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Domain Name Wire
Why can’t Meta block scammers pretending to be Facebook on its own platform?
It baffles me that Meta can’t stop these scams when they occurs on its own messaging platform. If you manage a Facebook page then you’re used to receiving scam messages telling you your account is about to be deleted. A typical message lo...
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Why can’t Meta block scammers pretending to be Facebook on its own platform?
It baffles me that Meta can’t stop these scams when they occurs on its own messaging platform. If you manage a Facebook page then you’re used to receiving scam messages telling you your account is about to be deleted. A typical message lo...
Discussion
February 26, 2025, 4:59 pm

The Domains
Atom STR data shows domains priced at $25K selling much better than those at $2.5K
Darpan Munjal posted on X that sell through data at Atom showed domains priced at $25,000 or more sell almost 2 times more than those priced at $2,500. Now it’s no secret quality over quantity but it does give insight for those with lower quali...
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Atom STR data shows domains priced at $25K selling much better than those at $2.5K
Darpan Munjal posted on X that sell through data at Atom showed domains priced at $25,000 or more sell almost 2 times more than those priced at $2,500. Now it’s no secret quality over quantity but it does give insight for those with lower quali...
Discussion
February 26, 2025, 1:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com earnings: transactions value down but revenue up in Q4 and 2024
Price increase helps Escrow.com increase revenues in 2024. Escrow.com’s parent company, Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) (OTCQX: FLNCF), released earnings results today for Q4 2024 and the full year 2024. For the year, Gross Marketplace Volume (GMV, a...
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Escrow.com earnings: transactions value down but revenue up in Q4 and 2024
Price increase helps Escrow.com increase revenues in 2024. Escrow.com’s parent company, Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) (OTCQX: FLNCF), released earnings results today for Q4 2024 and the full year 2024. For the year, Gross Marketplace Volume (GMV, a...
Discussion
February 25, 2025, 11:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy and Entri settle antitrust lawsuit
Entri sued after GoDaddy prevented the startup from making changes to customers’ DNS records. Domain registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) and Entri, a firm that helps customers change DNS records, have settled their lawsuit. Entri acts as a conduit b...
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GoDaddy and Entri settle antitrust lawsuit
Entri sued after GoDaddy prevented the startup from making changes to customers’ DNS records. Domain registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) and Entri, a firm that helps customers change DNS records, have settled their lawsuit. Entri acts as a conduit b...
Discussion
February 25, 2025, 9:14 pm

Domain Name Wire
10 domains end users bought this week
A sports betting business, a physical security products seller, and a trade organization bought domain names. .AI domains continue to sell well, and Sedo had a couple of nice sales this week. Enable.ai ($40,000) sold to an end user, and the buyer for...
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10 domains end users bought this week
A sports betting business, a physical security products seller, and a trade organization bought domain names. .AI domains continue to sell well, and Sedo had a couple of nice sales this week. Enable.ai ($40,000) sold to an end user, and the buyer for...
Discussion
February 25, 2025, 6:26 pm

The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by L5.com at $95,000
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and L5.com led the way at $95,000. Enable.ai was second at $40,000 and Nano.ai was third at $25,000. Super.work sold for $24,000. 31 .com sales 32 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Curreny &n...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by L5.com at $95,000
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and L5.com led the way at $95,000. Enable.ai was second at $40,000 and Nano.ai was third at $25,000. Super.work sold for $24,000. 31 .com sales 32 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Curreny &n...
Discussion
February 25, 2025, 3:53 pm

Domain Name Wire
Google now opting ALL ad accounts out of domain parking
Look out below; the domain industry was just dealt another huge blow. In September 2024, Google informed advertisers that new Google ad accounts would automatically be opted out of serving ads on parked domains. That meant that the growth of new ads ...
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Google now opting ALL ad accounts out of domain parking
Look out below; the domain industry was just dealt another huge blow. In September 2024, Google informed advertisers that new Google ad accounts would automatically be opted out of serving ads on parked domains. That meant that the growth of new ads ...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 5:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
Court filing: Too late, 35.com is sold, and Chinese law wouldn’t let registrar pay Facebook
Chinese company asks court not to issue contempt sanctions in long-running dispute. A Chinese company that once owned domain registrar 35.com has told a court that it shouldn’t apply contempt sanctions to it in a cybersquatting dispute with Fac...
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Court filing: Too late, 35.com is sold, and Chinese law wouldn’t let registrar pay Facebook
Chinese company asks court not to issue contempt sanctions in long-running dispute. A Chinese company that once owned domain registrar 35.com has told a court that it shouldn’t apply contempt sanctions to it in a cybersquatting dispute with Fac...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 5:19 pm

Domain Name Wire
A domain investor’s results: .io, .ai, .com – DNW Podcast #523
This domain investor boosted his sales by changing his landing pages. On today’s show, I talk to a domain investor who has been very successful with .io and .ai domain names. He discusses how he’s tweaking his approach to investing in the...
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A domain investor’s results: .io, .ai, .com – DNW Podcast #523
This domain investor boosted his sales by changing his landing pages. On today’s show, I talk to a domain investor who has been very successful with .io and .ai domain names. He discusses how he’s tweaking his approach to investing in the...
Discussion
February 24, 2025, 4:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Did Halliburton file a cybersquatting complaint against itself?
Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute is titled Halliburton Energy Ser...
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Did Halliburton file a cybersquatting complaint against itself?
Halliburton filed a cybersquatting case. The cybersquatter was ostensibly Halliburton itself. World Intellectual Property Organization has published an interesting cybersquatting case decision. Officially, the dispute is titled Halliburton Energy Ser...
Discussion
February 21, 2025, 5:15 pm