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Domain Name Wire
Verisign patent suggests a new model for expired domains
Patent contemplates selling pools of access to each registrar. Someone looking in from the outside would consider the current model for drop catching expired domain names to be inefficient. Each registrar has a connection to the registry, which it us...
Discussion
Verisign patent suggests a new model for expired domains
Patent contemplates selling pools of access to each registrar. Someone looking in from the outside would consider the current model for drop catching expired domain names to be inefficient. Each registrar has a connection to the registry, which it us...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 4:44 pm
The Domains
Domaining.com May Broker Newsletter
Francois and Domaining.com are out with the May Broker newsletter. SPONSOR – Dofo.com The Story of Dofo Discover how Macit Tuna sparked the great idea of dofo.com and turned it into a service that is quickly becoming popular. If you want to buy...
Discussion
Domaining.com May Broker Newsletter
Francois and Domaining.com are out with the May Broker newsletter. SPONSOR – Dofo.com The Story of Dofo Discover how Macit Tuna sparked the great idea of dofo.com and turned it into a service that is quickly becoming popular. If you want to buy...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This domain dispute might be better in the courts
The Complainant has a right to be upset but will have difficulty showing trademark rights. UMass Memorial HealthAlliance has lost a UDRP for UrgentCareLeominster .com at World Intellectual Property Organization. The hospital chain has a right to be u...
Discussion
This domain dispute might be better in the courts
The Complainant has a right to be upset but will have difficulty showing trademark rights. UMass Memorial HealthAlliance has lost a UDRP for UrgentCareLeominster .com at World Intellectual Property Organization. The hospital chain has a right to be u...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 3:03 pm
The Domains
Round 2 for Tema.com buyer did not pay $128,938
May 13 I wrote about Tema.com closing at $128,938 on DropCatch. The name is back on DropCatch so no one paid the first time. There just have to be better systems when you let people bid that high. Want to bid $50,000 send us a deposit, something thes...
Discussion
Round 2 for Tema.com buyer did not pay $128,938
May 13 I wrote about Tema.com closing at $128,938 on DropCatch. The name is back on DropCatch so no one paid the first time. There just have to be better systems when you let people bid that high. Want to bid $50,000 send us a deposit, something thes...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 8:37 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – May 18: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com• Get your bids in soon for AdventureGear.com, Galaxy.o...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – May 18: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com• Get your bids in soon for AdventureGear.com, Galaxy.o...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 8:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
Pennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery and B...
Discussion
Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
Pennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery and B...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Adrian Kinderis – DNW Podcast #286
From running a registrar to .au to .film. My guest this week is Adrian Kinderis. Adrian has been in the domain business for a couple of decades and started by founding a domain registrar. This snowballed into operating the .au domain. On today’...
Discussion
Adrian Kinderis – DNW Podcast #286
From running a registrar to .au to .film. My guest this week is Adrian Kinderis. Adrian has been in the domain business for a couple of decades and started by founding a domain registrar. This snowballed into operating the .au domain. On today’...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainAgents: Domain inquiries up 20%
There has been a surge in domain purchase inquiries as people move business online. Domain name offer service DomainAgents reports that domain purchase inquiries are up significantly. Over the past two months, offers on domains through DomainAgents a...
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DomainAgents: Domain inquiries up 20%
There has been a surge in domain purchase inquiries as people move business online. Domain name offer service DomainAgents reports that domain purchase inquiries are up significantly. Over the past two months, offers on domains through DomainAgents a...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 1:26 pm
The Domains
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote...
Discussion
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 4:32 am
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – NameJet
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
What they do right – what do they do wrong – NameJet
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
May 17, 2020, 11:17 pm
