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18 end user domain sales up to $26k
A rocket ship maker, an insurance company, and a boating site bought domain names. Sedo released to sales lists this week after taking last week off. For today’s post, we’ll review end user sales that concluded by October 14. Here’s...
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18 end user domain sales up to $26k
A rocket ship maker, an insurance company, and a boating site bought domain names. Sedo released to sales lists this week after taking last week off. For today’s post, we’ll review end user sales that concluded by October 14. Here’s...
Discussion
October 29, 2024, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Porkbun zoomies onto the list
Here’s the latest data about the .com namespace, include a surprise entry on the top 10 list. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers June 2024. A few things stand out in thi...
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.Com rankings: Porkbun zoomies onto the list
Here’s the latest data about the .com namespace, include a surprise entry on the top 10 list. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers June 2024. A few things stand out in thi...
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October 29, 2024, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy explains what it’s doing about shill bidding
Company says shill bidding has decreased this year after implementing new strategies. GoDaddy has published an in-depth look at what it is doing to combat auction fraud, and I think it’s worth taking a look. The company has taken some heat becu...
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GoDaddy explains what it’s doing about shill bidding
Company says shill bidding has decreased this year after implementing new strategies. GoDaddy has published an in-depth look at what it is doing to combat auction fraud, and I think it’s worth taking a look. The company has taken some heat becu...
Discussion
October 28, 2024, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Smart investing and India’s domain market – DNW Podcast #506
A look inside India’s domain market. I’m joined by domain investor Deepak Daftari on this week’s show. Deepak discusses how he got into domain name investing, bulk portfolio purchases, and how his sales are going this year. We also ...
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Smart investing and India’s domain market – DNW Podcast #506
A look inside India’s domain market. I’m joined by domain investor Deepak Daftari on this week’s show. Deepak discusses how he got into domain name investing, bulk portfolio purchases, and how his sales are going this year. We also ...
Discussion
October 28, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
To the moon! Rocket Mortgage pays $14M+ for rocket.com domain name
Financial company picks up spectacular domain name for eight-figures. Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the parent of Rocket Mortgage and other companies, paid at least $14 million to acquire the domain name rocket.com. Elliot Silver first spied this tra...
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To the moon! Rocket Mortgage pays $14M+ for rocket.com domain name
Financial company picks up spectacular domain name for eight-figures. Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the parent of Rocket Mortgage and other companies, paid at least $14 million to acquire the domain name rocket.com. Elliot Silver first spied this tra...
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October 28, 2024, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Price increases boost revenue at Verisign as domain registrations continue to slide
.Com and .net domain base slipped 1.1 million domains last quarter. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the market closed yesterday. For the third quarter, the company reported revenue of $391 million, u...
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Price increases boost revenue at Verisign as domain registrations continue to slide
.Com and .net domain base slipped 1.1 million domains last quarter. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the market closed yesterday. For the third quarter, the company reported revenue of $391 million, u...
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October 25, 2024, 12:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bad strategy: weak cybersquatting claim puts pharmacy in bad negotiating position
This company gambled with a weak cybersquatting case and now has an uphill battle to fight. I’m often confused by the decisions lawyers make. Consider the case of McMahon Distributeur Pharmaceutique Inc., a Canadian company that runs a chain of...
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Bad strategy: weak cybersquatting claim puts pharmacy in bad negotiating position
This company gambled with a weak cybersquatting case and now has an uphill battle to fight. I’m often confused by the decisions lawyers make. Consider the case of McMahon Distributeur Pharmaceutique Inc., a Canadian company that runs a chain of...
Discussion
October 24, 2024, 4:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Senator threatens domain registrars to clean up abusive registrations
Chairman of Intelligence Committee cites Russian influence efforts in threat to domain registrars. U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent letters to five domain name registrars and Verisign today bl...
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Senator threatens domain registrars to clean up abusive registrations
Chairman of Intelligence Committee cites Russian influence efforts in threat to domain registrars. U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent letters to five domain name registrars and Verisign today bl...
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October 24, 2024, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company on a .biz tries to hijack the .com domain
The domain was registered well before the company was established. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has determined that a financial data company filed a dispute against EagleData .com in bad faith. Eagle Data, Inc. in the U....
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Company on a .biz tries to hijack the .com domain
The domain was registered well before the company was established. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has determined that a financial data company filed a dispute against EagleData .com in bad faith. Eagle Data, Inc. in the U....
Discussion
October 23, 2024, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the domain names that sold at NameJet and SnapNames last month:
Newfold sold 70 domains for $2,000+ last month. Newfold Digital’s domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 70 domains for $2,000 or more in September. These larger sales totaled just shy of $300,000. Here are some of the sal...
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Here are the domain names that sold at NameJet and SnapNames last month:
Newfold sold 70 domains for $2,000+ last month. Newfold Digital’s domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 70 domains for $2,000 or more in September. These larger sales totaled just shy of $300,000. Here are some of the sal...
Discussion
October 23, 2024, 1:14 pm
