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Domain Name Wire
Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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November 20, 2019, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
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End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
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November 20, 2019, 2:47 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong we...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong we...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 9:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
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Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
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How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 3:56 pm
The Domains
Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the na...
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Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the na...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 5:20 am
The Domains
27 Google Search Statistics you might find interesting
Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google search queries by length. From the article the first 10: General Google Search Statistics 3....
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27 Google Search Statistics you might find interesting
Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google search queries by length. From the article the first 10: General Google Search Statistics 3....
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 10:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
All domain investors should read this analysis
Invest in domain names, not lottery tickets. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but Michael Sumner wrote it better than I could have. So you should read this. Most of the top sales you read about on DNJournal or see people brag abou...
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All domain investors should read this analysis
Invest in domain names, not lottery tickets. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but Michael Sumner wrote it better than I could have. So you should read this. Most of the top sales you read about on DNJournal or see people brag abou...
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 6:32 pm
The Domains
So which industry companies want to provide an ICA discount/benefit?
Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn’t hold any juice when they want to say to a politician...
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So which industry companies want to provide an ICA discount/benefit?
Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn’t hold any juice when they want to say to a politician...
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic’s gutsy acquisition will transform the company
Domain monetization will be a big part of CentralNic’s revenue and profit story going forward. Last Friday, CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced it is acquiring Team Internet AG for $48 million, $45 million of which will be paid in cash. Cen...
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CentralNic’s gutsy acquisition will transform the company
Domain monetization will be a big part of CentralNic’s revenue and profit story going forward. Last Friday, CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced it is acquiring Team Internet AG for $48 million, $45 million of which will be paid in cash. Cen...
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 5:54 pm
