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The Domains
An update on Pheenix
JudgeMind started a warning thread on Namepros with regards to domain registrar and former drop catcher Pheenix. Apparently he was having a hard time getting authcodes and needed one quick because he had a sale and needed to give it to the buyer. Now...
Discussion
An update on Pheenix
JudgeMind started a warning thread on Namepros with regards to domain registrar and former drop catcher Pheenix. Apparently he was having a hard time getting authcodes and needed one quick because he had a sale and needed to give it to the buyer. Now...
Discussion
November 27, 2019, 4:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
Netherlands chapter calls on others to join it in denouncing sale. Shortly after Internet Society (ISOC) announced a deal to sell Public Interest Registry (which runs .org) to a private equity company, ISOC sent a notice to its local chapters telling...
Discussion
ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
Netherlands chapter calls on others to join it in denouncing sale. Shortly after Internet Society (ISOC) announced a deal to sell Public Interest Registry (which runs .org) to a private equity company, ISOC sent a notice to its local chapters telling...
Discussion
November 27, 2019, 3:59 pm
The Domains
Apparently it’s not hard to get a .gov domain
Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that’s not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of ...
Discussion
Apparently it’s not hard to get a .gov domain
Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that’s not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of ...
Discussion
November 27, 2019, 3:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
CBD company pays $160,000 for GreenRoads.com after losing UDRP
Florida company buys domain that it tried to get through UDRP. Green Roads of Florida, LLC has purchased the domain name GreenRoads.com for $160,000 after failing to win it in a cybersquatting dispute. The CBD company filed a UDRP with World Intellec...
Discussion
CBD company pays $160,000 for GreenRoads.com after losing UDRP
Florida company buys domain that it tried to get through UDRP. Green Roads of Florida, LLC has purchased the domain name GreenRoads.com for $160,000 after failing to win it in a cybersquatting dispute. The CBD company filed a UDRP with World Intellec...
Discussion
November 27, 2019, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
There is no competition for domain renewals. Internet Society CEO Andrew Sullivan has responded to some of the uproar about his non-profit selling Public Interest Registry to a for-profit private equity company. In his response, he repeats the ICANN-...
Discussion
ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
There is no competition for domain renewals. Internet Society CEO Andrew Sullivan has responded to some of the uproar about his non-profit selling Public Interest Registry to a for-profit private equity company. In his response, he repeats the ICANN-...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 9:38 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Buoy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Buoy.com led the way at $110,000. Clean.Tech was the second highest sale at $30,000. WeLog.com was third at $20,000. 41 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs buoy.com 11...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Buoy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Buoy.com led the way at $110,000. Clean.Tech was the second highest sale at $30,000. WeLog.com was third at $20,000. 41 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs buoy.com 11...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 9:31 pm
The Domains
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a...
Discussion
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
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Cisco gets typosquatting patent
Patent describes way of using IP information to separate “legitimate” from “illegitimate” typosquatting. Cisco has been granted U.S. Patent Number 10,491,614 (pdf) for “Illegitimate typosquatting detection with internet ...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
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GoDaddy looking for president of domain registrar & investor business
GoDaddy seeks executive to take over for Kevin Doerr. GoDaddy is looking for a new person to lead its domain name business. The President, Domain Registrar & Investor Business, will oversee GoDaddy’s largest business segment. GoDaddy confir...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 1:22 pm
The Domains
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
Discussion
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 2:04 am
