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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Dollars.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Dollars.com led the way at $500,000. HomeBattery.com second at $75,000. Urn.com was third at $39,500. 48 .com sales 31 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency &nbs...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Dollars.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Dollars.com led the way at $500,000. HomeBattery.com second at $75,000. Urn.com was third at $39,500. 48 .com sales 31 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency &nbs...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
About 15% of domains in latest GoDaddy auction have bids
GoDaddy’s no-hidden-reserve format offers insight into investor valuations. One of the advantages of an auction without hidden reserves is that you can get a good sense of the investor market value for each domain. It’s a “wisdom of...
Discussion
About 15% of domains in latest GoDaddy auction have bids
GoDaddy’s no-hidden-reserve format offers insight into investor valuations. One of the advantages of an auction without hidden reserves is that you can get a good sense of the investor market value for each domain. It’s a “wisdom of...
Discussion
June 16, 2025, 9:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nigeria’s domain registry redacts Whois data across namespace
Whois privacy was implemented for all domain names today. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry that manages Nigeria’s .ng country code domain, implemented Whois privacy on all .ng domain names today. Previously, Whois ...
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Nigeria’s domain registry redacts Whois data across namespace
Whois privacy was implemented for all domain names today. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry that manages Nigeria’s .ng country code domain, implemented Whois privacy on all .ng domain names today. Previously, Whois ...
Discussion
June 16, 2025, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel rules Afianza Asesores tried to reverse hijack domain name
Panel finds company filed complaint in bad faith after failed purchase attempt. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Afianza Asesores, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Afianza.com. Th...
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WIPO panel rules Afianza Asesores tried to reverse hijack domain name
Panel finds company filed complaint in bad faith after failed purchase attempt. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Afianza Asesores, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Afianza.com. Th...
Discussion
June 16, 2025, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Featured Acquires HARO – DNW Podcast #539
An update on Featured.com and why it acquired HARO. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe was my guest on the podcast in 2023 after his company rebranded from Terkel to Featured using the domain Featured.com. On today’s show, Brett returns to explain...
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Featured Acquires HARO – DNW Podcast #539
An update on Featured.com and why it acquired HARO. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe was my guest on the podcast in 2023 after his company rebranded from Terkel to Featured using the domain Featured.com. On today’s show, Brett returns to explain...
Discussion
June 16, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy domain contest & AI tools
Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It’s a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it...
Discussion
Video: GoDaddy domain contest & AI tools
Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It’s a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it...
Discussion
June 13, 2025, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI company among end user domain buyers
A shoe seller, an AI business, and a real estate firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the past week was PlayID.com. The domain doesn’t resolve yet, but a couple of different businesses use this name in alternative extension...
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AI company among end user domain buyers
A shoe seller, an AI business, and a real estate firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the past week was PlayID.com. The domain doesn’t resolve yet, but a couple of different businesses use this name in alternative extension...
Discussion
June 13, 2025, 12:55 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 12, 2025 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 50:40 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 12, 2025 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 50:40 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 11:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
D3Serve Labs files patent application for blockchain-based domain transfer system
Proposed system bypasses registrar pre-approval and enables features like fractional ownership. D3Serve Labs (no relation to D3 Global Inc.) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Method and system for enabling the transfer of domain. The patent ap...
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D3Serve Labs files patent application for blockchain-based domain transfer system
Proposed system bypasses registrar pre-approval and enables features like fractional ownership. D3Serve Labs (no relation to D3 Global Inc.) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Method and system for enabling the transfer of domain. The patent ap...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
TRX.com registrant prevails again as UDRP case unravels in courts
Trustee disavows claim, says original UDRP filing was unauthorized. The registrant of TRX.com has just secured another win toward retaining his domain name, following a surprise UDRP decision in 2022 that had ordered it transferred. Loo Tze Ming purc...
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TRX.com registrant prevails again as UDRP case unravels in courts
Trustee disavows claim, says original UDRP filing was unauthorized. The registrant of TRX.com has just secured another win toward retaining his domain name, following a surprise UDRP decision in 2022 that had ordered it transferred. Loo Tze Ming purc...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 6:06 pm
