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Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
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November 25, 2019, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
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Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
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November 22, 2019, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do discounts demote the value of domain names?
I don’t understand the logic of promoting discount prices to end users. Many times a month I get promotional emails from domain name registrars. The newsletters are filled with special offers on domain name registrations. Get this extension for...
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Do discounts demote the value of domain names?
I don’t understand the logic of promoting discount prices to end users. Many times a month I get promotional emails from domain name registrars. The newsletters are filled with special offers on domain name registrations. Get this extension for...
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November 21, 2019, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to host NamesCon auction with ROTD, submissions now open
Submissions open for January’s domain name auction, which will take place on GoDaddy’s auction platform. The annual live domain name auction at January’s NamesCon will be hosted on GoDaddy’s platform rather than NameJet. Right...
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GoDaddy to host NamesCon auction with ROTD, submissions now open
Submissions open for January’s domain name auction, which will take place on GoDaddy’s auction platform. The annual live domain name auction at January’s NamesCon will be hosted on GoDaddy’s platform rather than NameJet. Right...
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November 21, 2019, 12:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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Walmart’s Vudu is a reverse domain name hijacker
Vudo.com was registered well before the streaming video company existed. Vudu, a streaming video subsidiary of retail giant Walmart, has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Vudo.com. The company filed a cyb...
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November 20, 2019, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
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End user domain sales led by $50,000 for a .Org
A baby furniture company, a London-based publisher and a yoga studio in Asheville bought domain names. This week’s end user sales list of domains sold at Sedo is led by two .org domains. It’s not clear yet what the buyers will do with the...
Discussion
November 20, 2019, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
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Who bought domains at Uniregistry this week
A hardened modular building company, customer service SaaS provider, and scanning software company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry released its weekly top sales today, and a surprising number of them already link to active websites. H...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
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How this RDNH could have been prevented
A simple question could have prevented this cybersquatting complaint. A National Arbitration Forum Panelist has found that a complaint brought by Gary Chupik, a Washington man, over the domain name EliteMindset.com was attempted reverse domain name h...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
All domain investors should read this analysis
Invest in domain names, not lottery tickets. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but Michael Sumner wrote it better than I could have. So you should read this. Most of the top sales you read about on DNJournal or see people brag abou...
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All domain investors should read this analysis
Invest in domain names, not lottery tickets. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time, but Michael Sumner wrote it better than I could have. So you should read this. Most of the top sales you read about on DNJournal or see people brag abou...
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic’s gutsy acquisition will transform the company
Domain monetization will be a big part of CentralNic’s revenue and profit story going forward. Last Friday, CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced it is acquiring Team Internet AG for $48 million, $45 million of which will be paid in cash. Cen...
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CentralNic’s gutsy acquisition will transform the company
Domain monetization will be a big part of CentralNic’s revenue and profit story going forward. Last Friday, CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced it is acquiring Team Internet AG for $48 million, $45 million of which will be paid in cash. Cen...
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November 18, 2019, 5:54 pm
