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Sav applies for patent for AI-powered website builder
Application describes a way of generating a website and suggesting a domain using AI. Domain name registrar Sav.com has applied for a patent titled “Systems and methods for automatically generating a website and selecting a related domain name ...
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Sav applies for patent for AI-powered website builder
Application describes a way of generating a website and suggesting a domain using AI. Domain name registrar Sav.com has applied for a patent titled “Systems and methods for automatically generating a website and selecting a related domain name ...
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September 3, 2024, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic Boost commissions kick in on Wednesday
Afternic sellers will pay an additional 5% commission unless they opt out of new program. Domain investors who sell domains through Afternic will start paying higher commissions this Wednesday unless they opt out of a new program. Afternic Boost offi...
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Afternic Boost commissions kick in on Wednesday
Afternic sellers will pay an additional 5% commission unless they opt out of new program. Domain investors who sell domains through Afternic will start paying higher commissions this Wednesday unless they opt out of a new program. Afternic Boost offi...
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September 2, 2024, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Edmonton Oilers win dispute over invoice fraud
Hockey club wins cybersquatting dispute over confusingly similar name used to perpetuate fraud. The Edmonton Oilers hockey club has won a cybersquatting complaint it brought to disrupt an invoice fraud scam. In a dispute before the World Intellectual...
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Edmonton Oilers win dispute over invoice fraud
Hockey club wins cybersquatting dispute over confusingly similar name used to perpetuate fraud. The Edmonton Oilers hockey club has won a cybersquatting complaint it brought to disrupt an invoice fraud scam. In a dispute before the World Intellectual...
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August 30, 2024, 12:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Manufacturing company tries to reverse hijack mangels .com
Complainant previously owned the domain name, and tried to buy it back from a domain investor before filing a UDRP. Mangels Industrial S.A., a manufacturing company in Brazil, has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain name mangels.com...
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Manufacturing company tries to reverse hijack mangels .com
Complainant previously owned the domain name, and tried to buy it back from a domain investor before filing a UDRP. Mangels Industrial S.A., a manufacturing company in Brazil, has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain name mangels.com...
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August 29, 2024, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sued over expired domain purchase clawback
Company clawed back the domain nearly two months after selling it to winning bidder. A Swedish company has sued GoDaddy after a domain it purchased in an expired domain auction was clawed back by the registrar nearly two months after it bought it. Cr...
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GoDaddy sued over expired domain purchase clawback
Company clawed back the domain nearly two months after selling it to winning bidder. A Swedish company has sued GoDaddy after a domain it purchased in an expired domain auction was clawed back by the registrar nearly two months after it bought it. Cr...
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August 29, 2024, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
This weeks end user domain name sales at Sedo
A janitorial supply company, a maker of electronic fish bait, and a tracksuit seller bought domain names. Sedo had a lot more sales over $2,000 this week than in a typical week. Unfortunately, few of them resolve to active websites yet so it’s ...
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This weeks end user domain name sales at Sedo
A janitorial supply company, a maker of electronic fish bait, and a tracksuit seller bought domain names. Sedo had a lot more sales over $2,000 this week than in a typical week. Unfortunately, few of them resolve to active websites yet so it’s ...
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August 28, 2024, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix sets record for premium domain revenue
First half continues upward trajectory for premium domain revenue. Radix has published its premium domains report for the first half of 2024, and it was the best half the registry has ever had when it comes to premium domain sales. The company report...
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Radix sets record for premium domain revenue
First half continues upward trajectory for premium domain revenue. Radix has published its premium domains report for the first half of 2024, and it was the best half the registry has ever had when it comes to premium domain sales. The company report...
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August 28, 2024, 12:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rebranding CovertKit to Kit – DNW Podcast #498
Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars o...
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Rebranding CovertKit to Kit – DNW Podcast #498
Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars o...
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August 26, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ethereum Name Service drops lawsuit over eth.link
The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name foll...
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Ethereum Name Service drops lawsuit over eth.link
The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name foll...
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August 23, 2024, 8:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon launches .deal and .now top level domains
The company, which has been slow to launch its domains, is finally rolling out two more. Amazon is finally launching a couple more of its top level domain names. About eight years after ICANN delegated .deal and .now, the company opened the domains i...
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Amazon launches .deal and .now top level domains
The company, which has been slow to launch its domains, is finally rolling out two more. Amazon is finally launching a couple more of its top level domain names. About eight years after ICANN delegated .deal and .now, the company opened the domains i...
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August 22, 2024, 4:49 pm
