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Sedo’s smoky domain sales week: 18 end user domain sales
A marijuana company, an online ad seller, and a non-alcoholic pop-up bar bought domain names. Sedo had a decidedly “smoky” week of domain name sales, with four cannabis-related domains selling. Here’s a list of end user domain name ...
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Sedo’s smoky domain sales week: 18 end user domain sales
A marijuana company, an online ad seller, and a non-alcoholic pop-up bar bought domain names. Sedo had a decidedly “smoky” week of domain name sales, with four cannabis-related domains selling. Here’s a list of end user domain name ...
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April 20, 2023, 7:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires five more top level domains
Company picks up five TLDs that were using its registry services. GoDaddy Registry has acquired five more top level domain names: .wiki, .tattoo, .ink, .gay, and .health. The first four domains are part of Top Level Design’s portfolio. In...
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GoDaddy acquires five more top level domains
Company picks up five TLDs that were using its registry services. GoDaddy Registry has acquired five more top level domain names: .wiki, .tattoo, .ink, .gay, and .health. The first four domains are part of Top Level Design’s portfolio. In...
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April 20, 2023, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
More end user domain sales at Sedo
A printing company, a cryptocurrency project, and a site that suggests AI tools bought domain names. Sedo released two weeks of domain sales data yesterday. In this first post, I research some of the sales to end users from the first week of sales. &...
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More end user domain sales at Sedo
A printing company, a cryptocurrency project, and a site that suggests AI tools bought domain names. Sedo released two weeks of domain sales data yesterday. In this first post, I research some of the sales to end users from the first week of sales. &...
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April 19, 2023, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik threatens to sue Rob Monster, publicly asks him to resign
Company tweets complaints about the company’s former CEO, asks him to resign, and threatens to sue him. Epik’s Twitter account has been inactive since Rob Monster left the company in September 2022. It’s back and with a message for ...
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Epik threatens to sue Rob Monster, publicly asks him to resign
Company tweets complaints about the company’s former CEO, asks him to resign, and threatens to sue him. Epik’s Twitter account has been inactive since Rob Monster left the company in September 2022. It’s back and with a message for ...
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April 18, 2023, 8:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports domain sales rebound in Q1
The aftermarket is back. Aftermarket domain name sales rebounded sharply in Q1 this year, according to Escrow.com. The company reported that overall payment volume at Escrow.com was AU $268.6 million. That’s down 5% compared to the first quarte...
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Escrow.com reports domain sales rebound in Q1
The aftermarket is back. Aftermarket domain name sales rebounded sharply in Q1 this year, according to Escrow.com. The company reported that overall payment volume at Escrow.com was AU $268.6 million. That’s down 5% compared to the first quarte...
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April 18, 2023, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
TicketSms s.r.l. attempts reverse domain name hijacking
This case was dead on arrival. TicketSms s.r.l., an online ticketing company, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain names ticketsms.com and ticketsms.net. The complaint followed a common fact pattern: a...
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TicketSms s.r.l. attempts reverse domain name hijacking
This case was dead on arrival. TicketSms s.r.l., an online ticketing company, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain names ticketsms.com and ticketsms.net. The complaint followed a common fact pattern: a...
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April 18, 2023, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions and Afternic – DNW Podcast #432
Joe Styler talks about what’s going on with auctions and the aftermarket at GoDaddy. There have been a lot of changes on GoDaddy’s aftermarket platforms this year. Joe Styler, a product manager for aftermarket, joins us today to talk abou...
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GoDaddy Auctions and Afternic – DNW Podcast #432
Joe Styler talks about what’s going on with auctions and the aftermarket at GoDaddy. There have been a lot of changes on GoDaddy’s aftermarket platforms this year. Joe Styler, a product manager for aftermarket, joins us today to talk abou...
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April 17, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ENS asks court to transfer eth.link after DNS abuse complaint takes site down
Group wants to transfer domain away from registrar it’s in litigation with. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), the entity behind blockchain-based .eth domain names, is asking a court (pdf) to allow it to transfer eth.link to a different registrar. EN...
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ENS asks court to transfer eth.link after DNS abuse complaint takes site down
Group wants to transfer domain away from registrar it’s in litigation with. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), the entity behind blockchain-based .eth domain names, is asking a court (pdf) to allow it to transfer eth.link to a different registrar. EN...
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April 15, 2023, 4:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Using AI to find domains to hand register
New tools can help you find domains to hand register. Most of the domains I acquire are expiring domains, but sometimes I dabble in hand registrations. My hand registrations are typically topic or trend related. For example, I registered a bunch of A...
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Using AI to find domains to hand register
New tools can help you find domains to hand register. Most of the domains I acquire are expiring domains, but sometimes I dabble in hand registrations. My hand registrations are typically topic or trend related. For example, I registered a bunch of A...
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April 13, 2023, 5:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet and SnapNames March monthly report: SEO Edition
Sean Markey explains why these mediocre domains sold for so much. As I did last month, let’s review the domains Newfold Digital sold in March of 2023 — specifically those domains with a strong backlink profile and existing authorit...
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NameJet and SnapNames March monthly report: SEO Edition
Sean Markey explains why these mediocre domains sold for so much. As I did last month, let’s review the domains Newfold Digital sold in March of 2023 — specifically those domains with a strong backlink profile and existing authorit...
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April 12, 2023, 3:32 pm
