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Marc Benioff leads $20 million funding round for You.com
Benioff registered You.com in the 90s. If you’re going to take on Google, you need to stand out from the crowd. A great domain name is an ideal way of gaining some prestige. It’s exactly what a young search engine upstart has done. In 202...
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Marc Benioff leads $20 million funding round for You.com
Benioff registered You.com in the 90s. If you’re going to take on Google, you need to stand out from the crowd. A great domain name is an ideal way of gaining some prestige. It’s exactly what a young search engine upstart has done. In 202...
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November 10, 2021, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domain shuffle: GoDaddy picks up 2 registrars, loses Namecheap
Two CentralNic registrars join GoDaddy Auctions but Namecheap leaves. Three registrars have changed where they are sending expired domain names. Based on recent searches at GoDaddy Auctions, GoDaddy has picked up Moniker’s and Key-Systems&rsquo...
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Expired domain shuffle: GoDaddy picks up 2 registrars, loses Namecheap
Two CentralNic registrars join GoDaddy Auctions but Namecheap leaves. Three registrars have changed where they are sending expired domain names. Based on recent searches at GoDaddy Auctions, GoDaddy has picked up Moniker’s and Key-Systems&rsquo...
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November 10, 2021, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
What to do with your extra BIN time
Switch to BIN and enjoy the extra free time. Yesterday, domain investor and blogger Elliot Silver talked about a good problem: he no longer wastes time negotiating most of his domain deals. Instead, he puts buy it now (BIN) prices on most of his doma...
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What to do with your extra BIN time
Switch to BIN and enjoy the extra free time. Yesterday, domain investor and blogger Elliot Silver talked about a good problem: he no longer wastes time negotiating most of his domain deals. Instead, he puts buy it now (BIN) prices on most of his doma...
Discussion
November 10, 2021, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainTools acquires Farsight Security
Two cybersecurity companies with deep domain industry ties are getting together. DomainTools has acquired Farsight Security, the two companies announced today. In a blog post, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen explained why the marriage makes sense: It’...
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DomainTools acquires Farsight Security
Two cybersecurity companies with deep domain industry ties are getting together. DomainTools has acquired Farsight Security, the two companies announced today. In a blog post, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen explained why the marriage makes sense: It’...
Discussion
November 9, 2021, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR announces winners of 2021 .Org Impact Awards
PIR crowns annual winners and donates cash to worthy causes. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind the .org top level domain, announced the winners of its third annual .Org Impact Awards today. A record of 633 organizations and individual...
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PIR announces winners of 2021 .Org Impact Awards
PIR crowns annual winners and donates cash to worthy causes. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind the .org top level domain, announced the winners of its third annual .Org Impact Awards today. A record of 633 organizations and individual...
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November 9, 2021, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain sales including .co and .ai
Here is a look at what domains end users bought at Sedo. This past week, meta names were flying off the shelves at Sedo: cmeta.com for €11,000, MetaOnline.com for €8700, MetaConverse.com for $3,950, and more. But I can’t tie any of th...
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17 end user domain sales including .co and .ai
Here is a look at what domains end users bought at Sedo. This past week, meta names were flying off the shelves at Sedo: cmeta.com for €11,000, MetaOnline.com for €8700, MetaConverse.com for $3,950, and more. But I can’t tie any of th...
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November 9, 2021, 3:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace reports 24% revenue growth in Q3
Web presence company reports strong growth in Q3. Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP) reported Q3 earnings after the market closed yesterday. The website platform reported $201.0 million in revenue, up 24% year over year. That’s down from 31% growth in Q2,...
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Squarespace reports 24% revenue growth in Q3
Web presence company reports strong growth in Q3. Squarespace (NYSE:SQSP) reported Q3 earnings after the market closed yesterday. The website platform reported $201.0 million in revenue, up 24% year over year. That’s down from 31% growth in Q2,...
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November 9, 2021, 12:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook registered more Meta domains than I thought
Company registered domains using a proxy service at its own domain name registrar. Last week I wrote about how Meta, nee Facebook, registered a relatively small number of domains for its rebrand. It turns out the company registered a lot more domains...
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Facebook registered more Meta domains than I thought
Company registered domains using a proxy service at its own domain name registrar. Last week I wrote about how Meta, nee Facebook, registered a relatively small number of domains for its rebrand. It turns out the company registered a lot more domains...
Discussion
November 8, 2021, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Startups and domains with Ben Katz – DNW Podcast #362
This entrepreneur understands the value of great domain names. My guest today is serial entrepreneur Ben Katz, currently CEO of Happy Head. Previously, he was with Card.com when it acquired its great domain, and Ben discusses the negotiations and pay...
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Startups and domains with Ben Katz – DNW Podcast #362
This entrepreneur understands the value of great domain names. My guest today is serial entrepreneur Ben Katz, currently CEO of Happy Head. Previously, he was with Card.com when it acquired its great domain, and Ben discusses the negotiations and pay...
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November 8, 2021, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Airbnb fails to recover tilt.com through cybersquatting dispute
Company says the domain name was stolen. Airbnb, Inc. has failed to recover the domain name tilt.com, which it says was stolen from it, through a cybersquatting complaint. The company filed a UDRP dispute with National Arbitration Forum. Airbnb acqui...
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Airbnb fails to recover tilt.com through cybersquatting dispute
Company says the domain name was stolen. Airbnb, Inc. has failed to recover the domain name tilt.com, which it says was stolen from it, through a cybersquatting complaint. The company filed a UDRP dispute with National Arbitration Forum. Airbnb acqui...
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November 8, 2021, 1:19 pm
