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Domain Name Wire
Court finds domain registrar in contempt, keeps 35.com domain frozen
Judge said Chinese domain company failed to comply with court order. A United States district judge has found (pdf) Leascend Technology Co., Ltd to be in civil contempt of court. The action stems from a lawsuit Meta Platforms, parent company of Faceb...
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Court finds domain registrar in contempt, keeps 35.com domain frozen
Judge said Chinese domain company failed to comply with court order. A United States district judge has found (pdf) Leascend Technology Co., Ltd to be in civil contempt of court. The action stems from a lawsuit Meta Platforms, parent company of Faceb...
Discussion
April 7, 2025, 5:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Agent jumps into top keywords at Afternic
Term popular with AI and real estate jumped into top 10 most-sold keywords. Afternic has released the list of the most popular keywords in domains sold on its aftermarket platform in January. This list is very useful for domain investors, who can sea...
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Agent jumps into top keywords at Afternic
Term popular with AI and real estate jumped into top 10 most-sold keywords. Afternic has released the list of the most popular keywords in domains sold on its aftermarket platform in January. This list is very useful for domain investors, who can sea...
Discussion
April 7, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Braden Pollock’s record year – DNW Podcast #529
He had a record year. Here’s how it breaks down. Braden Pollock had a record year last year, selling $6.5 million of domains. Many of his sales are headline-grabbing, but he also does a robust business with less expensive domains. Today, he rev...
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Braden Pollock’s record year – DNW Podcast #529
He had a record year. Here’s how it breaks down. Braden Pollock had a record year last year, selling $6.5 million of domains. Many of his sales are headline-grabbing, but he also does a robust business with less expensive domains. Today, he rev...
Discussion
April 7, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why it seems like Trump’s tariffs are based on country code domains
It likely has to do with what these domains are based on, not the list of domains themselves. As investors nurse their losses from the latest round of Trump’s tariffs, many are scrambling to make sense of the Trump administration’s seemin...
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Why it seems like Trump’s tariffs are based on country code domains
It likely has to do with what these domains are based on, not the list of domains themselves. As investors nurse their losses from the latest round of Trump’s tariffs, many are scrambling to make sense of the Trump administration’s seemin...
Discussion
April 7, 2025, 12:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another company misunderstands the purpose of UDRP
A recently-decided cybersquatting dispute at World Intellectual Property Organization is yet another example of a company misunderstanding what UDRP is for. UDRP is designed to settle cybersquatting cases, not trademark disputes. It is not designed t...
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Another company misunderstands the purpose of UDRP
A recently-decided cybersquatting dispute at World Intellectual Property Organization is yet another example of a company misunderstanding what UDRP is for. UDRP is designed to settle cybersquatting cases, not trademark disputes. It is not designed t...
Discussion
April 4, 2025, 2:10 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – April 3, 2025 – Fly Me To The Moon
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 17:00 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – April 3, 2025 – Fly Me To The Moon
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 17:00 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
April 3, 2025, 10:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two changes I’d like Afternic to make to its interface
Changes to the Sales page and LTO dashboard would be welcome improvements. Afternic is adding lots of new features and improving its dashboard. These are welcome changes, but there are a couple of things that have bothered me for a while that I&rsquo...
Discussion
Two changes I’d like Afternic to make to its interface
Changes to the Sales page and LTO dashboard would be welcome improvements. Afternic is adding lots of new features and improving its dashboard. These are welcome changes, but there are a couple of things that have bothered me for a while that I&rsquo...
Discussion
April 3, 2025, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales up to $55,000
Hyundai, a UN organization, and an identity management company bought domain names. It looks like carmaker Hyundai bought the top public domain sale at Sedo this past week. It will be interesting to see if AI platform Claude was the buyer of clau.de ...
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14 end user domain sales up to $55,000
Hyundai, a UN organization, and an identity management company bought domain names. It looks like carmaker Hyundai bought the top public domain sale at Sedo this past week. It will be interesting to see if AI platform Claude was the buyer of clau.de ...
Discussion
April 2, 2025, 3:04 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Pleos.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Pleos.com led the way at $55,000. Clau.de sold for 40,000 Euro, ($43,203). 47 .com sales 32 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Pleos.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Pleos.com led the way at $55,000. Clau.de sold for 40,000 Euro, ($43,203). 47 .com sales 32 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM ...
Discussion
April 2, 2025, 12:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
March’s top domain name stories
The legacy .su domain name, .co, and more top stories from last month. 1. ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name – Both ICANN and the .su registry have responded by saying that the formal process hasn’t started. And that...
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March’s top domain name stories
The legacy .su domain name, .co, and more top stories from last month. 1. ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name – Both ICANN and the .su registry have responded by saying that the formal process hasn’t started. And that...
Discussion
April 1, 2025, 7:12 pm
