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Domain Name Wire
Soaring domain values – 2021 top stories
Like many assets, domain values rocketed in 2021. This is the first in a series covering the top stories and themes in the domain name industry this year. Houses. Equities. Digital artwork. The value of all types of assets soared in 2021, and top-tie...
Discussion
Soaring domain values – 2021 top stories
Like many assets, domain values rocketed in 2021. This is the first in a series covering the top stories and themes in the domain name industry this year. Houses. Equities. Digital artwork. The value of all types of assets soared in 2021, and top-tie...
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 6:21 pm
The Domains
TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
Discussion
TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Feature idea: deletion dates for domain marketplace listings
Marketplaces could help themselves by making it easier for domain investors to delete their listings on preset dates. Last week I sold two geo domains on Squadhelp on two consecutive days. Unfortunately, I had let one of the domains expire a few mont...
Discussion
Feature idea: deletion dates for domain marketplace listings
Marketplaces could help themselves by making it easier for domain investors to delete their listings on preset dates. Last week I sold two geo domains on Squadhelp on two consecutive days. Unfortunately, I had let one of the domains expire a few mont...
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Starboard takes big stake in GoDaddy
Activist investor takes 6.5% stake in GoDaddy. Investment company Starboard has made a significant investment in shares of GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). Today, the group filed a 13D with the SEC, disclosing its ownership stake. Shares of GoDaddy are up about...
Discussion
Starboard takes big stake in GoDaddy
Activist investor takes 6.5% stake in GoDaddy. Investment company Starboard has made a significant investment in shares of GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). Today, the group filed a 13D with the SEC, disclosing its ownership stake. Shares of GoDaddy are up about...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hire a domain attorney, exhibit #3205
A properly-argued UDRP would have likely negated reverse domain name hijacking and possibly ended in a transfer. My brother is a corporate attorney. When I ask him a legal question outside of his specialty, he tells me I might as well ask someone on ...
Discussion
Hire a domain attorney, exhibit #3205
A properly-argued UDRP would have likely negated reverse domain name hijacking and possibly ended in a transfer. My brother is a corporate attorney. When I ask him a legal question outside of his specialty, he tells me I might as well ask someone on ...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 5:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
Discussion
.Budapest top level domain to be deleted
MMX never launched the geo domain. MMX (Minds + Machines) (AIM: MMX) has filed a notice with ICANN to terminate its contract for running the .budapest top level domain name. The company applied for the domain with the support of the Budapest city gov...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 1:55 pm
The Domains
Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
Discussion
Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
Discussion
December 27, 2021, 2:17 am
Domain Name Wire
Sports business personality sues rival for registering domain names
Joe Pomp sues podcaster who he alleges is forwarding domains to his competing website. Joe Pompliano, the publisher of a popular newsletter and podcast about sports business, has sued (pdf) a competing podcaster for cybersquatting. Pompliano writes t...
Discussion
Sports business personality sues rival for registering domain names
Joe Pomp sues podcaster who he alleges is forwarding domains to his competing website. Joe Pompliano, the publisher of a popular newsletter and podcast about sports business, has sued (pdf) a competing podcaster for cybersquatting. Pompliano writes t...
Discussion
December 23, 2021, 10:47 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – December 23, 2021: All I Want For Christmas is NFTs
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects - with plenty of talk about domain...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – December 23, 2021: All I Want For Christmas is NFTs
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects - with plenty of talk about domain...
Discussion
December 23, 2021, 9:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Payment Rails rebrands to Trolley with Trolley.com
Company chooses a more generic name and gets the matching .com. Crunchbase’s Joanna Glasner called 2020 “the year of the noun,” after proclaiming that startup names were becoming “less silly.” Glasner reviewed data that ...
Discussion
Payment Rails rebrands to Trolley with Trolley.com
Company chooses a more generic name and gets the matching .com. Crunchbase’s Joanna Glasner called 2020 “the year of the noun,” after proclaiming that startup names were becoming “less silly.” Glasner reviewed data that ...
Discussion
December 23, 2021, 2:35 pm
