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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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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...
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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...
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May 15, 2023, 3:39 pm
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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...
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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...
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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...
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May 12, 2023, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 more end user domain sales at Sedo
A gin distiller, a sneaker company, and a couple of solar power companies bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was gov.de. It doesn’t resolve yet, and I’m unsure who bought it. Here’s a list of end user domain n...
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14 more end user domain sales at Sedo
A gin distiller, a sneaker company, and a couple of solar power companies bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was gov.de. It doesn’t resolve yet, and I’m unsure who bought it. Here’s a list of end user domain n...
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May 12, 2023, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org in 2021: $103M revenue, $62M to ISOC, $16M to Identity Digital
Let’s take a look at PIR’s tax return. It’s been a couple of years since I last looked at Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) tax return. PIR’s golden goose is the .org domain name registry, and its primary benefactor is In...
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.Org in 2021: $103M revenue, $62M to ISOC, $16M to Identity Digital
Let’s take a look at PIR’s tax return. It’s been a couple of years since I last looked at Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) tax return. PIR’s golden goose is the .org domain name registry, and its primary benefactor is In...
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May 11, 2023, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Southwest Airlines fails to take down “SouthWoke” site
Panelist rules it is a criticism site, not a case of cybersquatting. Southwest Airlines has lost a cybersquatting complaint it filed with against the creator of SouthWoke .com, a site that makes fun of Southwest Airlines for allegedly being “wo...
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Southwest Airlines fails to take down “SouthWoke” site
Panelist rules it is a criticism site, not a case of cybersquatting. Southwest Airlines has lost a cybersquatting complaint it filed with against the creator of SouthWoke .com, a site that makes fun of Southwest Airlines for allegedly being “wo...
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May 11, 2023, 2:51 pm
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.Com winners: Google continues to rise
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 January 2023. I neglected ...
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.Com winners: Google continues to rise
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 January 2023. I neglected ...
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May 11, 2023, 1:09 pm
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Verisign gets patent for cryptocurrency-backed sale and transfer of domain names
Patent describes way to use blockchain technology for the sale and transfer of domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,645,370 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Transferring a domain name on a seconda...
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Verisign gets patent for cryptocurrency-backed sale and transfer of domain names
Patent describes way to use blockchain technology for the sale and transfer of domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,645,370 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Transferring a domain name on a seconda...
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May 10, 2023, 4:08 pm
