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The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Socrates.xyz
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Socrates.xyz led the way at $74,888. This was sold by Swetha. Sunhome.com was second at $49,491. QM.de was third at 25,000 Euro, ($26,682). 41 .com sales 36 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Highlights of ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Socrates.xyz
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Socrates.xyz led the way at $74,888. This was sold by Swetha. Sunhome.com was second at $49,491. QM.de was third at 25,000 Euro, ($26,682). 41 .com sales 36 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Highlights of ...
Discussion
February 21, 2023, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
This isn’t the first time Afternic has offered a parking rebate
Afternic offered a “Park & Sell” rebate until GoDaddy acquired the business. I was looking through the Domain Name Wire archives last week when I came across an article I wrote in 2014 about changes GoDaddy made to Afternic after acqu...
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This isn’t the first time Afternic has offered a parking rebate
Afternic offered a “Park & Sell” rebate until GoDaddy acquired the business. I was looking through the Domain Name Wire archives last week when I came across an article I wrote in 2014 about changes GoDaddy made to Afternic after acqu...
Discussion
February 21, 2023, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Real domain investing results from 2022 – DNW Podcast #425
See how these two domain investors performed last year. How did your domain portfolio perform last year? Today, investors Logan Flatt of Media Code and Mark Levine of Domain Theory come on the show to divulge their actual results. You’ll learn ...
Discussion
Real domain investing results from 2022 – DNW Podcast #425
See how these two domain investors performed last year. How did your domain portfolio perform last year? Today, investors Logan Flatt of Media Code and Mark Levine of Domain Theory come on the show to divulge their actual results. You’ll learn ...
Discussion
February 20, 2023, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Quantifying the domain aftermarket slowdown
Take a look at GoDaddy’s aftermarket growth rates. The domain aftermarket exploded at the onset of the pandemic. Now, it’s coming back to earth. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) is one of the biggest players in the aftermarket. Consider this data a...
Discussion
Quantifying the domain aftermarket slowdown
Take a look at GoDaddy’s aftermarket growth rates. The domain aftermarket exploded at the onset of the pandemic. Now, it’s coming back to earth. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) is one of the biggest players in the aftermarket. Consider this data a...
Discussion
February 20, 2023, 1:41 pm
Sully's Blog
I Just Bought a Domain After Receiving this Cold Email
I’m not ashamed to admit it. I just purchased a domain name pitched to…
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I Just Bought a Domain After Receiving this Cold Email
I’m not ashamed to admit it. I just purchased a domain name pitched to…
Discussion
February 17, 2023, 10:11 pm
The Domains
GoDaddy experienced a multi-year breach
BleepingComputer.com published a piece on the GoDaddy hacking incident. This was a multi year hacking campaign. The company says that previous breaches disclosed in November 2021 and March 2020 are also linked to this latest incident. Web hosting gia...
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GoDaddy experienced a multi-year breach
BleepingComputer.com published a piece on the GoDaddy hacking incident. This was a multi year hacking campaign. The company says that previous breaches disclosed in November 2021 and March 2020 are also linked to this latest incident. Web hosting gia...
Discussion
February 17, 2023, 8:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
A new lawsuit over TRX.com
A bit of gamesmanship in a battle for TRX.com. JFXD TRX ACQ LLC has filed an in rem lawsuit over TRX.com in its continued attempts to obtain the domain name. In November, Fitness Anywhere LLC won a UDRP against the domain name in a controversial deci...
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A new lawsuit over TRX.com
A bit of gamesmanship in a battle for TRX.com. JFXD TRX ACQ LLC has filed an in rem lawsuit over TRX.com in its continued attempts to obtain the domain name. In November, Fitness Anywhere LLC won a UDRP against the domain name in a controversial deci...
Discussion
February 17, 2023, 5:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 things GoDaddy should do before shutting down Uniregistry Market
Uniregistry has some great features. It would be a shame if they went away. Uniregistry might shut down this year as it is consolidated into GoDaddy. There are several things about Uni’s domain marketplace that I hope GoDaddy integrates into it...
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3 things GoDaddy should do before shutting down Uniregistry Market
Uniregistry has some great features. It would be a shame if they went away. Uniregistry might shut down this year as it is consolidated into GoDaddy. There are several things about Uni’s domain marketplace that I hope GoDaddy integrates into it...
Discussion
February 16, 2023, 6:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
eBay tries (and fails) to use UDRP in a cybersquatting complaint
eBay tried to shoehorn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting dispute. eBay has lost a dispute it filed to get control of the domain name BillionaireBay .com in a UDRP cybersquatting case. National Arbitration Forum panelist Nicholas J.T. Smith co...
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eBay tries (and fails) to use UDRP in a cybersquatting complaint
eBay tried to shoehorn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting dispute. eBay has lost a dispute it filed to get control of the domain name BillionaireBay .com in a UDRP cybersquatting case. National Arbitration Forum panelist Nicholas J.T. Smith co...
Discussion
February 16, 2023, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com leaderboard: Gname and GMO make moves
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 October 2022. Gname return...
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.Com leaderboard: Gname and GMO make moves
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 October 2022. Gname return...
Discussion
February 15, 2023, 6:24 pm
