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Domain Name Wire
Lotto Sport Italia asked to pay $245,000 for reverse domain name hijacking
Owner of two gaming-related domains had to file a lawsuit to protect his domains after adverse UDRP ruling. Lawyers for a man who won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against Lotto Sport Italia have asked a judge to force the sports company to ...
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Lotto Sport Italia asked to pay $245,000 for reverse domain name hijacking
Owner of two gaming-related domains had to file a lawsuit to protect his domains after adverse UDRP ruling. Lawyers for a man who won a reverse domain name hijacking charge against Lotto Sport Italia have asked a judge to force the sports company to ...
Discussion
June 11, 2020, 2:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
How spammers find new domain registrations
Spammers use a two-step process to learn about new domains and get the registrant’s contact details. My phone number has been abused over the past week. I’ve received dozens of spam text messages, robocalls, and telemarketing solicitation...
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How spammers find new domain registrations
Spammers use a two-step process to learn about new domains and get the registrant’s contact details. My phone number has been abused over the past week. I’ve received dozens of spam text messages, robocalls, and telemarketing solicitation...
Discussion
June 10, 2020, 9:50 pm
The Domains
Post the best name you have for sale for $500 or less
READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. ANY EXTENSION THIS WEEK – 10 Names max post more and you get blocked Of course with a lot of links some posts get held, they will be approved as soon as...
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Post the best name you have for sale for $500 or less
READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. ANY EXTENSION THIS WEEK – 10 Names max post more and you get blocked Of course with a lot of links some posts get held, they will be approved as soon as...
Discussion
June 10, 2020, 7:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Canada’s .ca domains have record month
Pandemic pushes Canadians to register domain names in record numbers. More people registered .ca domain names last month than any month since Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was founded in 1998. According to CIRA, 54,129 .ca domain na...
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Canada’s .ca domains have record month
Pandemic pushes Canadians to register domain names in record numbers. More people registered .ca domain names last month than any month since Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was founded in 1998. According to CIRA, 54,129 .ca domain na...
Discussion
June 10, 2020, 3:32 pm
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames May sales led by Webmonkey.com
Web.com released their May sales report from NameJet/Snapnames. WebMonkey.com was the top sale at $65,500. Background on the name here. .Com took 80 out of 87 reported sales in May. webmonkey.com $65,500.00 NameJet kph.com $24,999.00 NameJet rowan.co...
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NameJet/Snapnames May sales led by Webmonkey.com
Web.com released their May sales report from NameJet/Snapnames. WebMonkey.com was the top sale at $65,500. Background on the name here. .Com took 80 out of 87 reported sales in May. webmonkey.com $65,500.00 NameJet kph.com $24,999.00 NameJet rowan.co...
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June 9, 2020, 10:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
$70K .net sale leads end user domain sales
An IT company, French education business, and Train driver test prep provider bought domain names. When is the last time that a .net domain led Sedo’s weekly sales? That was the case this past week with FM.net. A Texas IT company bought the dom...
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$70K .net sale leads end user domain sales
An IT company, French education business, and Train driver test prep provider bought domain names. When is the last time that a .net domain led Sedo’s weekly sales? That was the case this past week with FM.net. A Texas IT company bought the dom...
Discussion
June 9, 2020, 9:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by FM.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and FM.net led the way at $70,000. C.live was second at $28,500 and .com had a tie for third with MedicalCoverage.com and AssetGuard.com selling for $18,000. 33 .com sales 13 cctld sales 11 other tld sales Top 3 highl...
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Sedo weekly sales led by FM.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and FM.net led the way at $70,000. C.live was second at $28,500 and .com had a tie for third with MedicalCoverage.com and AssetGuard.com selling for $18,000. 33 .com sales 13 cctld sales 11 other tld sales Top 3 highl...
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June 9, 2020, 8:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling and XYZ to sell .car, cars and .auto registries
Three low-volume, high-price domain registries go on the auction block. A partnership between Frank Schilling’s UNR and XYZ is auctioning off three domain name registries: .car, .cars and .auto. The two companies partnered five years ago to bri...
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Frank Schilling and XYZ to sell .car, cars and .auto registries
Three low-volume, high-price domain registries go on the auction block. A partnership between Frank Schilling’s UNR and XYZ is auctioning off three domain name registries: .car, .cars and .auto. The two companies partnered five years ago to bri...
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June 9, 2020, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big news: GoDaddy starts redacting Whois information
GoDaddy has redacted personal information in Whois records for all customers. Effective today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has begun redacting personal information in Whois records for customers worldwide for eligible top level domains. The move makes Whois...
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Big news: GoDaddy starts redacting Whois information
GoDaddy has redacted personal information in Whois records for all customers. Effective today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has begun redacting personal information in Whois records for customers worldwide for eligible top level domains. The move makes Whois...
Discussion
June 8, 2020, 9:29 pm
The Domains
How are you doing?
So 2020 has not been a good year by any stretch of the imagination. So first things first how are you doing? How has this turbulent start to the new decade affected your domain business? To take it a step further, how has this time in isolation fille...
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How are you doing?
So 2020 has not been a good year by any stretch of the imagination. So first things first how are you doing? How has this turbulent start to the new decade affected your domain business? To take it a step further, how has this time in isolation fille...
Discussion
June 8, 2020, 9:01 pm
