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The Domains
Escrow.com announces winners of Master of Domains 2024
Escrow.com announced their Master of Domains 2024 winners and no surprise Andrew Rosener topped the list once again. Andrew really is a machine. Andrew Miller the Managing Director of Hilco Digital Assets came in second and Jeffrey Gabriel Co-Founder...
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Escrow.com announces winners of Master of Domains 2024
Escrow.com announced their Master of Domains 2024 winners and no surprise Andrew Rosener topped the list once again. Andrew really is a machine. Andrew Miller the Managing Director of Hilco Digital Assets came in second and Jeffrey Gabriel Co-Founder...
Discussion
June 7, 2024, 10:36 am
The Domains
The Top 10 ccTLDs Powering the European Domain Market
Simone Catania from InterNetX published an article on DotMagazine.online about country code domain names. The focus of the article was the European market. Simone writes, Undeterred by the numerous alternate naming options, Europe relies strongly on ...
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The Top 10 ccTLDs Powering the European Domain Market
Simone Catania from InterNetX published an article on DotMagazine.online about country code domain names. The focus of the article was the European market. Simone writes, Undeterred by the numerous alternate naming options, Europe relies strongly on ...
Discussion
June 6, 2024, 10:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
ConvertKit to rebrand as Kit, acquires Kit.com
Popular creator platform takes another stab at a rebrand. Email marketing platform ConverKit has acquired the domain name kit.com ahead of a rebrand to Kit. The platform hopes to become “the operating system for the creator economy” and b...
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ConvertKit to rebrand as Kit, acquires Kit.com
Popular creator platform takes another stab at a rebrand. Email marketing platform ConverKit has acquired the domain name kit.com ahead of a rebrand to Kit. The platform hopes to become “the operating system for the creator economy” and b...
Discussion
June 6, 2024, 6:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to €55,000
A shopping list app, a musical instruments company and a real estate business bought domain names. I’m taking a few minutes out of the NamesCon conference to do this week’s end user sales list. I only found seven end user sales from the S...
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End user domain name sales up to €55,000
A shopping list app, a musical instruments company and a real estate business bought domain names. I’m taking a few minutes out of the NamesCon conference to do this week’s end user sales list. I only found seven end user sales from the S...
Discussion
June 6, 2024, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
May’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy, a cybersquatting lawsuit, and Squarespace made the news in May. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. GoDaddy gets reverse domain name hijacking win – A World Intellectual P...
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May’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy, a cybersquatting lawsuit, and Squarespace made the news in May. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. GoDaddy gets reverse domain name hijacking win – A World Intellectual P...
Discussion
June 6, 2024, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Maker of Beechcraft airplanes tries to hijack domain names
Textron Innovations, the company that owns the Beechcraft brand of airplanes, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domains HioBeech.com and BayAreaBeech.com. These domains are ...
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Maker of Beechcraft airplanes tries to hijack domain names
Textron Innovations, the company that owns the Beechcraft brand of airplanes, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domains HioBeech.com and BayAreaBeech.com. These domains are ...
Discussion
June 5, 2024, 5:46 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RKX.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RKX.com led the way at $100,000. Buran.com was second at $80,000. Bring.de the top cctld sale was third at 55,000 Euro, ($59,881). 30 .com sales 16 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Domain name Date Price ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RKX.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RKX.com led the way at $100,000. Buran.com was second at $80,000. Bring.de the top cctld sale was third at 55,000 Euro, ($59,881). 30 .com sales 16 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Domain name Date Price ...
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June 5, 2024, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN wrestles with how to avoid new TLD payoffs
Organization wants to eliminate private auctions in next round of new top level domain name expansion. In the 2012 round of new top level domain name expansion, ICANN encouraged parties that applied for the same string to work it out amongst themselv...
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ICANN wrestles with how to avoid new TLD payoffs
Organization wants to eliminate private auctions in next round of new top level domain name expansion. In the 2012 round of new top level domain name expansion, ICANN encouraged parties that applied for the same string to work it out amongst themselv...
Discussion
June 5, 2024, 1:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to hold another NameFind domain name auction
Another NameFind auction takes place this month, with more possibly on the horizon. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is planning another auction of its NameFind inventory following a successful auction in December. The next auction will start June 13 at 12:30 ET...
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GoDaddy to hold another NameFind domain name auction
Another NameFind auction takes place this month, with more possibly on the horizon. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is planning another auction of its NameFind inventory following a successful auction in December. The next auction will start June 13 at 12:30 ET...
Discussion
June 4, 2024, 5:30 pm
The Domains
ChatGPT is now registered in over 530 extensions
Michael Santiago detailed his sale of ChatGPT.com for $85,000. Back in January 2023 I published here on TheDomains that Ryan from Domain Buy App, Inc. sold ChatGPT.net for $8,900. The domain name is now on a parked page, though I do believe Ryan sold...
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ChatGPT is now registered in over 530 extensions
Michael Santiago detailed his sale of ChatGPT.com for $85,000. Back in January 2023 I published here on TheDomains that Ryan from Domain Buy App, Inc. sold ChatGPT.net for $8,900. The domain name is now on a parked page, though I do believe Ryan sold...
Discussion
June 4, 2024, 4:04 pm
