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.Com rankings: Gname moves up a spot
Gname jumps a spot on the total domains under management chart. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2023. Gname continues to surge, passing ...
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.Com rankings: Gname moves up a spot
Gname jumps a spot on the total domains under management chart. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2023. Gname continues to surge, passing ...
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September 8, 2023, 1:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold reveals $400k of expired domain sales
Company publishes list of 105 domains it auctioned last month. Newfold Digital, the parent company of NameJet and SnapNames, revealed its expired domain sales of over $2,000 from August. The company auctioned 105 domains that met this threshold, tota...
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Newfold reveals $400k of expired domain sales
Company publishes list of 105 domains it auctioned last month. Newfold Digital, the parent company of NameJet and SnapNames, revealed its expired domain sales of over $2,000 from August. The company auctioned 105 domains that met this threshold, tota...
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September 7, 2023, 7:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
What happened in the domain business last month
A WordPress giveaway, GoDaddy’s new TLDs, and ICANN’s weird logic made news last month. Miss any of the big news last month? These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by pageviews: 1. WordPress offers 1 million free tran...
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What happened in the domain business last month
A WordPress giveaway, GoDaddy’s new TLDs, and ICANN’s weird logic made news last month. Miss any of the big news last month? These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by pageviews: 1. WordPress offers 1 million free tran...
Discussion
September 7, 2023, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names end users bought this past week
A Ferrari dealer, a graphic design service, and a river cruise company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was bitcoinetf.org for $49,999. It doesn’t resolve yet, so I’ll be interested to see who develops it. Here&...
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What domain names end users bought this past week
A Ferrari dealer, a graphic design service, and a river cruise company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was bitcoinetf.org for $49,999. It doesn’t resolve yet, so I’ll be interested to see who develops it. Here&...
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September 7, 2023, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap .me giveaway hits 500,000 free domains
Registrar gives free .me domains to students with .edu email addresses. Domain registrar Namecheap has now given away a half million free .me domain names to students as part of its Namecheap for Education program, the company announced this week. Th...
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Namecheap .me giveaway hits 500,000 free domains
Registrar gives free .me domains to students with .edu email addresses. Domain registrar Namecheap has now given away a half million free .me domain names to students as part of its Namecheap for Education program, the company announced this week. Th...
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September 6, 2023, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This WIPO panelist deserves kudos
Panelist uses critical eye in UDRP filed unopposed. People don’t respond to UDRP filings for a couple of reasons. One is that they aren’t aware of the case against their domain. Perhaps they don’t check their email frequently, the i...
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This WIPO panelist deserves kudos
Panelist uses critical eye in UDRP filed unopposed. People don’t respond to UDRP filings for a couple of reasons. One is that they aren’t aware of the case against their domain. Perhaps they don’t check their email frequently, the i...
Discussion
September 6, 2023, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain company raises $5 million to bridge web3 and DNS
Company’s founders have longtime experience in the domain name industry. D3 Global has raised a $5 million seed round as it seeks to bridge web3 domain names to the “real” web. The company plans to apply for and acquire new top leve...
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Domain company raises $5 million to bridge web3 and DNS
Company’s founders have longtime experience in the domain name industry. D3 Global has raised a $5 million seed round as it seeks to bridge web3 domain names to the “real” web. The company plans to apply for and acquire new top leve...
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September 6, 2023, 12:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Losing expired domain bidder tries reverse domain name hijacking
Biofuels company lost an auction and filed a UDRP against the winner. A company that lost a DropCatch.com expired domain auction has tried its hand at UDRP…and has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). Kvasir Technologies A...
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Losing expired domain bidder tries reverse domain name hijacking
Biofuels company lost an auction and filed a UDRP against the winner. A company that lost a DropCatch.com expired domain auction has tried its hand at UDRP…and has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). Kvasir Technologies A...
Discussion
September 5, 2023, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registration now open for ICA meeting in January
Internet Commerce Association returns to Las Vegas in January. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has opened registration for its meeting in January 2024. The event will take place Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2024, with optional events on We...
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Registration now open for ICA meeting in January
Internet Commerce Association returns to Las Vegas in January. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has opened registration for its meeting in January 2024. The event will take place Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2024, with optional events on We...
Discussion
September 5, 2023, 11:25 am
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic rebrands as Team Internet
CentralNic adopts the name of a company it acquired in 2019. CentralNic, a rollup of domain name and online advertising companies, has changed its name to Team Internet Group. It’s a name the company already had in its stable. It bought a domai...
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CentralNic rebrands as Team Internet
CentralNic adopts the name of a company it acquired in 2019. CentralNic, a rollup of domain name and online advertising companies, has changed its name to Team Internet Group. It’s a name the company already had in its stable. It bought a domai...
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September 4, 2023, 4:22 pm
