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Domain Name Wire
Mononames quadruples number of top level domains
Site now tracks 16 million domains available to hand register. Mononames, a tool that helps people find short domain names, quadrupled the number of top level domains and .com prefixes/suffixes on its platform this week. The site finds available one-...
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Mononames quadruples number of top level domains
Site now tracks 16 million domains available to hand register. Mononames, a tool that helps people find short domain names, quadrupled the number of top level domains and .com prefixes/suffixes on its platform this week. The site finds available one-...
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September 12, 2024, 8:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic reveals Dan.com migration timeline and eventual shutdown
Dan.com will soon migrate accounts to Afternic before shutting down. Afternic representatives have been open about Dan.com eventually shutting down. Today, the company published a timeline and migration plans. As of today, new clients can’t sig...
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Afternic reveals Dan.com migration timeline and eventual shutdown
Dan.com will soon migrate accounts to Afternic before shutting down. Afternic representatives have been open about Dan.com eventually shutting down. Today, the company published a timeline and migration plans. As of today, new clients can’t sig...
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September 12, 2024, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
The biggest .com registrars, ranked
Here’s the latest data about the .com namespace. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers May 2024. A few things stand out in this month’s report: Hostinger made the top...
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The biggest .com registrars, ranked
Here’s the latest data about the .com namespace. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers May 2024. A few things stand out in this month’s report: Hostinger made the top...
Discussion
September 12, 2024, 1:02 pm
The Domains
Early registration open for Domainer Expo coming this December in Las Vegas
Ish Milly the founder of Domainer Expo announced the keynote speaker this year will be Darpan Munjal, Founder & CEO at ATOM. This is the 2nd Domainer Expo as 2023 was inaugural event. The event takes place in Las Vegas on 12/5 and 12/6. The lineu...
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Early registration open for Domainer Expo coming this December in Las Vegas
Ish Milly the founder of Domainer Expo announced the keynote speaker this year will be Darpan Munjal, Founder & CEO at ATOM. This is the 2nd Domainer Expo as 2023 was inaugural event. The event takes place in Las Vegas on 12/5 and 12/6. The lineu...
Discussion
September 11, 2024, 8:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Venmo and PayPal integrate Ethereum Name Service addresses
Popular payment platforms make it easier to send crypto by adopting ENS addresses. Venmo and PayPal recently integrated with Ethereum Name Service, allowing users to use .eth addresses rather than long blockchain addresses. One of the challenges of c...
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Venmo and PayPal integrate Ethereum Name Service addresses
Popular payment platforms make it easier to send crypto by adopting ENS addresses. Venmo and PayPal recently integrated with Ethereum Name Service, allowing users to use .eth addresses rather than long blockchain addresses. One of the challenges of c...
Discussion
September 11, 2024, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Last month’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy, .com prices, and other top stories from the past month. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views. 1. GoDaddy sued over expired domain purchase clawback – A Swedish company is upset that a domain i...
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Last month’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy, .com prices, and other top stories from the past month. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views. 1. GoDaddy sued over expired domain purchase clawback – A Swedish company is upset that a domain i...
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September 11, 2024, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy announces next premium domain auction
Auction will feature inventory from NameFind and BuyDomains. GoDaddy will hold a premium domain name auction September 17-24. Unlike previous auctions that just featured GoDaddy’s NameFind inventory, this auction will include domain names from ...
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GoDaddy announces next premium domain auction
Auction will feature inventory from NameFind and BuyDomains. GoDaddy will hold a premium domain name auction September 17-24. Unlike previous auctions that just featured GoDaddy’s NameFind inventory, this auction will include domain names from ...
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September 10, 2024, 9:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $265,000
Two domains used for Indian Premier League-related sites recently sold. Sedo’s top public sale this week was a shocking six figure .co sale: cv.co. It’s unclear who purchased the domain. It was difficult to find a lot of end user sales in...
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End user domain name sales up to $265,000
Two domains used for Indian Premier League-related sites recently sold. Sedo’s top public sale this week was a shocking six figure .co sale: cv.co. It’s unclear who purchased the domain. It was difficult to find a lot of end user sales in...
Discussion
September 10, 2024, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Entertainment company tries to reverse hijack domain name
Spanish film producer goes after domain name used by publicly traded Chinese cinema operator. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Wanda Films, S.L. tried to reverse hijack the domain name WandaFilm.com. The company p...
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Entertainment company tries to reverse hijack domain name
Spanish film producer goes after domain name used by publicly traded Chinese cinema operator. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Wanda Films, S.L. tried to reverse hijack the domain name WandaFilm.com. The company p...
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September 10, 2024, 4:33 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CV.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CV.co led the way at $130,000. Brokered by Derick Clegg. Sunvie.com was the top .com at $28,000. 41 .com sales 21 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency &nbs...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by CV.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CV.co led the way at $130,000. Brokered by Derick Clegg. Sunvie.com was the top .com at $28,000. 41 .com sales 21 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency &nbs...
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September 10, 2024, 2:39 pm
