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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – November 2, 2023: You’re So Vain
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment, co-hosted by JT, Chris & Matthew Zuiker - where they pick one or two domain name related topics to dig into. In this episode, the Sherpas discus...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – November 2, 2023: You’re So Vain
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment, co-hosted by JT, Chris & Matthew Zuiker - where they pick one or two domain name related topics to dig into. In this episode, the Sherpas discus...
Discussion
November 2, 2023, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
This might be my favorite UDRP decision ever
Panelist David Sorkin didn’t need many words to express his dismay. UDRP panelists sometimes feel the need to be verbose. So I love the decision David Sorkin wrote for NattyOutdoorstore .com. Microtech Knives, Inc. filed the dispute against Wac...
Discussion
This might be my favorite UDRP decision ever
Panelist David Sorkin didn’t need many words to express his dismay. UDRP panelists sometimes feel the need to be verbose. So I love the decision David Sorkin wrote for NattyOutdoorstore .com. Microtech Knives, Inc. filed the dispute against Wac...
Discussion
November 2, 2023, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sleep Number tries to reverse hijack beds.com
Company wrongfully alleged that the domain owner stole the domain. A UDRP panel has found that mattress company Sleep Number Corporation tried to reverse domain name hijack beds.com. Sleep Number once owned and used the domain name, and in 2018, star...
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Sleep Number tries to reverse hijack beds.com
Company wrongfully alleged that the domain owner stole the domain. A UDRP panel has found that mattress company Sleep Number Corporation tried to reverse domain name hijack beds.com. Sleep Number once owned and used the domain name, and in 2018, star...
Discussion
November 2, 2023, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon makes .bot domain names easier to register
Bot no longer required for registration. If you surveyed new top level domain name proponents about which of the big applicants has been the biggest disappointment, I’d bet Amazon would top the list. The company applied for 76 top level domains...
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Amazon makes .bot domain names easier to register
Bot no longer required for registration. If you surveyed new top level domain name proponents about which of the big applicants has been the biggest disappointment, I’d bet Amazon would top the list. The company applied for 76 top level domains...
Discussion
November 1, 2023, 7:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 recent end user domain sales at Sedo
A bottle cap manufacturer, a water flavoring company, and an audio products business bought domain names. Sedo’s public sales chart this week was led by AIQ.com for $325,000 and SecondBrain.com for $120,000. Both of these purchases are candidat...
Discussion
10 recent end user domain sales at Sedo
A bottle cap manufacturer, a water flavoring company, and an audio products business bought domain names. Sedo’s public sales chart this week was led by AIQ.com for $325,000 and SecondBrain.com for $120,000. Both of these purchases are candidat...
Discussion
October 31, 2023, 6:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains files three more trademark applications
Company continues to go after U.S. trademarks for its alt-root top level domains. Alt-root web3 domain name provider Unstoppable Domains has filed three more U.S. trademark applications corresponding to the names it offers. The company has attempted ...
Discussion
Unstoppable Domains files three more trademark applications
Company continues to go after U.S. trademarks for its alt-root top level domains. Alt-root web3 domain name provider Unstoppable Domains has filed three more U.S. trademark applications corresponding to the names it offers. The company has attempted ...
Discussion
October 31, 2023, 3:38 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by AiQ.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and AiQ.com led the way at $325,000. SecondBrain.com was the second 6 figure sale at $120,000. Closure.com was third at $45,000. 25 .com sales 20 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by AiQ.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and AiQ.com led the way at $325,000. SecondBrain.com was the second 6 figure sale at $120,000. Closure.com was third at $45,000. 25 .com sales 20 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS ...
Discussion
October 31, 2023, 3:17 pm
Sully's Blog
“.Com is still king. I’m not launching anything on anything else anymore!”
Ruurtjan Pul is the founder of nslookup.io and whatismyisp.com which fall under his company…
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“.Com is still king. I’m not launching anything on anything else anymore!”
Ruurtjan Pul is the founder of nslookup.io and whatismyisp.com which fall under his company…
Discussion
October 31, 2023, 1:07 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – October 30, 2023: Happy Sherpaween 2023
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – October 30, 2023: Happy Sherpaween 2023
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 7:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain investor sues to try to get one character .com domain names
Company claims it should get 1.com, a.com etc based on its registration of internationalized domain names. A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names....
Discussion
Domain investor sues to try to get one character .com domain names
Company claims it should get 1.com, a.com etc based on its registration of internationalized domain names. A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names....
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 6:27 pm
