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This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
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This week’s end user domain sales at Sedo
A video game weapons seller, a commercial interior design firm, and an IT services company bought domain names. Once again, .ai domain sales counted for many of Sedo’s sales this past week, but I don’t have any to report. They all have pr...
Discussion
August 16, 2023, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
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This is not what UDRP was designed for
A WIPO panelist lets a UDRP determine a complex business dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain cryptospace.com to be transferred in a UDRP decision. It seems that the case was a complex business dispu...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
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One more reason to not use funky spellings in your company name
Consumers question the motives behind unconventional spellings. We already know one issue with inventing a spelling for your brand name: it fails the radio test, making it harder for people to find you online. But new research shows that invented spe...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
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Identity Digital makes Inc 5000 again
Top level domain registry makes the list for the third consecutive year. Top level domain operator Identity Digital made the Inc. 5000 list for 2023, the third consecutive year it made the list. This year’s list ranks the top private companies ...
Discussion
August 15, 2023, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
A max(.com) domain deal – DNW Podcast #448
Joe Uddeme shares the story of selling max.com. Joe Uddeme of NameExperts joins us this week to talk about the deal for max.com, which HBO acquired as part of its rebrand to Max. Would it have gotten the domain had Uddeme not pitched it to the compan...
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A max(.com) domain deal – DNW Podcast #448
Joe Uddeme shares the story of selling max.com. Joe Uddeme of NameExperts joins us this week to talk about the deal for max.com, which HBO acquired as part of its rebrand to Max. Would it have gotten the domain had Uddeme not pitched it to the compan...
Discussion
August 14, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
197 recent NameJet and SnapNames sales
Sales led by two three-letter domains. Newfold Digital has published its domain sales over $2,000 from June and July. In June, the platforms combined to sell 106 domains for $2,000 or more, totaling $442,000. In July, they sold 91 domains for $2,000 ...
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197 recent NameJet and SnapNames sales
Sales led by two three-letter domains. Newfold Digital has published its domain sales over $2,000 from June and July. In June, the platforms combined to sell 106 domains for $2,000 or more, totaling $442,000. In July, they sold 91 domains for $2,000 ...
Discussion
August 11, 2023, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
My new domain auction bidding strategy
I changed my expired domain bidding strategy on a recent trip and liked the results. A couple of weeks ago, I changed my auction bidding strategy. And so far, it’s working well for me. Historically, I would place a bid that was perhaps 10%-25% ...
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My new domain auction bidding strategy
I changed my expired domain bidding strategy on a recent trip and liked the results. A couple of weeks ago, I changed my auction bidding strategy. And so far, it’s working well for me. Historically, I would place a bid that was perhaps 10%-25% ...
Discussion
August 10, 2023, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
This UDRP was a trademark dispute, not a cybersquatting dispute
The majority of the panel got it right. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that the registrations of patek-maison .com and patekmaison .com should not be transferred in a UDRP case. One panelist disagreed. The ...
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This UDRP was a trademark dispute, not a cybersquatting dispute
The majority of the panel got it right. The majority of a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that the registrations of patek-maison .com and patekmaison .com should not be transferred in a UDRP case. One panelist disagreed. The ...
Discussion
August 10, 2023, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking in pharma domain dispute
According to the case decision, the Complainant previously owned the domain at issue. A UDRP panel has found reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over meditechpharmaceutical .com. It’s a somewhat confusing case. It seems that the Complain...
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Reverse domain name hijacking in pharma domain dispute
According to the case decision, the Complainant previously owned the domain at issue. A UDRP panel has found reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over meditechpharmaceutical .com. It’s a somewhat confusing case. It seems that the Complain...
Discussion
August 9, 2023, 5:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 new end user domain name sales
A water treatment company, a retail chain in Poland, and a logistics business bought domain names. Sedo has a lot of good .ai domain sales this past week, including NPC.ai for a whopping $250,000, field.ai for $25,000, and flyr.ai for $24,999. Unfort...
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10 new end user domain name sales
A water treatment company, a retail chain in Poland, and a logistics business bought domain names. Sedo has a lot of good .ai domain sales this past week, including NPC.ai for a whopping $250,000, field.ai for $25,000, and flyr.ai for $24,999. Unfort...
Discussion
August 9, 2023, 4:59 pm
