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Domain Name Wire
Flipkart nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Domain was registered 10 years before it started using the eKart name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Instakart Services Private Limited, also known as Flipkart, to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company, wh...
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Flipkart nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Domain was registered 10 years before it started using the eKart name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Instakart Services Private Limited, also known as Flipkart, to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company, wh...
Discussion
November 8, 2024, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows sees rebound in expired domain sales
Q3 was strong for expired domain sales. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings after the market closed yesterday, including solid year-over-year performance in its domain name business. Domain name revenue increased 6% year over year to $55.0 million...
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Tucows sees rebound in expired domain sales
Q3 was strong for expired domain sales. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings after the market closed yesterday, including solid year-over-year performance in its domain name business. Domain name revenue increased 6% year over year to $55.0 million...
Discussion
November 8, 2024, 1:41 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – November 7, 2024 – Election Day
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas recorded this episode on the day of the U.S. presidential election, so they discuss which candidate would be better for domain names.• Th...
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DomainSherpa Review – November 7, 2024 – Election Day
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas recorded this episode on the day of the U.S. presidential election, so they discuss which candidate would be better for domain names.• Th...
Discussion
November 8, 2024, 12:00 am
The Domains
Dynadot will now let you bring your own lead and pay 5% commission
Dynadot will now let you bring your own lead and pay 5% commission. So for people who want to control their transaction and deal with their favorite registrar, they have another choice. You can now bring your own lead at Dynadot. We handle payment an...
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Dynadot will now let you bring your own lead and pay 5% commission
Dynadot will now let you bring your own lead and pay 5% commission. So for people who want to control their transaction and deal with their favorite registrar, they have another choice. You can now bring your own lead at Dynadot. We handle payment an...
Discussion
November 7, 2024, 11:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Financial company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist found RDNH even though domain registrant didn’t respond. A UDRP panelist has found Zelig AI, LLC, which offers a financial education service at ValuSyncIt .com, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Zelig filed a cybersquatting disp...
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Financial company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist found RDNH even though domain registrant didn’t respond. A UDRP panelist has found Zelig AI, LLC, which offers a financial education service at ValuSyncIt .com, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Zelig filed a cybersquatting disp...
Discussion
November 7, 2024, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New rankings: Top .com domain name registrars
These are the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers July 2024. A few things stand out in this month’s report: Hostinger had another str...
Discussion
New rankings: Top .com domain name registrars
These are the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers July 2024. A few things stand out in this month’s report: Hostinger had another str...
Discussion
November 7, 2024, 2:43 pm
The Domains
Interview with Porkbun’s Ray King
Porkbun has been on a nice growth spurt over the last couple years, they have become one of the more popular registrars. Back in July I took a look at Trustpilot and who are the companies with the highest ratings in the registrar space. Porkbun came ...
Discussion
Interview with Porkbun’s Ray King
Porkbun has been on a nice growth spurt over the last couple years, they have become one of the more popular registrars. Back in July I took a look at Trustpilot and who are the companies with the highest ratings in the registrar space. Porkbun came ...
Discussion
November 6, 2024, 8:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
OpenAI acquires chat.com
Chat.com sells for $15M plus for the third time in two years. The chat.com domain name has changed hands for the third time in two years. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and perhaps the most ideal company to own the domain name, has acquired it. H...
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OpenAI acquires chat.com
Chat.com sells for $15M plus for the third time in two years. The chat.com domain name has changed hands for the third time in two years. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and perhaps the most ideal company to own the domain name, has acquired it. H...
Discussion
November 6, 2024, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trump win likely seals fate of .com prices
Price relief for .com registrants takes a step back with Trump’s win. It might seem trivial to talk about Donald Trump’s win and its impact on domain names, but this is a blog about domain names, so here we go. Trump’s victory likel...
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Trump win likely seals fate of .com prices
Price relief for .com registrants takes a step back with Trump’s win. It might seem trivial to talk about Donald Trump’s win and its impact on domain names, but this is a blog about domain names, so here we go. Trump’s victory likel...
Discussion
November 6, 2024, 6:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
October’s top domain name stories
.IO domain names, a couple of court cases, and other top stories from the past month. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from the past month, as well as podcasts you might have missed. 1. .IO domain names aren’t going away &ndash...
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October’s top domain name stories
.IO domain names, a couple of court cases, and other top stories from the past month. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from the past month, as well as podcasts you might have missed. 1. .IO domain names aren’t going away &ndash...
Discussion
November 6, 2024, 4:45 pm
