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Everything about this fieldd.com dispute stinks
Let me count they ways… A couple of months ago, Fieldd Pty Ltd filed a lawsuit against Jessica Duarte, the owner of fieldd.com. There are many things not to like about this dispute. From the record, it appears that Duarte started a business wi...
Discussion
April 12, 2023, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Does charm pricing work for aftermarket domain names?
New test suggests price tweaks can lead to higher unit sales and higher revenue. GoDaddy recently released the results of a charm pricing test for aftermarket domain names. Charm pricing, also known as psychological pricing, is the concept that the n...
Discussion
April 11, 2023, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
How much .com dominates the aftermarket
Data from Afternic & Sedo shows that .com dominates. But there are other opportunities, too. GoDaddy’s Afternic has been sharing more data lately. Last week, Afternic shared a chart showing 2022 sales by top level domain. While cool, it was...
Discussion
April 10, 2023, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
A chat with Escrow.com’s CEO – DNW Podcast #431
Escrow.com’s CEO has good news about the domain name aftermarket. On today’s show, I talk with Escrow.com and Freelancer.com (FLN.AX) CEO Matt Barrie. While the end of last year was slow for domain sales, Matt has some great news about th...
Discussion
April 10, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
March’s top 5: India, expired domains, AI and more
A lot happened in the domain name business last month. These were the top stories on DNW last month ranked by pageviews: 1. Indian ISPs block access to major domain registrars – Courts in India want domain registrars to respect their orders. Th...
Discussion
April 7, 2023, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Rush Limbaugh’s estate sues former contractor, alleges cybersquatting and domain theft
Estate claims former technology contractor is cybersquatting and infringing its marks. Rush H. Limbaugh III Estate has sued (pdf) The Rush Legacy, Inc., Smschaef, LLC, and the latter’s principal Scott Schaefer. The estate alleges that the defen...
Discussion
April 6, 2023, 8:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
What sold at NameJet and SnapNames last month
Newfold Digital’s aftermarkets had a solid month. Newfold Digital’s domain aftermarket NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 130 domains for $2,000 or more last month, totaling $561k in sales. Sean Markey will evaluate the domains that s...
Discussion
April 6, 2023, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
This UDRP was rejected for an interesting reason
I bet the Complainant was surprised. The first hurdle for a company to win a UDRP filing is to show that the domain is identical or confusingly similar to the mark in question. Most panelists rubber stamp this requirement, even when it strains credul...
Discussion
April 5, 2023, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Here are the latest end user domain name sales:
A rug seller, a landscaping company and an artificial insurance company bought domain names. There was an interesting sale at Sedo this past week: be.it.com. It.com is a new third level domain offering based on it.com. I suspect the buyer is an end u...
Discussion
April 5, 2023, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets patents covering blockchain and registration via chatbot
Domain registry expands on previous patents with three new patents granted today. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted three patents to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN() today. Patent number 11,621,939 (pdf) is for Domain name suggestion and registrat...
Discussion
April 4, 2023, 5:43 pm
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