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The Domains
Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinio...
Discussion
Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinio...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
Discussion
13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
Discussion
Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 2:10 pm
The Domains
Google is now seeing 5 trillion searches annually
SearchEngineLand.com published a piece on Google searches. For the first time since 2016 Google publicly shared how many searches they process a year. The number comes in at more than 5 trillion. Back in 2016 it was noted as more than 2 trillion sear...
Discussion
Google is now seeing 5 trillion searches annually
SearchEngineLand.com published a piece on Google searches. For the first time since 2016 Google publicly shared how many searches they process a year. The number comes in at more than 5 trillion. Back in 2016 it was noted as more than 2 trillion sear...
Discussion
March 4, 2025, 8:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
A better contention set model for new top level domain names
With private resolution out, applicants should still be able to recover some of their costs if they lose a contention set. ICANN didn’t like how many contention sets were resolved in the last round of top level domain expansion, despite asking ...
Discussion
A better contention set model for new top level domain names
With private resolution out, applicants should still be able to recover some of their costs if they lose a contention set. ICANN didn’t like how many contention sets were resolved in the last round of top level domain expansion, despite asking ...
Discussion
March 4, 2025, 4:03 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by TheAi.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and TheAi.com led the way at $65,000. Filed.com sold for $45,000 to take second place. zonnepanelen.be sold for 36,000 Euro, ($37,873). There were two .ai domain name sales inv.ai and 41.ai. 45.com sales 3...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by TheAi.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and TheAi.com led the way at $65,000. Filed.com sold for $45,000 to take second place. zonnepanelen.be sold for 36,000 Euro, ($37,873). There were two .ai domain name sales inv.ai and 41.ai. 45.com sales 3...
Discussion
March 4, 2025, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Team Internet Group responds to Google parking changes, says acquisition is off
Company tries to quantify the hit it will take from Adsense for Domains changes. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF) issued an update today addressing Google’s changes to domain parking and announcing that a possible acquisition will n...
Discussion
Team Internet Group responds to Google parking changes, says acquisition is off
Company tries to quantify the hit it will take from Adsense for Domains changes. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF) issued an update today addressing Google’s changes to domain parking and announcing that a possible acquisition will n...
Discussion
March 4, 2025, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN82 in Seattle: What to know, what to do
Here’s what you should know ahead of ICANN82. [Editor’s note: ICANN’s annual Community Forum begins this Saturday in Seattle. Although I reside in the Seattle area, I live on an island and don’t know as much about the city as ...
Discussion
ICANN82 in Seattle: What to know, what to do
Here’s what you should know ahead of ICANN82. [Editor’s note: ICANN’s annual Community Forum begins this Saturday in Seattle. Although I reside in the Seattle area, I live on an island and don’t know as much about the city as ...
Discussion
March 3, 2025, 7:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
A 10,000 domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #524
AbdulBasit Makrani shares recent results from his 10,000+ domain portfolio. What kind of results can you get from a portfolio of just over 10,000 domains? My guest this week shares details of his sales last year. AbdulBasit Makrani was last on the sh...
Discussion
A 10,000 domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #524
AbdulBasit Makrani shares recent results from his 10,000+ domain portfolio. What kind of results can you get from a portfolio of just over 10,000 domains? My guest this week shares details of his sales last year. AbdulBasit Makrani was last on the sh...
Discussion
March 3, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former .ai administrator discloses Identity Digital rev share, other details
Former .ai administrator shares that Identity Digital is keeping 10% of revenues from the domain. A couple of people have sent me videos this week of former .ai domain administrator Vincent Cate talking about the domain names. One of the videos, from...
Discussion
Former .ai administrator discloses Identity Digital rev share, other details
Former .ai administrator shares that Identity Digital is keeping 10% of revenues from the domain. A couple of people have sent me videos this week of former .ai domain administrator Vincent Cate talking about the domain names. One of the videos, from...
Discussion
February 28, 2025, 4:59 pm
