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GoDaddy had fewer than 600,000 new .com registrations in December. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers December 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Some registrars had many more registrations in December than in prior months. This is likely due to bulk […]

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“Communication error” between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom.us domain. Its official incident report states: On April 16, between 2:25 P.M. ET and 4:12 P.M. ET, the domain zoom.us was not available due to a […]

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Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined. John Chapman, an IT service engineer who is also a part-time expert witness in legal cases, filed the dispute against domain investor ANY-Web Limited. […]

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Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent months, there has been a notable drop in activity at TurnCommerce, the company that operates DropCatch.com. In addition to offering domain dropcatching […]

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Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I’ve written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing Inc. to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name sstowing.com. The company previously owned the domain name, but it […]

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Snoop wins another cybersquatting case. Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has taken down more cybersquatters. About a month ago, the entertainer won a cybersquatting dispute against SnoopDoggBush .com. Bush is the name of his 13th album, which was released in 2015. The registrant was using it in a rather unusual way. Later in the month, […]

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A Y Combinator startup paid six figures for a domain name. Sedo had a solid sales week, including a six-figure sale and 16 five-figure sales. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. WeaveRobotics.com €100,000 – Personal robotics startup Weave bought this […]

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The payroll company has a legitimate reason to go after this domain, but it doesn’t qualify as cybersquatting under the UDRP. Payroll and Human Resources company Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX) has failed to take down a website that uses the Paychex brand. The dispute is an example of a company trying to use the Uniform Domain […]

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Gaming company didn’t connect the dots on when the current registrant acquired the domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Mobility SAS to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company was established in 2018 and started offering Nova Gaming-branded products in 2021. It registered the domain name novagaming.tech because the .com was […]

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Panelist says company omitted key information about the status of its trademark. A company that runs a Seattle food truck directory has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) after it tried to take a similar .org domain name away from a competitor. East Coast Renaissance, LLC, which operates SeattleFoodTruck.com, filed a UDRP […]

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Reissued 1099-Ks, old addresses, and notifications caught in spam lead to frustration. It’s tax day in the U.S., and many taxpayers are making last-minute filings or deciding if they want to file for an extension. This year marks the first time many U.S. taxpayers are receiving Form 1099-K, a tax form that Third-Party Settlement Organizations […]

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Domain transaction value was the highest in two years. Escrow.com handled USD $107 million of domain name transactions in Q1 2025, the company reported (pdf) today. That’s the highest level since Q1 2023 and up 20% compared to the same quarter in 2024. Overall Gross Marketplace Volume on the platform, including non-domain transactions, was AUS […]

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Josh Reason provides details of his domain portfolio and explains why he built DNX. Domain investor Josh Reason joins me this week to share insights from managing his 5,500-domain portfolio. He discusses what types of domains he’s investing in, where and how he sells domains, and how his strategy is evolving. Josh also shares details […]

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Someone cloned Greenberg Gross’s website and changed the contact info. Greenberg Gross LLP, a U.S. litigation law firm, has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) in Arizona to recover the domain name GreenbergGrossLLP .com. In a lawsuit filed April 8, the firm alleged that someone registered the domain name in July 2024 and used […]

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Company filed lawsuit after first trying to reverse hijack the domain name. I noticed a lawsuit filed by yoga clothing company Alo this weekend, and it reminded me to check in on a case it filed last year to get the domain name alo.com. Alo Yoga first tried to get the domain name in a […]

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I would’ve paid much more for a particular domain a year ago, but I no longer need it. Last year, I was searching for the perfect domain name for a new project. After some hunting, I found one that checked all the boxes. It was my top choice, and I was ready to make a […]

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Company tries to upgrade from .co to .com through a misguided cybersquatting dispute. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Dakota Financial, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name haulpay.com. The panelist determined (pdf) that the company, which provides financial services for freight companies at haulpay.co, filed […]

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On the surface, these cases appear identical. Were they? A pair of recent UDRP decisions on nearly identical cases had two very different results. The law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has filed eight cases with FORUM (aka National Arbitration Forum) this year to protect a shortened version of its domain, SullCrom. The firm uses sullcrom.com […]

Post link: Same Complainant, same Respondent. Two different UDRP outcomes.

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A garlic dip brand, a podcast producer, and a delivery company bought domain names. Occasionally, I see a domain name sale and think, “wait, that’s a top level domain?” That was the case with one.vision on this week’s Sedo list. It sold for €10,000 to an unknown buyer. .Vision is an Identity Digital domain with […]

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Some domain companies haven’t fallen as much as the broader market. Donald Trump announced an escalated trade war on April 2. The stock (and even bond and crypto) markets have not looked favorably on the development. In the four trading days between the market close on April 2 and the market close on April 8, […]

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