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GoDaddy files vanity phone number patent applications
Patent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers. GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers. Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) describe...
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GoDaddy files vanity phone number patent applications
Patent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers. GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers. Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) describe...
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December 4, 2019, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC is leaving money on the table with .org, but…
A secretive deal was the only way ISOC could get a deal done. I’ve written a lot about how Internet Society’s (ISOC) deal to sell the .org registry to a private equity company impacts the internet’s users and non-profits. From a cre...
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ISOC is leaving money on the table with .org, but…
A secretive deal was the only way ISOC could get a deal done. I’ve written a lot about how Internet Society’s (ISOC) deal to sell the .org registry to a private equity company impacts the internet’s users and non-profits. From a cre...
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December 3, 2019, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge dismisses harassment suit against Uniregistry
Judge rules that plaintiff waited too long to file lawsuit. A U.S. Federal District judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Uniregistry and one of its former employees for sexual harassment by granting the defendant’s motion for summary j...
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Judge dismisses harassment suit against Uniregistry
Judge rules that plaintiff waited too long to file lawsuit. A U.S. Federal District judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Uniregistry and one of its former employees for sexual harassment by granting the defendant’s motion for summary j...
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December 3, 2019, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
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End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
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December 3, 2019, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
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A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
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December 2, 2019, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
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Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
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December 2, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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December 2, 2019, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
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ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
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November 30, 2019, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
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Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
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November 29, 2019, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
Internet Society reveals the price it is selling out for. On a webinar today, Internet Society has purportedly disclosed that Ethos Capital will pay $1.135 billion to acquire the .org registry from it: #Internetsociety offered 1b and 135mil$USD for #...
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Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
Internet Society reveals the price it is selling out for. On a webinar today, Internet Society has purportedly disclosed that Ethos Capital will pay $1.135 billion to acquire the .org registry from it: #Internetsociety offered 1b and 135mil$USD for #...
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November 29, 2019, 6:56 pm
