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19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
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19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
Discussion
January 17, 2023, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
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How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
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Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
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Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
Discussion
January 13, 2023, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who wins the domains you lose?
One domainer investigated who was buying the domains it lost at auction. Do you ever follow up on domains you lose at expired domain auctions? If you’re like most people, you just move on to the next domain. But domain investor Digiventures Med...
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Who wins the domains you lose?
One domainer investigated who was buying the domains it lost at auction. Do you ever follow up on domains you lose at expired domain auctions? If you’re like most people, you just move on to the next domain. But domain investor Digiventures Med...
Discussion
January 12, 2023, 8:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Last end user domain name sales
A shipping company, a property management software company, and a real estate business bought domain names. Sedo dropped three weeks of domain sales lists this week after the holiday. I decided I’d start with the most recent one and then go bac...
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Last end user domain name sales
A shipping company, a property management software company, and a real estate business bought domain names. Sedo dropped three weeks of domain sales lists this week after the holiday. I decided I’d start with the most recent one and then go bac...
Discussion
January 12, 2023, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
ScottsCheapFlights.com upgrades to Going.com
Scott’s Cheap Flights gets a much shorter domain name. Talk about a domain name upgrade! Scott’s Cheap Flights, a travel company that started as a newsletter about discounted flight alerts, is moving from ScottsCheapFlights.com to Going.c...
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ScottsCheapFlights.com upgrades to Going.com
Scott’s Cheap Flights gets a much shorter domain name. Talk about a domain name upgrade! Scott’s Cheap Flights, a travel company that started as a newsletter about discounted flight alerts, is moving from ScottsCheapFlights.com to Going.c...
Discussion
January 11, 2023, 6:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
i2Coalition names new board members
Employees of Radix and Newfold Digital among those joining the organization’s board. i2Coalition, an advocacy group for internet infrastructure companies, has named new board members for 2023. Neha Naik, Vice President of Channel Partnerships a...
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i2Coalition names new board members
Employees of Radix and Newfold Digital among those joining the organization’s board. i2Coalition, an advocacy group for internet infrastructure companies, has named new board members for 2023. Neha Naik, Vice President of Channel Partnerships a...
Discussion
January 11, 2023, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another web3 domain company applies for top level domain trademarks
Freename wants to trademark stylized versions of .hodl, .airdrop and .moon. Freename AG, one of many initiatives offering blockchain-based domain names, has applied for U.S. trademarks for some of its extensions. The company applied for design marks ...
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Another web3 domain company applies for top level domain trademarks
Freename wants to trademark stylized versions of .hodl, .airdrop and .moon. Freename AG, one of many initiatives offering blockchain-based domain names, has applied for U.S. trademarks for some of its extensions. The company applied for design marks ...
Discussion
January 10, 2023, 9:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital gets patent for “Whitelist domain name registry”
Invention explains ways to approve entities to register restricted domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 11,552,923 (pdf) to Identity Digital for “Whitelist domain name registry”. Some top level do...
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Identity Digital gets patent for “Whitelist domain name registry”
Invention explains ways to approve entities to register restricted domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 11,552,923 (pdf) to Identity Digital for “Whitelist domain name registry”. Some top level do...
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January 10, 2023, 5:27 pm
