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Domain Name Wire
Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
Gandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) “merged” to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, a...
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Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
Gandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) “merged” to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, a...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 6:26 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the...
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Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports signs of life in high end of domain aftermarket
There are some “green shoots” in the domain aftermarket. Escrow.com released its Q4 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today. Its Q4 2022 was rather dismal, with just $80 million in domain transactions compared to $158 million in Q4 2021. But ...
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Escrow.com reports signs of life in high end of domain aftermarket
There are some “green shoots” in the domain aftermarket. Escrow.com released its Q4 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today. Its Q4 2022 was rather dismal, with just $80 million in domain transactions compared to $158 million in Q4 2021. But ...
Discussion
March 2, 2023, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
LawCloud tries to upgrade its domain by reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes company for failing dispute in bad faith. LawCloud BV, a company that provides services to law firms, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain name law.cloud, filed a cybersquatting c...
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LawCloud tries to upgrade its domain by reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes company for failing dispute in bad faith. LawCloud BV, a company that provides services to law firms, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which uses the domain name law.cloud, filed a cybersquatting c...
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March 2, 2023, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
.To registry assures Register.to customers that their domains are safe
Tonic can provide access to customers’ .to domains. According to Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic), Register.to is no longer a reseller of .to domains following the death of its owner. A number of domain investors used Register.to, which...
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.To registry assures Register.to customers that their domains are safe
Tonic can provide access to customers’ .to domains. According to Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic), Register.to is no longer a reseller of .to domains following the death of its owner. A number of domain investors used Register.to, which...
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March 2, 2023, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting aftermarket data from Global Domain Report
IONOS companies release in-depth report on the domain name market. Sedo and InterNetX, both part of publicly-traded IONOS, released their 2023 Global Domain Report this week. It’s an in-depth look at the primary and secondary markets for domain...
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Interesting aftermarket data from Global Domain Report
IONOS companies release in-depth report on the domain name market. Sedo and InterNetX, both part of publicly-traded IONOS, released their 2023 Global Domain Report this week. It’s an in-depth look at the primary and secondary markets for domain...
Discussion
March 1, 2023, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain sales up to $400,000
A second-hand furniture site, a school in Honduras and a taxi app bought domain names. Sedo had a heck of a sales week led by giveaway.com at $400,000 and PFP.com at $353,000. A new owner is listed in Whois for the first one, but the second one gives...
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18 end user domain sales up to $400,000
A second-hand furniture site, a school in Honduras and a taxi app bought domain names. Sedo had a heck of a sales week led by giveaway.com at $400,000 and PFP.com at $353,000. A new owner is listed in Whois for the first one, but the second one gives...
Discussion
March 1, 2023, 2:13 pm
The Domains
InternetX/Sedo Global Domain Report 2023
InternetX and Sedo (advertisers here) released their Global Domain Report for 2023. This really is the most thorough deep dive into the industry that any company publishes all year, that is not said because they are an advertiser but because it is a ...
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InternetX/Sedo Global Domain Report 2023
InternetX and Sedo (advertisers here) released their Global Domain Report for 2023. This really is the most thorough deep dive into the industry that any company publishes all year, that is not said because they are an advertiser but because it is a ...
Discussion
March 1, 2023, 9:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign awarded domain valuation patent
Patent covers way to value domains and present those to domain registrants. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,593,824 (pdf) to Verisign for System and method for domain name valuation. The patent describes a domain val...
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Verisign awarded domain valuation patent
Patent covers way to value domains and present those to domain registrants. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,593,824 (pdf) to Verisign for System and method for domain name valuation. The patent describes a domain val...
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February 28, 2023, 5:58 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain nma esles led by Giveaway.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Giveaway.com led the way at $400,000. PFP.com was second at $353,000. Kulta.com was third at $75,000. 56 .com sales 34 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: ...
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Sedo weekly domain nma esles led by Giveaway.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Giveaway.com led the way at $400,000. PFP.com was second at $353,000. Kulta.com was third at $75,000. 56 .com sales 34 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: ...
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February 28, 2023, 3:34 pm
