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A janitorial supply company, a maker of electronic fish bait, and a tracksuit seller bought domain names. Sedo had a lot more sales over $2,000 this week than in a typical week. Unfortunately, few of them resolve to active websites yet so it’s difficult to tell if end users bought the domains. Here’s a list […]

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First half continues upward trajectory for premium domain revenue. Radix has published its premium domains report for the first half of 2024, and it was the best half the registry has ever had when it comes to premium domain sales. The company reported $5.16 million in retail revenue from premium domains. That’s up from $4.8 […]

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Hear why ConvertKit is changing its name to Kit. ConvertKit founder Nathan Barry was on the Domain Name Wire Podcast in 2018, talking about his company’s plans to rebrand. He shelved those plans after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a new domain. Now, six years later, CovertKit is finally rebranding. The company will […]

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The eth.link saga is over after dismissal. Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has formally dismissed a lawsuit it filed regarding the domain name eth.link. Eth.link is used as a resolving service for .eth names. People can type a second level .eth name followed by eth.link to get the name to resolve in their browser. The person […]

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The company, which has been slow to launch its domains, is finally rolling out two more. Amazon is finally launching a couple more of its top level domain names. About eight years after ICANN delegated .deal and .now, the company opened the domains in Sunrise today. Trademark holders will be able to register the domains […]

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UDRP carves out exceptions for legitimate use of brand names in domains. Textron Innovations Inc., the maker of airplanes and airplane parts including Cessna and Beechcraft, has lost another cybersquatting case under the Oki Data precedent. Oki Data was a case that established an idea of nominative fair use in domain names, at least as […]

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A crane company, a beverage mixer seller, and a Barcelona tourism organization bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was crypto .co.uk, brokered by Mark Ghoriafi. It’s unclear who bought it yet and if it was an end-user or investor purchase. Otherwise, Sedo’s list of public sales this week was a little short. But […]

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GoDaddy begins sharing data about new domain registrations. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has a new feature that shares which keywords are being registered most often in new domain names. The company already publishes which keywords are most common in Aftermarket domains, but this data is always a few months behind. The new data is extremely current. […]

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While some domain registrars have increased prices faster than wholesale increases, robust competition means consumers can still register and renew domains for close to the wholesale cost. One of Verisign’s (NASDAQ: VRSN) defenses to increasing .com prices is that “unregulated” domain registrars set the price people actually pay for domains — and many of those […]

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GoDaddy explains why it introduced Afternic Boost, plus plans for Dan. Last week Mark Levine and I gave our initial feedback on Afternic Boost, a new program from Afternic that promises extra exposure for a fee. Today, I’m joined by Alan Shiflett. Alan manages all of GoDaddy’s products for domain investors. He talks about how […]

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Mononames sifts through millions of available domains, including one word domains and .com domains with common prefixes and suffixes. I’ve long been a fan of OneWord.domains, a site that helps you find exactly what it describes: one-word domain names available for registration. A few months ago, Gaëtan Le Heurt-Finot, a master’s student and entrepreneur in […]

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He made a tough case look easy. Oh, Jesus was definitely cybersquatting. But he performed a miracle to get away with it. Cybersecurity company Sysnet North America, Inc., which operates Viking Cloud at the domain name vikingcloud.com, filed a cybersquatting complaint against the registrant of vikiMgcloud .com. While I can’t be sure, Jesus apparently registered […]

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A longtime employee alleges that ICANN did not properly handle complaints. A woman who worked for ICANN for 22 years sued the non-profit this week, claiming sexual harassment, gender discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, and other claims. The plaintiff’s suit states that she was: … ICANN’s second longest tenured employee with a stellar 22-year history. In […]

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Two domain-related companies made the list of fastest-growing companies. Domain name company Identity Digital landed on the Inc. 5000 list again this year. It’s the fourth consecutive year the top level domain registry made the list. The company ranked #3,235, as measured by three-year revenue growth. The company generated 152% growth during that time. Identity […]

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A surprising factor helped the domain registrant, and the panel rightfully decided this case was too close to call to order the domain transferred. OneTab Ltd, which offers a browser plugin for organizing tabs on Google Chrome, has lost a cybersquatting complaint in an interesting case that tested the bounds of the Uniform Domain Name […]

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35 finalists vie for up to $50,000 donation. Public Interest Registry has named the 35 finalists for this year’s .ORG Impact Awards, and announced that actor Alan Cumming will host the awards ceremony this fall. Cumming, an Emmy and Tony-award-winning actor, is well known for his roles on shows like The Good Wife and, my […]

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Company files UDRP after failing to buy domain for two decades. A UDRP panel has found Work In Progress Creative Solutions Ltd, aka WIP Systems, guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which offers a workflow platform, started using the domain name wipsystems.co.uk in 2007 and wipsystems.com.au in 2018. It coveted wipsystems.com and filed […]

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Atom.com will pay domain investors if a domain listed on Atom Premium sells on Afternic. Afternic’s decision last year to move to a two-tier commission model has been a challenge for competing marketplaces. The two-tier system charges an additional 10% commission when sellers park their domains on other platforms. This added cost has pushed many […]

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Company publishes blog post to dispell what it calls myths that people are spreading about the company’s operation of the .com registry. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has publicly begun rebutting those who think .com prices should be reduced or frozen. Pat Kane, senior vice president of Verisign’s naming and registry services, published a blog post today […]

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An Instagram contest platform, a sports uniform manufacturer, and a couples therapist bought domain names. This week’s top public sale at Sedo was UpSign.com for €55,000. The domain doesn’t resolve yet, but there are many potential buyers, including one that has a trademark for the term for eSignature services. For today’s post, I’m including sales […]

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