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Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains and CNNIC get blockchain patents
Two entities get U.S. patents related to blockchain and domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents today related to blockchain and domain names. Unstoppable Domains obtained patent number 11,558,344 for Resolving blockchai...
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Unstoppable Domains and CNNIC get blockchain patents
Two entities get U.S. patents related to blockchain and domain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents today related to blockchain and domain names. Unstoppable Domains obtained patent number 11,558,344 for Resolving blockchai...
Discussion
January 17, 2023, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
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19 end user sales from the holidays
End users bought these domains over the holidays. Last week, Sedo published sales from the last three weeks. I posted the end user sales from the most recent list last week. Today, let’s look at the end user sales from two weeks over the holida...
Discussion
January 17, 2023, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
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How many .xyz and other big ticket domain sales from 2022 are developed already?
Many six-figure domain purchases haven’t been put to use yet. One of the arguments I hear from people who think big .xyz sales are faked is that the most expensive domains haven’t been developed. Indeed, when a domain is developed by the ...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
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Fighting uncapped prices – DNW Podcast #420
Why Namecheap fought against uncapped domain prices, and what it means for the domain industry. When ICANN removed price caps on .org and .info domains a few years ago, domain name registrar Namecheap didn’t sit by idly. It challenged the remov...
Discussion
January 16, 2023, 4:30 pm
The Domains
Q4 2022 Liquid Domains Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his liquid domains report for Q4 2022. – Q4 2022 saw a significant decline in sales volume: Escrow.com sales went down by 51%, while public sales as reported by ShortNames.com went down by 85%. – The number of p...
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Q4 2022 Liquid Domains Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his liquid domains report for Q4 2022. – Q4 2022 saw a significant decline in sales volume: Escrow.com sales went down by 51%, while public sales as reported by ShortNames.com went down by 85%. – The number of p...
Discussion
January 13, 2023, 6:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
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Reputation management company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This won’t help its reputation. An online reputation management company has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Erase Technologies, LLC, which operates a content removal service at GuaranteedRemovals.com, filed a cybers...
Discussion
January 13, 2023, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who wins the domains you lose?
One domainer investigated who was buying the domains it lost at auction. Do you ever follow up on domains you lose at expired domain auctions? If you’re like most people, you just move on to the next domain. But domain investor Digiventures Med...
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Who wins the domains you lose?
One domainer investigated who was buying the domains it lost at auction. Do you ever follow up on domains you lose at expired domain auctions? If you’re like most people, you just move on to the next domain. But domain investor Digiventures Med...
Discussion
January 12, 2023, 8:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Last end user domain name sales
A shipping company, a property management software company, and a real estate business bought domain names. Sedo dropped three weeks of domain sales lists this week after the holiday. I decided I’d start with the most recent one and then go bac...
Discussion
Last end user domain name sales
A shipping company, a property management software company, and a real estate business bought domain names. Sedo dropped three weeks of domain sales lists this week after the holiday. I decided I’d start with the most recent one and then go bac...
Discussion
January 12, 2023, 6:26 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – January 12, 2023: Persistence is Key: Happa.com, GCO.com, TheMiningClub.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:28 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons beh...
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DomainSherpa Review – January 12, 2023: Persistence is Key: Happa.com, GCO.com, TheMiningClub.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 19:28 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons beh...
Discussion
January 12, 2023, 5:07 pm
The Domains
Twitter may finally be ready to monetize premium Twitter handles
According to a report by The New York Times it looks like Elon Musk shares an opinion that myself and some others in domaining have held on Twitter handles. The good ones are worth money. Mike first wrote back in 2009 about a TechCrunch story that sa...
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Twitter may finally be ready to monetize premium Twitter handles
According to a report by The New York Times it looks like Elon Musk shares an opinion that myself and some others in domaining have held on Twitter handles. The good ones are worth money. Mike first wrote back in 2009 about a TechCrunch story that sa...
Discussion
January 11, 2023, 10:15 pm
