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Can you remember this 5N corporate domain of a top company?
Probably not. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) was founded in 2001 as a platform to offer one-stop printing solutions. The company claims to have 20 million regular users on its website. It features a variety of services based on the consumer-to-busine...
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Can you remember this 5N corporate domain of a top company?
Probably not. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) was founded in 2001 as a platform to offer one-stop printing solutions. The company claims to have 20 million regular users on its website. It features a variety of services based on the consumer-to-busine...
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December 24, 2020, 9:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains (update)
These sites will tell you possible Chinese meanings for your acronym domains. I shared with you a couple of months ago how to use tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains. Many of these Chinese phrases can then be used as brands. Unfortunate...
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Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains (update)
These sites will tell you possible Chinese meanings for your acronym domains. I shared with you a couple of months ago how to use tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains. Many of these Chinese phrases can then be used as brands. Unfortunate...
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December 23, 2020, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heal.me for $43k and other end user domain sales
Lots of country code domains sold to end users at Sedo this past week. Domain investor-to-investor prices have gotten so high during 2020 that I honestly don’t know if Sedo’s $100,000 spectacle.com sale this week is an end user or a domai...
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Heal.me for $43k and other end user domain sales
Lots of country code domains sold to end users at Sedo this past week. Domain investor-to-investor prices have gotten so high during 2020 that I honestly don’t know if Sedo’s $100,000 spectacle.com sale this week is an end user or a domai...
Discussion
December 23, 2020, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
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Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
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December 22, 2020, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
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2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
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December 22, 2020, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
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2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
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Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 7:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
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2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
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IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
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December 18, 2020, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
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Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
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December 17, 2020, 5:08 pm
