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Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
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Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
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November 25, 2019, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
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James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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November 25, 2019, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
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Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
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November 22, 2019, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do discounts demote the value of domain names?
I don’t understand the logic of promoting discount prices to end users. Many times a month I get promotional emails from domain name registrars. The newsletters are filled with special offers on domain name registrations. Get this extension for...
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Do discounts demote the value of domain names?
I don’t understand the logic of promoting discount prices to end users. Many times a month I get promotional emails from domain name registrars. The newsletters are filled with special offers on domain name registrations. Get this extension for...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to host NamesCon auction with ROTD, submissions now open
Submissions open for January’s domain name auction, which will take place on GoDaddy’s auction platform. The annual live domain name auction at January’s NamesCon will be hosted on GoDaddy’s platform rather than NameJet. Right...
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GoDaddy to host NamesCon auction with ROTD, submissions now open
Submissions open for January’s domain name auction, which will take place on GoDaddy’s auction platform. The annual live domain name auction at January’s NamesCon will be hosted on GoDaddy’s platform rather than NameJet. Right...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 12:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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November 20, 2019, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
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End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
Discussion
November 20, 2019, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
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Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
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How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
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November 19, 2019, 3:56 pm
