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The Domains
Verisign releases Q3 2022 DNIB
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .xyz From the report: The third qua...
Discussion
Verisign releases Q3 2022 DNIB
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .xyz From the report: The third qua...
Discussion
December 9, 2022, 6:02 am
Domain Name Wire
James Iles joins GoDaddy as liason to domain investor community
Prolific domain industry writer takes new role at GoDaddy. James Iles has joined GoDaddy as its domain investment community manager. It’s a new role at the company. Iles will work with domainers to help with issues they are experiencing, and he...
Discussion
James Iles joins GoDaddy as liason to domain investor community
Prolific domain industry writer takes new role at GoDaddy. James Iles has joined GoDaddy as its domain investment community manager. It’s a new role at the company. Iles will work with domainers to help with issues they are experiencing, and he...
Discussion
December 8, 2022, 9:51 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – December 8, 2022: Adam Strong Finally Shows Up: CyberPrevent.com, Brush.ai, Useless.info
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 42:38 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons beh...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – December 8, 2022: Adam Strong Finally Shows Up: CyberPrevent.com, Brush.ai, Useless.info
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 42:38 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons beh...
Discussion
December 8, 2022, 7:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Beyond the top 10 in .com
Here’s who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top 10 domain registrars for .com, ranked both for that month’s new registrations and total .com domains under management. This week, a reader asked if ...
Discussion
Beyond the top 10 in .com
Here’s who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top 10 domain registrars for .com, ranked both for that month’s new registrations and total .com domains under management. This week, a reader asked if ...
Discussion
December 8, 2022, 7:26 pm
The Domains
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: November 2022
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of November 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digita...
Discussion
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: November 2022
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of November 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digita...
Discussion
December 8, 2022, 6:04 am
The Domains
7 years later Mike Berkens remains pleased that he and Judi sold their portfolio
It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he sold his portfolio to GoDaddy. The press release partially read like this: This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, ...
Discussion
7 years later Mike Berkens remains pleased that he and Judi sold their portfolio
It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he sold his portfolio to GoDaddy. The press release partially read like this: This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, ...
Discussion
December 8, 2022, 1:36 am
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales including a one letter domain
Here are some domains end users bought at Sedo this week. Very few of this week’s Sedo sales have developed sites or public Whois information, so I was only able to uncover a handful of end user sales. It will be interesting to see what becomes...
Discussion
End user domain sales including a one letter domain
Here are some domains end users bought at Sedo this week. Very few of this week’s Sedo sales have developed sites or public Whois information, so I was only able to uncover a handful of end user sales. It will be interesting to see what becomes...
Discussion
December 7, 2022, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mind Gym plc tries to reverse hijack better name
Tries to drop the ‘the’ through bad UDRP case. Mind Gym plc, a company that provides business consulting services, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute over MindGym.com. The com...
Discussion
Mind Gym plc tries to reverse hijack better name
Tries to drop the ‘the’ through bad UDRP case. Mind Gym plc, a company that provides business consulting services, has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute over MindGym.com. The com...
Discussion
December 6, 2022, 6:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Scuba fight results in reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist notes that scuba is a generic term. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) eScuba Pty Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which operates a site at escuba.com.au, filed a dispute...
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Scuba fight results in reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist notes that scuba is a generic term. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) eScuba Pty Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which operates a site at escuba.com.au, filed a dispute...
Discussion
December 6, 2022, 4:14 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Rebate.com and Rebates.com at $500K each
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Rebate.com/Rebates.com led the way at $500,000. A.game was in second place at $40,888. 40 .com sales 22 cctld sales 12 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain ...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Rebate.com and Rebates.com at $500K each
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Rebate.com/Rebates.com led the way at $500,000. A.game was in second place at $40,888. 40 .com sales 22 cctld sales 12 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain ...
Discussion
December 6, 2022, 3:40 pm
