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The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Xash.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Xash.com led the way at $39,000. PokerPlus.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($26,801) seller acquired for just $737. Kiffen.com was third at 22,450, ($23,885). 23 .com sales 20 cctld sales 3 other tld sa...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Xash.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Xash.com led the way at $39,000. PokerPlus.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($26,801) seller acquired for just $737. Kiffen.com was third at 22,450, ($23,885). 23 .com sales 20 cctld sales 3 other tld sa...
Discussion
April 16, 2024, 2:13 pm
The Domains
Global investment in AI fell for the second year in a row in 2023
Every end user for your .ai domain name may not be looking to pay you that lotto winning price. TechCrunch published a piece today on how investors in AI are getting a tad weary. For those setting 6 and 7 figure price tags for their .ai domain names,...
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Global investment in AI fell for the second year in a row in 2023
Every end user for your .ai domain name may not be looking to pay you that lotto winning price. TechCrunch published a piece today on how investors in AI are getting a tad weary. For those setting 6 and 7 figure price tags for their .ai domain names,...
Discussion
April 15, 2024, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to nix customer listings on GoDaddy Auctions
Customers can no longer list domains on the platform as of April 29, but Afternic listings will still be syndicated. GoDaddy will no longer let customers list domains directly on GoDaddy Auctions, effective April 29. The company announced today that ...
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GoDaddy to nix customer listings on GoDaddy Auctions
Customers can no longer list domains on the platform as of April 29, but Afternic listings will still be syndicated. GoDaddy will no longer let customers list domains directly on GoDaddy Auctions, effective April 29. The company announced today that ...
Discussion
April 15, 2024, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ape in to new TLDs – DNW Podcast #480
Fred Hsu discusses some of his company’s plans for new top level domains tied to web3 communities. It’s been just six months since I had Fred Hsu, co-founder of D3, on the podcast. The company has made many announcements since then, and i...
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.Ape in to new TLDs – DNW Podcast #480
Fred Hsu discusses some of his company’s plans for new top level domains tied to web3 communities. It’s been just six months since I had Fred Hsu, co-founder of D3, on the podcast. The company has made many announcements since then, and i...
Discussion
April 15, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.AI adds another 70k domains in less than four months
There’s no end in sight for the .ai domain name boom. The domain name registry for .ai domain names has released its latest domains under management figure. The registry disclosed that there are 425,060 registered .ai domains as of today. Here&...
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.AI adds another 70k domains in less than four months
There’s no end in sight for the .ai domain name boom. The domain name registry for .ai domain names has released its latest domains under management figure. The registry disclosed that there are 425,060 registered .ai domains as of today. Here&...
Discussion
April 12, 2024, 8:29 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – April 11, 2024: Burn Baby Burn
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, 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-pos...
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DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – April 11, 2024: Burn Baby Burn
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, 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-pos...
Discussion
April 11, 2024, 9:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains aren’t important? That’s the wrong conclusion.
The reason domain names are important has changed over time. A few readers have sent me an article published in The Atlantic this week titled “The Web Became a Strip Mall” with the subhead “Domain names once gave the internet a sens...
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Domains aren’t important? That’s the wrong conclusion.
The reason domain names are important has changed over time. A few readers have sent me an article published in The Atlantic this week titled “The Web Became a Strip Mall” with the subhead “Domain names once gave the internet a sens...
Discussion
April 11, 2024, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man gets $486k judgment against Rob Monster and Epik Inc over stolen domain
Monster never responded to the lawsuit, and a California court issued a default judgment. A California man has been awarded a $486,432 judgment against Epik founder Rob Monster and Epik Inc. over a stolen domain name. Robert M. Lee registered the dom...
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Man gets $486k judgment against Rob Monster and Epik Inc over stolen domain
Monster never responded to the lawsuit, and a California court issued a default judgment. A California man has been awarded a $486,432 judgment against Epik founder Rob Monster and Epik Inc. over a stolen domain name. Robert M. Lee registered the dom...
Discussion
April 11, 2024, 4:21 pm
The Domains
Liquid Market Report Q1 2024
Giuseppe Graziano released the liquid domain report for Q1 2024 – The volume of sales for liquid domains reported by escrow.com went up by 89% (QoQ) to 18M. – The most notable categories in terms of sales volume were the 2...
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Liquid Market Report Q1 2024
Giuseppe Graziano released the liquid domain report for Q1 2024 – The volume of sales for liquid domains reported by escrow.com went up by 89% (QoQ) to 18M. – The most notable categories in terms of sales volume were the 2...
Discussion
April 11, 2024, 2:06 am
Domain Name Wire
A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Music Together, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The case followed a surprisingly common fact pattern: a company registers a domain name in good faith as a licensee of th...
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A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Music Together, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The case followed a surprisingly common fact pattern: a company registers a domain name in good faith as a licensee of th...
Discussion
April 10, 2024, 5:21 pm
