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Domain Name Wire
Google Adsense change could impact web security
More domains will be monetized with ad networks that don’t do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program’s demise. This is a blow to doma...
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Google Adsense change could impact web security
More domains will be monetized with ad networks that don’t do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program’s demise. This is a blow to doma...
Discussion
March 28, 2025, 1:53 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – March 27, 2025: All Life is an Experiment
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Paul Nicks, VP of Domain Investors at GoDaddy, to discuss what's going on at GoDaddy and t...
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DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – March 27, 2025: All Life is an Experiment
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Paul Nicks, VP of Domain Investors at GoDaddy, to discuss what's going on at GoDaddy and t...
Discussion
March 27, 2025, 11:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Don’t use a funky spelling in your domain name
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company’s CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com dom...
Discussion
Don’t use a funky spelling in your domain name
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company’s CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com dom...
Discussion
March 27, 2025, 6:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
OpusDNS builds team and platform as it eyes 2025 launch
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn’t launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year’s NamesCon in Austin and ...
Discussion
OpusDNS builds team and platform as it eyes 2025 launch
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn’t launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year’s NamesCon in Austin and ...
Discussion
March 27, 2025, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN releases latest tax return
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit’s total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 millio...
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ICANN releases latest tax return
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit’s total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 millio...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 10:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap changes auction closing times and closeouts
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it’s making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the da...
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Namecheap changes auction closing times and closeouts
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it’s making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the da...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why do registrars sell .com domains for less than the wholesale price?
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is...
Discussion
Why do registrars sell .com domains for less than the wholesale price?
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Beer, bongs, and ice cubes: domains end users bought this week
An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It’s also possible this ...
Discussion
Beer, bongs, and ice cubes: domains end users bought this week
An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It’s also possible this ...
Discussion
March 25, 2025, 7:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Strike the gong, this is reverse domain name hijacking
French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. S...
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Strike the gong, this is reverse domain name hijacking
French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. S...
Discussion
March 25, 2025, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FreeCell.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FreeCell.com led the way at $60,000. HairColor.com was second at $27,000. Ohm.ai was third and the top cctld at $25,000. 44 .com sales 22 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FreeCell.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FreeCell.com led the way at $60,000. HairColor.com was second at $27,000. Ohm.ai was third and the top cctld at $25,000. 44 .com sales 22 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency ...
Discussion
March 25, 2025, 3:53 pm
