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Domain Name Wire
ICANN regains control of X account after phishing attack
Phisher posted a crypto scam after gaining account access. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has successfully recovered its X (Twitter) account. On February 11, someone phished an ICANN employee to gain access to the com...
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ICANN regains control of X account after phishing attack
Phisher posted a crypto scam after gaining account access. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has successfully recovered its X (Twitter) account. On February 11, someone phished an ICANN employee to gain access to the com...
Discussion
March 7, 2025, 5:49 pm

The Domains
Radix’s H2 2024 Premium Domains Report
Radix released their H2 2024 Premium domains report. The one thing that stood out to me was the increase in .fun registrations. We saw DeFAi.fun sell for $29,777 last week. You can view the whole report here The post Radix’s H2 2024 Premium Dom...
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Radix’s H2 2024 Premium Domains Report
Radix released their H2 2024 Premium domains report. The one thing that stood out to me was the increase in .fun registrations. We saw DeFAi.fun sell for $29,777 last week. You can view the whole report here The post Radix’s H2 2024 Premium Dom...
Discussion
March 7, 2025, 4:33 pm

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – March 6, 2025 – My First Milly
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 23:14 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – March 6, 2025 – My First Milly
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 23:14 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
March 7, 2025, 12:08 am

Domain Name Wire
These domain bingo cards are spot on
Domain investor Leanne McMahon posted a Domain Community Bingo card on X today, and I think it was spot on. Among the squares: Someone says Dan.com should never have been shut down Someone tweets to their domain investor followers how important a goo...
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These domain bingo cards are spot on
Domain investor Leanne McMahon posted a Domain Community Bingo card on X today, and I think it was spot on. Among the squares: Someone says Dan.com should never have been shut down Someone tweets to their domain investor followers how important a goo...
Discussion
March 6, 2025, 11:53 pm

Domain Name Wire
.AI auction starts today, GoDaddy’s next auction on tap
Sedo is holding a .ai domain auction and GoDaddy is prepping its next premium domain auction. Two domain name auctions taking place this month are worth tracking. First, Sedo is holding an auction of .ai domain names that kicked off today. There are ...
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.AI auction starts today, GoDaddy’s next auction on tap
Sedo is holding a .ai domain auction and GoDaddy is prepping its next premium domain auction. Two domain name auctions taking place this month are worth tracking. First, Sedo is holding an auction of .ai domain names that kicked off today. There are ...
Discussion
March 6, 2025, 5:23 pm

Domain Name Wire
Orange Domains offers “Minting as a Service” for domain registries
New service makes it easier for domain registries to offer web3 capabilities. Orange Domains, the registry behind .locker domains, has launched a new service that helps top level domains add web3 functionality. .Locker is connected to web3 technology...
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Orange Domains offers “Minting as a Service” for domain registries
New service makes it easier for domain registries to offer web3 capabilities. Orange Domains, the registry behind .locker domains, has launched a new service that helps top level domains add web3 functionality. .Locker is connected to web3 technology...
Discussion
March 6, 2025, 2:00 pm

The Domains
Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinio...
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Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinio...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 7:36 pm

Domain Name Wire
13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
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13 domains end users just bought
Collectibles company Panini, an influencer marketing platform, and a credit union recently bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was TheAI.com for $65,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. Here’s a...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 5:51 pm

Domain Name Wire
Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
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Top stories: .AI change, Liverpool FC and more
A soccer team’s cybersquatting claim and a change to how expired .ai domains are sold were top stories in February. 1. New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement – A five-month-old domain name registrar got hit with...
Discussion
March 5, 2025, 2:10 pm

The Domains
Google is now seeing 5 trillion searches annually
SearchEngineLand.com published a piece on Google searches. For the first time since 2016 Google publicly shared how many searches they process a year. The number comes in at more than 5 trillion. Back in 2016 it was noted as more than 2 trillion sear...
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Google is now seeing 5 trillion searches annually
SearchEngineLand.com published a piece on Google searches. For the first time since 2016 Google publicly shared how many searches they process a year. The number comes in at more than 5 trillion. Back in 2016 it was noted as more than 2 trillion sear...
Discussion
March 4, 2025, 8:31 pm