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3DNS announces plans for .chain and .super top level domain names
Company forms partnership with plans to go after two new top level domain names. Blockchain company 3DNS (not to be confused with D3) and the .box top level domain announced a partnership with Optimism to apply for .chain and .super in the next round...
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3DNS announces plans for .chain and .super top level domain names
Company forms partnership with plans to go after two new top level domain names. Blockchain company 3DNS (not to be confused with D3) and the .box top level domain announced a partnership with Optimism to apply for .chain and .super in the next round...
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June 13, 2024, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company tries to reverse hijack Rocketship.com
An out-of-this-world attempt to get a domain name fails. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found that a Swedish company tried to reverse domain name hijack rocketship.com. App developer Rocketship AB filed the dispute agains...
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Company tries to reverse hijack Rocketship.com
An out-of-this-world attempt to get a domain name fails. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found that a Swedish company tried to reverse domain name hijack rocketship.com. App developer Rocketship AB filed the dispute agains...
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June 13, 2024, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain name sales
A chef, a real estate company, and an energy business bought domain names. A real estate bought three domains from Sedo this week, after completing a transaction last week as well. It will be interesting to see what they build on the domains; for now...
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13 end user domain name sales
A chef, a real estate company, and an energy business bought domain names. A real estate bought three domains from Sedo this week, after completing a transaction last week as well. It will be interesting to see what they build on the domains; for now...
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June 12, 2024, 7:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap’s Spaceship hits 1 million domains
Registrar hits one million domains as it continues to gain business. Namecheap’s new domain name registrar, Spaceship, has hit 1 million domains under management. In a release yesterday, the registrar broke down the numbers: 71% new registratio...
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Namecheap’s Spaceship hits 1 million domains
Registrar hits one million domains as it continues to gain business. Namecheap’s new domain name registrar, Spaceship, has hit 1 million domains under management. In a release yesterday, the registrar broke down the numbers: 71% new registratio...
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June 12, 2024, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why UDRP panels should consider the original registration date of domains
The original registration date can shed light on why the current registrant might have acquired the domain name. Dates matter in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). If the current registrant of a domain name registered it before...
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Why UDRP panels should consider the original registration date of domains
The original registration date can shed light on why the current registrant might have acquired the domain name. Dates matter in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). If the current registrant of a domain name registered it before...
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June 11, 2024, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com update: Alibaba shows China’s woes, Squarespace steadies the ship
Alibaba shows China’s woes. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign covering the .com namespace. The data covers February 2024. Looking at this February’s data compared to the same month a year ago shows some stark changes. Veri...
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.Com update: Alibaba shows China’s woes, Squarespace steadies the ship
Alibaba shows China’s woes. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign covering the .com namespace. The data covers February 2024. Looking at this February’s data compared to the same month a year ago shows some stark changes. Veri...
Discussion
June 11, 2024, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN names new President and CEO
ICANN’s board selects the organization’s next leader. ICANN announced today the hiring of Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist as its new president and CEO, effective December 5. Lindqvist has served as CEO of the London Internet Exch...
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ICANN names new President and CEO
ICANN’s board selects the organization’s next leader. ICANN announced today the hiring of Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist as its new president and CEO, effective December 5. Lindqvist has served as CEO of the London Internet Exch...
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June 10, 2024, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company says Chill.com domain name has been misappropriated
New board discovers alleged takeover of domain name. In 2022, I interviewed Callum Sommerton, CEO of Chill Brands Group (London: CHLL). The company had just acquired the chill.com domain name for $1.6 million, and things were looking up for the CBD c...
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Company says Chill.com domain name has been misappropriated
New board discovers alleged takeover of domain name. In 2022, I interviewed Callum Sommerton, CEO of Chill Brands Group (London: CHLL). The company had just acquired the chill.com domain name for $1.6 million, and things were looking up for the CBD c...
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June 10, 2024, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
The efficient domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #488
Learn how to trim your domain name portfolio. Sometimes, letting go of domain names is the hardest part. But not for my guest this week, domain investor and entrepreneur Yoni Belousov. Yoni is a long-time domain name investor, and on today’s sh...
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The efficient domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #488
Learn how to trim your domain name portfolio. Sometimes, letting go of domain names is the hardest part. But not for my guest this week, domain investor and entrepreneur Yoni Belousov. Yoni is a long-time domain name investor, and on today’s sh...
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June 10, 2024, 3:30 pm
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GoDaddy to enter the S&P 500
Stock gets a lift after index announces its inclusion. The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that domain name company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) will join the S&P 500 index. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) jumped in after-hours tradin...
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GoDaddy to enter the S&P 500
Stock gets a lift after index announces its inclusion. The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that domain name company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) will join the S&P 500 index. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) jumped in after-hours tradin...
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June 10, 2024, 12:25 pm
