Göran Marby, ICANN’s President and Chief Executive Officer, has requested guidance about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) impact on the domain name system and WHOIS from the European Union. Marby sent letters (pdf) to …
Read More »The Castello Brothers sell the domain Traveler.com – It becomes a new crypto travel aggregator
Michael Castello, of Castello Brothers LLC, announced the sale of the domain name Traveler.com. The announcement came in a comment on DomainInvesting.com. Michael Castello did not disclose any more details for this sale and the domain …
Read More »Google is enabling publishers to show non-personalised ads
Over the past year Google has been preparing to meet the requirements of the GDPR, the new data protection law coming into force on 25 May 2018. The GDPR affects European and non-European businesses using …
Read More »The domains BTB.com, Swarm.com and TheatreTickets.com were reported as sold
BTB.com According to a Chinese finance website the domain name BTB.com was sold for 500 bitcoins (BTC). At the time the article was written that would be about $4 million. But someone claims the domain …
Read More »ICANN must reduce its budget now!
Göran Marby, President and CEO of ICANN, seems to pretend that he doesn’t understand how much more money than it should ICANN is spending every year. He published a blog post called “Budget Discussions at …
Read More »Here is how to Opt-out of domain name WHOIS masking at GoDaddy
Here is how any domain name owner that has a domain name registered at GoDaddy can Opt-out of domain name WHOIS masking. On January 25, 2018, GoDaddy began masking (blocking) the Registrant name, phone and …
Read More »WIPO domain name cybersquatting cases reach new record in 2017 (infographic)
WIPO domain name cybersquatting cases reach new record in 2017 increasing by 1.3%. The total number of WIPO domain name cases were 3,074 in 2017 compared to 3,036 in 2016. But just one or two …
Read More »The domain name Purple.com was sold for $900,000
The domain name Purple.com was sold for $900,000 in 2017. The sales price was reported in a SEC filing from PURPLE INNOVATION, LLC. (Note 5, Page 14) Purple Innovation is an American comfort technology company …
Read More »Empty legal threats and/or the passive aggressive domain name “buyer”
Some people think they somehow deserve a domain name so they try to acquire it using baseless and empty legal threats and/or subtle indirect threats. I received an inquiry for a 2-word .com 2 weeks …
Read More »CentralNic and KeyDrive Group are discussing a merge
CentralNic Group Plc made an announcement today after some recent industry speculation. The Company confirmed that discussions are taking place regarding the potential combination of CentralNic and KeyDrive S.A. and its subsidiaries including domain reseller …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales