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Normann Copenhagen and DLA Piper team up in bad reverse domain hijacking case
With help of well-known law firm, furniture company tries to take Normann.com away from guy whose last name is Normann. Normann Copenhagen ApS, a seller of Scandinavian furniture, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain...
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Normann Copenhagen and DLA Piper team up in bad reverse domain hijacking case
With help of well-known law firm, furniture company tries to take Normann.com away from guy whose last name is Normann. Normann Copenhagen ApS, a seller of Scandinavian furniture, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain...
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June 21, 2017, 6:59 pm

Domain Name Wire
iOS 11 might make QR codes cools again
QR reader built into camera in next version of iOS. Remember QR codes? Scanning one makes it easy to visit a URL or get other information. It’s supposed to be a lot easier than typing a long URL. But they never really took off, at least in the ...
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iOS 11 might make QR codes cools again
QR reader built into camera in next version of iOS. Remember QR codes? Scanning one makes it easy to visit a URL or get other information. It’s supposed to be a lot easier than typing a long URL. But they never really took off, at least in the ...
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June 21, 2017, 3:31 pm

Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
Three letter domain name is top end user domain name sale of the week. Sedo’s top reported sale of the week was Nom.com. However, the domain is still in escrow so the buyer isn’t known. This isn’t an investor price these days, so it...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
Three letter domain name is top end user domain name sale of the week. Sedo’s top reported sale of the week was Nom.com. However, the domain is still in escrow so the buyer isn’t known. This isn’t an investor price these days, so it...
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June 21, 2017, 2:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
.NYC’s most trafficked websites are actually legit
40 are in Alexa’s Top Million, and they are real websites. Since most sites that use new top level domain names are relatively new, you wouldn’t expect to find many that get a lot more traffic than well-established .com sites. Typically, ...
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.NYC’s most trafficked websites are actually legit
40 are in Alexa’s Top Million, and they are real websites. Since most sites that use new top level domain names are relatively new, you wouldn’t expect to find many that get a lot more traffic than well-established .com sites. Typically, ...
Discussion
June 21, 2017, 1:12 pm

Domain Name Wire
Analyzing Donuts’ deal to acquire Rightside
Rightside had to sell and Donuts is the logical buyer. Last week, Donuts agreed to acquire Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) for $213 million. As luck would have it, I was vacationing in Costa Rica when the deal was announced. I gave some initial thoughts rig...
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Analyzing Donuts’ deal to acquire Rightside
Rightside had to sell and Donuts is the logical buyer. Last week, Donuts agreed to acquire Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) for $213 million. As luck would have it, I was vacationing in Costa Rica when the deal was announced. I gave some initial thoughts rig...
Discussion
June 20, 2017, 3:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
Another day, two more RDNH domain cases
Two more cybersquatting cases were filed in abuse of the UDRP. It probably seems like I’ve been writing a lot of posts about reverse domain name hijacking lately. Hey, I don’t control the flow of unscrupulous companies filing bogus RDNH c...
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Another day, two more RDNH domain cases
Two more cybersquatting cases were filed in abuse of the UDRP. It probably seems like I’ve been writing a lot of posts about reverse domain name hijacking lately. Hey, I don’t control the flow of unscrupulous companies filing bogus RDNH c...
Discussion
June 20, 2017, 1:04 pm

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Domain names in Costa Rica
.Com is the favorite in Costa Rica. I just returned from a weeklong vacation in Costa Rica. I hadn’t been to Costa Rica in 15 years, and my visit reminded me why people like to vacation there, but also the niceties of living in the United State...
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Domain names in Costa Rica
.Com is the favorite in Costa Rica. I just returned from a weeklong vacation in Costa Rica. I hadn’t been to Costa Rica in 15 years, and my visit reminded me why people like to vacation there, but also the niceties of living in the United State...
Discussion
June 19, 2017, 5:16 pm

Domain Name Wire
Dynadot CEO Todd Han – DNW Podcast #141
How a bootstrapped domain name registrar attracted a loyal following. What’s it like bootstrapping a domain name registrar for 15 years? Find out today as we talk with Todd Han, CEO of Dynadot. The mid-sized registrar has had to grow organicall...
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Dynadot CEO Todd Han – DNW Podcast #141
How a bootstrapped domain name registrar attracted a loyal following. What’s it like bootstrapping a domain name registrar for 15 years? Find out today as we talk with Todd Han, CEO of Dynadot. The mid-sized registrar has had to grow organicall...
Discussion
June 19, 2017, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Oil company Tupras is a reverse domain name hijacker
Company went after domain name Hexmon.com, which is owned by a fan of hex-based wargames. Do you watch TV or listen to the radio? If so, have you heard commercials for Tupras or Hexmon? My guess is you haven’t, especially if you live outside of...
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Oil company Tupras is a reverse domain name hijacker
Company went after domain name Hexmon.com, which is owned by a fan of hex-based wargames. Do you watch TV or listen to the radio? If so, have you heard commercials for Tupras or Hexmon? My guess is you haven’t, especially if you live outside of...
Discussion
June 19, 2017, 1:15 pm

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Domain names at a community pool Part 2
An evaluation of domain names used by small businesses. If you missed it, here’s part one in this series where I evaluate the domain names used by small businesses that are sponsoring a community center. In this second post, we’ll evaluat...
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Domain names at a community pool Part 2
An evaluation of domain names used by small businesses. If you missed it, here’s part one in this series where I evaluate the domain names used by small businesses that are sponsoring a community center. In this second post, we’ll evaluat...
Discussion
June 16, 2017, 3:04 pm