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Domain Name Wire
How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
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How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
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August 31, 2020, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
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Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
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August 31, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
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Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
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August 31, 2020, 12:41 pm
The Domains
Jerrick.media changing name to Creatd. The .com looks to have sold on Brandpa
Jerrick.media is rebranding to Creatd. The company looks to have purchased the domain name Creatd.com from Brandpa. The name was listed at BrandBucket for $2,395 as seen here on DNBolt.com. Jerrick is the owner of Vocal.media “650,000 creators ...
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Jerrick.media changing name to Creatd. The .com looks to have sold on Brandpa
Jerrick.media is rebranding to Creatd. The company looks to have purchased the domain name Creatd.com from Brandpa. The name was listed at BrandBucket for $2,395 as seen here on DNBolt.com. Jerrick is the owner of Vocal.media “650,000 creators ...
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August 30, 2020, 4:15 am
Domain Name Wire
Shoes.com sells for third time in 6 years
Walmart sells shoes site to private equity company. The domain name Shoes.com has its fourth owner in less than six years after Wal-Mart sold the business to a private equity company. Brown Shoe Co. sold the business in 2014 to online shoe seller Sho...
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Shoes.com sells for third time in 6 years
Walmart sells shoes site to private equity company. The domain name Shoes.com has its fourth owner in less than six years after Wal-Mart sold the business to a private equity company. Brown Shoe Co. sold the business in 2014 to online shoe seller Sho...
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August 30, 2020, 2:51 am
The Domains
Sex sells even in Crypto – Sex.Crypto sold for approx $90,000
CoinTelegraph posted that the domain name Sex.crypto sold for 230 ETH or close to $90,000. .crypto is run by Unstoppable Domains. Earlier today, the domain ‘sex.crypto’ sold for 230 ETH, or approximately $90,000 at press time. T...
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Sex sells even in Crypto – Sex.Crypto sold for approx $90,000
CoinTelegraph posted that the domain name Sex.crypto sold for 230 ETH or close to $90,000. .crypto is run by Unstoppable Domains. Earlier today, the domain ‘sex.crypto’ sold for 230 ETH, or approximately $90,000 at press time. T...
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August 28, 2020, 8:58 pm
The Domains
New rules coming to the .Au domain space
Some new rules coming to the Australian domain name space. According to an article on CSCDBS.com the auDA will be putting new rules in place that go into effect on October 5, 2020. Rules apply to both new and existing domain names. What’s chang...
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New rules coming to the .Au domain space
Some new rules coming to the Australian domain name space. According to an article on CSCDBS.com the auDA will be putting new rules in place that go into effect on October 5, 2020. Rules apply to both new and existing domain names. What’s chang...
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August 28, 2020, 8:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
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A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
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August 28, 2020, 4:25 pm
The Domains
Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an incre...
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Verisign 2020 Q2 DNIB shows an increases of 3.3 million domain name registrations
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an incre...
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August 28, 2020, 3:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
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Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
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August 27, 2020, 8:19 pm
