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Domain Name Wire
Domain expires a second time and sells for 5x as much
A domain expired for the second time in three years and sold for a lot more this time. Newfold Digital has released a list of domains sold for $2,000+ on NameJet and SnapNames in March. For the month, the two platforms combined to sell 89 domains at ...
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Domain expires a second time and sells for 5x as much
A domain expired for the second time in three years and sold for a lot more this time. Newfold Digital has released a list of domains sold for $2,000+ on NameJet and SnapNames in March. For the month, the two platforms combined to sell 89 domains at ...
Discussion
April 30, 2025, 5:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Abby Joseph Cohen loses cybersquatting case over impersonation website
Prominent economist and former Goldman Sachs partner lost dispute over common law trademark claim. No, famed economist Abby Joseph Cohen is not opening her own financial advisory firm. But you might think that if you visit AbbyJosephCohenAdvisory[.]c...
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Abby Joseph Cohen loses cybersquatting case over impersonation website
Prominent economist and former Goldman Sachs partner lost dispute over common law trademark claim. No, famed economist Abby Joseph Cohen is not opening her own financial advisory firm. But you might think that if you visit AbbyJosephCohenAdvisory[.]c...
Discussion
April 30, 2025, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Indian IVF giant Indira IVF recovers stolen domain
Security breach led to the unauthorized transfer of IndiraIVF.com before the company’s planned IPO. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panelist has ordered the domain name IndiraIVF.com to be transferred back to Indira IVF Hospital...
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Indian IVF giant Indira IVF recovers stolen domain
Security breach led to the unauthorized transfer of IndiraIVF.com before the company’s planned IPO. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panelist has ordered the domain name IndiraIVF.com to be transferred back to Indira IVF Hospital...
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April 30, 2025, 3:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI, bikes, and fashion among Sedo’s latest end user domain sales
A bicycle tire manufacturer, a travel site, and a clothing store bought domain names. Sedo released two weeks’ of domain sales this week. In today’s post, let’s recap the end user domain name purchases from the first list. Here&rsqu...
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AI, bikes, and fashion among Sedo’s latest end user domain sales
A bicycle tire manufacturer, a travel site, and a clothing store bought domain names. Sedo released two weeks’ of domain sales this week. In today’s post, let’s recap the end user domain name purchases from the first list. Here&rsqu...
Discussion
April 30, 2025, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic’s Pricing AI offers insights. Just don’t rely on them blindly
Pricing AI offers helpful data about comparable listings and sales. I hear lots of people complain about GoDaddy’s automated appraisal tool, GoValue. I believe GoValue is very useful when used correctly (e.g., scanning a list of domains for one...
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Afternic’s Pricing AI offers insights. Just don’t rely on them blindly
Pricing AI offers helpful data about comparable listings and sales. I hear lots of people complain about GoDaddy’s automated appraisal tool, GoValue. I believe GoValue is very useful when used correctly (e.g., scanning a list of domains for one...
Discussion
April 29, 2025, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
This was a bad UDRP decision
Panelist lets company shoehorn a trademark dispute into UDRP. It’s not often that I thoroughly disagree with a UDRP decision, but I take issue with a recent FORUM (National Arbitration Forum) decision for mento.ai. Mento Technologies Inc., whic...
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This was a bad UDRP decision
Panelist lets company shoehorn a trademark dispute into UDRP. It’s not often that I thoroughly disagree with a UDRP decision, but I take issue with a recent FORUM (National Arbitration Forum) decision for mento.ai. Mento Technologies Inc., whic...
Discussion
April 29, 2025, 4:34 pm
The Domains
Sedo releases two weeks of domain name sales led by Raju.com
There was no sales report last week at Sedo so we have two weeks of data today. Raju.com sold for $68,000. Breed.com sold for $24,000 seems like a good buy for the price. Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: inBitcoin.com at 27,300 USDIMG.org at 2...
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Sedo releases two weeks of domain name sales led by Raju.com
There was no sales report last week at Sedo so we have two weeks of data today. Raju.com sold for $68,000. Breed.com sold for $24,000 seems like a good buy for the price. Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: inBitcoin.com at 27,300 USDIMG.org at 2...
Discussion
April 29, 2025, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mine.com sells for $680,000 in expired domain name auction
It’s the second-highest sale at DropCatch this year. The domain name mine.com has sold for $680,000 in an expired domain name auction at DropCatch.com. DropCatch has been on a roll with big domain sales this year. It set a personal record with ...
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Mine.com sells for $680,000 in expired domain name auction
It’s the second-highest sale at DropCatch this year. The domain name mine.com has sold for $680,000 in an expired domain name auction at DropCatch.com. DropCatch has been on a roll with big domain sales this year. It set a personal record with ...
Discussion
April 28, 2025, 8:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Notice of allowance isn’t enough: Blockchain firm’s domain complaint fails
Blockchain company loses UDRP after relying on trademark that isn’t fully registered. When does a U.S. trademark officially become “registered”? A recent UDRP case raises this question, and it’s worth taking note. The case inv...
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Notice of allowance isn’t enough: Blockchain firm’s domain complaint fails
Blockchain company loses UDRP after relying on trademark that isn’t fully registered. When does a U.S. trademark officially become “registered”? A recent UDRP case raises this question, and it’s worth taking note. The case inv...
Discussion
April 28, 2025, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
New domain battles and sales – DNW Podcast #532
A look at what’s happening in the domain world. On this week’s show, I run through some of the big news stories from the past week. This includes an explanation of why Verisign’s stock popped on Friday, how a domain registrant is in...
Discussion
New domain battles and sales – DNW Podcast #532
A look at what’s happening in the domain world. On this week’s show, I run through some of the big news stories from the past week. This includes an explanation of why Verisign’s stock popped on Friday, how a domain registrant is in...
Discussion
April 28, 2025, 3:30 pm
