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Domain Name Wire
NamesCon + Auction preview – DNW Podcast #484
Learn about this year’s NamesCon and the live domain name auction. NamesCon 2024 is just weeks away, and it’s not too late to register to attend. On today’s show, I preview the event with two interviews. First, I speak with Soeren v...
Discussion
NamesCon + Auction preview – DNW Podcast #484
Learn about this year’s NamesCon and the live domain name auction. NamesCon 2024 is just weeks away, and it’s not too late to register to attend. On today’s show, I preview the event with two interviews. First, I speak with Soeren v...
Discussion
May 13, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows stock slips after earnings report
Domain business holds steady, but long-term investments in fiber weigh on the bottom line. Shares in Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) fell sharply this morning after the company released earnings after the bell yesterday. As of 11:45 am EDT, shares are off over ...
Discussion
Tucows stock slips after earnings report
Domain business holds steady, but long-term investments in fiber weigh on the bottom line. Shares in Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) fell sharply this morning after the company released earnings after the bell yesterday. As of 11:45 am EDT, shares are off over ...
Discussion
May 10, 2024, 3:55 pm
The Domains
Nexus.xyz sold for $149,000
Michael Sumner tweeted out some reported a 2022 domain name sale to him. It was Nexus.xyz. The website is developed there investors are also listed, and here is a link to their white paper. Registered in 2019 now at Squarespace. Domain Name: NEXUS.XY...
Discussion
Nexus.xyz sold for $149,000
Michael Sumner tweeted out some reported a 2022 domain name sale to him. It was Nexus.xyz. The website is developed there investors are also listed, and here is a link to their white paper. Registered in 2019 now at Squarespace. Domain Name: NEXUS.XY...
Discussion
May 10, 2024, 7:53 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – May 9, 2024 – Ten Out Of Ten
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 34:51 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss t...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – May 9, 2024 – Ten Out Of Ten
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 34:51 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss t...
Discussion
May 9, 2024, 8:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verizon applies for patent using blockchain for domain names
Application describes a way to augment domain registrations with blockchain technology. Communications firm Verizon has filed a patent application (pdf) for Systems and methods for blockchain-based domain registration and device authentication. The a...
Discussion
Verizon applies for patent using blockchain for domain names
Application describes a way to augment domain registrations with blockchain technology. Communications firm Verizon has filed a patent application (pdf) for Systems and methods for blockchain-based domain registration and device authentication. The a...
Discussion
May 9, 2024, 4:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI is back on top in the domain name aftermarket
Afternic published a list of the top keywords in domains sold through its platform in March. AI is back on top of the list after flirting with the top spot for many months. Another notable keyword is Florida, which also made the list in December. It ...
Discussion
AI is back on top in the domain name aftermarket
Afternic published a list of the top keywords in domains sold through its platform in March. AI is back on top of the list after flirting with the top spot for many months. Another notable keyword is Florida, which also made the list in December. It ...
Discussion
May 9, 2024, 3:42 pm
The Domains
A decade in should we really still be calling them new gtlds?
It was back on February 5th of 2014 when the first group of Latin script new gtlds went live. It’s been 10 years. Someone the other day asked me why are still calling them new gtlds? You’re ten year old is certainly not a newborn and your...
Discussion
A decade in should we really still be calling them new gtlds?
It was back on February 5th of 2014 when the first group of Latin script new gtlds went live. It’s been 10 years. Someone the other day asked me why are still calling them new gtlds? You’re ten year old is certainly not a newborn and your...
Discussion
May 9, 2024, 1:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Judge orders plaintiff to pay owner of trx.com $41,000 to cover legal expenses
Judge rules case is exceptional and warrants attorney’s fees. The judge overseeing a dispute over TRX.com has ordered the plaintiff to pay the domain name owner’s attorney’s fees and expenses. Ruling that the case was “excepti...
Discussion
Judge orders plaintiff to pay owner of trx.com $41,000 to cover legal expenses
Judge rules case is exceptional and warrants attorney’s fees. The judge overseeing a dispute over TRX.com has ordered the plaintiff to pay the domain name owner’s attorney’s fees and expenses. Ruling that the case was “excepti...
Discussion
May 8, 2024, 8:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web3 communities to be driver of new top level domain applications
Web3 companies are announcing plans for the next round of new TLDs. For years, I’ve asked domain name companies a simple question about the next round of new top level domains: with so many strings applied for in the first round, what good stri...
Discussion
Web3 communities to be driver of new top level domain applications
Web3 companies are announcing plans for the next round of new TLDs. For years, I’ve asked domain name companies a simple question about the next round of new top level domains: with so many strings applied for in the first round, what good stri...
Discussion
May 8, 2024, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
12 domain names recently acquired by end users
A lighting company, a road safety business, and a German car dealer bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was lumeno.com for $25,000. An end user has already put the domain name to use. Here’s a list of end user domain nam...
Discussion
12 domain names recently acquired by end users
A lighting company, a road safety business, and a German car dealer bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was lumeno.com for $25,000. An end user has already put the domain name to use. Here’s a list of end user domain nam...
Discussion
May 8, 2024, 1:25 pm
