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NamesCon opens registration for January virtual event
Early bird tickets are now available for online event. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021. The virtual event will take place January 27-29, 2021. This is about the same time that the in-person event was scheduled. Like many events, the...
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NamesCon opens registration for January virtual event
Early bird tickets are now available for online event. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021. The virtual event will take place January 27-29, 2021. This is about the same time that the in-person event was scheduled. Like many events, the...
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October 23, 2020, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
What is a four-initial (4i) domain?
You call them Chips. The Chinese call them… In my last article, I gave an overview of Benmi, a site that aggregates domain sales data from Chinese marketplaces. When you visit the site, you may see the term “Four initial COM domain,&rdqu...
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What is a four-initial (4i) domain?
You call them Chips. The Chinese call them… In my last article, I gave an overview of Benmi, a site that aggregates domain sales data from Chinese marketplaces. When you visit the site, you may see the term “Four initial COM domain,&rdqu...
Discussion
October 23, 2020, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “deplatformed”
PayPal apparently inquired about flows of money through the registrar before terminating services; domain name registrar with controversial customers says it is being deplatformed. PayPal has discontinued providing services to domain name registrar E...
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PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “deplatformed”
PayPal apparently inquired about flows of money through the registrar before terminating services; domain name registrar with controversial customers says it is being deplatformed. PayPal has discontinued providing services to domain name registrar E...
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October 22, 2020, 9:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports earnings, 10.9 million new .com/.net registrations
Versign reports earnings, including a strong quarter for new registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the domain name registry for .com and .net domain names, announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. Revenue was up 3.1% year-ove...
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Verisign reports earnings, 10.9 million new .com/.net registrations
Versign reports earnings, including a strong quarter for new registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the domain name registry for .com and .net domain names, announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. Revenue was up 3.1% year-ove...
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October 22, 2020, 8:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
A tattoo ink provider, a law firm, and a Canadian cleaning products company bought domain names. This week’s end user report is a bit shorter than last week’s long one. Here’s the list of end user domain name sales that just co...
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This week’s end user domain name sales
A tattoo ink provider, a law firm, and a Canadian cleaning products company bought domain names. This week’s end user report is a bit shorter than last week’s long one. Here’s the list of end user domain name sales that just co...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
How can we make domain marketplace inventory more accurate?
Marketplaces can help sellers keep their inventory fresh. Yesterday, Jamie Zoch posted on twitter about how poor the accuracy of inventory at domain name marketplaces is: The accuracy of inventory at domain name aftermarket platforms is absurdly inac...
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How can we make domain marketplace inventory more accurate?
Marketplaces can help sellers keep their inventory fresh. Yesterday, Jamie Zoch posted on twitter about how poor the accuracy of inventory at domain name marketplaces is: The accuracy of inventory at domain name aftermarket platforms is absurdly inac...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nominations now open for ICA’s 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award
Nominate someone to be the fifth recipient of the Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. The award is named after the late domain name investor Lonnie Bo...
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Nominations now open for ICA’s 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award
Nominate someone to be the fifth recipient of the Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. The award is named after the late domain name investor Lonnie Bo...
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October 22, 2020, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Woman says she got a raw deal in Wines.com sale
Woman who registered wines.com in 1994 believes an Atlanta company didn’t uphold its end of a deal to develop the domain. An elderly California woman alleges that she was tricked into relinquishing Wines.com at a below-market price as part of a...
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Woman says she got a raw deal in Wines.com sale
Woman who registered wines.com in 1994 believes an Atlanta company didn’t uphold its end of a deal to develop the domain. An elderly California woman alleges that she was tricked into relinquishing Wines.com at a below-market price as part of a...
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October 21, 2020, 9:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet makes it easier to start private party domain auctions
Listings can be activated from within Network Solutions. NameJet and its sister company Network Solutions have made it easier to list domain names for sale on NameJet and SnapNames. The previous process was manual and many domain sellers complained t...
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NameJet makes it easier to start private party domain auctions
Listings can be activated from within Network Solutions. NameJet and its sister company Network Solutions have made it easier to list domain names for sale on NameJet and SnapNames. The previous process was manual and many domain sellers complained t...
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October 21, 2020, 3:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets another neural network name suggestion patent
Domain suggestions are outside of the box. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,812,449 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Method for generating a domain name using a learned information-rich latent space. It describes ...
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Verisign gets another neural network name suggestion patent
Domain suggestions are outside of the box. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,812,449 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Method for generating a domain name using a learned information-rich latent space. It describes ...
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October 21, 2020, 2:03 pm
