A look inside India’s domain market. I’m joined by domain investor Deepak Daftari on this week’s show. Deepak discusses how he got into domain name investing, bulk portfolio purchases, and how his sales are going this year. We also talk about the market for domains in India where he lives. We discuss the .in country […]
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Financial company picks up spectacular domain name for eight-figures. Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the parent of Rocket Mortgage and other companies, paid at least $14 million to acquire the domain name rocket.com. Elliot Silver first spied this transaction and confirmed Hilco Digital’s role in the sale. George Kirikos found the transaction price in an SEC […]
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.Com and .net domain base slipped 1.1 million domains last quarter. .Com and .net domain name registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the market closed yesterday. For the third quarter, the company reported revenue of $391 million, up 3.8% year over year. Net income increased from $188 million in Q3 2023 to $201 million […]
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This company gambled with a weak cybersquatting case and now has an uphill battle to fight. I’m often confused by the decisions lawyers make. Consider the case of McMahon Distributeur Pharmaceutique Inc., a Canadian company that runs a chain of pharmacies named Brunet. By all accounts, the pharmacy chain in Quebec is successful. It has […]
Post link: Bad strategy: weak cybersquatting claim puts pharmacy in bad negotiating position
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Chairman of Intelligence Committee cites Russian influence efforts in threat to domain registrars. U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sent letters to five domain name registrars and Verisign today blasting them for their services’ role in facilitating Russian influence campaigns. The letters were triggered by the “Doppelganger” Russian […]
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The domain was registered well before the company was established. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has determined that a financial data company filed a dispute against EagleData .com in bad faith. Eagle Data, Inc. in the U.S., which uses EagleData .biz, filed the dispute. The subject domain is registered by Eagle Data Inc., […]
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Newfold sold 70 domains for $2,000+ last month. Newfold Digital’s domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 70 domains for $2,000 or more in September. These larger sales totaled just shy of $300,000. Here are some of the sales that stand out: AvantGuard .com $11,000 – The word you’re thinking of when you see […]
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A couple of blockchain-connected names launch this week. This week, there are a couple of interesting launches in the blockchain naming space. First up, Orange Domains is launching .locker in general availability on Wednesday. .Locker is a “real” top level domain name with web functionality. But it also has web3 technology thanks to integration with […]
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New entrants promise great features but face a challenging landscape. Over the past five years, it seems like the number of aftermarket domain name platforms has been shrinking. That’s largely because GoDaddy acquired two of them (Uniregistry and Dan) and subsequently shut them down. However, a handful of new entrants in recent months seek to […]
Post link: Suddenly, there’s a lot of competition for domain sales platforms
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Can this new platform win the hearts of domain investors? Today’s guest is Sam Dennis, founder of the new domain name sales platform DomainEasy. On today’s show, explains why he built the platform, how it’s different from the competition, and what his plans are for the future. One thing domain investors will like: 0% commissions […]
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Judge says domain owner is cybersquatting. A judge has granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of carmaker Automobili Lamborghini SpA in a dispute over the domain name lambo.com. Lamborghini won a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name in 2022. The owner of the […]
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Scoop Soldiers might have better luck in court than it did with UDRP. A poop-scooping franchisor has filed a federal lawsuit in a domain name dispute. Scoop Soldiers Service Company, LLC filed the lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court against Top Paw Distributing LLC over the domain name ScoopSoldier .com (singular). The lawsuit comes after […]
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Panelist calls web designer’s dispute “frivolous” and an abuse of the policy. A FORUM panelist has ruled that an Illinois web design company tried to reverse hijack a domain name. Cybernautic, Inc., which uses the domain cybernauticdesign.com, filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain cybernautics.com. The web design company registered a federal trademark for Cybernautic […]
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A private school, a law firm and a Canadian real estate developer bought domain names this week. Sedo reported 52 domain sales of $2,000 or more this week, and I found end user buyers for ten of them. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view […]
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Parties will work with all stakeholders to deliver suggestions for UDRP review. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced a joint review of UDRP today. The parties will bring together representatives of all aspects of cybersquatting cases: A UDRP forum, lawyers that specialize in representing complainants and respondents, panelists, a […]
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.Ai gets a boost with better registry infrastructure. Domain name registry Identity Digital announced today that it has signed a contract with the Government of Anguilla for .ai domain names. Identity Digital will provide backend registry services for the domain name, which should help build trust in the domain name. It will also allow for […]
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It owns the plural and was shocked — shocked! — to find someone would use the singular for a manga website. Let me roll my eyes a bit. A French company that publishes manga comics online had the audacity to file a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name manga .io. The Complainant uses the domain […]
Post link: A manga publisher filed a cybersquatting complaint against manga .io. Seriously.
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Nikul Sanghvi talks about diversification, Afternic Boost and more. My guest this week is domain investor Nikul Sanghvi. Nikul made a big entranace to domain investing with a successful bet on .co domains, but has since diversified his portfolio. However, .com remains just a small sliver of it, proving that there are ways to make […]
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GoDaddy dealt a blow in antitrust lawsuit. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has failed in its attempt to get part of a lawsuit filed by Entri dismissed. Entri acts as a conduit between SaaS companies and domain registrars. If a customer needs to update their domain’s DNS records to work with an email provider, site builder, or […]
Post link: Judge denies GoDaddy’s motion to dismiss in antitrust lawsuit
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It filed a cybersquatting dispute after failing to buy the domain for the price it wanted. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that UpTerra Corporation tried to reverse hijack the domain name upterra.com. The company first tried to buy the domain but didn’t like the domain owner’s asking price of $18,500. It […]
Post link: Company tries “Plan B” reverse domain name hijacking
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