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Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy domain contest & AI tools
Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It’s a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it...
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Video: GoDaddy domain contest & AI tools
Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It’s a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it...
Discussion
June 13, 2025, 3:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
AI company among end user domain buyers
A shoe seller, an AI business, and a real estate firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the past week was PlayID.com. The domain doesn’t resolve yet, but a couple of different businesses use this name in alternative extension...
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AI company among end user domain buyers
A shoe seller, an AI business, and a real estate firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale of the past week was PlayID.com. The domain doesn’t resolve yet, but a couple of different businesses use this name in alternative extension...
Discussion
June 13, 2025, 12:55 pm

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 12, 2025 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 50:40 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
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DomainSherpa Review – June 12, 2025 – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 50:40 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 11:52 pm

Domain Name Wire
D3Serve Labs files patent application for blockchain-based domain transfer system
Proposed system bypasses registrar pre-approval and enables features like fractional ownership. D3Serve Labs (no relation to D3 Global Inc.) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Method and system for enabling the transfer of domain. The patent ap...
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D3Serve Labs files patent application for blockchain-based domain transfer system
Proposed system bypasses registrar pre-approval and enables features like fractional ownership. D3Serve Labs (no relation to D3 Global Inc.) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Method and system for enabling the transfer of domain. The patent ap...
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June 12, 2025, 6:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
TRX.com registrant prevails again as UDRP case unravels in courts
Trustee disavows claim, says original UDRP filing was unauthorized. The registrant of TRX.com has just secured another win toward retaining his domain name, following a surprise UDRP decision in 2022 that had ordered it transferred. Loo Tze Ming purc...
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TRX.com registrant prevails again as UDRP case unravels in courts
Trustee disavows claim, says original UDRP filing was unauthorized. The registrant of TRX.com has just secured another win toward retaining his domain name, following a surprise UDRP decision in 2022 that had ordered it transferred. Loo Tze Ming purc...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 6:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
Indian ride sharing app Rapido files stupido cybersquatting complaint
Indian ride-share and delivery app company fails to snag valuable domain through UDRP. Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, which operates the Indian ride-hailing and delivery platform Rapido, has lost (pdf) a cybersquatting dispute it fil...
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Indian ride sharing app Rapido files stupido cybersquatting complaint
Indian ride-share and delivery app company fails to snag valuable domain through UDRP. Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, which operates the Indian ride-hailing and delivery platform Rapido, has lost (pdf) a cybersquatting dispute it fil...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 3:01 pm

Domain Name Wire
Thermomix food processor maker tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company’s cybersquatting complaint blends in irrelevant arguments. Vorwerk International AG, maker of the Thermomix line of food processors, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). The company filed a cybersquatting disput...
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Thermomix food processor maker tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company’s cybersquatting complaint blends in irrelevant arguments. Vorwerk International AG, maker of the Thermomix line of food processors, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). The company filed a cybersquatting disput...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 2:38 pm

The Domains
Interview with Davide Vicini of Freename
CEO of Freename Davide Vicini took some time to answer some questions about his company freename, Web3 and a few other topics. I hope you enjoy. Q1) What was it that drew you to the domain name space? I was intrigued by the similarities between domai...
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Interview with Davide Vicini of Freename
CEO of Freename Davide Vicini took some time to answer some questions about his company freename, Web3 and a few other topics. I hope you enjoy. Q1) What was it that drew you to the domain name space? I was intrigued by the similarities between domai...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 12:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Big news: GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership
Registry contract will transition to Team Internet’s registry backend in partnership with Colombian domain registrar. After 15 years, the rights to operate Colombia’s .co domain name extension is changing hands. The country has awarded a ...
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Big news: GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership
Registry contract will transition to Team Internet’s registry backend in partnership with Colombian domain registrar. After 15 years, the rights to operate Colombia’s .co domain name extension is changing hands. The country has awarded a ...
Discussion
June 12, 2025, 11:57 am

Domain Name Wire
Domain changes: a strategic shift requires a new domain
This company changed domain names as its business evolved. This is part of a series in which businesses discuss why they changed domains and the process they went through. The story has been edited with permission. Rick Levine, Partner/CEO of Modus A...
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Domain changes: a strategic shift requires a new domain
This company changed domain names as its business evolved. This is part of a series in which businesses discuss why they changed domains and the process they went through. The story has been edited with permission. Rick Levine, Partner/CEO of Modus A...
Discussion
June 11, 2025, 4:37 pm