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Domain Name Wire
Rebranding CovertKit to Kit – DNW Podcast #498
Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars o...
Discussion
Rebranding CovertKit to Kit – DNW Podcast #498
Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars o...
Discussion
August 26, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ethereum Name Service drops lawsuit over eth.link
The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name foll...
Discussion
Ethereum Name Service drops lawsuit over eth.link
The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name foll...
Discussion
August 23, 2024, 8:41 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – August 22, 2024 – And The Winner Is…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas reveal the big winner of the "Deal or No Deal" headline domain name from the DNWE domain industry scavenger hunt;• The Sherpas ...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – August 22, 2024 – And The Winner Is…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas reveal the big winner of the "Deal or No Deal" headline domain name from the DNWE domain industry scavenger hunt;• The Sherpas ...
Discussion
August 23, 2024, 12:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon launches .deal and .now top level domains
The company, which has been slow to launch its domains, is finally rolling out two more. Amazon is finally launching a couple more of its top level domain names. About eight years after ICANN delegated .deal and .now, the company opened the domains i...
Discussion
Amazon launches .deal and .now top level domains
The company, which has been slow to launch its domains, is finally rolling out two more. Amazon is finally launching a couple more of its top level domain names. About eight years after ICANN delegated .deal and .now, the company opened the domains i...
Discussion
August 22, 2024, 4:49 pm
The Domains
MMX.co former Minds + Machines left to expire
Minds + Machines acquired MMX.co back in 2015 for $2,200 at Sedo. The company sold its internet top-level domain assets to GoDaddy for a total consideration of US$120mln in cash back in 2020. The domain name expired and closed at $8,400 at GoDaddy au...
Discussion
MMX.co former Minds + Machines left to expire
Minds + Machines acquired MMX.co back in 2015 for $2,200 at Sedo. The company sold its internet top-level domain assets to GoDaddy for a total consideration of US$120mln in cash back in 2020. The domain name expired and closed at $8,400 at GoDaddy au...
Discussion
August 21, 2024, 9:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Airplane company Textron loses another “Oki Data” case
UDRP carves out exceptions for legitimate use of brand names in domains. Textron Innovations Inc., the maker of airplanes and airplane parts including Cessna and Beechcraft, has lost another cybersquatting case under the Oki Data precedent. Oki Data ...
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Airplane company Textron loses another “Oki Data” case
UDRP carves out exceptions for legitimate use of brand names in domains. Textron Innovations Inc., the maker of airplanes and airplane parts including Cessna and Beechcraft, has lost another cybersquatting case under the Oki Data precedent. Oki Data ...
Discussion
August 21, 2024, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales up to $27,000
A crane company, a beverage mixer seller, and a Barcelona tourism organization bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was crypto .co.uk, brokered by Mark Ghoriafi. It’s unclear who bought it yet and if it was an end-user or invest...
Discussion
16 end user domain name sales up to $27,000
A crane company, a beverage mixer seller, and a Barcelona tourism organization bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was crypto .co.uk, brokered by Mark Ghoriafi. It’s unclear who bought it yet and if it was an end-user or invest...
Discussion
August 21, 2024, 1:33 pm
Sully's Blog
Building the Future of Domains: with NameMaxi’s Zhou Wenhan
Zhou Wenhan, founder of NameMaxi.com, is a seasoned entrepreneur starting his career in the mobile application space in 2009. His earlier companies were acquired and other than NameMaxi, he has a current company in the Walkie Talkie App space as voic...
Discussion
Building the Future of Domains: with NameMaxi’s Zhou Wenhan
Zhou Wenhan, founder of NameMaxi.com, is a seasoned entrepreneur starting his career in the mobile application space in 2009. His earlier companies were acquired and other than NameMaxi, he has a current company in the Walkie Talkie App space as voic...
Discussion
August 21, 2024, 10:41 am
Domain Name Wire
What’s trending in new domain registrations
GoDaddy begins sharing data about new domain registrations. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has a new feature that shares which keywords are being registered most often in new domain names. The company already publishes which keywords are most common in Afterma...
Discussion
What’s trending in new domain registrations
GoDaddy begins sharing data about new domain registrations. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has a new feature that shares which keywords are being registered most often in new domain names. The company already publishes which keywords are most common in Afterma...
Discussion
August 20, 2024, 4:12 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Crypto.co.uk
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Crypto.co.uk led the way at 100,000 GBP, ($130,441) to be fair when it was announced it was roughly $127,500 on conversion. MyNames.com was the top .com sale at 15,000 Euro, ($16,672). 27 .com sales 15...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Crypto.co.uk
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Crypto.co.uk led the way at 100,000 GBP, ($130,441) to be fair when it was announced it was roughly $127,500 on conversion. MyNames.com was the top .com sale at 15,000 Euro, ($16,672). 27 .com sales 15...
Discussion
August 20, 2024, 2:58 pm
