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Domain Name Wire
It’s a trademark issue, not cybersquatting
Complainants need to understand the purpose of UDRP. Another company has mistaken what the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) can be used for. It’s designed to quickly resolve clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, not tradem...
Discussion
It’s a trademark issue, not cybersquatting
Complainants need to understand the purpose of UDRP. Another company has mistaken what the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) can be used for. It’s designed to quickly resolve clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, not tradem...
Discussion
May 12, 2025, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Media Options tops Escrow.com Master of Domain list for seventh straight year
Award honors those with top dollar volume on Escrow.com. Escrow.com has unveiled its 2025 Master of Domains awards, honoring the top 10 domain brokers by transaction volume on its platform for deals closed in 2024. Topping the list once again is Andr...
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Media Options tops Escrow.com Master of Domain list for seventh straight year
Award honors those with top dollar volume on Escrow.com. Escrow.com has unveiled its 2025 Master of Domains awards, honoring the top 10 domain brokers by transaction volume on its platform for deals closed in 2024. Topping the list once again is Andr...
Discussion
May 12, 2025, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trouble at the finish line – DNW Podcast #534
How to handle complex payments and other complications. Sometimes, agreeing on a price is the simple part of a domain name transaction. There can be all sorts of hurdles to completing the deal. For example, what if one of the parties doesn’t wa...
Discussion
Trouble at the finish line – DNW Podcast #534
How to handle complex payments and other complications. Sometimes, agreeing on a price is the simple part of a domain name transaction. There can be all sorts of hurdles to completing the deal. For example, what if one of the parties doesn’t wa...
Discussion
May 12, 2025, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Rick is older than the Pope!
Rick Schwartz celebrated his birthday on a yacht and our esteemed leader here at TheDomains.com Mike Berkens showed up with custom tee shirts, they say “Rick is older than the Pope” Happy Birthday to Rick and let’s see what he comes...
Discussion
Rick is older than the Pope!
Rick Schwartz celebrated his birthday on a yacht and our esteemed leader here at TheDomains.com Mike Berkens showed up with custom tee shirts, they say “Rick is older than the Pope” Happy Birthday to Rick and let’s see what he comes...
Discussion
May 11, 2025, 8:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
BigCommerce buys domain name for $2.4 million
Ecommerce business forks over seven figures for domain name. BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), the Shopify competitor that helps customers sell stuff online, purchased a domain name for $2.444 million in Q1. The company disclosed the purchase in its financ...
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BigCommerce buys domain name for $2.4 million
Ecommerce business forks over seven figures for domain name. BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC), the Shopify competitor that helps customers sell stuff online, purchased a domain name for $2.444 million in Q1. The company disclosed the purchase in its financ...
Discussion
May 9, 2025, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains lift Tucows results, despite customer defection
Expired domains revenue continues to lift results at Tucows. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported first-quarter earnings after the market closed yesterday. Overall revenue increased 8% year over year to $94.6 million, with the domain business growing 6% to ...
Discussion
Expired domains lift Tucows results, despite customer defection
Expired domains revenue continues to lift results at Tucows. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported first-quarter earnings after the market closed yesterday. Overall revenue increased 8% year over year to $94.6 million, with the domain business growing 6% to ...
Discussion
May 9, 2025, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Plea deal resolves long-running Mugshots.com extortion case
Sahar Sarid and co-defendants sentenced to probation. The three remaining defendants in a California criminal case involving Mugshots.com have been sentenced after entering into a plea agreement. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced c...
Discussion
Plea deal resolves long-running Mugshots.com extortion case
Sahar Sarid and co-defendants sentenced to probation. The three remaining defendants in a California criminal case involving Mugshots.com have been sentenced after entering into a plea agreement. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced c...
Discussion
May 9, 2025, 12:07 am
The Domains
The Greatest Domain Stories of all time – Part 1
Today we are going to take a trip back to the past, a time before anyone knew Rosener, Berkens or Schilling. A time when many corporations, especially those outside of the tech sector did not know if they should even grab a domain name. According to ...
Discussion
The Greatest Domain Stories of all time – Part 1
Today we are going to take a trip back to the past, a time before anyone knew Rosener, Berkens or Schilling. A time when many corporations, especially those outside of the tech sector did not know if they should even grab a domain name. According to ...
Discussion
May 8, 2025, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest domain sales: AI, insurance, crypto, and more
End users bought these domains at Sedo this past week. Sedo had a couple of nice sales this past week that are surely to end users, but for which the buyers’ identities are not yet known. Sollers.com sold for $50,000. The first Google result is...
Discussion
Latest domain sales: AI, insurance, crypto, and more
End users bought these domains at Sedo this past week. Sedo had a couple of nice sales this past week that are surely to end users, but for which the buyers’ identities are not yet known. Sollers.com sold for $50,000. The first Google result is...
Discussion
May 8, 2025, 8:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Alstom’s cybersquatting arguments did not compute
Panelist shows how train maker’s bad faith arguments didn’t make sense. A recent UDRP decision at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) raises interesting questions about complainant diligence and reverse domain name hijacki...
Discussion
Alstom’s cybersquatting arguments did not compute
Panelist shows how train maker’s bad faith arguments didn’t make sense. A recent UDRP decision at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) raises interesting questions about complainant diligence and reverse domain name hijacki...
Discussion
May 8, 2025, 3:54 pm
