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Domain Name Wire
Who defrauded VPN.com?
Defendant in lawsuit says his email was hacked. Someone duped domain name brokerage VPN.com out of $250,000. But whodunit? VPN.com sued “George Dikian,” a pseudonymous domain investor, last year claiming that he had defrauded VPN.com. In ...
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Who defrauded VPN.com?
Defendant in lawsuit says his email was hacked. Someone duped domain name brokerage VPN.com out of $250,000. But whodunit? VPN.com sued “George Dikian,” a pseudonymous domain investor, last year claiming that he had defrauded VPN.com. In ...
Discussion
July 19, 2023, 6:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name auction gaming and what can be done about it
Bidders are right to be upset, but solutions can be controversial, too. There’s been some discussion about gaming expired domain auctions lately, including a good back-and-forth on NamePros. The instant concern is people gaming auctions by sett...
Discussion
Domain name auction gaming and what can be done about it
Bidders are right to be upset, but solutions can be controversial, too. There’s been some discussion about gaming expired domain auctions lately, including a good back-and-forth on NamePros. The instant concern is people gaming auctions by sett...
Discussion
July 19, 2023, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
When’s the last time you looked at GoDaddy appraisals for your domains?
Don’t ignore automated appraisals. They can be helpful. I had a really good start to the month for domain sales. One of the sales led me to audit my listing prices after reviewing GoDaddy appraisal values. The .com domain sold for $6,000. When ...
Discussion
When’s the last time you looked at GoDaddy appraisals for your domains?
Don’t ignore automated appraisals. They can be helpful. I had a really good start to the month for domain sales. One of the sales led me to audit my listing prices after reviewing GoDaddy appraisal values. The .com domain sold for $6,000. When ...
Discussion
July 18, 2023, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 somewhat recent end user domain sales
A cosmetics company, an electronic components marketplace and a self storage company bought domain names. Sedo is taking a two-week summer break from publishing domain sales. But have no fear, I won’t keep you jonesing for end user sales data! ...
Discussion
17 somewhat recent end user domain sales
A cosmetics company, an electronic components marketplace and a self storage company bought domain names. Sedo is taking a two-week summer break from publishing domain sales. But have no fear, I won’t keep you jonesing for end user sales data! ...
Discussion
July 18, 2023, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Healthyr, LLC tries reverse domain name hijacking
I don’t understand why the Complainant wasted its money. Sometimes I read a UDRP and scratch my head. What was the Complainant thinking? That’s my response to Healthyr, LLC v. Jonathan Curd, filed with World Intellectual Property Organiza...
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Healthyr, LLC tries reverse domain name hijacking
I don’t understand why the Complainant wasted its money. Sometimes I read a UDRP and scratch my head. What was the Complainant thinking? That’s my response to Healthyr, LLC v. Jonathan Curd, filed with World Intellectual Property Organiza...
Discussion
July 17, 2023, 6:09 pm
The Domains
LMX.com releases Q2 2023 Liquid Domain Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his Liquid Domain Report for Q2 2023 over at LMX.com. A couple of highlights about the report data: – Escrow.com sales volume went down by 50%, from $43M to $22M. Despite this, since Q1 2023 was a record quarter, Q2 s...
Discussion
LMX.com releases Q2 2023 Liquid Domain Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his Liquid Domain Report for Q2 2023 over at LMX.com. A couple of highlights about the report data: – Escrow.com sales volume went down by 50%, from $43M to $22M. Despite this, since Q1 2023 was a record quarter, Q2 s...
Discussion
July 17, 2023, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 years of domain lessons – DNW Podcast #444
Lessons to help you in domains investing and business. It’s been 10 years since Bill Sweetman launched Name Ninja. Since then, he’s helped countless companies acquire domains to launch new products and brands. On today’s show, Bill ...
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10 years of domain lessons – DNW Podcast #444
Lessons to help you in domains investing and business. It’s been 10 years since Bill Sweetman launched Name Ninja. Since then, he’s helped countless companies acquire domains to launch new products and brands. On today’s show, Bill ...
Discussion
July 17, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Understanding Afternic’s LTO commission structure
How the commission discounts work. Yesterday, Afternic announced it’s launching lease-to-own (LTO) deals. The company will charge buyers a service fee for longer-term deals and will share some of this fee with sellers in the form of reduced com...
Discussion
Understanding Afternic’s LTO commission structure
How the commission discounts work. Yesterday, Afternic announced it’s launching lease-to-own (LTO) deals. The company will charge buyers a service fee for longer-term deals and will share some of this fee with sellers in the form of reduced com...
Discussion
July 14, 2023, 6:12 pm
The Domains
Lease to own option coming to Afternic
GoDaddy/Afternic are going to be rolling out a lease to own option. In a blog post today at Afternic.com, James Iles laid out all the details. One of the things to pay attention to is the fees associated with the new offering. From Afternic.com: Serv...
Discussion
Lease to own option coming to Afternic
GoDaddy/Afternic are going to be rolling out a lease to own option. In a blog post today at Afternic.com, James Iles laid out all the details. One of the things to pay attention to is the fees associated with the new offering. From Afternic.com: Serv...
Discussion
July 13, 2023, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lease to Own is finally coming to Afternic – here’s everything you need to know
Afternic will leverage Dan.com’s existing LTO system but will tap into GoDaddy and its brokers for greater distribution. Lease-to-own (LTO) options for Aftermarket domains are finally coming to Afternic and GoDaddy. The company has said the fea...
Discussion
Lease to Own is finally coming to Afternic – here’s everything you need to know
Afternic will leverage Dan.com’s existing LTO system but will tap into GoDaddy and its brokers for greater distribution. Lease-to-own (LTO) options for Aftermarket domains are finally coming to Afternic and GoDaddy. The company has said the fea...
Discussion
July 13, 2023, 4:55 pm
