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L’Oreal sells four top level domains to XYZ
Cosmetics company gets out of generic domain business. Top level domain registry XYZ has acquired four domain names from L’Oreal, according to ICANN records. The company acquired .beauty, .makeup, .hair and .skin on January 10, 2020. L’Or...
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L’Oreal sells four top level domains to XYZ
Cosmetics company gets out of generic domain business. Top level domain registry XYZ has acquired four domain names from L’Oreal, according to ICANN records. The company acquired .beauty, .makeup, .hair and .skin on January 10, 2020. L’Or...
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February 5, 2020, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spanish fashion company tries to scalp Scalpers.com
Company tries to get domain through UDRP after failing to buy it. A Spanish fashion company has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to obtain the domain name Scalpers.com in a UDRP. Scalpers Fashion, S.L. filed a cybersqua...
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Spanish fashion company tries to scalp Scalpers.com
Company tries to get domain through UDRP after failing to buy it. A Spanish fashion company has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to obtain the domain name Scalpers.com in a UDRP. Scalpers Fashion, S.L. filed a cybersqua...
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February 5, 2020, 1:46 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Chauffage.fr
Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.nets that just sit there, this week there were a couple great 4L.net sales, 4L.nets selling m...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Chauffage.fr
Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.nets that just sit there, this week there were a couple great 4L.net sales, 4L.nets selling m...
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February 4, 2020, 6:05 pm
The Domains
Seller of write.com discussed his 6 figure flip
The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for $60,000 back in 2011. The company that bought the name back then sold the name to a Namepros me...
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Seller of write.com discussed his 6 figure flip
The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for $60,000 back in 2011. The company that bought the name back then sold the name to a Namepros me...
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February 4, 2020, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR pushes back on ICANN after California AG gets involved
PIR says “enough is enough” after ICANN asks to extend deadline. The California Attorney General has opened an investigation into ICANN and the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), which operates .org, from non-profit Internet Society ...
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PIR pushes back on ICANN after California AG gets involved
PIR says “enough is enough” after ICANN asks to extend deadline. The California Attorney General has opened an investigation into ICANN and the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), which operates .org, from non-profit Internet Society ...
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February 4, 2020, 5:22 pm
The Domains
New York times covers the .Ai extension
Steve Lohr of the New York Times published a piece on the .AI extension. .Ai has become a windfall for Anguilla. It was once just a side job for the man running the extension, Vincent Cate, a computer scientist who settled in Anguilla and later becam...
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New York times covers the .Ai extension
Steve Lohr of the New York Times published a piece on the .AI extension. .Ai has become a windfall for Anguilla. It was once just a side job for the man running the extension, Vincent Cate, a computer scientist who settled in Anguilla and later becam...
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February 4, 2020, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Those favicons in Google search results? Maybe not forever
Google backtracks and tests favicon-less search results pages. Last month, Google changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. The big difference was adding favicons to the results. (The desktop results also include...
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Those favicons in Google search results? Maybe not forever
Google backtracks and tests favicon-less search results pages. Last month, Google changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. The big difference was adding favicons to the results. (The desktop results also include...
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February 4, 2020, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
$1.8 million in domains sold in live domain name auction
Auction led by Add.com. This year’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon concluded with $1.8 million in sales. An extended online auction ends on February 14, 2020. The top sale was ADD.com for $800,000. Many people have commented o...
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$1.8 million in domains sold in live domain name auction
Auction led by Add.com. This year’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon concluded with $1.8 million in sales. An extended online auction ends on February 14, 2020. The top sale was ADD.com for $800,000. Many people have commented o...
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February 4, 2020, 2:58 pm
The Domains
ICYMI: January 2020 – Top stories
The top posts of January 2020 on TheDomains January saw Rat.com launch, Adam Dicker back out of an appearance on You Tube and the NamesCon Live Auction. Our top story traffic wise was on the founder of Xiaomi discussing the importance of domain names...
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ICYMI: January 2020 – Top stories
The top posts of January 2020 on TheDomains January saw Rat.com launch, Adam Dicker back out of an appearance on You Tube and the NamesCon Live Auction. Our top story traffic wise was on the founder of Xiaomi discussing the importance of domain names...
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February 4, 2020, 4:39 am
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon 2020 was a hit but could be even better next year
Moving to Austin was a smart move, and next year could be even better. NamesCon Global 2020 is in the books. The conference took place last Wednesday through Saturday in Austin, Texas. The move to Austin after many years in Las Vegas was a significan...
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NamesCon 2020 was a hit but could be even better next year
Moving to Austin was a smart move, and next year could be even better. NamesCon Global 2020 is in the books. The conference took place last Wednesday through Saturday in Austin, Texas. The move to Austin after many years in Las Vegas was a significan...
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February 3, 2020, 9:59 pm
