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GoDaddy paid $71.4 million for Dan.com
Company completed acquisition of rival domain sales platform last month. According to a regulatory filing, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) paid $71.4 million to acquire Dan.com. The company filed its form 10-Q quarterly report today. In the subsequent events se...
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GoDaddy paid $71.4 million for Dan.com
Company completed acquisition of rival domain sales platform last month. According to a regulatory filing, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) paid $71.4 million to acquire Dan.com. The company filed its form 10-Q quarterly report today. In the subsequent events se...
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August 4, 2022, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nokia cans Chinese dot-brand domain
Company still has .nokia. Technology company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided it doesn’t want one of the dot-brand top level domains it obtained. The company notified ICANN that it wishes to terminate the contract for .诺基亚, which is th...
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Nokia cans Chinese dot-brand domain
Company still has .nokia. Technology company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided it doesn’t want one of the dot-brand top level domains it obtained. The company notified ICANN that it wishes to terminate the contract for .诺基亚, which is th...
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August 4, 2022, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy reports earnings, lowers revenue guidance on exchange rates
Revenue tops $1 billion in Q2. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported second quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed just over a billion dollars in revenue, taking in $1.02 billion for the quarter. That’s up 9% compared to th...
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GoDaddy reports earnings, lowers revenue guidance on exchange rates
Revenue tops $1 billion in Q2. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported second quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed just over a billion dollars in revenue, taking in $1.02 billion for the quarter. That’s up 9% compared to th...
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August 3, 2022, 8:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap appears ready to fight Unstoppable Domains
Namecheap’s CEO appears to throw weight behind .wallet and defending the Handshake blockchain domain system. For a day, it appeared that blockchain domain company Unstoppable Domains picked the right fight to argue its first-to-offer-a-blockcha...
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Namecheap appears ready to fight Unstoppable Domains
Namecheap’s CEO appears to throw weight behind .wallet and defending the Handshake blockchain domain system. For a day, it appeared that blockchain domain company Unstoppable Domains picked the right fight to argue its first-to-offer-a-blockcha...
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August 3, 2022, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
NFTs.com domain sells for whopping $15 million
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time. NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported. Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow...
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NFTs.com domain sells for whopping $15 million
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time. NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported. Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow...
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August 3, 2022, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ acquires .lat top level domain name
Company acquires domain name that’s short for Latinos. Domain name registry XYZ has acquired the .lat top level domain name from ECOM-LAC Federaciòn de Latinoamèrica y el Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electrònico (Lati...
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XYZ acquires .lat top level domain name
Company acquires domain name that’s short for Latinos. Domain name registry XYZ has acquired the .lat top level domain name from ECOM-LAC Federaciòn de Latinoamèrica y el Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electrònico (Lati...
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August 2, 2022, 6:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domain sales led by a .org domain
A blockchain company, a pool seller, and a swimsuit business bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice domains this past week for which I can’t determine the buyer yet: afloat.com sold for $75,000 and bu.lu sold for EUR 33,000. The latter...
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Latest end user domain sales led by a .org domain
A blockchain company, a pool seller, and a swimsuit business bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice domains this past week for which I can’t determine the buyer yet: afloat.com sold for $75,000 and bu.lu sold for EUR 33,000. The latter...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 5:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
A split decision UDRP worth reading
One panelist thinks this was RDNH; another thought the domain should be transferred. It’s always interesting when there’s a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. These disputes are designed to handle clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, so you&rsqu...
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A split decision UDRP worth reading
One panelist thinks this was RDNH; another thought the domain should be transferred. It’s always interesting when there’s a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. These disputes are designed to handle clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, so you&rsqu...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Handshake registrar system appears to shut down in face of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit
A company that helps Handshake domain owners sell second level domains has suspended its services. If Unstoppable Domains was looking for an easy test case for protecting its choice of top level domain names, it might have found it. Just days after U...
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Handshake registrar system appears to shut down in face of Unstoppable Domains’ lawsuit
A company that helps Handshake domain owners sell second level domains has suspended its services. If Unstoppable Domains was looking for an easy test case for protecting its choice of top level domain names, it might have found it. Just days after U...
Discussion
August 1, 2022, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s time for .kids – DNW Podcast #399
The team behind .Asia gets ready to launch .kids. This week I chat with Edmon Chung. Edmon is the CEO of .Asia and a member of the ICANN Board of Directors. He’s busy getting ready for the launch of .kids. On today’s show, I ask Edmon why...
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It’s time for .kids – DNW Podcast #399
The team behind .Asia gets ready to launch .kids. This week I chat with Edmon Chung. Edmon is the CEO of .Asia and a member of the ICANN Board of Directors. He’s busy getting ready for the launch of .kids. On today’s show, I ask Edmon why...
Discussion
August 1, 2022, 3:30 pm
