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Domain Name Wire
Are you a domain name expert? Prove it and win prizes
Answer 10 questions correctly to have a chance at winning a basket of domain investor goodies. Do you live and breathe domain names? Think you know the latest domain stats and cybersquatting cases? Then it’s time to put your knowledge to the te...
Discussion
Are you a domain name expert? Prove it and win prizes
Answer 10 questions correctly to have a chance at winning a basket of domain investor goodies. Do you live and breathe domain names? Think you know the latest domain stats and cybersquatting cases? Then it’s time to put your knowledge to the te...
Discussion
July 7, 2025, 5:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
Brand enforcement tactics – DNW Podcast #542
Learn why UDRP should be a last resort for many domain names. On today’s show, you’ll hear about the brand and trademark holder perspective of enforcement in the domain space. Daniel Greenberg, CEO of Lexsynergy, and Robert White, Head of...
Discussion
Brand enforcement tactics – DNW Podcast #542
Learn why UDRP should be a last resort for many domain names. On today’s show, you’ll hear about the brand and trademark holder perspective of enforcement in the domain space. Daniel Greenberg, CEO of Lexsynergy, and Robert White, Head of...
Discussion
July 7, 2025, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
Registrar rankings: a strong finish to Q1 for .com domains
Many registrars showed strong growth in the latest .com registration data. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers March 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data:...
Discussion
Registrar rankings: a strong finish to Q1 for .com domains
Many registrars showed strong growth in the latest .com registration data. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers March 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data:...
Discussion
July 7, 2025, 12:35 pm

The Domains
Braden Pollock sells Sword.com for $1.5M and 7 other sales for good measure
Today is officially Braden Pollock day, Braden reported 8 domain name sales for over $2M in sales. Sword.com for $1.5M and R.org at $375,000 are the two showstoppers. Forward .org for $100,000 was acquired back in 2022 at NameJet for $9,138. SearchPa...
Discussion
Braden Pollock sells Sword.com for $1.5M and 7 other sales for good measure
Today is officially Braden Pollock day, Braden reported 8 domain name sales for over $2M in sales. Sword.com for $1.5M and R.org at $375,000 are the two showstoppers. Forward .org for $100,000 was acquired back in 2022 at NameJet for $9,138. SearchPa...
Discussion
July 6, 2025, 11:03 pm

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 3, 2025 – Live By The Sword
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 26:41 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – July 3, 2025 – Live By The Sword
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 26:41 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss th...
Discussion
July 3, 2025, 11:49 pm

Domain Name Wire
Top domain name stories from June: .Co, Tesla, Spaceship and more
A change for .co domains, a surging domain registrar, and more top stories from last month on Domain Name Wire. Here’s what happened in the domain business last month: 1. GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership – The “original...
Discussion
Top domain name stories from June: .Co, Tesla, Spaceship and more
A change for .co domains, a surging domain registrar, and more top stories from last month on Domain Name Wire. Here’s what happened in the domain business last month: 1. GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership – The “original...
Discussion
July 3, 2025, 1:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN eats its own dog food with Universal Acceptance
The organization takes another step to enable all domains to work with its systems. More than a year after ICANN staff gained the ability to send and receive emails from internationalized domain names (IDN), the organization has taken another step on...
Discussion
ICANN eats its own dog food with Universal Acceptance
The organization takes another step to enable all domains to work with its systems. More than a year after ICANN staff gained the ability to send and receive emails from internationalized domain names (IDN), the organization has taken another step on...
Discussion
July 3, 2025, 12:33 pm

Domain Name Wire
Meta Platforms gets contempt sanctions against former Chinese domain registrar
Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought b...
Discussion
Meta Platforms gets contempt sanctions against former Chinese domain registrar
Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought b...
Discussion
July 2, 2025, 6:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
Piers Morgan wins domain name dispute over PiersMorgan.com
Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. ...
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Piers Morgan wins domain name dispute over PiersMorgan.com
Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. ...
Discussion
July 2, 2025, 3:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
Judge allows expired domain clawback lawsuit to proceed against GoDaddy
GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiff...
Discussion
Judge allows expired domain clawback lawsuit to proceed against GoDaddy
GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiff...
Discussion
July 2, 2025, 12:28 pm