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LoanDepot.com files lawsuit against alleged cybersquatter
Company has already won two UDRPs against the defendant. What do you do after winning two UDRPs against a cybersquatter, but the cybersquatter continues to register infringing domains? That’s the challenge LoanDepot.com is facing. It has decide...
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LoanDepot.com files lawsuit against alleged cybersquatter
Company has already won two UDRPs against the defendant. What do you do after winning two UDRPs against a cybersquatter, but the cybersquatter continues to register infringing domains? That’s the challenge LoanDepot.com is facing. It has decide...
Discussion
October 21, 2020, 12:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
A walk down memory lane in domain investing
These old documents bring back memories. This weekend I cleaned out some old boxes of files and came across one labeled “domain names”. It contained a bunch of documents I’ve saved over the past 20+ years related to my domain name i...
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A walk down memory lane in domain investing
These old documents bring back memories. This weekend I cleaned out some old boxes of files and came across one labeled “domain names”. It contained a bunch of documents I’ve saved over the past 20+ years related to my domain name i...
Discussion
October 20, 2020, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trademarks suggest more domain services in the works
These trademark applications are for domain name services. A lot of entities and people have filed trademarks related to domain name services lately. Most of these have been filed on an intent-to-use basis, meaning the companies haven’t used th...
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Trademarks suggest more domain services in the works
These trademark applications are for domain name services. A lot of entities and people have filed trademarks related to domain name services lately. Most of these have been filed on an intent-to-use basis, meaning the companies haven’t used th...
Discussion
October 19, 2020, 8:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australia’s .Au namespace flat over past year, but gets a Covid bump
Registrations picked up in Q2 but namespace remains flat for the financial year ending in June. .Au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) published its annual report today for the 2019-2020 financial year that ended in June. The report shows that .au ...
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Australia’s .Au namespace flat over past year, but gets a Covid bump
Registrations picked up in Q2 but namespace remains flat for the financial year ending in June. .Au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) published its annual report today for the 2019-2020 financial year that ended in June. The report shows that .au ...
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October 19, 2020, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain leasing, selling domains and more – DNW Podcast #308
Listener questions about domain leasing, selling domains and more. On this week’s show, I answer some listener questions. We’ll talk about domain leasing (when to do it and how to set it up), how to sell unused domains, and how to handle ...
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Domain leasing, selling domains and more – DNW Podcast #308
Listener questions about domain leasing, selling domains and more. On this week’s show, I answer some listener questions. We’ll talk about domain leasing (when to do it and how to set it up), how to sell unused domains, and how to handle ...
Discussion
October 19, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
More details behind last week’s top end user domain sales at Sedo
Here’s why a company paid $25,000 for Westerly.com. Every week, I publish a list of end user domain name sales. I research Sedo’s public sales to find domains that are now in end users’ hands. I rarely hear from the buyers after wri...
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More details behind last week’s top end user domain sales at Sedo
Here’s why a company paid $25,000 for Westerly.com. Every week, I publish a list of end user domain name sales. I research Sedo’s public sales to find domains that are now in end users’ hands. I rarely hear from the buyers after wri...
Discussion
October 19, 2020, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap revenue jumps 38.5% in Q3
Revenue keeps surging ahead at Namecheap. Privately-held domain name registrar Namecheap has more to celebrate this year than just its 20th anniversary. The company saw 38.5% revenue growth in Q3 2020 compared to Q3 2019, the company disclosed to Dom...
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Namecheap revenue jumps 38.5% in Q3
Revenue keeps surging ahead at Namecheap. Privately-held domain name registrar Namecheap has more to celebrate this year than just its 20th anniversary. The company saw 38.5% revenue growth in Q3 2020 compared to Q3 2019, the company disclosed to Dom...
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October 16, 2020, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN announces 2020 financial results
Pandemic-induced savings helped ICANN’s 2020 financial results. ICANN published (pdf) its financial results for the 2020 financial year today. FY 2020 covered the 12 months ending June 30, 2020. Total funding was $141 million and expenses were ...
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ICANN announces 2020 financial results
Pandemic-induced savings helped ICANN’s 2020 financial results. ICANN published (pdf) its financial results for the 2020 financial year today. FY 2020 covered the 12 months ending June 30, 2020. Total funding was $141 million and expenses were ...
Discussion
October 15, 2020, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nobel Prize winner has connection to new top level domains
Nobel Prize winner in economics helped create the private auction format for new top level domain name contention sets. Did you see that video this week of a man and his wife trying to wake up his neighbor to tell him he won the Nobel Prize in econom...
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Nobel Prize winner has connection to new top level domains
Nobel Prize winner in economics helped create the private auction format for new top level domain name contention sets. Did you see that video this week of a man and his wife trying to wake up his neighbor to tell him he won the Nobel Prize in econom...
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October 15, 2020, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
26 end user domain name sales this week
SmugMug, Pocketbook and other companies bought domains. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, including some nice low-five-figure transactions. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You ...
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26 end user domain name sales this week
SmugMug, Pocketbook and other companies bought domains. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, including some nice low-five-figure transactions. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You ...
Discussion
October 15, 2020, 1:10 pm
