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Dot-brand top level domains will be different in the next new TLD round
Applicants in the next round will come armed with plans to use them (I hope). I got an alert today of another dot-brand top level domain name owner pulling the plug on its domain name. Dabur, a company that sells Ayurveda (traditional medicine in Ind...
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Dot-brand top level domains will be different in the next new TLD round
Applicants in the next round will come armed with plans to use them (I hope). I got an alert today of another dot-brand top level domain name owner pulling the plug on its domain name. Dabur, a company that sells Ayurveda (traditional medicine in Ind...
Discussion
June 20, 2024, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Would this incentivized auction model work in the domain name business?
Company pitches a model that provides an incentive to place bids. Picture this: you’re bidding in a domain auction. It goes on for hours, and you end up capitulating to some other domain investor. But you don’t walk away empty-handed. Tha...
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Would this incentivized auction model work in the domain name business?
Company pitches a model that provides an incentive to place bids. Picture this: you’re bidding in a domain auction. It goes on for hours, and you end up capitulating to some other domain investor. But you don’t walk away empty-handed. Tha...
Discussion
June 19, 2024, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain sales are buzzing: 18 new end user domain name sales
A site about bees, a yard maintenance app, and a wool company bought domain names. Sedo didn’t have any huge sales this past week (at least that were made public). But it turned in a higher-than-usual volume performance. There’s a nice va...
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Domain sales are buzzing: 18 new end user domain name sales
A site about bees, a yard maintenance app, and a wool company bought domain names. Sedo didn’t have any huge sales this past week (at least that were made public). But it turned in a higher-than-usual volume performance. There’s a nice va...
Discussion
June 18, 2024, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
GSF.com cybersquatting dispute should have been reverse domain name hijacking
The domain name owner was at least owed an explanation. A guy named Greg Foltz registered the domain GSF.com in 1993. He used it for his family and business (they are his initials, after all). Over thirty years later, Golden State Foods Corp comes al...
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GSF.com cybersquatting dispute should have been reverse domain name hijacking
The domain name owner was at least owed an explanation. A guy named Greg Foltz registered the domain GSF.com in 1993. He used it for his family and business (they are his initials, after all). Over thirty years later, Golden State Foods Corp comes al...
Discussion
June 18, 2024, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name auctions end this week
Right of the Dot and Afternic have online domain auctions ending this week. Two domain name auctions conclude this week. First up, Right of the Dot’s extended domain name auction from NamesCon ends Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm CT. Right of the Dot ...
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Two domain name auctions end this week
Right of the Dot and Afternic have online domain auctions ending this week. Two domain name auctions conclude this week. First up, Right of the Dot’s extended domain name auction from NamesCon ends Tuesday, June 18 at 1 pm CT. Right of the Dot ...
Discussion
June 17, 2024, 11:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
The ultimate domain flip – DNW Podcast #489
From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this o...
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The ultimate domain flip – DNW Podcast #489
From hand-registration to $85,000 in 8 days. Imagine flipping a hand registration into an $85,000 sale in 8 days. My guest on today’s show, Michael Santiago, did just that. It’s not without controversy, though. What would you do if this o...
Discussion
June 17, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Law school LSAT test organization loses cybersquatting claims against tutors
Perhaps Law School Admission Council needs to go back to law school. The organization behind the LSAT test students take to get into law school has lost three cybersquatting claims against LSAT tutors. Law School Admission Council, Inc. filed the dis...
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Law school LSAT test organization loses cybersquatting claims against tutors
Perhaps Law School Admission Council needs to go back to law school. The organization behind the LSAT test students take to get into law school has lost three cybersquatting claims against LSAT tutors. Law School Admission Council, Inc. filed the dis...
Discussion
June 14, 2024, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wholesale domain marketplace to make changes under new ownership
Price changes and payment options are coming. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange, a domain sales platform designed for domain investors to sell to other domain investors, will make changes after the new owner surveyed users. Domain investor Ryan Ewen and...
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Wholesale domain marketplace to make changes under new ownership
Price changes and payment options are coming. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange, a domain sales platform designed for domain investors to sell to other domain investors, will make changes after the new owner surveyed users. Domain investor Ryan Ewen and...
Discussion
June 14, 2024, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what sold on NameJet and SnapNames last month
No big sales during a slow month. Newfold Digital’s expired domain marketplaces NameJet and SnapNames had a slow month in May. The company reported just 43 domains that sold for $2,000 or more, totaling $171,000. The top sale was cranio.com at ...
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Here’s what sold on NameJet and SnapNames last month
No big sales during a slow month. Newfold Digital’s expired domain marketplaces NameJet and SnapNames had a slow month in May. The company reported just 43 domains that sold for $2,000 or more, totaling $171,000. The top sale was cranio.com at ...
Discussion
June 14, 2024, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tesla loses cybersquatting claim against car parts site
Cybersquatting case falls flat due to reseller/accessory exception. Tesla has lost a cybersquatting complaint it filed against the owner of TeslaShop .com. The domain name resolves to a page that states (translated from Polish): First, let’s ge...
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Tesla loses cybersquatting claim against car parts site
Cybersquatting case falls flat due to reseller/accessory exception. Tesla has lost a cybersquatting complaint it filed against the owner of TeslaShop .com. The domain name resolves to a page that states (translated from Polish): First, let’s ge...
Discussion
June 13, 2024, 9:24 pm
