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.Music registry to sell domains without nexus requirements
Domain investors will be eligible to acquire so-called Service Names. The .music domain name registry has introduced a new category of domain names called Service Names. These names don’t have traditional nexus requirements, making them easier ...
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.Music registry to sell domains without nexus requirements
Domain investors will be eligible to acquire so-called Service Names. The .music domain name registry has introduced a new category of domain names called Service Names. These names don’t have traditional nexus requirements, making them easier ...
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June 18, 2025, 7:33 pm

Domain Name Wire
Heads up: clock is ticking to download Dan.com data
If you need records, now is the time to download them. If you need any data from domain sales platform Dan.com, you have only nine more days to download it. The platform will officially be retired on June 27. GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022 for over...
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Heads up: clock is ticking to download Dan.com data
If you need records, now is the time to download them. If you need any data from domain sales platform Dan.com, you have only nine more days to download it. The platform will officially be retired on June 27. GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022 for over...
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June 18, 2025, 4:28 pm

Domain Name Wire
Entri regains DNS update access at GoDaddy under new agreement
Settlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entri’s integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-ye...
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Entri regains DNS update access at GoDaddy under new agreement
Settlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entri’s integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-ye...
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June 18, 2025, 3:44 pm

Domain Name Wire
Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions, Newfold divides into two divisions
Newfold Digital is divided into two divisions. Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions. Starting this week, visitors to Web.com see a splash page that points them to the login page for Network Solutions, marking the brand’s formal t...
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Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions, Newfold divides into two divisions
Newfold Digital is divided into two divisions. Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions. Starting this week, visitors to Web.com see a splash page that points them to the login page for Network Solutions, marking the brand’s formal t...
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June 18, 2025, 1:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain sales up to $75,000
A vaccine maker, an author community, and a tool for runners bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was dollars.com for $500,000. Mark Ghoriafi brokered this name, but we don’t know who the buyer is yet. Here’s a list...
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15 end user domain sales up to $75,000
A vaccine maker, an author community, and a tool for runners bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was dollars.com for $500,000. Mark Ghoriafi brokered this name, but we don’t know who the buyer is yet. Here’s a list...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 9:07 pm

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Panel rules URS filing was an abuse of process
URS was designed for super-slam-dunk cases of cybersquatting. This was anything but. Krahn Chemie GmbH, a chemical distribution company, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case in a rather convincing manner: it was found to have filed the case...
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Panel rules URS filing was an abuse of process
URS was designed for super-slam-dunk cases of cybersquatting. This was anything but. Krahn Chemie GmbH, a chemical distribution company, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case in a rather convincing manner: it was found to have filed the case...
Discussion
June 17, 2025, 4:36 pm

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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...
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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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June 16, 2025, 5:01 pm

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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...
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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...
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June 16, 2025, 4:01 pm

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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...
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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