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Five Guys burger chain hits domain name roadblock in Sweden
Someone owns the domain name it wants for expanding into Sweden. Rapidly expanding burger chain Five Guys has hit a snag in Sweden: the domain name fiveguys.se. As the company continues its international expansion, it has its eyes on the domain name....
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Five Guys burger chain hits domain name roadblock in Sweden
Someone owns the domain name it wants for expanding into Sweden. Rapidly expanding burger chain Five Guys has hit a snag in Sweden: the domain name fiveguys.se. As the company continues its international expansion, it has its eyes on the domain name....
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January 18, 2024, 5:24 pm
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Sedo’s big sales week and end user domain sales
GM’s OnStar, a commercial refrigeration company and a digital printer bought domain names. Sedo is having a great start to the year. On this week’s sales list, the company reported the sales of peace.com for $400,000, eze.com for $200,000...
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Sedo’s big sales week and end user domain sales
GM’s OnStar, a commercial refrigeration company and a digital printer bought domain names. Sedo is having a great start to the year. On this week’s sales list, the company reported the sales of peace.com for $400,000, eze.com for $200,000...
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January 17, 2024, 2:49 pm
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Unified Carrier Registration Plan tries reverse domain name hijacking
Group that manages UCR registrations loses case against registration filing service. A UDRP panel has found Unified Carrier Registration Plan to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name UCRRegistration.com in an interesting dispute. U...
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Unified Carrier Registration Plan tries reverse domain name hijacking
Group that manages UCR registrations loses case against registration filing service. A UDRP panel has found Unified Carrier Registration Plan to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name UCRRegistration.com in an interesting dispute. U...
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January 16, 2024, 7:35 pm
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Escrow.com reveals median price by TLD for sales in 2023
.AI led the pack at $10,000. Last month, Escrow.com revealed the average price paid for domain name by top level domain transacted through its service. While it was interesting to see that the average .com price was $41,693, I don’t think this ...
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Escrow.com reveals median price by TLD for sales in 2023
.AI led the pack at $10,000. Last month, Escrow.com revealed the average price paid for domain name by top level domain transacted through its service. While it was interesting to see that the average .com price was $41,693, I don’t think this ...
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January 16, 2024, 4:46 pm
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Binance wins binance.ae domain name, which loser bought for $300k
Guy who bought domain name for $300k in 2021 loses cybersquatting dispute. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has won a cybersquatting claim for the domain name binance.ae, and the domain owner is about to be out $300,000. Kirill Zalipaev acquired the d...
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Binance wins binance.ae domain name, which loser bought for $300k
Guy who bought domain name for $300k in 2021 loses cybersquatting dispute. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has won a cybersquatting claim for the domain name binance.ae, and the domain owner is about to be out $300,000. Kirill Zalipaev acquired the d...
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January 16, 2024, 4:33 pm
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Adult cam site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking finding
Site owner successfully argued that “love cam” is a common descriptive term. TMD Swiss AG, which operates an adult video cam site at xlovecam .com, has been found guilty of trying to reverse domain name hijack lovecam .com (pdf). ICF Tech...
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Adult cam site dispute results in reverse domain name hijacking finding
Site owner successfully argued that “love cam” is a common descriptive term. TMD Swiss AG, which operates an adult video cam site at xlovecam .com, has been found guilty of trying to reverse domain name hijack lovecam .com (pdf). ICF Tech...
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January 16, 2024, 4:15 pm
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Weddings, onions, and dude ranches – DNW Podcast #469
Peter Askew talks about a tough onion season and his foray into the wedding business. It’s been nearly two years since I last caught up with Peter Askew on the podcast. The entrepreneur who sells onions on the internet provides an update on thi...
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Weddings, onions, and dude ranches – DNW Podcast #469
Peter Askew talks about a tough onion season and his foray into the wedding business. It’s been nearly two years since I last caught up with Peter Askew on the podcast. The entrepreneur who sells onions on the internet provides an update on thi...
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January 15, 2024, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI is back! (It was never really gone)
Domain sales with “AI” in them rebounded in Afternic’s keyword rankings. Afternic released its latest keywords report today, listing the top 20 keywords found in domain names sold on Afternic in November 2023. One month after droppi...
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AI is back! (It was never really gone)
Domain sales with “AI” in them rebounded in Afternic’s keyword rankings. Afternic released its latest keywords report today, listing the top 20 keywords found in domain names sold on Afternic in November 2023. One month after droppi...
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January 12, 2024, 6:29 pm
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End user domain name sales up to €40,100
A digital business card platform, a chess site, and a battery company bought domain names. It’s time for more end user sales! Earlier this week, I wrote about sales that happened in the week heading into Christmas. Now, let’s look at end ...
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End user domain name sales up to €40,100
A digital business card platform, a chess site, and a battery company bought domain names. It’s time for more end user sales! Earlier this week, I wrote about sales that happened in the week heading into Christmas. Now, let’s look at end ...
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January 11, 2024, 5:51 pm
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What to do if your Afternic lead list looks like this:
How to get rid of confused “buyers” in one simple step. Every once in a while, one of my domain names on Afternic will get a lot of inquiries. Consider the domain in the image above, HackSpin.com. It received a few inquiries in September,...
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What to do if your Afternic lead list looks like this:
How to get rid of confused “buyers” in one simple step. Every once in a while, one of my domain names on Afternic will get a lot of inquiries. Consider the domain in the image above, HackSpin.com. It received a few inquiries in September,...
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January 10, 2024, 6:20 pm
