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Buying domains on eBay – DNW Podcast #390
Inefficient markets provide opportunities. There are opportunities in inefficient markets. On today’s show, I chat with a domain investor who fights through the clutter on eBay to find good domain bargains, including a domain he bought a couple...
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Buying domains on eBay – DNW Podcast #390
Inefficient markets provide opportunities. There are opportunities in inefficient markets. On today’s show, I chat with a domain investor who fights through the clutter on eBay to find good domain bargains, including a domain he bought a couple...
Discussion
May 30, 2022, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
What to watch for at ICANN 74
Prep Week is a preview of what’s to come. ICANN 74, this year’s Policy Forum, will take place June 13-16 in the Hague. It’s the first ICANN meeting to include in-person attendance since the meeting in Montreal at the end of 2019. As...
Discussion
What to watch for at ICANN 74
Prep Week is a preview of what’s to come. ICANN 74, this year’s Policy Forum, will take place June 13-16 in the Hague. It’s the first ICANN meeting to include in-person attendance since the meeting in Montreal at the end of 2019. As...
Discussion
May 27, 2022, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains around the world: Deepak Daftari in India
In the second in this series, Deepak Daftari discusses what it’s like to buy and sell domains in India. If you’ve been to a domain conference, you’ve probably seen Deepak Daftari. He’s instantly recognizable by his handlebar m...
Discussion
Domains around the world: Deepak Daftari in India
In the second in this series, Deepak Daftari discusses what it’s like to buy and sell domains in India. If you’ve been to a domain conference, you’ve probably seen Deepak Daftari. He’s instantly recognizable by his handlebar m...
Discussion
May 26, 2022, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web3 companies are still buying domains
Sedo’s end user sales include lots of web3 companies. The air might be deflating from the Cryptocurrency and web3 bubble, but that doesn’t mean web3 projects aren’t moving forward. 5 of the end user domain sales I discovered at Sedo...
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Web3 companies are still buying domains
Sedo’s end user sales include lots of web3 companies. The air might be deflating from the Cryptocurrency and web3 bubble, but that doesn’t mean web3 projects aren’t moving forward. 5 of the end user domain sales I discovered at Sedo...
Discussion
May 26, 2022, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Strong dollar might present buying opportunity for domains
Make that offer to domain owners outside the U.S. again because it might seem like a better deal to them. Despite a recent pullback, the U.S. dollar has strengthened this year. This might give domain buyers whose assets are in greenbacks some good bu...
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Strong dollar might present buying opportunity for domains
Make that offer to domain owners outside the U.S. again because it might seem like a better deal to them. Despite a recent pullback, the U.S. dollar has strengthened this year. This might give domain buyers whose assets are in greenbacks some good bu...
Discussion
May 25, 2022, 7:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
May 24, 2022, 1:11 pm
