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NamesCon 2023 preview – DNW Podcast #434
Here’s what to expect at this month’s conference. It’s hard to believe, but NamesCon 2023 takes place later this month! On today’s show, Soeren von Varchmin tells us what to expect at this year’s event. We discuss the pa...
Discussion
May 1, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Verisign adds 1 million .com/.net domains in Q1
Domain registry ups the lower end of its revenue guidance for the year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings this afternoon. The company ended the quarter with 174.8 million domains in the .com/.net base, which was 1.0 million more...
Discussion
April 27, 2023, 8:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Acquisition cost vs. replacement cost
Which is more important when setting prices? I was having a conversation with a couple of domain investors the other day about a domain I just sold. They asked me how much I acquired it for, and I informed them that I acquired it in 2019 via NameJet ...
Discussion
April 27, 2023, 6:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Court dismisses case against GoDaddy over 968.com domain
Judge dismisses case against GoDaddy for locking domain name. U.S. District Judge Douglas L. Rayes has dismissed (pdf) a lawsuit filed against GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) over the domain name 968.com. In the lawsuit, Yuming Hao stated that she acquired the ...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Automattic defends .blog premium model
The registry itself was named in a cybersquatting case. Automattic, which operates the .blog top level domain through its company Knock Knock Whois There (KKWT), has successfully defended a .blog domain in an interesting cybersquatting case. Insuranc...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Afternic rolls out ownership verification and new landing page set up
GoDaddy’s aftermarket launched two new features today. GoDaddy’s Afternic released two new features today. First, Afternic now allows for automated ownership verification. This will hopefully resolve a lot of complaints and support work. ...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Earth.com files for bankruptcy, owing $5 million for domain name
Domain investor is the largest creditor. Earth.com has filed for bankruptcy in Colorado, leaving domain investor Innovation HQ waiting for a resolution on a long-term domain deal. According to the filing, Earth.com owes Innovation HQ, Inc $5 million ...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Supplements company tries reverse domain name hijacking
“…there was essentially no evidence in support of the necessary facts,” the panel wrote. Attorney John Berryhill has his second reverse domain name hijacking win of the week. Earlier this week, he got an RDNH for his client in the ...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
16 more end user domain name sales
A car dealer, a roofing company, and a load testing service bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of low five figure domain sales this past week. The top sales I could definitively tie to end users came in at $10,000. Here’s a list of end use...
Discussion
April 26, 2023, 1:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Owner of vgw .co tries to reverse hijacking matching .com
Domain owner registered the domain many years before Complainant existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled (pdf) that the online gambling company that uses vgw.co for its website tried to reverse domain name hijack vgw.co...
Discussion
April 25, 2023, 3:24 pm
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