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Domain Name Wire
An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
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An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking in Voxan.com dispute
WIPO panelist finds that motorcycle maker turned to UDRP after failing to negotiate a domain purchase. Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, the CEO of Venturi Automobiles, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Vo...
Discussion
Reverse domain name hijacking in Voxan.com dispute
WIPO panelist finds that motorcycle maker turned to UDRP after failing to negotiate a domain purchase. Gildo Pallanca-Pastor, the CEO of Venturi Automobiles, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Vo...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign proposes adding Uniform Rapid Suspension to .com domain names
Proposal surprises working group members. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has proposed making Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) a consensus policy that would apply to legacy top level domains such as .com and .net. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a quicker, dirtier...
Discussion
Verisign proposes adding Uniform Rapid Suspension to .com domain names
Proposal surprises working group members. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has proposed making Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) a consensus policy that would apply to legacy top level domains such as .com and .net. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a quicker, dirtier...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Test driving bot protection on Cloudways by Malcare
It works, but sometimes a little too well. There are good bots and bad bots. The bad ones wreak havoc on your website. Cloudways, a platform for managing sites hosted on cloud platforms, recently added Malcare’s bot protection to its service. I...
Discussion
Test driving bot protection on Cloudways by Malcare
It works, but sometimes a little too well. There are good bots and bad bots. The bad ones wreak havoc on your website. Cloudways, a platform for managing sites hosted on cloud platforms, recently added Malcare’s bot protection to its service. I...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Capsules.com among 17 end user domain name sales
A capsule-filling machine company, a large PR firm, and a realty office bought domain names. August tends to be a slow month for domain name sales, but Sedo had a good week led by Capsules for $50,000. It also sold Tuma.com for $42,000, but it’...
Discussion
Capsules.com among 17 end user domain name sales
A capsule-filling machine company, a large PR firm, and a realty office bought domain names. August tends to be a slow month for domain name sales, but Sedo had a good week led by Capsules for $50,000. It also sold Tuma.com for $42,000, but it’...
Discussion
August 26, 2020, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry expired domains are coming to GoDaddy Auctions
Auctions should start popping up later this week. GoDaddy acquired domain name registrar Uniregistry this year, so it was only a matter of time before Uniregistry expired domains would transition to GoDaddy Auctions. That should start happening somet...
Discussion
Uniregistry expired domains are coming to GoDaddy Auctions
Auctions should start popping up later this week. GoDaddy acquired domain name registrar Uniregistry this year, so it was only a matter of time before Uniregistry expired domains would transition to GoDaddy Auctions. That should start happening somet...
Discussion
August 25, 2020, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to clean up bad links on your website
It’s not an easy process. Domain Name Wire is 15 years old and has over 12,000 posts. With so many posts, and so many of them years old, it makes sense that a lot of links included in posts are no longer valid. Services I’ve written about...
Discussion
How to clean up bad links on your website
It’s not an easy process. Domain Name Wire is 15 years old and has over 12,000 posts. With so many posts, and so many of them years old, it makes sense that a lot of links included in posts are no longer valid. Services I’ve written about...
Discussion
August 25, 2020, 4:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Maybe .cam IS confusing with .com
I saw a .cam domain and thought it was .com. .Com registry Verisign was concerned when companies applied for the .cam top level domain. It’s just one letter off from .com, and a looks a lot like o when you’re just glancing at it. The comp...
Discussion
Maybe .cam IS confusing with .com
I saw a .cam domain and thought it was .com. .Com registry Verisign was concerned when companies applied for the .cam top level domain. It’s just one letter off from .com, and a looks a lot like o when you’re just glancing at it. The comp...
Discussion
August 25, 2020, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s now easier to search Sedo domain inventory
ExpiredDomains.net now has Sedo’s full inventory. I’ve complained a lot about search functions at domain name marketplaces. Domain investors use many metrics to screen expiring domains, but marketplaces offer few (if any) of these metrics...
Discussion
It’s now easier to search Sedo domain inventory
ExpiredDomains.net now has Sedo’s full inventory. I’ve complained a lot about search functions at domain name marketplaces. Domain investors use many metrics to screen expiring domains, but marketplaces offer few (if any) of these metrics...
Discussion
August 24, 2020, 5:41 pm
