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Meter, using Meter.com, raises $38 million in Series B funding
This business internet company that uses a great domain just raised a big round. The internet has become an integral part of day-to-day life over the past two decades. In 2021, more than 90% of Americans accessed the Internet, and that figure is expe...
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Meter, using Meter.com, raises $38 million in Series B funding
This business internet company that uses a great domain just raised a big round. The internet has become an integral part of day-to-day life over the past two decades. In 2021, more than 90% of Americans accessed the Internet, and that figure is expe...
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May 25, 2022, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another company enters the blockchain domain game
Where have I seen this idea before? Another group is throwing its hat into the ring to offer blockchain-based domain names. Quik is launching 10 alt-root domain name extensions, including .metaverse, .vr, .chain, .address, .i, .bored, .dog, .shib, .b...
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Another company enters the blockchain domain game
Where have I seen this idea before? Another group is throwing its hat into the ring to offer blockchain-based domain names. Quik is launching 10 alt-root domain name extensions, including .metaverse, .vr, .chain, .address, .i, .bored, .dog, .shib, .b...
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May 25, 2022, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Camco Manufacturing fails again with refiled cybersquatting dispute
National Arbitration Forum gives company a second bite of the apple, but it fails again. Camco Manufacturing, Inc. has failed for a second time to obtain the domain name Camco.com through a UDRP. The company, which uses the domain camco.net, filed it...
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Camco Manufacturing fails again with refiled cybersquatting dispute
National Arbitration Forum gives company a second bite of the apple, but it fails again. Camco Manufacturing, Inc. has failed for a second time to obtain the domain name Camco.com through a UDRP. The company, which uses the domain camco.net, filed it...
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May 24, 2022, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet adds SMS notifications for auctions
You can finally get alerted in a timely fashion. One of the most infuriating things about buying domains on NameJet is the lack of timely alerts about being outbid. Email alerts arrive late. Alert functionality on the NameJet app (which doesn’t...
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NameJet adds SMS notifications for auctions
You can finally get alerted in a timely fashion. One of the most infuriating things about buying domains on NameJet is the lack of timely alerts about being outbid. Email alerts arrive late. Alert functionality on the NameJet app (which doesn’t...
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May 24, 2022, 3:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big changes proposed for domain transfers
Working group considers big changes to the domain transfer process. Significant changes could be coming to domain name transfers, although it’s still early and a lot could change. The first recommendations of an ICANN working group reviewing th...
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Big changes proposed for domain transfers
Working group considers big changes to the domain transfer process. Significant changes could be coming to domain name transfers, although it’s still early and a lot could change. The first recommendations of an ICANN working group reviewing th...
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May 24, 2022, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to earn money with the Bodis – Dan integration
Here’s how to earn pay-per-click money on Dan.com, including an important step you might overlook. I don’t use pay-per-click parking often for domain names. It used to generate meaningful revenue, but, with parking revenue depressed, it d...
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How to earn money with the Bodis – Dan integration
Here’s how to earn pay-per-click money on Dan.com, including an important step you might overlook. I don’t use pay-per-click parking often for domain names. It used to generate meaningful revenue, but, with parking revenue depressed, it d...
Discussion
May 23, 2022, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s going on with new TLDs? – DNW Podcast #389
Digging into recent new TLD data and marketing efforts. New top level domains seem to have some wind in their sails after a decade on the market. Radix, for example, saw revenue grow 35% last year compared to 2020. Today, I chat with Radix’s Se...
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What’s going on with new TLDs? – DNW Podcast #389
Digging into recent new TLD data and marketing efforts. New top level domains seem to have some wind in their sails after a decade on the market. Radix, for example, saw revenue grow 35% last year compared to 2020. Today, I chat with Radix’s Se...
Discussion
May 23, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Advertising RPM doubles at CentralNic
Ad revenue to the moon! CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) reported its unaudited Q1 results today. The company previews its results, and the actual results are essentially in line with what it said they would be in last month’s preview. But the full relea...
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Advertising RPM doubles at CentralNic
Ad revenue to the moon! CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) reported its unaudited Q1 results today. The company previews its results, and the actual results are essentially in line with what it said they would be in last month’s preview. But the full relea...
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May 23, 2022, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Board asks .web parties to rehash arguments
Board wants .web participants to make their argument…again. ICANN’s Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) is set to decide the fate of .web. But first, it wants everyone involved to rehash what has happened. The quick backstor...
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ICANN Board asks .web parties to rehash arguments
Board wants .web participants to make their argument…again. ICANN’s Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee (BAMC) is set to decide the fate of .web. But first, it wants everyone involved to rehash what has happened. The quick backstor...
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May 20, 2022, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why didn’t the trademark holder just say what happened?
The Complainants in this UDRP should have explained the circumstances to the panelist. I’m perplexed after reading a UDRP decision (pdf) for bewellbydrfranklipman .com. The Complainant, Dr. Frank Lipman of Be Well Health & Wellness, filed t...
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Why didn’t the trademark holder just say what happened?
The Complainants in this UDRP should have explained the circumstances to the panelist. I’m perplexed after reading a UDRP decision (pdf) for bewellbydrfranklipman .com. The Complainant, Dr. Frank Lipman of Be Well Health & Wellness, filed t...
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May 20, 2022, 2:51 pm
