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Bytedance files cybersquatting dispute against TikToks.com
Owners told a newspaper they turned down a $145,000 offer for the domain name. In June, the Herald Sun published an article about two Melbourne teens who have had success with online businesses. The article stated: And about six months ago, the ...
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Bytedance files cybersquatting dispute against TikToks.com
Owners told a newspaper they turned down a $145,000 offer for the domain name. In June, the Herald Sun published an article about two Melbourne teens who have had success with online businesses. The article stated: And about six months ago, the ...
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September 22, 2020, 4:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Does the truth matter?
False information does significant damage. False allegations and stories seem to travel around the internet much faster than the truth. And I’m not just talking about politics. Last week, a Hacker News story made waves when someone suggested th...
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Does the truth matter?
False information does significant damage. False allegations and stories seem to travel around the internet much faster than the truth. And I’m not just talking about politics. Last week, a Hacker News story made waves when someone suggested th...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
OneWord.Domains adds great new filtering metric
You can now see how many top level domains a word is registered under. OneWord.Domains is a site dedicated to helping people find available one word domain names across many different top level domain names. Not all one word domains are great domains...
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OneWord.Domains adds great new filtering metric
You can now see how many top level domains a word is registered under. OneWord.Domains is a site dedicated to helping people find available one word domain names across many different top level domain names. Not all one word domains are great domains...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
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Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
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Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
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Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
SZ.com is latest two-letter domain to sell to a Chinese domain investor
Another two letter .com domain sale. The premium domain SZ.com has sold. According to the Whois record at Godaddy where the domain is registered, the domain was updated on September 16 and the owner is located in the Fujian Province of China. SZ.com ...
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SZ.com is latest two-letter domain to sell to a Chinese domain investor
Another two letter .com domain sale. The premium domain SZ.com has sold. According to the Whois record at Godaddy where the domain is registered, the domain was updated on September 16 and the owner is located in the Fujian Province of China. SZ.com ...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 12:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com loses WebCentral bidding war despite 80% increase
Australian registrar drops Web.com despite higher bid. It looks like Web.com’s planned acquisition of Australian domain name company WebCentral isn’t going to happen after all. Web.com offered AUS 10 cents per share ($12.2 million total) ...
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Web.com loses WebCentral bidding war despite 80% increase
Australian registrar drops Web.com despite higher bid. It looks like Web.com’s planned acquisition of Australian domain name company WebCentral isn’t going to happen after all. Web.com offered AUS 10 cents per share ($12.2 million total) ...
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September 18, 2020, 3:28 am
Domain Name Wire
How Microstrategy got its domains and sold Voice.com for $30 million
CEO tells the Voice.com story. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is both domain famous and bitcoin famous. The company acquired lots of great domain names early on, such as Alert.com, Courage.com, Mike.com and Usher.com. Then, last year, the company sold ...
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How Microstrategy got its domains and sold Voice.com for $30 million
CEO tells the Voice.com story. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is both domain famous and bitcoin famous. The company acquired lots of great domain names early on, such as Alert.com, Courage.com, Mike.com and Usher.com. Then, last year, the company sold ...
Discussion
September 17, 2020, 7:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Denmark firm tries reverse domain name hijacking Mountaintop.com domain
Panel determines the case was “dead on arrival”. Mountain Top ApS, which manufactures covers for pick up truck beds, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Mountaintop.com. The company uses th...
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Denmark firm tries reverse domain name hijacking Mountaintop.com domain
Panel determines the case was “dead on arrival”. Mountain Top ApS, which manufactures covers for pick up truck beds, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Mountaintop.com. The company uses th...
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September 17, 2020, 6:28 pm
