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State Farm tries (again) to get a State Farm Bowl domain
The insurance giant really wants this domain name. Earlier this year, insurance giant State Farm lost a UDRP for the domain name TheStateFarmBowl .com. The owner of the domain argued that he bought it to sell wooden bowls in the outline of states. Ge...
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State Farm tries (again) to get a State Farm Bowl domain
The insurance giant really wants this domain name. Earlier this year, insurance giant State Farm lost a UDRP for the domain name TheStateFarmBowl .com. The owner of the domain argued that he bought it to sell wooden bowls in the outline of states. Ge...
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June 30, 2020, 6:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Supreme Court: Booking.com can get its trademark
Court rules that Booking.com can be trademarked. In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that Booking.com can trademark Booking.com. For background on the issue, listen to DNW Podcast #285. Booking.com sought the trademar...
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Supreme Court: Booking.com can get its trademark
Court rules that Booking.com can be trademarked. In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled today that Booking.com can trademark Booking.com. For background on the issue, listen to DNW Podcast #285. Booking.com sought the trademar...
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June 30, 2020, 3:25 pm
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Spa services company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Domain was registered a decade before the spa company started its business. A spa franchising company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain AccessSpa.com. Philip Savino, who apparently has some connection to a...
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Spa services company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Domain was registered a decade before the spa company started its business. A spa franchising company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain AccessSpa.com. Philip Savino, who apparently has some connection to a...
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June 30, 2020, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
A quick expired domains tip for finding valuable domains
Kassey Lee explains how you can find expiring domains that may be valuable both in China and the rest of the world. Even though I live outside China, I still want to include China in my domain investment strategy. This is because I have seen the spec...
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A quick expired domains tip for finding valuable domains
Kassey Lee explains how you can find expiring domains that may be valuable both in China and the rest of the world. Even though I live outside China, I still want to include China in my domain investment strategy. This is because I have seen the spec...
Discussion
June 30, 2020, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-character domains sold in May
Do these four-character domains have upgrade value? I look at domains from the Chinese perspective because of my background. In this article, therefore, I’ll review some 4-character domains sold in May and also check their corresponding .cn and...
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Reviewing 4-character domains sold in May
Do these four-character domains have upgrade value? I look at domains from the Chinese perspective because of my background. In this article, therefore, I’ll review some 4-character domains sold in May and also check their corresponding .cn and...
Discussion
June 29, 2020, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are these domains unstoppable? – DNW Podcast #292
Checking in on blockchain domains one year later Last year I interviewed one of the co-founders of Unstoppable Domains. I’m checking in with another co-founder this week, Brad Kam, to see how it’s going. The company offers blockchain-base...
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Are these domains unstoppable? – DNW Podcast #292
Checking in on blockchain domains one year later Last year I interviewed one of the co-founders of Unstoppable Domains. I’m checking in with another co-founder this week, Brad Kam, to see how it’s going. The company offers blockchain-base...
Discussion
June 29, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Search GoDaddy Domain Auctions using the “old” API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use the GdAuctionsBiddingWS_v2 api to search and retrieve domain names listed on GoDaddy Aftermarket by keyword. Today’s tutorial is a bit tricky. Why? Well, you’ll need to have access to GoDaddy&...
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How to Search GoDaddy Domain Auctions using the “old” API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use the GdAuctionsBiddingWS_v2 api to search and retrieve domain names listed on GoDaddy Aftermarket by keyword. Today’s tutorial is a bit tricky. Why? Well, you’ll need to have access to GoDaddy&...
Discussion
June 29, 2020, 2:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
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Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
Discussion
June 26, 2020, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
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20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
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2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
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June 25, 2020, 1:30 pm
