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DNW Podcast Intermission
Check out our previous episodes this week. Domain Name Wire Published its 400th podcast episode last week, so this week I’m taking a breather. But that doesn’t mean you have nothing to listen to this week. The entire back catalog is avail...
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DNW Podcast Intermission
Check out our previous episodes this week. Domain Name Wire Published its 400th podcast episode last week, so this week I’m taking a breather. But that doesn’t mean you have nothing to listen to this week. The entire back catalog is avail...
Discussion
August 15, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com registrar rankings
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers April 2022. The results m...
Discussion
Latest .com registrar rankings
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers April 2022. The results m...
Discussion
August 12, 2022, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lamborghini wins Lambo.com as “NamePros username defense” fails
Domain owner cited his NamePros username as evidence that he’s commonly known as “Lambo”. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered that the owner of lambo.com transfer the name to the upscale car maker. Lambo is ...
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Lamborghini wins Lambo.com as “NamePros username defense” fails
Domain owner cited his NamePros username as evidence that he’s commonly known as “Lambo”. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered that the owner of lambo.com transfer the name to the upscale car maker. Lambo is ...
Discussion
August 11, 2022, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why you’re selling fewer domain names
Demand for new websites is decreasing, and so is the demand for domains. There have been some big domain sales lately, but if you are on “domain Twitter,” you know all is not well in the domain name aftermarket. Domain investors are compl...
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Why you’re selling fewer domain names
Demand for new websites is decreasing, and so is the demand for domains. There have been some big domain sales lately, but if you are on “domain Twitter,” you know all is not well in the domain name aftermarket. Domain investors are compl...
Discussion
August 11, 2022, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are 108 domains that sold for $2k+ on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Sales dropped in July on Newfold’s aftermarket platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain name aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 108 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These domains totaled $447,000, but keep in mi...
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Here are 108 domains that sold for $2k+ on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Sales dropped in July on Newfold’s aftermarket platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain name aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 108 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These domains totaled $447,000, but keep in mi...
Discussion
August 11, 2022, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Call.com sells again, this time for $1.6 million
It last sold publicly for $1.1 million in 2009. Sedo has brokered the sale of call.com for $1.6 million. Broker Frank Tillmanns announced the transaction on Twitter this morning. The domain name has a storied history. Live Current Media (previously C...
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Call.com sells again, this time for $1.6 million
It last sold publicly for $1.1 million in 2009. Sedo has brokered the sale of call.com for $1.6 million. Broker Frank Tillmanns announced the transaction on Twitter this morning. The domain name has a storied history. Live Current Media (previously C...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wix plans layoffs as growth slows
Company announces cost cuts as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Website building platform Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) announced a cost reduction plan that includes layoffs today along with its Q2 earnings. The company said that demand, which shot up duri...
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Wix plans layoffs as growth slows
Company announces cost cuts as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Website building platform Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) announced a cost reduction plan that includes layoffs today along with its Q2 earnings. The company said that demand, which shot up duri...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s time to rethink WIPO guide section 3.5
The current jurisprudence doesn’t match the goal of UDRP. Many UDRP panelists consider the WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition as bible for considering facts in a UDRP case. The guide provides an overview...
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It’s time to rethink WIPO guide section 3.5
The current jurisprudence doesn’t match the goal of UDRP. Many UDRP panelists consider the WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition as bible for considering facts in a UDRP case. The guide provides an overview...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows Domains continues to tread water, company comments on blockchain domains
Its domain name business shrunk a bit last quarter. Tucows’ (NASDAQ: TCX) domain name business continues to tread water, the company reported today. Revenue in the domains business was $61.1 million in Q2 2022, down 2% from the same quarter a y...
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Tucows Domains continues to tread water, company comments on blockchain domains
Its domain name business shrunk a bit last quarter. Tucows’ (NASDAQ: TCX) domain name business continues to tread water, the company reported today. Revenue in the domains business was $61.1 million in Q2 2022, down 2% from the same quarter a y...
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 9:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domain sales, including some nice brandables
An art sales and rental platform, an international remittances company, and a recruiting firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was the two-character domain m2.com for £80,000. It’s not clear who bought the domain....
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Latest end user domain sales, including some nice brandables
An art sales and rental platform, an international remittances company, and a recruiting firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was the two-character domain m2.com for £80,000. It’s not clear who bought the domain....
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 4:37 pm
