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PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards
More awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has put out a call for nominations for this year’s .ORG Impact Awards. It’s the fifth year that PIR will h...
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PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards
More awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has put out a call for nominations for this year’s .ORG Impact Awards. It’s the fifth year that PIR will h...
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May 18, 2023, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Valhallan, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Valhallan, an esports training company, uses th...
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Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Valhallan, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Valhallan, an esports training company, uses th...
Discussion
May 17, 2023, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on
Deja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN’s board decided the organization should move forward with contracting .web to Nu Dot Co, which plans to assign the domain to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the timeline is i...
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.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on
Deja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN’s board decided the organization should move forward with contracting .web to Nu Dot Co, which plans to assign the domain to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the timeline is i...
Discussion
May 17, 2023, 1:17 am
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot opposes ENS’s request to transfer eth.link
Registrar says it would allow ENS to escape jurisdiction. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar sold the domain for $852,000 in an expired domain name auction. Griffith is in jail for helping N...
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Dynadot opposes ENS’s request to transfer eth.link
Registrar says it would allow ENS to escape jurisdiction. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar sold the domain for $852,000 in an expired domain name auction. Griffith is in jail for helping N...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 recent end user domain sales
A power company, a movie theater subscription service, and a cardboard marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top two sales this week seem like bargains for the buyers. Unknown buyers picked up lithographs.com and qiq.com for $25,000 a piece. ...
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18 recent end user domain sales
A power company, a movie theater subscription service, and a cardboard marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top two sales this week seem like bargains for the buyers. Unknown buyers picked up lithographs.com and qiq.com for $25,000 a piece. ...
Discussion
May 16, 2023, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik customer amends lawsuit over worries of asset sale
Matthew Adkisson is worried that an asset sale would leave people like him holding the bag. A man who sued domain name registrar Epik because the company owes him $327,000 has amended his lawsuit. Matthew Adkisson agreed to buy nourish.com for $327,0...
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Epik customer amends lawsuit over worries of asset sale
Matthew Adkisson is worried that an asset sale would leave people like him holding the bag. A man who sued domain name registrar Epik because the company owes him $327,000 has amended his lawsuit. Matthew Adkisson agreed to buy nourish.com for $327,0...
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May 15, 2023, 9:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic to buy another £4 million of shares
Company continues to return capital to shareholders instead of investing all of it into new acquisitions. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced another share buyback today. The buyback is the second buyback the company has initiated, with its first...
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CentralNic to buy another £4 million of shares
Company continues to return capital to shareholders instead of investing all of it into new acquisitions. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced another share buyback today. The buyback is the second buyback the company has initiated, with its first...
Discussion
May 15, 2023, 7:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Grilling with great domains – DNW Podcast #436
Ryan Maltbie scored another great domain for his business. Ryan Maltbie returns to the podcast to talk about his latest domain acquisition, BBQs.com. Ryan was on the show a couple of years ago discussing how he acquired BBQgrills.com and the importan...
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Grilling with great domains – DNW Podcast #436
Ryan Maltbie scored another great domain for his business. Ryan Maltbie returns to the podcast to talk about his latest domain acquisition, BBQs.com. Ryan was on the show a couple of years ago discussing how he acquired BBQgrills.com and the importan...
Discussion
May 15, 2023, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet and SnapNames April monthly report: SEO Edition
Sean Markey explains why these domains sold for more than you’d expect. It’s time again to look at the NameJet and SnapNames report from last month to see what sold, what it sold for and, specifically, why it sold for that much. For the p...
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NameJet and SnapNames April monthly report: SEO Edition
Sean Markey explains why these domains sold for more than you’d expect. It’s time again to look at the NameJet and SnapNames report from last month to see what sold, what it sold for and, specifically, why it sold for that much. For the p...
Discussion
May 15, 2023, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Criticism site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking
WIPO panelist says this isn’t a case of cybersquatting. Shahryar Oveissi has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over three domain names. Oveissi is the son of the former Shah of Iran’s Imperial Army, who was a...
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Criticism site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking
WIPO panelist says this isn’t a case of cybersquatting. Shahryar Oveissi has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over three domain names. Oveissi is the son of the former Shah of Iran’s Imperial Army, who was a...
Discussion
May 12, 2023, 5:10 pm
