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Team Internet: Profitability up as growth stagnates
Only 1% year-over-year growth in Q1, but profitability up sharply. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF, formerly called CentralNic) revealed its Q1 earnings today. The high-growth revenue of past years has now dwindled, but profitability is u...
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Team Internet: Profitability up as growth stagnates
Only 1% year-over-year growth in Q1, but profitability up sharply. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF, formerly called CentralNic) revealed its Q1 earnings today. The high-growth revenue of past years has now dwindled, but profitability is u...
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May 13, 2024, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon + Auction preview – DNW Podcast #484
Learn about this year’s NamesCon and the live domain name auction. NamesCon 2024 is just weeks away, and it’s not too late to register to attend. On today’s show, I preview the event with two interviews. First, I speak with Soeren v...
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NamesCon + Auction preview – DNW Podcast #484
Learn about this year’s NamesCon and the live domain name auction. NamesCon 2024 is just weeks away, and it’s not too late to register to attend. On today’s show, I preview the event with two interviews. First, I speak with Soeren v...
Discussion
May 13, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows stock slips after earnings report
Domain business holds steady, but long-term investments in fiber weigh on the bottom line. Shares in Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) fell sharply this morning after the company released earnings after the bell yesterday. As of 11:45 am EDT, shares are off over ...
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Tucows stock slips after earnings report
Domain business holds steady, but long-term investments in fiber weigh on the bottom line. Shares in Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) fell sharply this morning after the company released earnings after the bell yesterday. As of 11:45 am EDT, shares are off over ...
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May 10, 2024, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verizon applies for patent using blockchain for domain names
Application describes a way to augment domain registrations with blockchain technology. Communications firm Verizon has filed a patent application (pdf) for Systems and methods for blockchain-based domain registration and device authentication. The a...
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Verizon applies for patent using blockchain for domain names
Application describes a way to augment domain registrations with blockchain technology. Communications firm Verizon has filed a patent application (pdf) for Systems and methods for blockchain-based domain registration and device authentication. The a...
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May 9, 2024, 4:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI is back on top in the domain name aftermarket
Afternic published a list of the top keywords in domains sold through its platform in March. AI is back on top of the list after flirting with the top spot for many months. Another notable keyword is Florida, which also made the list in December. It ...
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AI is back on top in the domain name aftermarket
Afternic published a list of the top keywords in domains sold through its platform in March. AI is back on top of the list after flirting with the top spot for many months. Another notable keyword is Florida, which also made the list in December. It ...
Discussion
May 9, 2024, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge orders plaintiff to pay owner of trx.com $41,000 to cover legal expenses
Judge rules case is exceptional and warrants attorney’s fees. The judge overseeing a dispute over TRX.com has ordered the plaintiff to pay the domain name owner’s attorney’s fees and expenses. Ruling that the case was “excepti...
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Judge orders plaintiff to pay owner of trx.com $41,000 to cover legal expenses
Judge rules case is exceptional and warrants attorney’s fees. The judge overseeing a dispute over TRX.com has ordered the plaintiff to pay the domain name owner’s attorney’s fees and expenses. Ruling that the case was “excepti...
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May 8, 2024, 8:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web3 communities to be driver of new top level domain applications
Web3 companies are announcing plans for the next round of new TLDs. For years, I’ve asked domain name companies a simple question about the next round of new top level domains: with so many strings applied for in the first round, what good stri...
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Web3 communities to be driver of new top level domain applications
Web3 companies are announcing plans for the next round of new TLDs. For years, I’ve asked domain name companies a simple question about the next round of new top level domains: with so many strings applied for in the first round, what good stri...
Discussion
May 8, 2024, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
12 domain names recently acquired by end users
A lighting company, a road safety business, and a German car dealer bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was lumeno.com for $25,000. An end user has already put the domain name to use. Here’s a list of end user domain nam...
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12 domain names recently acquired by end users
A lighting company, a road safety business, and a German car dealer bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was lumeno.com for $25,000. An end user has already put the domain name to use. Here’s a list of end user domain nam...
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May 8, 2024, 1:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fragrance company files a smelly cybersquatting dispute
Panelist finds the case was brought in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined that Aromatech, Ltd tried to reverse hijack the domain aromatech.com. The case was dead on arrival because the current owner of the d...
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Fragrance company files a smelly cybersquatting dispute
Panelist finds the case was brought in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined that Aromatech, Ltd tried to reverse hijack the domain aromatech.com. The case was dead on arrival because the current owner of the d...
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May 7, 2024, 5:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Personal training app maker tries reverse domain name hijacking
Case failed on all three requirements of UDRP. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy panelist has found Daily Workout Apps, LLC, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which offers personal training apps, filed a dispute agai...
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Personal training app maker tries reverse domain name hijacking
Case failed on all three requirements of UDRP. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy panelist has found Daily Workout Apps, LLC, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which offers personal training apps, filed a dispute agai...
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May 7, 2024, 5:19 pm
