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Big changes are coming to domain transfers, and ICANN wants your feedback
Reduced transfer lock timeframes are on the horizon. ICANN is preparing to update its domain transfer policy and domain locking rules, and it wants your feedback. The Transfer Working Group has submitted its final report to ICANN’s board, and t...
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Big changes are coming to domain transfers, and ICANN wants your feedback
Reduced transfer lock timeframes are on the horizon. ICANN is preparing to update its domain transfer policy and domain locking rules, and it wants your feedback. The Transfer Working Group has submitted its final report to ICANN’s board, and t...
Discussion
May 1, 2025, 6:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is this a simple and cheap way to increase a domain’s chance of selling?
New data show that logos can help sell domain names. Here’s how to easily create them for your listings. Do logos on domain listings increase their chance of selling? Data from domain marketplace Atom suggests they do. The company looked at the...
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Is this a simple and cheap way to increase a domain’s chance of selling?
New data show that logos can help sell domain names. Here’s how to easily create them for your listings. Do logos on domain listings increase their chance of selling? Data from domain marketplace Atom suggests they do. The company looked at the...
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May 1, 2025, 3:55 pm
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
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
