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Namecheap institutes deposit requirement to improve auction integrity
New users must deposit $100 in their Namecheap account before bidding on auctions. Namecheap has started requiring some users to make a deposit before bidding in auctions, with the goal of improving auction integrity. New users must deposit $100 in t...
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Namecheap institutes deposit requirement to improve auction integrity
New users must deposit $100 in their Namecheap account before bidding on auctions. Namecheap has started requiring some users to make a deposit before bidding in auctions, with the goal of improving auction integrity. New users must deposit $100 in t...
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October 26, 2023, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic launches “bring your own sale” links that work with long term payments
Service leverages Dan.com checkout and Afternic’s transfer/payment service. Afternic has launched “custom checkout links” that allow domain sellers to use Afternic’s transfer service for sales completed elsewhere. This is simi...
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Afternic launches “bring your own sale” links that work with long term payments
Service leverages Dan.com checkout and Afternic’s transfer/payment service. Afternic has launched “custom checkout links” that allow domain sellers to use Afternic’s transfer service for sales completed elsewhere. This is simi...
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October 25, 2023, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain sales
An auctioneer of Indonesian art, a directory of Iranian lawyers, and an employee survey company bought domain names. I’m coming to you short-handed this week. Although Sedo published 53 domain sales of $2,000 or more from the past week, very fe...
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This week’s end user domain sales
An auctioneer of Indonesian art, a directory of Iranian lawyers, and an employee survey company bought domain names. I’m coming to you short-handed this week. Although Sedo published 53 domain sales of $2,000 or more from the past week, very fe...
Discussion
October 24, 2023, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
OnlyFans competitor tries to reverse hijack Playhouse.com
Panelist calls out Complainant for making “spurious allegations” against domain name owner. Playhouse International, which fashions itself as a more “sex-worker friendly” version of OnlyFans, has lost a cybersquatting dispute ...
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OnlyFans competitor tries to reverse hijack Playhouse.com
Panelist calls out Complainant for making “spurious allegations” against domain name owner. Playhouse International, which fashions itself as a more “sex-worker friendly” version of OnlyFans, has lost a cybersquatting dispute ...
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October 24, 2023, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy wins reverse domain name hijacking case
Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy’s NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found (pdf) that the Complainant, Capp...
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GoDaddy wins reverse domain name hijacking case
Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy’s NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found (pdf) that the Complainant, Capp...
Discussion
October 23, 2023, 6:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains: where each registrar sends their domains
Know where to bid on expiring domains at each registrar. Many domain name registrars send their expired domain names to exclusive partners before deleting them. Knowing where these names go is critical for domain investors and end users alike. I most...
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Expired domains: where each registrar sends their domains
Know where to bid on expiring domains at each registrar. Many domain name registrars send their expired domain names to exclusive partners before deleting them. Knowing where these names go is critical for domain investors and end users alike. I most...
Discussion
October 23, 2023, 4:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
Braden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Di...
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New partnership + big domain sale – DNW Podcast #458
Braden Pollock reveals a $600,000 sale as he and Andrew Miller discuss his equity deal in Hilco Digital Assets. On today’s show, domain investor Braden Pollock explains his deal with Hilco Digital Assets, and we’re also joined by Hilco Di...
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October 23, 2023, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBA is no IBM
Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint ...
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IBA is no IBM
Medical equipment company IBA tries reverse domain name hijacking. Some three letter trademarks are universally famous: think IBM and BMW. IBA is not one of them. Yet medical equipment company IBA SA tried to argue this in a cybersquatting complaint ...
Discussion
October 20, 2023, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains wants patent for verifying eligibility to register reserved names
Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a re...
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Unstoppable Domains wants patent for verifying eligibility to register reserved names
Patent application describes multiple ways to verify eligibility to register reserved names automatically. Web3 naming company Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent application (pdf) covering a process of reserving names and then verifying that a re...
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October 19, 2023, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital retains .org deal
Lucrative registry services contract remains with Identity Digital. Top level domain name company Identity Digital has retained the contract to run Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) top level domain names. PIR, best known for managing .org, anno...
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Identity Digital retains .org deal
Lucrative registry services contract remains with Identity Digital. Top level domain name company Identity Digital has retained the contract to run Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) top level domain names. PIR, best known for managing .org, anno...
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October 18, 2023, 4:16 pm
