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Domain Name Wire
A second bite at the apple? WIPO panel allows refiled case
A WIPO panel decided to rehear a prior dispute based on new information, but the result was the same. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to hear a refiled case, but it didn’t change the overall outcome of the domain dispu...
Discussion
A second bite at the apple? WIPO panel allows refiled case
A WIPO panel decided to rehear a prior dispute based on new information, but the result was the same. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) decided to hear a refiled case, but it didn’t change the overall outcome of the domain dispu...
Discussion
June 30, 2025, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge orders Monster to pay $350k stemming from failed escrow transaction
Final judgment will incur interest until it is paid. A King County judge has ordered (pdf) Rob Monster to pay a former Epik customer $349,407.61, and the total will incur interest until it is paid. The order stems from a failed escrow transacti...
Discussion
Judge orders Monster to pay $350k stemming from failed escrow transaction
Final judgment will incur interest until it is paid. A King County judge has ordered (pdf) Rob Monster to pay a former Epik customer $349,407.61, and the total will incur interest until it is paid. The order stems from a failed escrow transacti...
Discussion
June 27, 2025, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hiking app tries to reverse hijack its way from .org to .com
Company operating at MyHikes.org tried to get the matching .com, which was registered well before it existed. A UDRP panelist has found MyHikes, LLC, which uses the domain name MyHikes.ORG, guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name MyHikes.C...
Discussion
Hiking app tries to reverse hijack its way from .org to .com
Company operating at MyHikes.org tried to get the matching .com, which was registered well before it existed. A UDRP panelist has found MyHikes, LLC, which uses the domain name MyHikes.ORG, guilty of trying to reverse hijack the domain name MyHikes.C...
Discussion
June 27, 2025, 3:40 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 26, 2025 – Sell In May, Go Away?
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:57 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 26, 2025 – Sell In May, Go Away?
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:57 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
June 27, 2025, 12:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Here’s my two cents: renew your domains this month to save a couple pennies
Domain investors with large portfolios may want to renew domains in bulk before July to lock in the current rate. The so-called ICANN tax is about to go up. On July 1, 2025, at 00:00 UTC, the per-domain fee that customers pay to ICANN when they regis...
Discussion
Here’s my two cents: renew your domains this month to save a couple pennies
Domain investors with large portfolios may want to renew domains in bulk before July to lock in the current rate. The so-called ICANN tax is about to go up. On July 1, 2025, at 00:00 UTC, the per-domain fee that customers pay to ICANN when they regis...
Discussion
June 26, 2025, 9:05 pm
The Domains
Kevel.com for $100K in 2021
Another Throwback Thursday and Saw.com announced they helped a buyer secure Kevel.com back in 2021 for $100,000. DotDB.com shows Kevel registered in 23 extensions. The domain name is now developed, Kevel offers the infrastructure APIs needed to quick...
Discussion
Kevel.com for $100K in 2021
Another Throwback Thursday and Saw.com announced they helped a buyer secure Kevel.com back in 2021 for $100,000. DotDB.com shows Kevel registered in 23 extensions. The domain name is now developed, Kevel offers the infrastructure APIs needed to quick...
Discussion
June 26, 2025, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuits and UDRPs are not the first choice for taking down websites
There can be easier ways to take down abusive websites. The Oklahoman published a story this week about how Oklahoma County is considering suing over the domain name OklahomaCountyCourt .org. The domain name is used for a website that resembles a cou...
Discussion
Lawsuits and UDRPs are not the first choice for taking down websites
There can be easier ways to take down abusive websites. The Oklahoman published a story this week about how Oklahoma County is considering suing over the domain name OklahomaCountyCourt .org. The domain name is used for a website that resembles a cou...
Discussion
June 26, 2025, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Testing out Spaceship’s SellerHub domain sales platform
I added a domain to SellerHub today to see how the sales platform works. Here was my experience. There’s been some buzz about SellerHub, a domain sales platform that’s part of Namecheap’s Spaceship domain registrar. Yesterday, the c...
Discussion
Testing out Spaceship’s SellerHub domain sales platform
I added a domain to SellerHub today to see how the sales platform works. Here was my experience. There’s been some buzz about SellerHub, a domain sales platform that’s part of Namecheap’s Spaceship domain registrar. Yesterday, the c...
Discussion
June 26, 2025, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy extends backorder deadline by 60 days
Customers get a little more time to use pre-paid backorder credits. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has extended the deadline for customers to use domain backorder credits. The company announced last August that it was sunsetting its backorder product and gave ...
Discussion
GoDaddy extends backorder deadline by 60 days
Customers get a little more time to use pre-paid backorder credits. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has extended the deadline for customers to use domain backorder credits. The company announced last August that it was sunsetting its backorder product and gave ...
Discussion
June 25, 2025, 9:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spaceship SellerHub domains now showing in Namecheap registration path
Soon, it will be the exclusive way to reach the registration path at the world’s second-largest domain registrar. Namecheap is removing Afternic and Sedo domains from its registration path, but is offering an alternative way for domain sellers ...
Discussion
Spaceship SellerHub domains now showing in Namecheap registration path
Soon, it will be the exclusive way to reach the registration path at the world’s second-largest domain registrar. Namecheap is removing Afternic and Sedo domains from its registration path, but is offering an alternative way for domain sellers ...
Discussion
June 25, 2025, 4:10 pm
