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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – September 21, 2023: You Only Live Once
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 12:52 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – September 21, 2023: You Only Live Once
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 12:52 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
September 21, 2023, 6:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar
ICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that’s part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain r...
Discussion
ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar
ICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that’s part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain r...
Discussion
September 21, 2023, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain auction bidder agrees to $842k settlement for not completing purchases
Settlement comes after sales of fish.com and bird.com in 2021 auction fell through. A recent lawsuit settlement should be a warning to domain auction bidders: don’t bid on something you can’t pay for. In February 2021, Right of the Dot he...
Discussion
Domain auction bidder agrees to $842k settlement for not completing purchases
Settlement comes after sales of fish.com and bird.com in 2021 auction fell through. A recent lawsuit settlement should be a warning to domain auction bidders: don’t bid on something you can’t pay for. In February 2021, Right of the Dot he...
Discussion
September 21, 2023, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
UDRP isn’t meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the ...
Discussion
Abbott Laboratories tries to use UDRP to settle a trademark dispute
UDRP isn’t meant to settle broad trademark usage disputes. Abbott Laboratories has tried — and failed — to settle a trademark usage dispute using UDRP. The company, which makes Ensure nutritional beverages, filed a UDRP against the ...
Discussion
September 20, 2023, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who had the better rebrand, Donuts to Identity Digital or CentralNic to Team Internet
Donuts and CentralNic changed their names. Who made the better rebrand? CentralNic (AIM: TIG) recently changed its brand to Team Internet Group, marking a big change for the large domain name and online advertising firm. It follows another major rebr...
Discussion
Who had the better rebrand, Donuts to Identity Digital or CentralNic to Team Internet
Donuts and CentralNic changed their names. Who made the better rebrand? CentralNic (AIM: TIG) recently changed its brand to Team Internet Group, marking a big change for the large domain name and online advertising firm. It follows another major rebr...
Discussion
September 20, 2023, 2:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domains sales (and some unknown buyers)
An online billing platform, a fitness gym, and a chatbot company bought domains. Today is one of those days when I curse the name of GDRP. Only a handful of Sedo’s sales this past week resolved to an active website, and only a couple have publi...
Discussion
Latest end user domains sales (and some unknown buyers)
An online billing platform, a fitness gym, and a chatbot company bought domains. Today is one of those days when I curse the name of GDRP. Only a handful of Sedo’s sales this past week resolved to an active website, and only a couple have publi...
Discussion
September 19, 2023, 5:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Superwin.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SuperWin.com led the way at $75,000. Corotop.com was second at $25,000. There is a Polish company operating on Corotop.com.pl. I would think they are the buyer the .com just points to a Sedo landing pa...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Superwin.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SuperWin.com led the way at $75,000. Corotop.com was second at $25,000. There is a Polish company operating on Corotop.com.pl. I would think they are the buyer the .com just points to a Sedo landing pa...
Discussion
September 19, 2023, 1:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to sell more domains – DNW Podcast #453
Listen to this show to sell more domains. On today’s show, Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal shares data and ideas for how to sell more domains. One of the datapoints was so impactful that I changed the prices on about 50 of my domains after reco...
Discussion
How to sell more domains – DNW Podcast #453
Listen to this show to sell more domains. On today’s show, Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal shares data and ideas for how to sell more domains. One of the datapoints was so impactful that I changed the prices on about 50 of my domains after reco...
Discussion
September 18, 2023, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Single-character .ee domain names now available
The Estonian Internet Foundation is releasing single character domain names for the first time. The released the following information: The Estonian Internet Foundation manages the .ee TLD and represents the Estonian Internet community. Reserved topo...
Discussion
Single-character .ee domain names now available
The Estonian Internet Foundation is releasing single character domain names for the first time. The released the following information: The Estonian Internet Foundation manages the .ee TLD and represents the Estonian Internet community. Reserved topo...
Discussion
September 18, 2023, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains drops lawsuit against Handshake .wallet owner
Web3 naming company dismisses its lawsuit, but the issue will still be litigated in the courts. Blockchain naming company Unstoppable Domains has dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit it filed against Scott Florsck and Wallet Inc., which offered seco...
Discussion
Unstoppable Domains drops lawsuit against Handshake .wallet owner
Web3 naming company dismisses its lawsuit, but the issue will still be litigated in the courts. Blockchain naming company Unstoppable Domains has dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit it filed against Scott Florsck and Wallet Inc., which offered seco...
Discussion
September 15, 2023, 4:18 pm
