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Domain Name Wire
If only you knew this before you started domain investing…
Readers share things they wish someone told them before they started investing in domains. Last week I asked on Twitter, “What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before you started domain investing?” We all wish we knew then ...
Discussion
If only you knew this before you started domain investing…
Readers share things they wish someone told them before they started investing in domains. Last week I asked on Twitter, “What’s one thing you wish someone had told you before you started domain investing?” We all wish we knew then ...
Discussion
August 17, 2023, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN says putting TLDs out to bid is against internet users interest
Well, that’s an interesting argument. ICANN has responded to a letter (pdf) Internet Commerce Association sent to it regarding the renewal of the .net contract. The organization recently renewed its contract with Verisign to operate .net, and c...
Discussion
ICANN says putting TLDs out to bid is against internet users interest
Well, that’s an interesting argument. ICANN has responded to a letter (pdf) Internet Commerce Association sent to it regarding the renewal of the .net contract. The organization recently renewed its contract with Verisign to operate .net, and c...
Discussion
August 16, 2023, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
Discussion
This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
Discussion
August 16, 2023, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
Discussion
This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
Discussion
One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
Discussion
Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 3:43 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by OneBio.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and onebio.com led the way at $33,000. Pen.ai was second at 25,000 Euro, ($27,348) and TourCompare.com was third. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &nbs...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by OneBio.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and onebio.com led the way at $33,000. Pen.ai was second at 25,000 Euro, ($27,348) and TourCompare.com was third. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &nbs...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 1:47 pm
Sully's Blog
Droppshipping.com CEO talks about the domain and the business of dropshipping
As a domain owner, I have always had the itch to develop some of…
Discussion
Droppshipping.com CEO talks about the domain and the business of dropshipping
As a domain owner, I have always had the itch to develop some of…
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 12:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
A max(.com) domain deal – DNW Podcast #448
Joe Uddeme shares the story of selling max.com. Joe Uddeme of NameExperts joins us this week to talk about the deal for max.com, which HBO acquired as part of its rebrand to Max. Would it have gotten the domain had Uddeme not pitched it to the compan...
Discussion
A max(.com) domain deal – DNW Podcast #448
Joe Uddeme shares the story of selling max.com. Joe Uddeme of NameExperts joins us this week to talk about the deal for max.com, which HBO acquired as part of its rebrand to Max. Would it have gotten the domain had Uddeme not pitched it to the compan...
Discussion
August 14, 2023, 3:30 pm
The Domains
iHa.com leads two months of sales data at NameJet/SnapNames (June/July 2023)
NameJet/SnapNames released two months of sales data. iHa.com was the highest sale at $38,500. What stood out to me was only 26 sales a month at NameJet. But it is the summertime I guess. Overwhelmingly the sales are .com so if you are thinking about ...
Discussion
iHa.com leads two months of sales data at NameJet/SnapNames (June/July 2023)
NameJet/SnapNames released two months of sales data. iHa.com was the highest sale at $38,500. What stood out to me was only 26 sales a month at NameJet. But it is the summertime I guess. Overwhelmingly the sales are .com so if you are thinking about ...
Discussion
August 11, 2023, 6:00 pm
