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The domain name business convened in Las Vegas this week. I spent the past few days in Las Vegas, first at the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) meeting and then at D3’s Dominion conference. The ICA meeting was a hit once again. Close to 200 people registered for the event. While that’s a record, it’s still […]

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Complainant failed on all three elements of UDRP. There are times when you should hire a lawyer. Here’s one. STREXO Safety & Compliance, LLC has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting dispute against lemeilleur .com. The Complainant failed on all three elements of the UDRP, and any attorney could have […]

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Domain name company raises funds for its ambitious DomainFi ecosystem. Domain name company D3 Global announced today that it has raised a $25 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Paradigm with investments from Coinbase Ventures, Dharmesh Shah, the founder of HubSpot, and Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap, among others. D3 is […]

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Sales and liquidity, not payments, are the big challenge to overcome. I don’t spend much time on Twitter/X these days, but I enjoy getting Mike Cyger’s weekly recap of some of his posts there. Last week it included this discussion about payments for domain names and how blockchain could play a role. I’ve been thinking […]

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The Whois system has been replaced with RDAP. It’s official. Starting today, Whois is no longer the definitive source of domain name ownership data. It’s now the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP). This won’t mean much to most internet users seeking information about domain name owners. RDAP has much of the same information that Whois […]

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Company’s cybersquatting claim fails for domain name it let expire. Noon, a popular ecommerce site in the United Arab Emirates, has lost a cybersquatting dispute it filed against the domain name noon.ae. (.Ae is the country code domain for the United Arab Emirates.) The company, which uses noon.com, previously owned noon.ae. It let the domain […]

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Hear the results of a big rebrand, and learn what new features are on the way at Atom. A lot has happened at Atom.com over the past year, including changing its name. On today’s show, Atom founder and CEO Darpan Munjal discusses results from the company’s rebrand, including the impact on SEO and the ROI […]

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WIPO panel declines to hear case. Domdevelo OU, the registrant of cripto.com, has scored a victory in a cybersquatting battle initiatied by the owner of crypto.com. As Domain Name Wire reported last month, Domdevelo sued Foris Limited after the latter filed a cybersquatting claim with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). WIPO panels have discretion on […]

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Transfers now include renewal, and other changes are coming. Last week, Identity Digital completed the transition of Anguilla’s .ai namespace to its registry platform. The company will also manage the domain’s marketing and distribution going forward. This is likely to bring many benefits to domain registrants and registrars. I contacted Ram Mohan, Chief Strategy Officer […]

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A rebranded energy company, a connected thermometer seller, and a company that hopes to improve restaurant food pickup bought domain names. Who bought pack.com for $600,000? It’s been a mystery ever since Sedo broker Mark Ghoriafi announced the sale a couple of weeks ago. The domain is on Sedo’s sales list this week, but unfortunately, […]

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Silent nights has many uses. SoletLuna Holdings, Inc. and Lifewave, Inc., which sell a skin patch that the companies say helps you get better sleep, have lost their second cybersquatting claim in as many months. In October, the companies filed a claim against silentnights net, .art, .life, and .xyz. The registrant of those names said […]

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The TikTok ban is another reminder to control your own internet presence. For a few hours this weekend, visitors from the United States were shut out of TikTok. That was just a minor inconvenience for most TikTok users. They found something else to do with their time rather than mindlessly swipe through short videos of […]

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Team Internet is consolidating domain management platforms. Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG) is shuttering its domain name reseller platform Hexonet. As of the end of 2024, the company is no longer updating Hexonet other than critical security items. Hexonet is primarily a reseller platform, and resellers will be transitioned to Team Internet’s CentralNic Reseller […]

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Cybersquatting case results in reverse domain name hijacking finding. A German company called Solar Hero GmbH has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain hive-pt .com. The company has a European trademark for tradinghive, which covers financial and related services. A Portuguese company uses hive-pt .com. It offers a competitive trading platform […]

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Rewind: How a great domain helped Chess.com denominate online chess. This week, we’re opening up the vault and going back to one of the most interesting interviews from this show over the past couple of years. In October 2023, I interviewed Chess.com CEO Erik Allebest. He explained how the chess.com domain name was critical to […]

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It’s the number one seller on Afternic and will likely remain near the top for some time. Domain names with AI in them continue to sell at a fast clip on the domain name aftermarket. Afternic has revealed the top-selling keywords in domains sold on its platform from November, and AI is back on top. […]

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The new domain is targeted at content creators. Google Registry is gearing up to launch another top level domain name next month: .channel. The early access period begins on February 4. During this phase, anyone can register a domain for a premium price. It will follow a Dutch Auction format, with prices lowering each day […]

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Top sale in the past two months was a .org. Newfold Digital released sales results from domain auction platforms SnapNames and NameJet this week. These results are for November and December. In November, the platforms combined for 45 sales of $2,000 or more, totaling $344k. In December, they combined for 83 sales of $2,000 or […]

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Consent agreement will require GoDaddy to improve security practices and not mislead customers. The Federal Trade Commission is admonishing GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) for lax security practices in its hosting business. In a complaint (pdf), the FTC said that GoDaddy “has marketed itself as a secure choice for customers to host their websites, touting its commitment […]

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The domain included the registrant’s last name and a business field unrelated to that of the Complainant. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Nalli Chinnasami Chetty to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The Indian textiles and clothing company filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name nallifinancialservices .com. Jennifer Nalli, […]

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