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Domain Name Wire
Rally adds HotSpot.com as upcoming fractionalized offering
Shares will be offered on March 4. There was a bit of a mystery when Rally launched its first fractional domain ownership offering earlier this year. It listed Directions.com using item #URL2 even though it was the first domain offered through the pl...
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Rally adds HotSpot.com as upcoming fractionalized offering
Shares will be offered on March 4. There was a bit of a mystery when Rally launched its first fractional domain ownership offering earlier this year. It listed Directions.com using item #URL2 even though it was the first domain offered through the pl...
Discussion
February 28, 2022, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP is not the way to resolve business partnership disputes
Cybersquatting panel denies claim over domains after business partnership ends in dispute. A National Arbitration Forum panel has denied a cybersquatting complaint for the domain names 0456.com and 9527.com. According to both the Complainant and Resp...
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UDRP is not the way to resolve business partnership disputes
Cybersquatting panel denies claim over domains after business partnership ends in dispute. A National Arbitration Forum panel has denied a cybersquatting complaint for the domain names 0456.com and 9527.com. According to both the Complainant and Resp...
Discussion
February 26, 2022, 10:55 pm
The Domains
A look at how some large companies use their premium domain names
Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer – aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strat...
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A look at how some large companies use their premium domain names
Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer – aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strat...
Discussion
February 25, 2022, 8:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to find available one word domains using ExpiredDomains.net
ExpiredDomains.net isn’t just a resource for determining which domains to buy in the drop. I started dabbling a bit in .gg domain names a couple of years ago, and I found good domains to register in an unexpected source: ExpiredDomains.net. I u...
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How to find available one word domains using ExpiredDomains.net
ExpiredDomains.net isn’t just a resource for determining which domains to buy in the drop. I started dabbling a bit in .gg domain names a couple of years ago, and I found good domains to register in an unexpected source: ExpiredDomains.net. I u...
Discussion
February 25, 2022, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: complaints and compliance
How much of ICANN’s time is spent dealing with compliance? ICANN 73 Prep Week is underway, and on Tuesday, ICANN’s Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards department gave an update on its activity. The department enforces ICANN&rsq...
Discussion
ICANN: complaints and compliance
How much of ICANN’s time is spent dealing with compliance? ICANN 73 Prep Week is underway, and on Tuesday, ICANN’s Contractual Compliance and Consumer Safeguards department gave an update on its activity. The department enforces ICANN&rsq...
Discussion
February 25, 2022, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Abbott registers 100s of domains in wake of baby formula recall and lawsuits
Defensive registrations primarily relate to lawsuits alleging a link between baby formula and necrotizing enterocolitis. Healthcare company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) registered hundreds of domain names this week in the wake of announcing a recent recall and...
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Abbott registers 100s of domains in wake of baby formula recall and lawsuits
Defensive registrations primarily relate to lawsuits alleging a link between baby formula and necrotizing enterocolitis. Healthcare company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) registered hundreds of domain names this week in the wake of announcing a recent recall and...
Discussion
February 24, 2022, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Helium reaches $1.2 billion valuation using Helium.com
The company acquired the domain after an earlier round of funding. What do you get when you cross blockchain, cryptocurrency, and a team of highly skilled developers? In Helium’s case, you get a $1.2 billion valuation. Founded in 2013 by co-fou...
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Helium reaches $1.2 billion valuation using Helium.com
The company acquired the domain after an earlier round of funding. What do you get when you cross blockchain, cryptocurrency, and a team of highly skilled developers? In Helium’s case, you get a $1.2 billion valuation. Founded in 2013 by co-fou...
Discussion
February 24, 2022, 1:49 pm
The Domains
8 years later, a look at the first 7 new gtlds
What do we call something 8 years old? Not new, not a baby, not even a toddler. While there is speculation about when the next round of “Not legacy TLD’s” will be introduced, let’s take a look back at the first 7 to launch in ...
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8 years later, a look at the first 7 new gtlds
What do we call something 8 years old? Not new, not a baby, not even a toddler. While there is speculation about when the next round of “Not legacy TLD’s” will be introduced, let’s take a look back at the first 7 to launch in ...
Discussion
February 23, 2022, 9:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dan.com’s refresh and an upcoming improvement
Here are some of the new features I like and an upcoming feature I’m looking forward to. Dan.com rolled out a new user interface last week. Many of the changes are small (but nice) usability adjustments. But there are also new and updated featu...
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Dan.com’s refresh and an upcoming improvement
Here are some of the new features I like and an upcoming feature I’m looking forward to. Dan.com rolled out a new user interface last week. Many of the changes are small (but nice) usability adjustments. But there are also new and updated featu...
Discussion
February 23, 2022, 5:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cybersquatting claim against valuable DAO.com domain denied
Both parties made allegations that are difficult to prove. The domain name dao.com has become more valuable in the past year with the rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, a type of blockchain-based organization. So it was interesting to se...
Discussion
Cybersquatting claim against valuable DAO.com domain denied
Both parties made allegations that are difficult to prove. The domain name dao.com has become more valuable in the past year with the rise of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, a type of blockchain-based organization. So it was interesting to se...
Discussion
February 23, 2022, 4:07 pm
