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Domain Name Wire
Chocolate maker Ferrero drops two top level domain names
Company will retain its main brand TLD. The world’s second-largest chocolate producer is letting ICANN eat two of its three top level domain names. Ferrero Trading informed ICANN that it wants to terminate its .kinder and .rocher top level doma...
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Chocolate maker Ferrero drops two top level domain names
Company will retain its main brand TLD. The world’s second-largest chocolate producer is letting ICANN eat two of its three top level domain names. Ferrero Trading informed ICANN that it wants to terminate its .kinder and .rocher top level doma...
Discussion
August 23, 2023, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far)
WordPress.com will pay for up to one million domain transfers. On August 1, WordPress.com announced that it is offering free transfers for anyone who had their domains at Google Domains. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told Domain Name Wire today th...
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WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far)
WordPress.com will pay for up to one million domain transfers. On August 1, WordPress.com announced that it is offering free transfers for anyone who had their domains at Google Domains. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told Domain Name Wire today th...
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August 23, 2023, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik trying to retain customers with free renewals
Two customers report they were offered free renewals when transferring domains to another registrar. Two Epik customers say the company tried to retain their business by offering free renewals. On Twitter, domain investor Adam Yamada said Epik called...
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Epik trying to retain customers with free renewals
Two customers report they were offered free renewals when transferring domains to another registrar. Two Epik customers say the company tried to retain their business by offering free renewals. On Twitter, domain investor Adam Yamada said Epik called...
Discussion
August 23, 2023, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
More end user domain name sales:
An office furniture company, a battery storage business, and a soccer clothing seller bought domain names. I’ve had a slow sales month with just three small sales. I’ve heard from other people in the same boat. Well, it’s not...
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More end user domain name sales:
An office furniture company, a battery storage business, and a soccer clothing seller bought domain names. I’ve had a slow sales month with just three small sales. I’ve heard from other people in the same boat. Well, it’s not...
Discussion
August 23, 2023, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameBright gets a makeover
New user interface launches in beta. Domain name registrar NameBright has never had a particularly modern interface. That’s changing a complete makeover, now available in beta. Not only is the old orange color scheme out in favor of purple, but...
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NameBright gets a makeover
New user interface launches in beta. Domain name registrar NameBright has never had a particularly modern interface. That’s changing a complete makeover, now available in beta. Not only is the old orange color scheme out in favor of purple, but...
Discussion
August 22, 2023, 10:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Remember that time GoDaddy tried to compete with eBay and Amazon?
GoDaddy created a goods marketplace in 2009. I’ve been covering the domain name industry for so long that sometimes I can’t remember if something happened in the past or not. Last night I was thinking about a time that GoDaddy tried to cr...
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Remember that time GoDaddy tried to compete with eBay and Amazon?
GoDaddy created a goods marketplace in 2009. I’ve been covering the domain name industry for so long that sometimes I can’t remember if something happened in the past or not. Last night I was thinking about a time that GoDaddy tried to cr...
Discussion
August 22, 2023, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Disney gets a domain name and security patent
Invention helps large organizations determine which domains they own and if they are susceptible to attack. Disney owns a lot of domains: disney.com, disneyland.com, espn.com, marvel.com…the list goes on and on. In fact, like many companies, t...
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Disney gets a domain name and security patent
Invention helps large organizations determine which domains they own and if they are susceptible to attack. Disney owns a lot of domains: disney.com, disneyland.com, espn.com, marvel.com…the list goes on and on. In fact, like many companies, t...
Discussion
August 22, 2023, 3:53 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Fruta.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Fruta.com led the way at $40,000. woerterbuch.info was second at 21,000 Euro, ($22,760) Popcorn.ai was the top cctld at $11,499. 22 .com sales 10 cctld sales 1 other tld sales Highlights of public Sedo...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Fruta.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Fruta.com led the way at $40,000. woerterbuch.info was second at 21,000 Euro, ($22,760) Popcorn.ai was the top cctld at $11,499. 22 .com sales 10 cctld sales 1 other tld sales Highlights of public Sedo...
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August 22, 2023, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold Digital wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
Parent company of Network Solutions defends valuable watchdog.com domain name. Newfold Digital, parent company of Network Solutions and other domain registrars, has successfully defended its domain watchdog.com in a UDRP. The panel found the Complain...
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Newfold Digital wins reverse domain name hijacking charge
Parent company of Network Solutions defends valuable watchdog.com domain name. Newfold Digital, parent company of Network Solutions and other domain registrars, has successfully defended its domain watchdog.com in a UDRP. The panel found the Complain...
Discussion
August 21, 2023, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Legal talk: LTOs & brokers – DNW Podcast #449
John Berryhill shares some of the risks of “time-structured arrangements.” Attorney John Berryhill returns this week to discuss some factors people should consider before entering into a lease-to-own (or similar) domain transaction. He al...
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Legal talk: LTOs & brokers – DNW Podcast #449
John Berryhill shares some of the risks of “time-structured arrangements.” Attorney John Berryhill returns this week to discuss some factors people should consider before entering into a lease-to-own (or similar) domain transaction. He al...
Discussion
August 21, 2023, 3:30 pm
