The McDonald’s Corporation sent 2 letters asking The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to terminate the .mcdonalds and .mcd registries by November 2nd 2017. The company only ever registered 1 domain name in each extension. The …
Read More »Namejet sold 129 domains for $810,132 in June (jingzhou .com, bui .com, screensaver .com)
Namejet released it’s June 2017 domain name auctions report that includes 1 and 2 word .coms, some 1, 2, or 3 character domains and some numerics. Namejet sold 129 (112 domains in May) domains in …
Read More »Thick domain name whois is getting closer
The transition from Thin to Thick WHOIS for the .com, .net and .jobs extensions is coming soon and quite a few progress has been done. The registry operator for .COM and .NET, Verisign, met the …
Read More »WordPress promises not to increase prices on .Blog domain name renewals
WordPress and its company Knock Knock WHOIS There that owns the rights to the .blog domains announced an amendment to the .blog Registry-Registrar Agreement. Changes will be effective on July 15th, 2017. WordPress said that …
Read More »Queen.com UDRP: Queen.dk & Frands Jepsen are Reverse Domain Name Hijackers
The attempted theft of the domain name Queen.com from its lawful owner Rick Schwartz was spectacularly rejected by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) . Frands Jepsen, owner and managing director of Queen.dk, tried to …
Read More »Please cut the bullshit!
In the past few weeks I have read some straight up bullshit statements from people in the domain name industry that I really enjoy their writing and are certainly knowledgeable in regards to domain names …
Read More »Video preview of GDS (Global Domain Summit) 2017
The GDS (Global Domain Summit) 2017 event is now only a couple of weeks away. GDS 2016 was the first year the meeting was held. It was staged in Hangzhou, which is a beautiful Chinese …
Read More »“I don’t like brokers”
I got a call, I was not expecting, from a broker from a well known marketplace. He clearly didn’t knew who I was or what I do as he asked me if I was selling …
Read More »Global domain market in 2016: overall growth was 7.1%, no growth for ccTLDs
Afnic has published a complete overview of the global domain market in 2016 in a study based on ICANN statistics, information from registries, specialized web sites and its own research. The overall domain name market growth …
Read More »“UDRP” for copyright has been officially terminated
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .org registry, has officially terminated the Systemic Copyright Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy (SCADR). PIR determined that the SCADR is not ripe for implementation. The intention of the SCADR was to create …
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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