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Domain Name Wire
Chat.com sells for 8 figures AGAIN
He might have sold it to the other company that tried to buy it earlier. Earlier this year, entrepreneur Dharmesh Shah acquired chat.com for over $10 million. He just flipped the domain name. Shah posted on LinkedIn this morning that he sold the doma...
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Chat.com sells for 8 figures AGAIN
He might have sold it to the other company that tried to buy it earlier. Earlier this year, entrepreneur Dharmesh Shah acquired chat.com for over $10 million. He just flipped the domain name. Shah posted on LinkedIn this morning that he sold the doma...
Discussion
May 25, 2023, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Voice over domain names? Namecheap files interesting patent application
Namecheap’s application describes a way to call people by domain name. Domain name registrar Namecheap has filed a U.S. patent application for a “domain communication system.” The application (pdf) describes a system where you can c...
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Voice over domain names? Namecheap files interesting patent application
Namecheap’s application describes a way to call people by domain name. Domain name registrar Namecheap has filed a U.S. patent application for a “domain communication system.” The application (pdf) describes a system where you can c...
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May 25, 2023, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Malware claim leads to reverse domain name hijacking
Complainant cited Whois privacy service’s details to suggest an association with malware distribution. Markel Corporation has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name MarkelGroup.com. The company filed a UDRP compl...
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Malware claim leads to reverse domain name hijacking
Complainant cited Whois privacy service’s details to suggest an association with malware distribution. Markel Corporation has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name MarkelGroup.com. The company filed a UDRP compl...
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May 24, 2023, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Painless.com UDRP is painful
Ouch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Dental Supply Co. filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum against Pain Management, Inc. As the registrant’s n...
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Painless.com UDRP is painful
Ouch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Dental Supply Co. filed a UDRP with National Arbitration Forum against Pain Management, Inc. As the registrant’s n...
Discussion
May 24, 2023, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s ccTLD end user domain sales bonanza
A florist, a dream interpretation site, and a furniture design company bought domain names. China, Germany, Italy, Austria, United States. Sedo is the king of country code domain names, and this week’s end user sales chart is a prime example. c...
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This week’s ccTLD end user domain sales bonanza
A florist, a dream interpretation site, and a furniture design company bought domain names. China, Germany, Italy, Austria, United States. Sedo is the king of country code domain names, and this week’s end user sales chart is a prime example. c...
Discussion
May 23, 2023, 3:57 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by zCompany.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and zCompany.com led the way at 16,000 Euro, ($17,234). Parrot.us was second at $12,000 and Meucassino.com was third at 10,000 Euro, ($10,771). 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Highlights of ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by zCompany.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and zCompany.com led the way at 16,000 Euro, ($17,234). Parrot.us was second at $12,000 and Meucassino.com was third at 10,000 Euro, ($10,771). 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Highlights of ...
Discussion
May 23, 2023, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
My new favorite AI domain generator
I feel like a hand-registration genius. AI-powered domain name generators are opening many people’s eyes to the quality of domains available for hand registration. Before these tools became available, most domain investors generated domains to ...
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My new favorite AI domain generator
I feel like a hand-registration genius. AI-powered domain name generators are opening many people’s eyes to the quality of domains available for hand registration. Before these tools became available, most domain investors generated domains to ...
Discussion
May 23, 2023, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Going once, going twice… – DNW Podcast #437
Get ready for next week’s live domain name auction. NamesCon is next week, and that means it’s time for another live domain name auction. On today’s show, Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot discusses what goes into planning a live aucti...
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Going once, going twice… – DNW Podcast #437
Get ready for next week’s live domain name auction. NamesCon is next week, and that means it’s time for another live domain name auction. On today’s show, Monte Cahn of Right of the Dot discusses what goes into planning a live aucti...
Discussion
May 22, 2023, 3:30 pm
The Domains
John Berryhill posts a warning about dealing with GoDaddy brokers
John Berryhill does not start many threads at Namepros. He is a valuable contributor and answers a lot of questions in existing threads. So when he started one I wanted to read what he had to say. The post was published in Warnings and Alerts. The ti...
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John Berryhill posts a warning about dealing with GoDaddy brokers
John Berryhill does not start many threads at Namepros. He is a valuable contributor and answers a lot of questions in existing threads. So when he started one I wanted to read what he had to say. The post was published in Warnings and Alerts. The ti...
Discussion
May 18, 2023, 11:48 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – May 18, 2023: Perception vs. Reality: MdDUIAttorney.com, Snowplower.com, RDN.org, TipOff.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:they play The Domain Game (starting at the 10:20 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evalu...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – May 18, 2023: Perception vs. Reality: MdDUIAttorney.com, Snowplower.com, RDN.org, TipOff.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:they play The Domain Game (starting at the 10:20 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evalu...
Discussion
May 18, 2023, 10:45 pm
