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Domain Name Wire
Gorgonzola and cybersquatting: it depends
Why the Italian cheese consortium is winning some cases and losing others. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name gorgonzola.blue to be transferred to Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola. Consorzi...
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Gorgonzola and cybersquatting: it depends
Why the Italian cheese consortium is winning some cases and losing others. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name gorgonzola.blue to be transferred to Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola. Consorzi...
Discussion
June 2, 2021, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
DN Wholesale Exchange adds Dutch auctions
Sellers have a new way to liquidate their domains. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange added Dutch auctions last month and recently tweaked the bidder UI to improve the service. Sellers can list domain names with any starting price between $250 and $2,500...
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DN Wholesale Exchange adds Dutch auctions
Sellers have a new way to liquidate their domains. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange added Dutch auctions last month and recently tweaked the bidder UI to improve the service. Sellers can list domain names with any starting price between $250 and $2,500...
Discussion
June 2, 2021, 3:31 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by PTSD.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and PTSD.org led the way at $50,000. I remember Shane Bellone owned it and mentioned it on Namepros, I don’t know if he was the seller. wilhelmus.nl was second at 30,000 Euro, ($36,691). AMQ.com was ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by PTSD.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and PTSD.org led the way at $50,000. I remember Shane Bellone owned it and mentioned it on Namepros, I don’t know if he was the seller. wilhelmus.nl was second at 30,000 Euro, ($36,691). AMQ.com was ...
Discussion
June 1, 2021, 6:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Naming a sports franchise is hard. Sound familiar?
Domain name owners know about some of the pitfalls of naming. Renaming a sports franchise can be even harder. FiveThirtyEight published an interesting article today that answers a question I’ve had: why hasn’t Washington’s NFL team ...
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Naming a sports franchise is hard. Sound familiar?
Domain name owners know about some of the pitfalls of naming. Renaming a sports franchise can be even harder. FiveThirtyEight published an interesting article today that answers a question I’ve had: why hasn’t Washington’s NFL team ...
Discussion
June 1, 2021, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
French company files .eu dispute in bad faith
Panel finds Jean-Marie Loirat, and Kinetik Sport filed cybersquatting dispute in abuse of the policy. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found that Jean-Marie Loirat and Kinetik Sport filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad ...
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French company files .eu dispute in bad faith
Panel finds Jean-Marie Loirat, and Kinetik Sport filed cybersquatting dispute in abuse of the policy. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found that Jean-Marie Loirat and Kinetik Sport filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad ...
Discussion
June 1, 2021, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic repots 16% organic growth in Q1
Company reports organic growth in all three of its business segments. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) reported earnings for Q1 today. The company said its organic revenue grew 16% compared to Q1 2019. It said that all three of its business segments gre...
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CentralNic repots 16% organic growth in Q1
Company reports organic growth in all three of its business segments. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) reported earnings for Q1 today. The company said its organic revenue grew 16% compared to Q1 2019. It said that all three of its business segments gre...
Discussion
June 1, 2021, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Great domain investing insights – DNW Podcast #340
Listen to these great insights to help improve your domain investing. I’ve interviewed many great domain investors for this show, and some have left a great impression on me and listeners. Today, you’re going to hear some of the valuable ...
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Great domain investing insights – DNW Podcast #340
Listen to these great insights to help improve your domain investing. I’ve interviewed many great domain investors for this show, and some have left a great impression on me and listeners. Today, you’re going to hear some of the valuable ...
Discussion
May 31, 2021, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Guta.com Q1 2021 premium domain sales observation report
The folks over at Guta.com published their Q1 2021 premium domain sales observation report. The report primarily focuses on domain sales in the following categories: 1-4 Numbers, 1-3 Letters, 2Characters, and English dictionary one-word .com domains....
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Guta.com Q1 2021 premium domain sales observation report
The folks over at Guta.com published their Q1 2021 premium domain sales observation report. The report primarily focuses on domain sales in the following categories: 1-4 Numbers, 1-3 Letters, 2Characters, and English dictionary one-word .com domains....
Discussion
May 29, 2021, 11:26 pm
The Domains
Adult domain names will no longer be allowed on Ebay starting June 15
Ebay is cracking down on all things sex starting June 15, 2021. In a letter sent to members, “We have revised our policy on adult articles”, the notice says. “As of June 15, 2021, items that display sexual activity, sexual content, ...
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Adult domain names will no longer be allowed on Ebay starting June 15
Ebay is cracking down on all things sex starting June 15, 2021. In a letter sent to members, “We have revised our policy on adult articles”, the notice says. “As of June 15, 2021, items that display sexual activity, sexual content, ...
Discussion
May 29, 2021, 2:14 am
Domain Name Wire
What’s next for .Web
This week, ICANN published an Independent Review Panel (IRP) decision in a long-running dispute about .web. You can read the background and the result of the decision here. So, what’s next for .web? It depends. Afilias was the runner-up in the ...
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What’s next for .Web
This week, ICANN published an Independent Review Panel (IRP) decision in a long-running dispute about .web. You can read the background and the result of the decision here. So, what’s next for .web? It depends. Afilias was the runner-up in the ...
Discussion
May 28, 2021, 3:50 pm