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This is a lesson for everyone that tries to steal a domain name from its rightful owner. A lesson for all people, companies, trademark holders (or not) and their lawyers that attempt a reverse domain …

The domain name Sex.city sold at Sedo and is the 1st confirmed New gTLD sale of 2017. The domain was bought for $2,150 and the new owner is (surprise, surprise) from Amsterdam. When I saw …

I don’t usually drop any .com domain names unless there is a good reason to do it. Whether that is a legal reason, a registration mistake (registering a typo), some domains with specific lifespan (e.g. …

Here is what domains attorney Charles Gucciardo bought with more than $500,000. Attorney Charles Gucciardo of The Gucciardo Law Firm, PLLC discussed his interest in new TLDs and motivation for registering dozens of domains in …

NameJet and Select Corp, a Detroit-area digital investment firm, have teamed up in an exclusive partnership to auction approximately 100 domains daily from a variety of extensions including traditional .COMs, premium new gTLDs, and trending …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of December 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. Not a single common keyword in the .com …

The Lincoln Electric Company tried to grab the domain name WearTech.com , using a 2013 trademark and a UDRP complaint, from EXISTech Corporation that registered the domain name and has been using it since 1996. …

Rightside wants to make it easier for people to buy its New gTLD Platinum domain name inventory so today it launched two new programs that will expand access to high-value premium domains across all 40 …

I got a complaint, from someone I believe is trustworthy, about “domain broker” Andy Kelly and a domain name transaction that started just before Christmas. Trustworthy is exactly the opposite of what I think when …

WorldHostingDays announced the creation of a Content Advisory Board; the board is made up of cloud industry experts and a couple of domain name savvy members, with a goal of ensuring excellence in conference content …

ParkingCrew announced yet another feature addition to be implemented as of early 2017. ParkingCrew will offer option to sell domains with a Buy Now price using Escrow.com. ParkingCrew said that they have worked to bring …

Sedo announced some of the highlighted domain name sales from the past year. At $375,000 USD, Broker.com had the highest price tag among domains sold through Sedo in 2016. Short domains were as usual popular; …

Namejet released it’s December 2016 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3 letter .com and .net domains and some numerics (especially 5N). Namejet sold 122 (164 domains in November) domains in December …

My video interview from NamesCon 2016 has finally arrived. Just in ime for NamesCon 2017. Angela St. Julien interviewed Theo Develegas and myself, Konstantinos Zournas. Theo is the owner of DomainGang and Acroplex.com. DomainGang is …