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Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
4 number domains aren’t just for trading between domain investors
Companies use them, too. I read recently that the 4N domain 6475 .com sold for $9,600. In case you didn’t know, 4N domains are actually used by end users in China, particularly in the gaming industry. For example, among the top 100 internet com...
Discussion
July 22, 2021, 6:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Former Bitcoin.com CEO launches new venture at Hi.com
This new financial company uses a killer domain to garner credibility. Hi. Aside from being the abbreviation for Hawaii, it’s one of the most common informal greetings in the English language. As it turns out, Hi is also a handy brand name. Acc...
Discussion
July 22, 2021, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
A warning to companies that license their trademarks
UDRP is not the place to settle disputes with former trademark licensees and domains. Here’s a case I often see: a company licenses a trademark to another company. Perhaps it’s a distributor or regional manufacturing and sales company. Th...
Discussion
July 22, 2021, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
OnlineNIC says it’s shutting down because of Facebook lawsuit
Registrar tells court it is ceasing business next week. ICANN-accredited domain name registrar OnlineNIC says it’s shutting down on July 26 after throwing in the towel in a lawsuit. Facebook sued the registrar and its privacy service in October...
Discussion
July 22, 2021, 11:21 am
The Domains
The Domains
Kick.io sells for $40,000
It looks like Mike Carson hit another .io home run with the $40,000 sale of Kick.io. The domain name was registered back in 2015. The buyer looks to be a Defi startup. Kick.io is a Cardano-based fundraising platform and a project accelerator, designe...
Discussion
July 22, 2021, 4:25 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 20, 2021: Universal Soldier: TheCooldown.com, StudentWellness.com, Academic.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently and keep score to see which Sherpas do the best at guessing the values: TheCooldown.com, StudentWellness...
Discussion
July 21, 2021, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Behind the name: Mailchimp.com vs. Chimpmail.com
The company would have been named differently if the domain was available. I was listening to How I Built This with Guy Raz this week. He recently interviewed Ben Chestnut, the founder of Mailchimp. At 24:57, Raz asks Chestnut about the name Mailchim...
Discussion
July 21, 2021, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Middle East mall operator loses refiled UDRP
Company tries a second crack at domain in UDRP. Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC has lost a cybersquatting claim against MallOfOman.com for a second time. The company, based in Egypt, operates malls around the Middle East using the “Mall of (loc...
Discussion
July 21, 2021, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Even long numeric domains may be meaningful
That long numeric domain name might actually mean something. When you look at the domain 7708801314520 .com, what do you see? I see the “Kiss you, hug you, and love you forever” romantic expression. Quite impressive, right? A number has n...
Discussion
July 21, 2021, 1:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales
An automotive forum, a restaurant franchisor, and a soap company bought domains this week. Sedo’s top public sales this week were Buy.co for $35,000 and iSwap.com. I can’t figure out who bought them yet, so they don’t qualify for th...
Discussion
July 20, 2021, 6:42 pm
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