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.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
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.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
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December 27, 2021, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sports business personality sues rival for registering domain names
Joe Pomp sues podcaster who he alleges is forwarding domains to his competing website. Joe Pompliano, the publisher of a popular newsletter and podcast about sports business, has sued (pdf) a competing podcaster for cybersquatting. Pompliano writes t...
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Sports business personality sues rival for registering domain names
Joe Pomp sues podcaster who he alleges is forwarding domains to his competing website. Joe Pompliano, the publisher of a popular newsletter and podcast about sports business, has sued (pdf) a competing podcaster for cybersquatting. Pompliano writes t...
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December 23, 2021, 10:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Payment Rails rebrands to Trolley with Trolley.com
Company chooses a more generic name and gets the matching .com. Crunchbase’s Joanna Glasner called 2020 “the year of the noun,” after proclaiming that startup names were becoming “less silly.” Glasner reviewed data that ...
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Payment Rails rebrands to Trolley with Trolley.com
Company chooses a more generic name and gets the matching .com. Crunchbase’s Joanna Glasner called 2020 “the year of the noun,” after proclaiming that startup names were becoming “less silly.” Glasner reviewed data that ...
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December 23, 2021, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squadhelp releases treasure trove of data
Domain marketplace shares data about what’s selling and how. Domain name marketplace and branding site Squadhelp has published its 2021 in Review, disclosing valuable data about what type of domains are selling and how. The company reports that...
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Squadhelp releases treasure trove of data
Domain marketplace shares data about what’s selling and how. Domain name marketplace and branding site Squadhelp has published its 2021 in Review, disclosing valuable data about what type of domains are selling and how. The company reports that...
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December 22, 2021, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap releases 2021 domain data
Registrar reports top TLDs, renewal rates, and aftermarket sales. Namecheap published its 2021 Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends report today. The report provides data on top domain choices, renewal rates, and early sales on its new marketplace....
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Namecheap releases 2021 domain data
Registrar reports top TLDs, renewal rates, and aftermarket sales. Namecheap published its 2021 Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends report today. The report provides data on top domain choices, renewal rates, and early sales on its new marketplace....
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December 22, 2021, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
MetaMask tries reverse domain name hijacking
Maker of popular crytocurrency wallet tries to reverse domain hijack MetaMask.com. The developer of MetaMask has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name MetaMask.com. MetaMask is a popular cryptocurrency wallet used by ...
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MetaMask tries reverse domain name hijacking
Maker of popular crytocurrency wallet tries to reverse domain hijack MetaMask.com. The developer of MetaMask has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name MetaMask.com. MetaMask is a popular cryptocurrency wallet used by ...
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December 21, 2021, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Filing a UDRP when you have a common brand name
Can you show that the domain owner registered the domain with your company in mind? Today, National Arbitration Forum published a reverse domain name hijacking decision against Gridiron Fiber Corp. and Lumos Telephone LLC d/b/a Lumos Networks. The co...
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Filing a UDRP when you have a common brand name
Can you show that the domain owner registered the domain with your company in mind? Today, National Arbitration Forum published a reverse domain name hijacking decision against Gridiron Fiber Corp. and Lumos Telephone LLC d/b/a Lumos Networks. The co...
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December 21, 2021, 6:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
NFTs trip up Uniregistry’s top level domain auctions
A marketing stunt gone horribly awry? Frank Schilling’s top level domain company UNR auctioned its 23 top level domain names at the end of April, grossing more than $40 million. To date, none of the TLDs have transferred to the winning bidders....
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NFTs trip up Uniregistry’s top level domain auctions
A marketing stunt gone horribly awry? Frank Schilling’s top level domain company UNR auctioned its 23 top level domain names at the end of April, grossing more than $40 million. To date, none of the TLDs have transferred to the winning bidders....
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December 21, 2021, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Caribou.com, purchased for $91k, saved in UDRP
UK company filed a UDRP against valuable dictionary word domain. A domain investor who acquired caribou.com for $91,482 has successfully defended the domain in a UDRP. Scott Dylan, a shareholder in UK delivery and logistics company Caribou, filed the...
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Caribou.com, purchased for $91k, saved in UDRP
UK company filed a UDRP against valuable dictionary word domain. A domain investor who acquired caribou.com for $91,482 has successfully defended the domain in a UDRP. Scott Dylan, a shareholder in UK delivery and logistics company Caribou, filed the...
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December 20, 2021, 7:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
WordPress.com, .xyz, and distributed workforces – DNW Podcast #368
Kellie Peterson of Automattic discusses domains at WordPress, her .xyz sales, and what distributed workforces are like. This week we talk with Kellie Peterson, head of domains at Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and offers domains th...
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WordPress.com, .xyz, and distributed workforces – DNW Podcast #368
Kellie Peterson of Automattic discusses domains at WordPress, her .xyz sales, and what distributed workforces are like. This week we talk with Kellie Peterson, head of domains at Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and offers domains th...
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December 20, 2021, 4:30 pm
