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Daniel Negari reflects on 10 years of new TLDs – DNW Podcast #490
XYZ founder discusses his company’s evolution. New top level domains have been out for a decade now. One of the most interesting top level domain companies is XYZ. It’s known for .xyz, but now operates a total of 35 domain extensions. On ...
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Daniel Negari reflects on 10 years of new TLDs – DNW Podcast #490
XYZ founder discusses his company’s evolution. New top level domains have been out for a decade now. One of the most interesting top level domain companies is XYZ. It’s known for .xyz, but now operates a total of 35 domain extensions. On ...
Discussion
June 24, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 reasons Mike Mann won this cybersquatting case
Panelist John Swinson provided a thoughtful analysis of whether or not this domain was registered and used in bad faith. Domain investor Mike Mann has successfully defended his domain name ProIBS .com in a UDRP dispute. Mann acquired the domain name ...
Discussion
6 reasons Mike Mann won this cybersquatting case
Panelist John Swinson provided a thoughtful analysis of whether or not this domain was registered and used in bad faith. Domain investor Mike Mann has successfully defended his domain name ProIBS .com in a UDRP dispute. Mann acquired the domain name ...
Discussion
June 21, 2024, 4:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICA announces dates for 2025 member meeting
Organization returns to Resorts World in Las Vegas. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is returning to Las Vegas this January. The organization that represents domain name investors announced today that its annual meeting will take place January 26-...
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ICA announces dates for 2025 member meeting
Organization returns to Resorts World in Las Vegas. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is returning to Las Vegas this January. The organization that represents domain name investors announced today that its annual meeting will take place January 26-...
Discussion
June 21, 2024, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dot-brand top level domains will be different in the next new TLD round
Applicants in the next round will come armed with plans to use them (I hope). I got an alert today of another dot-brand top level domain name owner pulling the plug on its domain name. Dabur, a company that sells Ayurveda (traditional medicine in Ind...
Discussion
Dot-brand top level domains will be different in the next new TLD round
Applicants in the next round will come armed with plans to use them (I hope). I got an alert today of another dot-brand top level domain name owner pulling the plug on its domain name. Dabur, a company that sells Ayurveda (traditional medicine in Ind...
Discussion
June 20, 2024, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Would this incentivized auction model work in the domain name business?
Company pitches a model that provides an incentive to place bids. Picture this: you’re bidding in a domain auction. It goes on for hours, and you end up capitulating to some other domain investor. But you don’t walk away empty-handed. Tha...
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Would this incentivized auction model work in the domain name business?
Company pitches a model that provides an incentive to place bids. Picture this: you’re bidding in a domain auction. It goes on for hours, and you end up capitulating to some other domain investor. But you don’t walk away empty-handed. Tha...
Discussion
June 19, 2024, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain sales are buzzing: 18 new end user domain name sales
A site about bees, a yard maintenance app, and a wool company bought domain names. Sedo didn’t have any huge sales this past week (at least that were made public). But it turned in a higher-than-usual volume performance. There’s a nice va...
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Domain sales are buzzing: 18 new end user domain name sales
A site about bees, a yard maintenance app, and a wool company bought domain names. Sedo didn’t have any huge sales this past week (at least that were made public). But it turned in a higher-than-usual volume performance. There’s a nice va...
Discussion
June 18, 2024, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
GSF.com cybersquatting dispute should have been reverse domain name hijacking
The domain name owner was at least owed an explanation. A guy named Greg Foltz registered the domain GSF.com in 1993. He used it for his family and business (they are his initials, after all). Over thirty years later, Golden State Foods Corp comes al...
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GSF.com cybersquatting dispute should have been reverse domain name hijacking
The domain name owner was at least owed an explanation. A guy named Greg Foltz registered the domain GSF.com in 1993. He used it for his family and business (they are his initials, after all). Over thirty years later, Golden State Foods Corp comes al...
Discussion
June 18, 2024, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name auctions end this week
Right of the Dot and Afternic have online domain auctions ending this week. Two domain name auctions conclude this week. First up, Right of the Dot’s extended domain name auction from NamesCon ends Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm CT. Right of the Dot ...
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Two domain name auctions end this week
Right of the Dot and Afternic have online domain auctions ending this week. Two domain name auctions conclude this week. First up, Right of the Dot’s extended domain name auction from NamesCon ends Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm CT. Right of the Dot ...
Discussion
June 17, 2024, 11:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
The ultimate domain flip – DNW Podcast #489
From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this o...
Discussion
The ultimate domain flip – DNW Podcast #489
From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this o...
Discussion
June 17, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Law school LSAT test organization loses cybersquatting claims against tutors
Perhaps Law School Admission Council needs to go back to law school. The organization behind the LSAT test students take to get into law school has lost three cybersquatting claims against LSAT tutors. Law School Admission Council, Inc. filed the dis...
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Law school LSAT test organization loses cybersquatting claims against tutors
Perhaps Law School Admission Council needs to go back to law school. The organization behind the LSAT test students take to get into law school has lost three cybersquatting claims against LSAT tutors. Law School Admission Council, Inc. filed the dis...
Discussion
June 14, 2024, 4:01 pm