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AIRY GreenTech tries reverse domain name hijacking
offCompany tries (and fails) to upgrade its domain through a cybersquatting complaint. Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. AIRY GreenTech GmbH has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Airy.com...
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AIRY GreenTech tries reverse domain name hijacking
offCompany tries (and fails) to upgrade its domain through a cybersquatting complaint. Talk about kicking someone when they’re down. AIRY GreenTech GmbH has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Airy.com...
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July 10, 2020, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in June
Kassey Lee examines potential Chinese buyers for recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in June. It seems to me that lately, the sentiment regarding 4L domains is quite pessimistic. At least in China, 4L domains have...
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Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in June
Kassey Lee examines potential Chinese buyers for recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in June. It seems to me that lately, the sentiment regarding 4L domains is quite pessimistic. At least in China, 4L domains have...
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July 10, 2020, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Before the surge: .Com in March
Registrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2020. This...
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Before the surge: .Com in March
Registrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2020. This...
Discussion
July 9, 2020, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
An update on the Chinese domain name market
Chinese government releases domain name report. I just read the “Internet and Domain Industry Report” (互联网域名产业报告) published in June this year and would like to share with you some of its highlights that may help you unde...
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An update on the Chinese domain name market
Chinese government releases domain name report. I just read the “Internet and Domain Industry Report” (互联网域名产业报告) published in June this year and would like to share with you some of its highlights that may help you unde...
Discussion
July 9, 2020, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Walmart registers defensive domains for its U.S. CEO, but…
These domain registrations don’t make a lot of sense. Walmart has registered over 20 domain names related to its Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner. Companies make these sorts of “defensive” domain name registrations all the time, with th...
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Walmart registers defensive domains for its U.S. CEO, but…
These domain registrations don’t make a lot of sense. Walmart has registered over 20 domain names related to its Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner. Companies make these sorts of “defensive” domain name registrations all the time, with th...
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July 9, 2020, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo syndicates brokerage service through domain name registrars
SedoMLS Brokerage enables registrars to offer Sedo’s brokerage services when a domain isn’t listed for sale. Sedo is now offering a brokerage service option through its SedoMLS service. SedoMLS syndicates much of Sedo’s inventory th...
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Sedo syndicates brokerage service through domain name registrars
SedoMLS Brokerage enables registrars to offer Sedo’s brokerage services when a domain isn’t listed for sale. Sedo is now offering a brokerage service option through its SedoMLS service. SedoMLS syndicates much of Sedo’s inventory th...
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July 8, 2020, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain sales led by .co
Here are domain names purchased by end users over the past week. Sedo’s top sale over the past week was a .co domain name for $28,000. The top .com was Olema.com for $15,000. It’s not every week that a .co bests .com, but such is the rand...
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15 end user domain sales led by .co
Here are domain names purchased by end users over the past week. Sedo’s top sale over the past week was a .co domain name for $28,000. The top .com was Olema.com for $15,000. It’s not every week that a .co bests .com, but such is the rand...
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July 8, 2020, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s top domain name news stories
Top stories from the domain name business in June 2020. Here’s a look back at what happened in the domain name business last month. These were five of the top stories on Domain Name Wire: 1. Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains &...
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June’s top domain name news stories
Top stories from the domain name business in June 2020. Here’s a look back at what happened in the domain name business last month. These were five of the top stories on Domain Name Wire: 1. Intel and Metlife terminate their top level domains &...
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July 8, 2020, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
OneWord.Domains adds more top level domains and features
Domain discovery site adds more TLDs and monetization features. I’m having fun watching OneWord.Domains develop. Steven Tey developed the site to help people find available one word domain names. You can listen to an interview with him in DNW P...
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OneWord.Domains adds more top level domains and features
Domain discovery site adds more TLDs and monetization features. I’m having fun watching OneWord.Domains develop. Steven Tey developed the site to help people find available one word domain names. You can listen to an interview with him in DNW P...
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July 7, 2020, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign has taken action against COVID-related domains
Domain name registry has taken action against domain names based on law enforcement requests. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, has taken action against some domain names related to COVID-19. In a blog post yesterd...
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Verisign has taken action against COVID-related domains
Domain name registry has taken action against domain names based on law enforcement requests. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, has taken action against some domain names related to COVID-19. In a blog post yesterd...
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July 7, 2020, 4:21 pm
