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Many domain investors need to file a Beneficial Ownership statement
New requirement kicks in this year for companies to file ownership statements. U.S. domain name investors who operate their business as a limited liability company or corporation have a new filing requirement this year. Nearly all businesses (other t...
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Many domain investors need to file a Beneficial Ownership statement
New requirement kicks in this year for companies to file ownership statements. U.S. domain name investors who operate their business as a limited liability company or corporation have a new filing requirement this year. Nearly all businesses (other t...
Discussion
July 8, 2024, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
From insurance to perfume, here are domains end users just bought
An insurance broker, a perfume business, and a marketing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was TextFree.com for $81,102. It will be interesting to learn who the end user is that purchased this domain. For now, I&rsqu...
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From insurance to perfume, here are domains end users just bought
An insurance broker, a perfume business, and a marketing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was TextFree.com for $81,102. It will be interesting to learn who the end user is that purchased this domain. For now, I&rsqu...
Discussion
July 3, 2024, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
.AI namespace closes in on 500,000 domains
Registry updates data about domains under management. The registry for Anguilla’s .ai top level domain name has updated the number of domains currently registered. As of yesterday, July 1, there were 478,696 registered .ai domains. This is abou...
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.AI namespace closes in on 500,000 domains
Registry updates data about domains under management. The registry for Anguilla’s .ai top level domain name has updated the number of domains currently registered. As of yesterday, July 1, there were 478,696 registered .ai domains. This is abou...
Discussion
July 2, 2024, 6:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
My no good first half of 2024
My domain sales are down significantly this year compared to this point last year. We’re halfway through 2024, and my domain sales are rather dismal compared to last year. At many times in recent months, I’ve been reminded of one of my fa...
Discussion
My no good first half of 2024
My domain sales are down significantly this year compared to this point last year. We’re halfway through 2024, and my domain sales are rather dismal compared to last year. At many times in recent months, I’ve been reminded of one of my fa...
Discussion
July 2, 2024, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Atom launches domain appraisal tool in beta
Domain investors get another appraisal tool, this one courtesy of Atom. Domain name sales platform Atom has launched a domain name appraisal tool in beta. Automated domain name appraisal tools are controversial when people don’t like the number...
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Atom launches domain appraisal tool in beta
Domain investors get another appraisal tool, this one courtesy of Atom. Domain name sales platform Atom has launched a domain name appraisal tool in beta. Automated domain name appraisal tools are controversial when people don’t like the number...
Discussion
July 2, 2024, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Recovering stolen domains – DNW Podcast #491
How domains get stolen and how to recover them. I write about domains getting stolen all of the time. On today’s show, I interview someone who helps people recover those domains. Bill Hartzer explains how domain names commonly get stolen and th...
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Recovering stolen domains – DNW Podcast #491
How domains get stolen and how to recover them. I write about domains getting stolen all of the time. On today’s show, I interview someone who helps people recover those domains. Bill Hartzer explains how domain names commonly get stolen and th...
Discussion
July 1, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: you can’t cancel our contract to run .com
Verisign responds to letter from advocacy groups. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today filed a notice with the SEC stating that the .com contract cannot be put out to competitive bidding. The company was responding to a letter sent by American Economic Libe...
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Verisign: you can’t cancel our contract to run .com
Verisign responds to letter from advocacy groups. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today filed a notice with the SEC stating that the .com contract cannot be put out to competitive bidding. The company was responding to a letter sent by American Economic Libe...
Discussion
June 28, 2024, 11:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
John Rizvi loses cybersquatting dispute to John Rizvi
Patent attorney files cybersquatting claim for his name, but loses because the domain is registered to someone else with the same name. Will the real John Rizvi please stand up? Oh, there are more than one of you. A Florida patent attorney named John...
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John Rizvi loses cybersquatting dispute to John Rizvi
Patent attorney files cybersquatting claim for his name, but loses because the domain is registered to someone else with the same name. Will the real John Rizvi please stand up? Oh, there are more than one of you. A Florida patent attorney named John...
Discussion
June 28, 2024, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yoga apparel company sues to get ALO.com
The company tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain in 2017. Yoga apparel company Alo, LLC has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) in an effort to get the domain name alo.com. It’s the company’s second attempt to upgrade i...
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Yoga apparel company sues to get ALO.com
The company tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain in 2017. Yoga apparel company Alo, LLC has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) in an effort to get the domain name alo.com. It’s the company’s second attempt to upgrade i...
Discussion
June 27, 2024, 8:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Groups ask US government to take down Verisign “cartel”
Trio of advocacy groups asks government to halt renewal of .com agreement with Verisign. Calling Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) a “cartel” and “economic termite,” a consortium of three advocacy groups has asked the U.S. government to...
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Groups ask US government to take down Verisign “cartel”
Trio of advocacy groups asks government to halt renewal of .com agreement with Verisign. Calling Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) a “cartel” and “economic termite,” a consortium of three advocacy groups has asked the U.S. government to...
Discussion
June 27, 2024, 4:07 pm
