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Painless.com UDRP is painful
Ouch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Dental Supply Co. filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum against Pain Management, Inc. As the registrant’s n...
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Painless.com UDRP is painful
Ouch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Dental Supply Co. filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum against Pain Management, Inc. As the registrant’s n...
Discussion
May 24, 2023, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s ccTLD end user domain sales bonanza
A florist, a dream interpretation site, and a furniture design company bought domain names. China, Germany, Italy, Austria, United States. Sedo is the king of country code domain names, and this week’s end user sales chart is a prime example. c...
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This week’s ccTLD end user domain sales bonanza
A florist, a dream interpretation site, and a furniture design company bought domain names. China, Germany, Italy, Austria, United States. Sedo is the king of country code domain names, and this week’s end user sales chart is a prime example. c...
Discussion
May 23, 2023, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
My new favorite AI domain generator
I feel like a hand-registration genius. AI-powered domain name generators are opening many people’s eyes to the quality of domains available for hand registration. Before these tools became available, most domain investors generated domains to ...
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My new favorite AI domain generator
I feel like a hand-registration genius. AI-powered domain name generators are opening many people’s eyes to the quality of domains available for hand registration. Before these tools became available, most domain investors generated domains to ...
Discussion
May 23, 2023, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Going once, going twice… – DNW Podcast #437
Get ready for next week’s live domain name auction. NamesCon is next week, and that means it’s time for another live domain name auction. On today’s show, Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot discusses what goes into planning a live aucti...
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Going once, going twice… – DNW Podcast #437
Get ready for next week’s live domain name auction. NamesCon is next week, and that means it’s time for another live domain name auction. On today’s show, Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot discusses what goes into planning a live aucti...
Discussion
May 22, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Getting hotter: AI, Bet
AI is still very hot. Today, Afternic published the top keywords in aftermarket domain sales from March. Let’s start with the list before digging in a bit: 1. The 2. My 3. I 4. AI 5. Of 6. It 7. Group 8. And 9. To 10. Health 11. For 12. Is 13. ...
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Getting hotter: AI, Bet
AI is still very hot. Today, Afternic published the top keywords in aftermarket domain sales from March. Let’s start with the list before digging in a bit: 1. The 2. My 3. I 4. AI 5. Of 6. It 7. Group 8. And 9. To 10. Health 11. For 12. Is 13. ...
Discussion
May 18, 2023, 8:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
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...
Discussion
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
