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Domain Name Wire
Afternic reveals January’s top-selling keywords in the domain aftermarket
My, AI and Home top the charts. Afternic has published the top keywords sold on its aftermarket for January. The words on this month’s list are much more expected than some of the oddballs on the previous list. Florida? Sky? Blue? Those were we...
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Afternic reveals January’s top-selling keywords in the domain aftermarket
My, AI and Home top the charts. Afternic has published the top keywords sold on its aftermarket for January. The words on this month’s list are much more expected than some of the oddballs on the previous list. Florida? Sky? Blue? Those were we...
Discussion
March 14, 2024, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales including a .mobi (yes, .mobi)
A .mobi domain has been sold on the aftermarket. You read that right. Hell has frozen over: A .mobi domain has sold on the aftermarket. In the early days of .mobi, a domain extension meant for mobile websites, it made a lot of sense. Companies create...
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End user domain sales including a .mobi (yes, .mobi)
A .mobi domain has been sold on the aftermarket. You read that right. Hell has frozen over: A .mobi domain has sold on the aftermarket. In the early days of .mobi, a domain extension meant for mobile websites, it made a lot of sense. Companies create...
Discussion
March 14, 2024, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Credit reporting firms sue to reclaim typosquatted domain names
Companies ask court to hand over cybersquatted domain names. Three credit reporting companies have filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover 140 domain names that they say infringe their trademarks. The plaintiffs are: Central Source, LLC – This company...
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Credit reporting firms sue to reclaim typosquatted domain names
Companies ask court to hand over cybersquatted domain names. Three credit reporting companies have filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover 140 domain names that they say infringe their trademarks. The plaintiffs are: Central Source, LLC – This company...
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March 13, 2024, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Temu fights back against cybersquatters and unauthorized apps with federal lawsuit
Temu goes after cybersquatters with federal lawsuit. The owners of the shopping app Temu have sued cybersquatters and purveyors of unauthorized Temu apps. Whaleco, Inc., d/b/a Temu, a subsidiary of Pinduoduo Inc. (NASDAQ: PDD), filed the suit (pdf) i...
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Temu fights back against cybersquatters and unauthorized apps with federal lawsuit
Temu goes after cybersquatters with federal lawsuit. The owners of the shopping app Temu have sued cybersquatters and purveyors of unauthorized Temu apps. Whaleco, Inc., d/b/a Temu, a subsidiary of Pinduoduo Inc. (NASDAQ: PDD), filed the suit (pdf) i...
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March 13, 2024, 4:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top sales at NameJet and SnapNames in February
Arnica.com tops list of expired domain sales in February. Newfold Digital’s two domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell about 51 domains for $2,000 or more in February, totaling roughly $262k. This compares to 62 sales over...
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Top sales at NameJet and SnapNames in February
Arnica.com tops list of expired domain sales in February. Newfold Digital’s two domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell about 51 domains for $2,000 or more in February, totaling roughly $262k. This compares to 62 sales over...
Discussion
March 13, 2024, 1:43 pm
Sully's Blog
The Future of the Internet
I’m a blogger and into technology so you would expect most of what I…
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The Future of the Internet
I’m a blogger and into technology so you would expect most of what I…
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March 13, 2024, 11:58 am
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames February 2024 domain sales led by Arnica.com
NameJet/SnapNames released their February 2024 aftermarket report. NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Type Sales Amt transverse.com Namejet Expiry $18,502 readytalk.com Namejet Deleting $9,750 patented.com Namejet Expiry $9,029 &n...
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NameJet/SnapNames February 2024 domain sales led by Arnica.com
NameJet/SnapNames released their February 2024 aftermarket report. NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Type Sales Amt transverse.com Namejet Expiry $18,502 readytalk.com Namejet Deleting $9,750 patented.com Namejet Expiry $9,029 &n...
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March 12, 2024, 10:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Virtual Handshake conference takes place this week
Conference will cover the latest with blockchain naming systems and Handshake. Handycon, a virtual conference for the Handshake blockchain naming system, takes place this week. The fourth installment of the event will be March 13 to 15. Topics includ...
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Virtual Handshake conference takes place this week
Conference will cover the latest with blockchain naming systems and Handshake. Handycon, a virtual conference for the Handshake blockchain naming system, takes place this week. The fourth installment of the event will be March 13 to 15. Topics includ...
Discussion
March 12, 2024, 4:53 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Scaffolding.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Scaffolding.com led the way at $46,666. Legendz.com was second at $34,995 and PrayForMe.com was third at $30,000. The top 5 sales this week were .com. EWN.org brought in a nice price at $14,500. 40 .co...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Scaffolding.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Scaffolding.com led the way at $46,666. Legendz.com was second at $34,995 and PrayForMe.com was third at $30,000. The top 5 sales this week were .com. EWN.org brought in a nice price at $14,500. 40 .co...
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March 12, 2024, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Should you set up a catch-all email on your domains?
Here are some drawbacks to setting up catch-all email. Last week I wrote about how to set up catch-all email on Squadhelp. Setting this up means you’ll receive any emails sent to your domains. While this could provide you with insight about you...
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Should you set up a catch-all email on your domains?
Here are some drawbacks to setting up catch-all email. Last week I wrote about how to set up catch-all email on Squadhelp. Setting this up means you’ll receive any emails sent to your domains. While this could provide you with insight about you...
Discussion
March 12, 2024, 1:55 pm