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The Domains
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Ad Wins Cannes Lions B2B Grand Prix
GoDaddy received recognition for their Super Bowl ad that premiered this past Super Bowl. ADWEEK published a piece on the award ceremony. Most people I know do not think the domain industry is very creative, so it’s nice to see someone get ackn...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Ad Wins Cannes Lions B2B Grand Prix
GoDaddy received recognition for their Super Bowl ad that premiered this past Super Bowl. ADWEEK published a piece on the award ceremony. Most people I know do not think the domain industry is very creative, so it’s nice to see someone get ackn...
Discussion
June 20, 2025, 3:36 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – June 19, 2025: Snag It
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And our work with domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. So this is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive podcast - ...
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DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – June 19, 2025: Snag It
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And our work with domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. So this is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive podcast - ...
Discussion
June 19, 2025, 11:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Entrepreneur tries to reverse hijack his way into .com
Complainant tried to upgrade from .co to .com through UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that a Colombian entrepreneur tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain watertimer.com. Felipe Ospina filed a UDRP against the...
Discussion
Entrepreneur tries to reverse hijack his way into .com
Complainant tried to upgrade from .co to .com through UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that a Colombian entrepreneur tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain watertimer.com. Felipe Ospina filed a UDRP against the...
Discussion
June 19, 2025, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Music registry to sell domains without nexus requirements
Domain investors will be eligible to acquire so-called Service Names. The .music domain name registry has introduced a new category of domain names called Service Names. These names don’t have traditional nexus requirements, making them easier ...
Discussion
.Music registry to sell domains without nexus requirements
Domain investors will be eligible to acquire so-called Service Names. The .music domain name registry has introduced a new category of domain names called Service Names. These names don’t have traditional nexus requirements, making them easier ...
Discussion
June 18, 2025, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heads up: clock is ticking to download Dan.com data
If you need records, now is the time to download them. If you need any data from domain sales platform Dan.com, you have only nine more days to download it. The platform will officially be retired on June 27. GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022 for over...
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Heads up: clock is ticking to download Dan.com data
If you need records, now is the time to download them. If you need any data from domain sales platform Dan.com, you have only nine more days to download it. The platform will officially be retired on June 27. GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022 for over...
Discussion
June 18, 2025, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Entri regains DNS update access at GoDaddy under new agreement
Settlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entri’s integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-ye...
Discussion
Entri regains DNS update access at GoDaddy under new agreement
Settlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entri’s integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-ye...
Discussion
June 18, 2025, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions, Newfold divides into two divisions
Newfold Digital is divided into two divisions. Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions. Starting this week, visitors to Web.com see a splash page that points them to the login page for Network Solutions, marking the brand’s formal t...
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Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions, Newfold divides into two divisions
Newfold Digital is divided into two divisions. Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions. Starting this week, visitors to Web.com see a splash page that points them to the login page for Network Solutions, marking the brand’s formal t...
Discussion
June 18, 2025, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain sales up to $75,000
A vaccine maker, an author community, and a tool for runners bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was dollars.com for $500,000. Mark Ghoriafi brokered this name, but we don’t know who the buyer is yet. Here’s a list...
Discussion
15 end user domain sales up to $75,000
A vaccine maker, an author community, and a tool for runners bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was dollars.com for $500,000. Mark Ghoriafi brokered this name, but we don’t know who the buyer is yet. Here’s a list...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 9:07 pm
Sully's Blog
Don’t Explain Your Price. Explain the Opportunity.
Yesterday, I posted on X: “Don’t explain your price. Explain the opportunity.” One follower asked a great question: “Can you give an example?” Instead of an example, let me just further explain. Here’s the...
Discussion
Don’t Explain Your Price. Explain the Opportunity.
Yesterday, I posted on X: “Don’t explain your price. Explain the opportunity.” One follower asked a great question: “Can you give an example?” Instead of an example, let me just further explain. Here’s the...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panel rules URS filing was an abuse of process
URS was designed for super-slam-dunk cases of cybersquatting. This was anything but. Krahn Chemie GmbH, a chemical distribution company, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case in a rather convincing manner: it was found to have filed the case...
Discussion
Panel rules URS filing was an abuse of process
URS was designed for super-slam-dunk cases of cybersquatting. This was anything but. Krahn Chemie GmbH, a chemical distribution company, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case in a rather convincing manner: it was found to have filed the case...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 4:36 pm
