry Hover Domain.com Eno...
Discussion
March 10, 2020, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top domain name stories and podcasts
Here’s what trended in February. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in February, ranked by the number of views: GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry and Frank Schilling’s domain portfolio – Frank Schilling has cashed out of the ...
Discussion
Top domain name stories and podcasts
Here’s what trended in February. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in February, ranked by the number of views: GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry and Frank Schilling’s domain portfolio – Frank Schilling has cashed out of the ...
Discussion
March 10, 2020, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are Bernie Sanders supporters this stupid?
This reaction to a simple domain name forward is all too common. My headline is purposely inflammatory and isn’t fair. This post is more a commentary on the state of knee-jerk reactions and associations. More on that later. If you type BernieSa...
Discussion
Are Bernie Sanders supporters this stupid?
This reaction to a simple domain name forward is all too common. My headline is purposely inflammatory and isn’t fair. This post is more a commentary on the state of knee-jerk reactions and associations. More on that later. If you type BernieSa...
Discussion
March 10, 2020, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s time for domain name renewals beyond 10 years
The arbitrary 10-year limit should be increased. Domain name renewal prices are going up. They’ve been going up for a while, and they’re soon likely to go up in the two most important generic top level domain names: .Com prices will likel...
Discussion
It’s time for domain name renewals beyond 10 years
The arbitrary 10-year limit should be increased. Domain name renewal prices are going up. They’ve been going up for a while, and they’re soon likely to go up in the two most important generic top level domain names: .Com prices will likel...
Discussion
March 10, 2020, 3:37 pm
