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Domain Name Wire
Bite.me headlines premium .me sales this year
Mean Girls star Renee Rapp picks up bite.me for upcoming album. The registry for .me domain names has revealed that it sold 34 premium registrations through the registrar channel in the first half of this year. That compares to 16 domains in the firs...
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Bite.me headlines premium .me sales this year
Mean Girls star Renee Rapp picks up bite.me for upcoming album. The registry for .me domain names has revealed that it sold 34 premium registrations through the registrar channel in the first half of this year. That compares to 16 domains in the firs...
Discussion
August 1, 2025, 2:12 pm

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 31, 2025 – Zoom Out
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 25:04 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – July 31, 2025 – Zoom Out
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 25:04 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
July 31, 2025, 11:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
BigCommerce launches new parent brand on $2.4 million domain commerce.com
The rather generic brand will get a boost from great domain name. Ever since BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) acquired commerce.com for $2.444 million earlier this year, the question has been what it would do with the domain. Today, the company announced a...
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BigCommerce launches new parent brand on $2.4 million domain commerce.com
The rather generic brand will get a boost from great domain name. Ever since BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) acquired commerce.com for $2.444 million earlier this year, the question has been what it would do with the domain. Today, the company announced a...
Discussion
July 31, 2025, 11:08 pm

Domain Name Wire
How to use ChatGPT agent mode to automate domain investing tasks
ChatGPT can now automate domain investing tasks, such as finding end user buyers for your domains. ChatGPT’s agent mode is a game-changer. It can automate research and tasks, going as far as logging into services to grab data or complete repeti...
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How to use ChatGPT agent mode to automate domain investing tasks
ChatGPT can now automate domain investing tasks, such as finding end user buyers for your domains. ChatGPT’s agent mode is a game-changer. It can automate research and tasks, going as far as logging into services to grab data or complete repeti...
Discussion
July 31, 2025, 7:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
French environmental company attempts reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting dispute against domain registered before it had trademark rights. French Blunomy Advisory, an environmental consulting firm, has been found (pdf) to have tried to reverse hijack the domain blunomy.com. The company filed t...
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French environmental company attempts reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed cybersquatting dispute against domain registered before it had trademark rights. French Blunomy Advisory, an environmental consulting firm, has been found (pdf) to have tried to reverse hijack the domain blunomy.com. The company filed t...
Discussion
July 31, 2025, 3:48 pm

Domain Name Wire
See the top 20 keywords in sold aftermarket domains
AI and my remain hot in aftermarket sales. Afternic has published a list of the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its platform in May. AI and my remain at the top of the list. The keywords have been on the chart every month for the past year. One in...
Discussion
See the top 20 keywords in sold aftermarket domains
AI and my remain hot in aftermarket sales. Afternic has published a list of the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its platform in May. AI and my remain at the top of the list. The keywords have been on the chart every month for the past year. One in...
Discussion
July 30, 2025, 6:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to domain registrar Webnic
Domain industry overseer says domain registrar is lax when investigating and responding to DNS abuse complaints. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a fairly large domain name registrar in Asia. ...
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ICANN sends breach notice to domain registrar Webnic
Domain industry overseer says domain registrar is lax when investigating and responding to DNS abuse complaints. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a fairly large domain name registrar in Asia. ...
Discussion
July 30, 2025, 4:07 pm

The Domains
InterNetX has a chat with Charlotte Spencer of the WIPO on all things UDRP
InterNetX posted an interview with Charlotte Spencer, Senior Legal Officer in the Internet Dispute Resolution Section at WIPO. Safe to say Charlotte knows just about everything when it comes to domain disputes. For newer domain investors who sometime...
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InterNetX has a chat with Charlotte Spencer of the WIPO on all things UDRP
InterNetX posted an interview with Charlotte Spencer, Senior Legal Officer in the Internet Dispute Resolution Section at WIPO. Safe to say Charlotte knows just about everything when it comes to domain disputes. For newer domain investors who sometime...
Discussion
July 29, 2025, 4:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain transactions declined at Escrow.com in Q2
Despite sequential decline, first-half dollar volume was up sharply compared to last year. Domain transaction dollar volume at Escrow.com slipped in Q2 compared to Q1, the company reported today. However, it was up for the first half of 2025 compared...
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Domain transactions declined at Escrow.com in Q2
Despite sequential decline, first-half dollar volume was up sharply compared to last year. Domain transaction dollar volume at Escrow.com slipped in Q2 compared to Q1, the company reported today. However, it was up for the first half of 2025 compared...
Discussion
July 29, 2025, 2:24 pm

Domain Name Wire
Now available: Domain Name Wire App
Stay connected with the DNW App for your Apple or Android device. The way we consume and interact with news continues to change. With that in mind, I’m excited to announce the launch of the Domain Name Wire App. Over the past few years, I&rsquo...
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Now available: Domain Name Wire App
Stay connected with the DNW App for your Apple or Android device. The way we consume and interact with news continues to change. With that in mind, I’m excited to announce the launch of the Domain Name Wire App. Over the past few years, I&rsquo...
Discussion
July 29, 2025, 1:58 pm