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Domain Name Wire
This UDRP decision bothers me
I don’t think this is a clear-cut case of cybersquatting. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has handed down a decision to transfer cic.marketing (pdf), and I find the case somewhat troubling. I say somewhat because the domain ...
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This UDRP decision bothers me
I don’t think this is a clear-cut case of cybersquatting. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has handed down a decision to transfer cic.marketing (pdf), and I find the case somewhat troubling. I say somewhat because the domain ...
Discussion
March 6, 2023, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hand-registered trend domains can take a while to pay off
I waited over five years for AI domains to pay off. Last month I sold three domains that were hand registrations from a single order in 2017. Why did these domains, which were registered on the same day in 2017, suddenly sell this month? Because they...
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Hand-registered trend domains can take a while to pay off
I waited over five years for AI domains to pay off. Last month I sold three domains that were hand registrations from a single order in 2017. Why did these domains, which were registered on the same day in 2017, suddenly sell this month? Because they...
Discussion
March 6, 2023, 2:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
February’s top domain name news stories
GoDaddy and Verisign were in the news last month. With February in the books, let’s take a look at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy announces layoffs – GoDaddy let go of about 8% of its employees....
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February’s top domain name news stories
GoDaddy and Verisign were in the news last month. With February in the books, let’s take a look at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy announces layoffs – GoDaddy let go of about 8% of its employees....
Discussion
March 3, 2023, 5:17 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – March 2, 2023: Domain Names and Trademarks with John Berryhill
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive monthly pod...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – March 2, 2023: Domain Names and Trademarks with John Berryhill
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains has us venturing "down the rabbit hole" into different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset, pop-culture, tangent-positive monthly pod...
Discussion
March 3, 2023, 12:01 am
Domain Name Wire
Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
Gandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) “merged” to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, a...
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Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
Gandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) “merged” to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, a...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 6:26 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the...
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Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports signs of life in high end of domain aftermarket
There are some “green shoots” in the domain aftermarket. Escrow.com released its Q4 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today. Its Q4 2022 was rather dismal, with just $80 million in domain transactions compared to $158 million in Q4 2021. But ...
Discussion
Escrow.com reports signs of life in high end of domain aftermarket
There are some “green shoots” in the domain aftermarket. Escrow.com released its Q4 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today. Its Q4 2022 was rather dismal, with just $80 million in domain transactions compared to $158 million in Q4 2021. But ...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
LawCloud tries to upgrade its domain by reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes company for failing dispute in bad faith. LawCloud BV, a company that provides services to law firms, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain name law.cloud, filed a cybersquatting c...
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LawCloud tries to upgrade its domain by reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes company for failing dispute in bad faith. LawCloud BV, a company that provides services to law firms, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain name law.cloud, filed a cybersquatting c...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
.To registry assures Register.to customers that their domains are safe
Tonic can provide access to customers’ .to domains. According to Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic), Register.to is no longer a reseller of .to domains following the death of its owner. A number of domain investors used Register.to, which...
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.To registry assures Register.to customers that their domains are safe
Tonic can provide access to customers’ .to domains. According to Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic), Register.to is no longer a reseller of .to domains following the death of its owner. A number of domain investors used Register.to, which...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting aftermarket data from Global Domain Report
IONOS companies release in-depth report on the domain name market. Sedo and InterNetX, both part of publicly-traded IONOS, released their 2023 Global Domain Report this week. It’s an in-depth look at the primary and secondary markets for domain...
Discussion
Interesting aftermarket data from Global Domain Report
IONOS companies release in-depth report on the domain name market. Sedo and InterNetX, both part of publicly-traded IONOS, released their 2023 Global Domain Report this week. It’s an in-depth look at the primary and secondary markets for domain...
Discussion
March 1, 2023, 6:54 pm
