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Second level .au domains are coming in March
Existing registrants will have only 6 months to claim matching domains. Australia will release second level .au domain names starting March 24, 2022. That means that companies and individuals will soon be able to use domains like example.au rather th...
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Second level .au domains are coming in March
Existing registrants will have only 6 months to claim matching domains. Australia will release second level .au domain names starting March 24, 2022. That means that companies and individuals will soon be able to use domains like example.au rather th...
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August 19, 2021, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Lindell, Rob Monster, and one crazy cybersquatting dispute
You might need a flow chart to track what happened in this weird dispute. Creatd, Inc., which runs a site called Vocal, has won a cybersquatting dispute against Epik owner Rob Monster over the domain name Vocl.com. It’s one of the zaniest UDRP ...
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Mike Lindell, Rob Monster, and one crazy cybersquatting dispute
You might need a flow chart to track what happened in this weird dispute. Creatd, Inc., which runs a site called Vocal, has won a cybersquatting dispute against Epik owner Rob Monster over the domain name Vocl.com. It’s one of the zaniest UDRP ...
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August 19, 2021, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cart.com raises $98 million in Series B funding
Cart.com acquired the valuable domain name before launching last year. This time last year, Cart.com was a domain name listed for sale on the Uniregistry marketplace. Today, it’s the name of an innovative brand that is making waves in the eComm...
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Cart.com raises $98 million in Series B funding
Cart.com acquired the valuable domain name before launching last year. This time last year, Cart.com was a domain name listed for sale on the Uniregistry marketplace. Today, it’s the name of an innovative brand that is making waves in the eComm...
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August 19, 2021, 1:21 pm
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Tess Diaz and Brooke McCrory join GoDaddy Corporate Domains
GoDaddy’s corporate registrar staffs up. GoDaddy Corporate Domains has hired two new sales executives with deep industry experience. It’s a roundtrip for Tess Diaz. Diaz got her start in the domain industry at GoDaddy but left the company...
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Tess Diaz and Brooke McCrory join GoDaddy Corporate Domains
GoDaddy’s corporate registrar staffs up. GoDaddy Corporate Domains has hired two new sales executives with deep industry experience. It’s a roundtrip for Tess Diaz. Diaz got her start in the domain industry at GoDaddy but left the company...
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August 19, 2021, 3:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts completes acquisition of four financial top level domains
Company completes acquisition of four more top level domains. Top level domain name company Donuts has acquired four financial-themed top level domain names: markets, .trading, .forex, and .broker. A source told Kevin Murphy about the acquisition in ...
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Donuts completes acquisition of four financial top level domains
Company completes acquisition of four more top level domains. Top level domain name company Donuts has acquired four financial-themed top level domain names: markets, .trading, .forex, and .broker. A source told Kevin Murphy about the acquisition in ...
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August 18, 2021, 5:12 pm
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NamesCon delays in person event due to coronavirus
Organizers nix January in-person event. It’s been a tough couple of years for live event organizers due to the coronavirus. The last in-person NamesCon event was in January 2020. Some people canceled at the last minute due to the burgeoning vir...
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NamesCon delays in person event due to coronavirus
Organizers nix January in-person event. It’s been a tough couple of years for live event organizers due to the coronavirus. The last in-person NamesCon event was in January 2020. Some people canceled at the last minute due to the burgeoning vir...
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August 18, 2021, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Suggest a great domain for this upcoming global brand
How should this publicly traded company brand itself for an international audience? When you see the name “Li Auto”, what do you think of? It suggests to me a car repair shop operating in my neighborhood. Well, Li Auto is actually a risin...
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Suggest a great domain for this upcoming global brand
How should this publicly traded company brand itself for an international audience? When you see the name “Li Auto”, what do you think of? It suggests to me a car repair shop operating in my neighborhood. Well, Li Auto is actually a risin...
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August 18, 2021, 12:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 domain names end users bought this week
A crypto company, a security tech provider, and a chatbot business bought domain names. Sedo had some nice end user domain name sales this week, including .jp, .ch, and .no domains that sold for solid prices. Here’s a list of end user domain na...
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17 domain names end users bought this week
A crypto company, a security tech provider, and a chatbot business bought domain names. Sedo had some nice end user domain name sales this week, including .jp, .ch, and .no domains that sold for solid prices. Here’s a list of end user domain na...
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August 17, 2021, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Penn State loses UDRP in expired domain confusion
Panelist was confused by creation date in Whois record of direct-transfer expired domain. What happens when your UDRP panelist doesn’t understand the lifecycle of expired domains? Here’s one such case. Pennsylvania State University previo...
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Penn State loses UDRP in expired domain confusion
Panelist was confused by creation date in Whois record of direct-transfer expired domain. What happens when your UDRP panelist doesn’t understand the lifecycle of expired domains? Here’s one such case. Pennsylvania State University previo...
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August 17, 2021, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
The smartphone champion’s wise domain strategy
Xiaomi started with a smart brand and bought Mi.com to make it better. In June, Jun Lei’s company Xiaomi sold more smartphones globally than Samsung and Apple. Lei is no ordinary entrepreneur. He’s outstanding when it comes to product and...
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The smartphone champion’s wise domain strategy
Xiaomi started with a smart brand and bought Mi.com to make it better. In June, Jun Lei’s company Xiaomi sold more smartphones globally than Samsung and Apple. Lei is no ordinary entrepreneur. He’s outstanding when it comes to product and...
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August 17, 2021, 12:49 pm
