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The domain market is flat. What does this mean for the industry at large? What does the domain name industry look like without growth? In 2024, we found out. According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, there were 362.3 million registered domain names at the end of last quarter. This represents a decline of […]

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Patent describes way to validate that an entity has rights to register a reserved name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent 12,184,604 (pdf) to Unstoppable Domains for “Domain name registration based on verification of entities of reserved names.” The patent covers a method of identifying domains that should be reserved from registration, […]

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Domdevelo OÜ, an Estonian company that owns cripto.com, has sued (pdf) Foris Limited, a Hong Kong company that owns crypto.com. In November, Foris Limited filed a cybersquatting complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, arguing that Domdevelo was cybersquatting with its registration of cripto.com. As a result, Domdevelo filed a lawsuit earlier this month in […]

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Bank goes after .com domain registered before it had trademark rights. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panelist has found that Armor Bank tried reverse hijacking the domain ArmorBank .com. The Arkansas bank uses the domain name armor.bank. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against ArmorBank .com and the matching .org domain name. […]

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Here’s what your peers think will happen in the domain name industry in 2025. It’s the annual predictions episode! On today’s show, you’ll hear from 22 domain investors, marketplace operators, registry representatives, and other people in the domain business. They will talk about what surprised them most in 2024 and what they think will happen […]

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Take this step to avoid losing your domains. I bought five domains in the GoDaddy premium domain auction earlier this month. I sold one of them in less than 48 hours, and it paid for all five, so I’m happy with my selections. But there’s something you should be aware of if you bought domains […]

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How Rob Schutz turned his interest in domain name into a business. My guest this week is Rob Schutz, founder of domain buyer service Snagged. Rob came to domain names as an entrepreneur, first as an early marketing employee at BarkBox and then as a co-founder of Ro. Rob has a pragmatic side when it […]

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Court issues temporary restraining order after Meta alleges the company is trying to sell assets to avoid paying judgment. Facebook, Instagram, and their parent company Meta Platforms have gotten a temporary restraining order aimed at halting the sale of the domain registrar 35.com. The companies won a cybersquatting case against the company for activities at […]

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Government wants graffiti artist behind “DotCom” tags to pay restitution. Ever since moving to Seattle, I’ve gotten a kick out of a graffiti tag I see around town: DotCom. Now, King County, where Seattle is located, wants the prolific graffiti artist behind these tags to pay up. The county filed more than 30 criminal cases […]

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Take a look at top keywords, and the impact of offering payment plans on sale prices. It’s been a few months since I’ve reported on Afternic’s keyword data, so now is a good time to check in as we conclude the year. Afternic has published the keywords found most often in domains sold in October. […]

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New option reduces the amount of clutter and distractions on for-sale pages. Domain sales platform Atom is known for trying new things, such as AI-written descriptions, down payments on long-term payment plan sales, and categorization. It can be overwhelming for domain sellers, and it can also sometimes be overwhelming for domain buyers. So, the company […]

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The company might have a trademark claim, but not a cybersquatting claim under UDRP. A UDRP panelist has found My Healthy Home, LLC to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name healthyhomeexperts.net. The Complainant operates a business using the domain healthyhomeexpert.com, which helps people improve indoor air quality. The Respondent provides foundation repair and waterproofing […]

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Sedo had some strong sales heading into the holidays. The top sale for the week was mindsprint.com for $150,000. If I had to guess, I would say the buyer is the company that uses mindsprint.org, which recently changed its name from Olam Technology and Business Services to MindSprint. Some other top sales for which I […]

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Patent covers a tool designed to help domain investors find more domains to register. Based on what you read in its statements, you’d think Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) loathes domain name investors. After all, it tells the government that it’s not Verisign’s wholesale prices it needs to worry about; it’s those pesky domain name investors that […]

Post link: New Verisign patent brings us back to the days Verisign promoted domain investing

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These are the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers August 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Squarespace’s total DUMs fell year over year. August 2023 was the last month before the Google Domains acquisition. The year-over-year […]

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It’s a familiar pattern, but this expired domain buyer took it to another level. Oregon Public Broadcasting published a fascinating investigation this month into an AI-run news site. DailyTidings used to be a local paper in Ashland, Oregon. It went defunct and is now run by an army of AI-bots. Many people who read Domain […]

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John Berryhill explains why you should be cautious of country code domains and discusses an auction clawback lawsuit. Attorney John Berryhill joins us on today’s show. John explains how Stuart Lawley, who passed away recently, helped John take the step to start his own law practice. Then we talk about country code domain names and […]

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Both domains were likely typosquatted, but the arguments in one case didn’t line up. Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) provider FORUM published two decisions involving Hobby Lobby today, with drastically different results. In one case, the company won a dispute against the registrant of HobbyLobbby .com (three bs). In the other dispute, it […]

Post link: Hobby Lobby wins one UDRP, but reverse domain name hijacking in the other

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Intellectual property agency filed a surprisingly deficient cybersquatting claim. European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the agency responsible for managing registration of EU-wide trademarks, has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The organization filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name epta-agencies .com under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). […]

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.Com accounted for 61% of registrations at Namecheap this year. Namecheap released a report this week showing which top level domains were most popular with its customers this year. With just a couple of weeks left in the year, the winners are clear in terms of new registrations: 1. .com 3,661,899 2. .shop 721,532 3. […]

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