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21 recent end user domain sales
A tattoo machine supplier, a massage chair seller and a mattress company bought domain names. After struggling to find end user sales amongst Sedo’s sales data last week, this week was much more fruitful. One of the purchases looks particularly...
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21 recent end user domain sales
A tattoo machine supplier, a massage chair seller and a mattress company bought domain names. After struggling to find end user sales amongst Sedo’s sales data last week, this week was much more fruitful. One of the purchases looks particularly...
Discussion
November 16, 2022, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
MicroAcquire paid $2 million for acquire.com
Company goes big on rebrand with seven-figure domain purchase. Online business marketplace MicroAcquire paid $2 million to acquire the acquire.com domain name, the founder disclosed today. MicroAcquire founder Andrew Gazdecki disclosed the purchase p...
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MicroAcquire paid $2 million for acquire.com
Company goes big on rebrand with seven-figure domain purchase. Online business marketplace MicroAcquire paid $2 million to acquire the acquire.com domain name, the founder disclosed today. MicroAcquire founder Andrew Gazdecki disclosed the purchase p...
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November 15, 2022, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain owner sues after legal threat
SiteTools files lawsuit after potential domain buyer threatens legal action. Many attorneys throw around legal threats to get domain names for their clients. They had better make sure they’re on solid legal ground and are willing to take the ca...
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Domain owner sues after legal threat
SiteTools files lawsuit after potential domain buyer threatens legal action. Many attorneys throw around legal threats to get domain names for their clients. They had better make sure they’re on solid legal ground and are willing to take the ca...
Discussion
November 15, 2022, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR announces winners of 4th Annual .ORG Impact Awards
Food Rescue Hero is named .ORG of the year. Public Interest Registry, the registry behind .org, today announced the winners of its annual .ORG impact awards. A record 947 organizations and individuals from 68 countries submitted entries this year. Th...
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PIR announces winners of 4th Annual .ORG Impact Awards
Food Rescue Hero is named .ORG of the year. Public Interest Registry, the registry behind .org, today announced the winners of its annual .ORG impact awards. A record 947 organizations and individuals from 68 countries submitted entries this year. Th...
Discussion
November 15, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video game company Build a Rocket Boy tried reverse domain name hijacking
Gaming companies duke it out in cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Build a Rocket Boy Games Ltd guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The video game company was founded by Leslie Benzies, a ...
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Video game company Build a Rocket Boy tried reverse domain name hijacking
Gaming companies duke it out in cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Build a Rocket Boy Games Ltd guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The video game company was founded by Leslie Benzies, a ...
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November 14, 2022, 7:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Zow.com returned to previous owner
Original 1996 registrant gets her domain back. The original owner of zow.com has regained control of the domain name. Marci Seely registered the domain name in 1996. In September, she filed a lawsuit alleging that the domain name was stolen last year...
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Zow.com returned to previous owner
Original 1996 registrant gets her domain back. The original owner of zow.com has regained control of the domain name. Marci Seely registered the domain name in 1996. In September, she filed a lawsuit alleging that the domain name was stolen last year...
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November 14, 2022, 6:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some notable sales from NameJet and SnapNames last month
Here’s what sold on Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets last month. Newfold Digital’s domain aftermarket platforms combined to sell 103 names for $2,000 or more last month. The sales totaled $546,000, and that doesn’t include the d...
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Some notable sales from NameJet and SnapNames last month
Here’s what sold on Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets last month. Newfold Digital’s domain aftermarket platforms combined to sell 103 names for $2,000 or more last month. The sales totaled $546,000, and that doesn’t include the d...
Discussion
November 14, 2022, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Disciplined domain investing – DNW Podcast #413
Learn why this company bought super.com. Ruban Thananayagam (aka @busyfather) bought 500 domain names on his credit card before he made his first sale. This sale gave him the confidence to invest more, but it was certainly slow-going for the first fe...
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Disciplined domain investing – DNW Podcast #413
Learn why this company bought super.com. Ruban Thananayagam (aka @busyfather) bought 500 domain names on his credit card before he made his first sale. This sale gave him the confidence to invest more, but it was certainly slow-going for the first fe...
Discussion
November 14, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Morgan Stanley loses cybersquatting case
Panelist wisely considers all of the facts. Financial behemoth Morgan Stanley has lost a cybersquatting dispute that shows the importance of panelists thinking about cases before deciding them, even when the domain owner doesn’t respond. When M...
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Morgan Stanley loses cybersquatting case
Panelist wisely considers all of the facts. Financial behemoth Morgan Stanley has lost a cybersquatting dispute that shows the importance of panelists thinking about cases before deciding them, even when the domain owner doesn’t respond. When M...
Discussion
November 14, 2022, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ses heads to the chopping block
Another dot-brand top level domain bites the dust. Satellite communications and broadcast company SES S.A. is terminating its top level domain name. The company was granted the .ses top level domain name in the 2012 round. It hasn’t used it for...
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.Ses heads to the chopping block
Another dot-brand top level domain bites the dust. Satellite communications and broadcast company SES S.A. is terminating its top level domain name. The company was granted the .ses top level domain name in the 2012 round. It hasn’t used it for...
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November 11, 2022, 4:51 pm
