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After selling in auction, Xtream.com owner doesn’t respond to UDRP
…and loses the UDRP that just sold for $26,000. It makes sense to defend your domain names when they are hit with a UDRP. Especially if you have a $26,000 sale on the line. So it’s baffling that the owner of Xtream.com didn’t respo...
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After selling in auction, Xtream.com owner doesn’t respond to UDRP
…and loses the UDRP that just sold for $26,000. It makes sense to defend your domain names when they are hit with a UDRP. Especially if you have a $26,000 sale on the line. So it’s baffling that the owner of Xtream.com didn’t respo...
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March 6, 2020, 7:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Kred launches as dual DNS and ENS domain
Kred takes a different approach to integrating DNS with blockchain. .Kred is the latest domain name to integrate with blockchain technology, and it’s taking an approach that’s different from other domain names. The domain name is a closed...
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.Kred launches as dual DNS and ENS domain
Kred takes a different approach to integrating DNS with blockchain. .Kred is the latest domain name to integrate with blockchain technology, and it’s taking an approach that’s different from other domain names. The domain name is a closed...
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March 6, 2020, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Datacom Group tries reverse domain name hijacking
Large IT company resorts to reverse domain name hijacking. A large IT company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain names datacom.net.au and datacomaccounting.net.au. Datacom Group Limited filed a cybersquatting compla...
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Datacom Group tries reverse domain name hijacking
Large IT company resorts to reverse domain name hijacking. A large IT company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain names datacom.net.au and datacomaccounting.net.au. Datacom Group Limited filed a cybersquatting compla...
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March 6, 2020, 4:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain name sales up to $40,000
An interesting play on coworking, a leadership training company, and a mortgage company bought domains this week. This week, Sedo’s top public domain sale was Codi.com, and it looks like the buyer is making an interesting play in the coworking ...
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13 end user domain name sales up to $40,000
An interesting play on coworking, a leadership training company, and a mortgage company bought domains this week. This week, Sedo’s top public domain sale was Codi.com, and it looks like the buyer is making an interesting play in the coworking ...
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March 6, 2020, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Three steps to Chinese end user research
Kassey Lee explains how he finds end users in China. A reader asked me recently to do an end user search for one of his domains. Instead, I decided to share my method in this article so that other investors can also try. For this exercise, I’ll...
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Three steps to Chinese end user research
Kassey Lee explains how he finds end users in China. A reader asked me recently to do an end user search for one of his domains. Instead, I decided to share my method in this article so that other investors can also try. For this exercise, I’ll...
Discussion
March 5, 2020, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pioneer Banks square off over .Bank domain name
Both banks have a bigger problem than Pioneer.bank. Two things caught my eye when Pioneer.Bank was hit with a UDRP in January. First, I’m familiar with the domain owner, Pioneer Bank, which is based in my old hometown of Austin. Second, I wonde...
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Pioneer Banks square off over .Bank domain name
Both banks have a bigger problem than Pioneer.bank. Two things caught my eye when Pioneer.Bank was hit with a UDRP in January. First, I’m familiar with the domain owner, Pioneer Bank, which is based in my old hometown of Austin. Second, I wonde...
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March 5, 2020, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
No response to an inquiry? Try a text.
Get faster responses with text messages. When I get an inquiry on a domain at Uniregistry, I quickly respond via Uniregistry’s platform, which sends an email. This tends to work for the initial response. I either get a “yes”, &ldquo...
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No response to an inquiry? Try a text.
Get faster responses with text messages. When I get an inquiry on a domain at Uniregistry, I quickly respond via Uniregistry’s platform, which sends an email. This tends to work for the initial response. I either get a “yes”, &ldquo...
Discussion
March 5, 2020, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org update: Two more opportunities to comment on proposed takeover
PIR and ICANN offering more opportunities to provide feedback. People with opinions on Ethos Capital’s planned takeover of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, have two upcoming opportunities t...
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.Org update: Two more opportunities to comment on proposed takeover
PIR and ICANN offering more opportunities to provide feedback. People with opinions on Ethos Capital’s planned takeover of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, have two upcoming opportunities t...
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March 4, 2020, 9:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buy a domain and get a free mask—and a gun
This domain name registrar has an interesting promotion to combat the novel coronavirus. When you watch news about China these days, you may often see a masked nurse pointing a gun at a patient’s forehead. It’s not a real gun but actually...
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Buy a domain and get a free mask—and a gun
This domain name registrar has an interesting promotion to combat the novel coronavirus. When you watch news about China these days, you may often see a masked nurse pointing a gun at a patient’s forehead. It’s not a real gun but actually...
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March 4, 2020, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name company Radix posts $21 million revenue in 2019
Profits surge 54% in the latest year. New top level domain name company Radix generated over $21 million in revenue in 2019, growing 26% compared to 2018. Net profit grew 54% year-over-year, and the company says that Q4 was its strongest quarter so f...
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Domain name company Radix posts $21 million revenue in 2019
Profits surge 54% in the latest year. New top level domain name company Radix generated over $21 million in revenue in 2019, growing 26% compared to 2018. Net profit grew 54% year-over-year, and the company says that Q4 was its strongest quarter so f...
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March 4, 2020, 4:56 pm
