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.Com winners – latest rankings
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers February 2023. CentralNic ...
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.Com winners – latest rankings
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers February 2023. CentralNic ...
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June 7, 2023, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 of this week’s end user domain name sales
Some AI companies, an insurance company, and a wellness clinic in India bought domain names. Sedo didn’t report any significant domain sales this week. That doesn’t mean none happened; it just means it couldn’t report them. Here&rsq...
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13 of this week’s end user domain name sales
Some AI companies, an insurance company, and a wellness clinic in India bought domain names. Sedo didn’t report any significant domain sales this week. That doesn’t mean none happened; it just means it couldn’t report them. Here&rsq...
Discussion
June 7, 2023, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com is for communism?
It’s an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ...
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.Com is for communism?
It’s an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ...
Discussion
June 6, 2023, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rocket ship company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after domain registered before it existed. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which launches satellites, filed a cybersquatting complaint against rocketlab.com, which is owned by Roc...
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Rocket ship company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
Company went after domain registered before it existed. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which launches satellites, filed a cybersquatting complaint against rocketlab.com, which is owned by Roc...
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June 6, 2023, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
$550k of NameJet/SnapNames sales from May
Here are the notable sales from last month. Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 131 domains for $2,000 or more last month, grossing about $550,000 from those sales. Sean Markey will review some of the SEO sales...
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$550k of NameJet/SnapNames sales from May
Here are the notable sales from last month. Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 131 domains for $2,000 or more last month, grossing about $550,000 from those sales. Sean Markey will review some of the SEO sales...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 8:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
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Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
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AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik is sold
Deal completed after lawsuit settlement. The sale of Epik to a new entity has been completed, Domain Name Wire has confirmed. Earlier this week, the company agreed to sell its registrar and hosting business to Epik LLC, a new entity that appears to b...
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Epik is sold
Deal completed after lawsuit settlement. The sale of Epik to a new entity has been completed, Domain Name Wire has confirmed. Earlier this week, the company agreed to sell its registrar and hosting business to Epik LLC, a new entity that appears to b...
Discussion
June 3, 2023, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
A cryptocurrency site, a health insurance company, and an open source community platform bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this past week. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. ...
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This week’s end user domain name sales
A cryptocurrency site, a health insurance company, and an open source community platform bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this past week. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. ...
Discussion
June 2, 2023, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to Epik
The company has three weeks to pay up and address issues. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to Epik yesterday, giving it until June 22 to fix a number of problems. The official reason for the breach notice is the company’s failure to pay its acc...
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ICANN sends breach notice to Epik
The company has three weeks to pay up and address issues. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to Epik yesterday, giving it until June 22 to fix a number of problems. The official reason for the breach notice is the company’s failure to pay its acc...
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June 2, 2023, 1:31 pm
