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Rob Monster asset auction took place this week
Sales will partially satisfy a judgment in a stolen domain name lawsuit. After about a one-month delay, the King County Sheriff auctioned off some of Rob Monster’s assets this week to partially satisfy a court judgment. The sale stems from a $4...
Discussion
January 9, 2025, 7:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Top .com domain registrars: Porkbun jumps, China rebounds?
These are the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers September 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Porkbun returned to...
Discussion
January 9, 2025, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Sedo end user domain name sales: blockchain, AI, and more
A blockchain company, an AI platform, and a custom rims seller bought domain names. Sedo has published sales lists for the past three weeks. For this report, I reviewed sales from the week ending December 22. The marketplace had some great sales that...
Discussion
January 8, 2025, 9:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
How to set up a backup payment method at GoDaddy
Select a backup payment method to avoid an accidental expiration. Last week I wrote about the need to add a payment method for domains you win in GoDaddy premium auctions. Godaddy’s Joe Styler commented that there is a way to add a backup payme...
Discussion
January 8, 2025, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Panel finds reverse domain name hijacking over Amexio .com
Panel determined that the Complainants tried to mislead it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that Michelios 3 and AmeXio of France tried to reverse hijack the domain name amexio.com. The parties filed the dispute against eWe...
Discussion
January 7, 2025, 6:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Two investment groups make proposals to acquire Team Internet Group
Shares soar on buyout talk. Two investment groups have made separate proposals to acquire Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG), the company stated today. TowerBrook Capital Partners (U.K.) LLP and Verdane Fund Manager AB each made offers with propos...
Discussion
January 7, 2025, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Playboy.ai: “Little boy playing” defense fails
Panelist doesn’t accept domain registrant’s flimsy justification for registering playboy.ai. I get a kick out of some of the defenses domain registrants throw up when confronted with a cybersquatting complaint. Consider a case just publis...
Discussion
January 7, 2025, 5:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Court dismisses .wallet lawsuit
Judge sides with Unstoppable Domains, which promised not to sue (again) over the alt-root domain extension. A judge has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit over the .wallet alt-root, blockchain-based top level domain name. The controversy started when Scott Fl...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Use something other than .com for email? Users weigh in with their experiences
Some cite acceptance and confusion, but many say the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. There was an interesting post on Hacker News yesterday about using non-.com domains for email addresses. A user kicked it off by asking: I want to make a lifelong e...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
2024 in review – DNW Podcast #516
My good sales month, plus a look back at popular and noteworthy stories in the domain business. Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2025, let’s take a moment to consider what impacted the domain industry in 2024. On today’s episode: Pos...
Discussion
January 6, 2025, 4:30 pm
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