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11 of the latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A metal staircase company, a nurse job site, and a site for buying video game accounts bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this week, including CardPlus.com ($35,000), Astrophotography.com ($28,750), and Alexander.ch (EU...
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11 of the latest end user domain name sales at Sedo
A metal staircase company, a nurse job site, and a site for buying video game accounts bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this week, including CardPlus.com ($35,000), Astrophotography.com ($28,750), and Alexander.ch (EU...
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February 6, 2024, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Squarespace continues to fall, Gname surges
Squarespace registers fewer new .com domains, and Gname moves up the overall leaderboard. Last month, I wrote about how new registrations at Google Domains plummeted after Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) took over. I mentioned that a primary reason was like...
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.Com rankings: Squarespace continues to fall, Gname surges
Squarespace registers fewer new .com domains, and Gname moves up the overall leaderboard. Last month, I wrote about how new registrations at Google Domains plummeted after Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) took over. I mentioned that a primary reason was like...
Discussion
February 6, 2024, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap sues ICANN over .org price caps
Registrar says ICANN hasn’t taken action after IRP ruling. Over one year after winning a partial victory against ICANN over price caps, domain registrar Namecheap is asking a court to push ICANN into action. Namecheap filed a complaint under th...
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Namecheap sues ICANN over .org price caps
Registrar says ICANN hasn’t taken action after IRP ruling. Over one year after winning a partial victory against ICANN over price caps, domain registrar Namecheap is asking a court to push ICANN into action. Namecheap filed a complaint under th...
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February 5, 2024, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Indian payments platform Innoviti tries reverse domain name hijacking
Innoviti’s argument about non-use was false. A large payments company tried to reverse domain name hijack innoviti.com.co, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. Innoviti Technologies Private Limited, which uses the domain ...
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Indian payments platform Innoviti tries reverse domain name hijacking
Innoviti’s argument about non-use was false. A large payments company tried to reverse domain name hijack innoviti.com.co, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. Innoviti Technologies Private Limited, which uses the domain ...
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February 5, 2024, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Outbound domain sales – DNW Podcast #472
How one domain investor sold $300k of domains using outbound marketing. Most domain investors are passive. They list their domains for sale on marketplaces, put up “for sale” landers, and wait for buyers to come to them. A subset of inves...
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Outbound domain sales – DNW Podcast #472
How one domain investor sold $300k of domains using outbound marketing. Most domain investors are passive. They list their domains for sale on marketplaces, put up “for sale” landers, and wait for buyers to come to them. A subset of inves...
Discussion
February 5, 2024, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registered Agents Inc. indeed acquired Epik
Corporate formation business bought domain name registrar Epik. When Epik was acquired in June of 2023, allegations in a lawsuit said that Registered Agents, Inc. was the buyer through a new entity called Epik LLC. And the asset purchase paperwork wa...
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Registered Agents Inc. indeed acquired Epik
Corporate formation business bought domain name registrar Epik. When Epik was acquired in June of 2023, allegations in a lawsuit said that Registered Agents, Inc. was the buyer through a new entity called Epik LLC. And the asset purchase paperwork wa...
Discussion
February 5, 2024, 4:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy makes connecting domains to crypto wallets with ENS easier
World’s largest domain registrar adds two-step wizard for connecting domains to Ethereum wallets. Last week, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announced a new, “gasless” way to connect real domain names with wallet addresses. Today, GoDad...
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GoDaddy makes connecting domains to crypto wallets with ENS easier
World’s largest domain registrar adds two-step wizard for connecting domains to Ethereum wallets. Last week, Ethereum Name Service (ENS) announced a new, “gasless” way to connect real domain names with wallet addresses. Today, GoDad...
Discussion
February 5, 2024, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
January’s top 5 domain name stories
Squarespace and several cybersquatting cases were in the news last month. Miss any big stories on Domain Name Wire last month? These were the top five stories, ranked by views: 1. New registrations plummet after Squarespace takes over Google Domains ...
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January’s top 5 domain name stories
Squarespace and several cybersquatting cases were in the news last month. Miss any big stories on Domain Name Wire last month? These were the top five stories, ranked by views: 1. New registrations plummet after Squarespace takes over Google Domains ...
Discussion
February 2, 2024, 5:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Italian clothing company Malo tries reverse domain hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy a domain name it wanted. Italian clothing company Malo S.p.A. tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain malo.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined. The comp...
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Italian clothing company Malo tries reverse domain hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy a domain name it wanted. Italian clothing company Malo S.p.A. tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain malo.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined. The comp...
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February 2, 2024, 12:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix brings LinkLab out of beta for link-in-bio tools
Users can replace ugly link-in-bio URLs with branded domain names. New top level domain name company Radix has released LinkLab out of beta. LinkLab is a tool for people to upgrade their link-in-bio URLs with branded links. For example, rather than h...
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Radix brings LinkLab out of beta for link-in-bio tools
Users can replace ugly link-in-bio URLs with branded domain names. New top level domain name company Radix has released LinkLab out of beta. LinkLab is a tool for people to upgrade their link-in-bio URLs with branded links. For example, rather than h...
Discussion
February 1, 2024, 6:03 pm