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Two insurance companies drop their top level domain names
Neither company extensively used its dot-brand top level domain names. Two more companies have decided to can their dot-brand top level domain names. Both are in the insurance sector. Insurance company Esurance notified ICANN on January 9 that it no ...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 8:47 pm
The Domains
The Domains
B-social dropping the hyphen and rebranding to a 4L.com
B-Social has secured £7.8m in funding and is now dropping the hyphen and getting a short new name. The company that is building a social bank is rebranding to Kroo.com. The domain was registered in 1996 and was purchased on NameJet for $2,555 i...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 7:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
What impact will increased .com prices have on domain investing?
Investors would have two ways to cope with rising prices. American Enterprise Institute submitted a comment (pdf) to ICANN about .com pricing during the comment period. Much of it echos Verisign’s own comments on the matter, and that shouldn&rs...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
ICANN cancels another event due to Covid-19
Saudi Arabia event postponed over virus fears. ICANN has canceled a second event scheduled for March due to travel restrictions and fears over Covid-19, a coronavirus. The Middle East DNS Forum, scheduled for March 24-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is p...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
I want c-suite domains
“51” domains can be used in many ways. No, it’s not really me wanting to acquire domains related to c-suite (titles starting with “c”) executives. It is about such domains starting with the prefix “51”. I hav...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 2:37 pm
The Domains
The Domains
AskMe.com closed in 2016, laid off 4,000 people, domain closes today at $95,000 on NameJet
AskMe.com closed at $95,000 on NameJet on Wednesday. The domain was owned by Getit Infoservices Private Ltd. A company with an interesting backstory. The company based out of India closed up and laid off 4,000 people. LiveMint.com wrote: AskMe.com lo...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 5:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $150,000
A chamber of commerce, oil company and cybersecurity company bought domain names this past week. Sedo’s top public domain name sale over the past week was BettingTips .com for $150,000. A Swedish company that sells online traffic bought the dom...
Discussion
February 26, 2020, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-character domains sold in January
The .CN equivalents of these domains are in use. 4-character domains can be a viable option for startups without much funding because many of them can be acquired for less than $100. With a little bit of creativity, a decent Chinese brand can be crea...
Discussion
February 26, 2020, 2:13 pm
The Domains
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by BettingTips.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BettingTips.com led the way at $150,000. Yugo.com was second at $50,000 and Modena.com was third at 34,000 Euro, ($37,004). 44 .com sales 13 cctld sales 9 other tld sales A few new gtld sales this week, H.energy w...
Discussion
February 25, 2020, 9:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Popular YouTuber Stacy Plays files lawsuit to get domain StacyPlays .com
Lawsuit cites Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. Stacy Hinojosa’s company Stacy Plays Brands, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to get the domain name StacyPlays .com. Hinojosa is known as Stacy Plays. Her YouTube channel has over 2...
Discussion
February 25, 2020, 6:42 pm
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