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22 end user domain name sales from the past week
A big week of end user domain name sales. Sedo had a very solid week of end user domain name sales. I spotted 22, and there are no doubt more that are still in escrow or have Whois privacy. As always, a lot of the purchases were made by companies tha...
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22 end user domain name sales from the past week
A big week of end user domain name sales. Sedo had a very solid week of end user domain name sales. I spotted 22, and there are no doubt more that are still in escrow or have Whois privacy. As always, a lot of the purchases were made by companies tha...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kobe and Montreal added to ICANN calendar
Dust off your Japanese and French. ICANN has selected the location for two of its meetings taking place in 2019. ICANN 64 will take place in Kobe, Japan in March 2019 and ICANN 66 will be in Montreal in November 2019. The non-profit has not announced...
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Kobe and Montreal added to ICANN calendar
Dust off your Japanese and French. ICANN has selected the location for two of its meetings taking place in 2019. ICANN 64 will take place in Kobe, Japan in March 2019 and ICANN 66 will be in Montreal in November 2019. The non-profit has not announced...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Alo Yogo is a reverse domain name hijacker
Maker of yoga apparel filed baseless cybersquatting dispute in effort to snag domain ALO.com. Yoga apparel company Alo Yoga (Color Image Apparel, Inc.) has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ALO.com. The company, ...
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Alo Yogo is a reverse domain name hijacker
Maker of yoga apparel filed baseless cybersquatting dispute in effort to snag domain ALO.com. Yoga apparel company Alo Yoga (Color Image Apparel, Inc.) has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ALO.com. The company, ...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s Top 10 MLS sales this year
Company reveals top (public) sales this year through its distribution network. Domain name marketplace Sedo offers a system called SedoMLS that syndicates domain name listings to partners including domain name registrars. This puts your domain names ...
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Sedo’s Top 10 MLS sales this year
Company reveals top (public) sales this year through its distribution network. Domain name marketplace Sedo offers a system called SedoMLS that syndicates domain name listings to partners including domain name registrars. This puts your domain names ...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrars hate registry exceptions
Registrars consider the cost of changes and number of customers impacted before implementing registry pricing exceptions. The new top level domain name program has ushered in a new era of complexity for domain pricing. The biggest change has been mul...
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Domain registrars hate registry exceptions
Registrars consider the cost of changes and number of customers impacted before implementing registry pricing exceptions. The new top level domain name program has ushered in a new era of complexity for domain pricing. The biggest change has been mul...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
State of the Domain Business – DNW Podcast #142
What the Rightside-Donuts tie up says about the state of new top level domain names. This week I delve into Donuts’ acquisition of Rightside and discuss what it says about the current state of new top level domains. I also run through a bunch o...
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State of the Domain Business – DNW Podcast #142
What the Rightside-Donuts tie up says about the state of new top level domain names. This week I delve into Donuts’ acquisition of Rightside and discuss what it says about the current state of new top level domains. I also run through a bunch o...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen $100,000 domain name
Man says he paid $100,000 for three-letter domain name before it was stolen. A California man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the valuable domain name BSH.com. Qiang Du bought the domain name for $100,000 in April 2016. He transferred the domain...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen $100,000 domain name
Man says he paid $100,000 for three-letter domain name before it was stolen. A California man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the valuable domain name BSH.com. Qiang Du bought the domain name for $100,000 in April 2016. He transferred the domain...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Robocalls could get a lot worse…just “ringless”
FCC considering a petition to allow “ringless voicemail”. I’ve written about robocalls a few times on Domain Name Wire. If your phone number is in Whois, you are probably bombarded by these annoying calls. It could get a lot worse v...
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Robocalls could get a lot worse…just “ringless”
FCC considering a petition to allow “ringless voicemail”. I’ve written about robocalls a few times on Domain Name Wire. If your phone number is in Whois, you are probably bombarded by these annoying calls. It could get a lot worse v...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Advertising firm thinks BabyBoom.com is cybersquatting
Company files UDRP against common term. You can’t make this stuff up. A marketing firm that helps people target new parents under the name Babyboom has filed a UDRP against the domain name BabyBoom.com. European firm N2COM offers services under...
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Advertising firm thinks BabyBoom.com is cybersquatting
Company files UDRP against common term. You can’t make this stuff up. A marketing firm that helps people target new parents under the name Babyboom has filed a UDRP against the domain name BabyBoom.com. European firm N2COM offers services under...
Discussion
June 24, 2017, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ asks appeals court to force Verisign to pay legal expenses
Keeping the legal system busy. The long-running court battle initiated by Verisign against .XYZ continues as XYZ has asked an appeals court to help it recover legal expenses. A quick synopsis: Verisign sued XYZ for false advertising. A federal distri...
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XYZ asks appeals court to force Verisign to pay legal expenses
Keeping the legal system busy. The long-running court battle initiated by Verisign against .XYZ continues as XYZ has asked an appeals court to help it recover legal expenses. A quick synopsis: Verisign sued XYZ for false advertising. A federal distri...
Discussion
June 22, 2017, 8:01 pm
