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There can be easier ways to take down abusive websites. The Oklahoman published a story this week about how Oklahoma County is considering suing over the domain name OklahomaCountyCourt .org. The domain name is used for a website that resembles a court website. When people search for court records, the site uses the business TruthFinder […] P...
I added a domain to SellerHub today to see how the sales platform works. Here was my experience. There's been some buzz about SellerHub, a domain sales platform that's part of Namecheap's Spaceship domain registrar. Yesterday, the company announced that domains on SellerHub are added to the Namecheap registration path. That's a big deal, as […...
Customers get a little more time to use pre-paid backorder credits. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has extended the deadline for customers to use domain backorder credits. The company announced last August that it was sunsetting its backorder product and gave customers 12 months to use the credits. Today, it announced a 60-day extension to October 7. […...
Soon, it will be the exclusive way to reach the registration path at the world's second-largest domain registrar. Namecheap is removing Afternic and Sedo domains from its registration path, but is offering an alternative way for domain sellers to reach its customers: listing domains on Spaceship's SellerHub. Spaceship is one of Namecheap's domain r...
Company sought domain name matching its ICOY workplace safety brand. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) that ITWAY S.P.A. attempted to reverse domain name hijack the domain icoy.com. ITWAY offers a system called ICOY, designed to reduce workplace accidents involving heavy machinery, such as forklifts. The company re...
A Y Combinator startup, an AI agent platform, and a musical group bought domain names. Sedo had a couple of nice mid-five-figure domain name sales this week. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that were recently completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. HealthAndWellness.com $49,500 – Whois lists […] Post l...
Strong growth at its Spaceship registrar propelled Namecheap into #2 spot for .com domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers February 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Namecheap+Spaceship has overtaken Tucows to be the second-largest .c...
Security researchers found 164GB of exposed data from ICANN-accredited registrar, including sensitive domain transfer codes. ICANN-accredited registrar Openprovider accidentally leaked sensitive domain name and customer data, researchers recently discovered. Bob Diachenko, a cybersecurity researcher and owner at Security Discovery, and Cybernews di...
Registry says it is reviewing the domains and considering additional safeguards. Public Interest Registry (PIR) is taking action after a researcher noted a proliferation of gambling domains in its .ngo and .ong namespaces. PIR, the non-profit behind the .org top level domain, launched .ngo and .ong in the 2012 round of new TLDs to serve […] P...
Learn what Atom hopes to accomplish by becoming a domain registrar. Domain sales platform Atom recently announced it had become an ICANN-accredited registrar. On todays show, Atom founder and CEO Darpan Munjal joins me to talk about three overarching missions Darpan wants to achieve by becoming a registrar. He also discusses new features available ...
Panelist finds "Plan B" attempt after purchase negotiations broke down. A FORUM UDRP panel has found that jewelry maker Mengjia Li, who goes by the name Eve Li, engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name eveli.com. The Complainant uses the domain name eveli.co.uk for her jewelry business, and she […] Post link:...
Plan ahead to save money by registering for these conferences early. It's the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere today, which means many people are taking a break from their computers to enjoy summer vacation. But a packed domain conference calendar kicks off this September. Tickets are usually cheaper the earlier you buy them, so […]...
Complainant tried to upgrade from .co to .com through UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that a Colombian entrepreneur tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain watertimer.com. Felipe Ospina filed a UDRP against the domain registrant, who acquired the domain name in 2023 for $4,120. Ospina has since launched a bus...
Domain investors will be eligible to acquire so-called Service Names. The .music domain name registry has introduced a new category of domain names called Service Names. These names don't have traditional nexus requirements, making them easier for anyone to register. Most .music domains require registrants to demonstrate a direct connection to the ...
If you need records, now is the time to download them. If you need any data from domain sales platform Dan.com, you have only nine more days to download it. The platform will officially be retired on June 27. GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022 for over $70 million. Since that time, it has moved most […] Post link: Heads up: clock is ticking to ...
Settlement resolves antitrust lawsuit and restores Entris integration with GoDaddy domains. Entri and GoDaddy have announced a deal to allow people to use Entri to update DNS records for domains registered at GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY). The multi-year agreement resolves a lawsuit between the parties. Entri acts as a conduit between SaaS companies and dom...
Newfold Digital is divided into two divisions. Web.com is now officially part of Network Solutions. Starting this week, visitors to Web.com see a splash page that points them to the login page for Network Solutions, marking the brands formal transition. When parent company Newfold Digital announced earlier this year that it would retire the Web.com...
A vaccine maker, an author community, and a tool for runners bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale this week was dollars.com for $500,000. Mark Ghoriafi brokered this name, but we don't know who the buyer is yet. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view […] Post link: 15 end user domain sales...
URS was designed for super-slam-dunk cases of cybersquatting. This was anything but. Krahn Chemie GmbH, a chemical distribution company, has lost a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case in a rather convincing manner: it was found to have filed the case in abuse of the URS. I don't write about URS cases that often. It's a […] Post link: Panel ru...
GoDaddy's no-hidden-reserve format offers insight into investor valuations. One of the advantages of an auction without hidden reserves is that you can get a good sense of the investor market value for each domain. It's a "wisdom of the crowds" scenario. Consider the current GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) featured auction that ends on Tuesday. There are [...
Whois privacy was implemented for all domain names today. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry that manages Nigeria's .ng country code domain, implemented Whois privacy on all .ng domain names today. Previously, Whois for .ng domains included details about registrants, including names, physical addresses, phone numbers, an...
Panel finds company filed complaint in bad faith after failed purchase attempt. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Afianza Asesores, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Afianza.com. The Spanish consulting company filed a cybersquatting complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute ...
An update on Featured.com and why it acquired HARO. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe was my guest on the podcast in 2023 after his company rebranded from Terkel to Featured using the domain Featured.com. On todays show, Brett returns to explain how the new domain and brand have helped his company since then. Featured also recently […] Post lin...
Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It's a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it would be like as a new domain investor. Each investor […] Post link: Video: GoDaddy domain contest ...
A shoe seller, an AI business, and a real estate firm bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale of the past week was PlayID.com. The domain doesn't resolve yet, but a couple of different businesses use this name in alternative extensions. Heres a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. […] Post link: AI company among...
Proposed system bypasses registrar pre-approval and enables features like fractional ownership. D3Serve Labs (no relation to D3 Global Inc.) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Method and system for enabling the transfer of domain. The patent application (18/978071) describes a blockchain-based method and system for securely transferring "bene...
Trustee disavows claim, says original UDRP filing was unauthorized. The registrant of TRX.com has just secured another win toward retaining his domain name, following a surprise UDRP decision in 2022 that had ordered it transferred. Loo Tze Ming purchased the domain name trx.com for $138,000 in April 2022 on the domain marketplace 4.cn. In October ...
Indian ride-share and delivery app company fails to snag valuable domain through UDRP. Roppen Transportation Services Private Limited, which operates the Indian ride-hailing and delivery platform Rapido, has lost (pdf) a cybersquatting dispute it filed against rapido.com. The registrant of rapido.com acquired the domain name in 2014. That was befor...
Company's cybersquatting complaint blends in irrelevant arguments. Vorwerk International AG, maker of the Thermomix line of food processors, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). The company filed a cybersquatting dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization against the domain name TM7.com. Vorwerk is releasing the ...
Registry contract will transition to Team Internet's registry backend in partnership with Colombian domain registrar. After 15 years, the rights to operate Colombia's .co domain name extension is changing hands. The country has awarded a 10-year contract to manage the popular domain to Equipo PuntoCo, a newly formed joint venture between Team Inter...
This company changed domain names as its business evolved. This is part of a series in which businesses discuss why they changed domains and the process they went through. The story has been edited with permission. Rick Levine, Partner/CEO of Modus At the end of March, we made a big move: we changed our domain […] Post link: Domain changes: a...
Domain name was registered before it had trademark rights. Alumni Ventures LLC, a venture investing group, has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name AlumniVentures.com. The company uses the domain name av.vc. It claimed two trademarks, with the earliest use in commerce date of 2018. However, the registrant of ...
Poor user experiences created by SEO tactics and ad networks are accelerating AI adoption. Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, is rapidly changing how people find information online. This is challenging traditional search engines like Google. Reflecting on this shift, two reasons stand out. First, as I've previously discussed, AI t...
Panelist says UDRP can't be used without proven trademark rights, even in clear cases of fraud. UDRP is designed to handle clear-cut cases of cybersquatting. There are cases of clear-cut fraud and bad faith use that don't qualify as cybersquatting under UDRP. The Complainant must meet all three elements required to win the case. The […] Post ...
Blockbuster expired domain sale tops auction sales list. Newfold Digital, the parent company of NameJet and SnapNames, published its sales over $2,000 for April and May. The results were stronger than usual, thanks to some high-ticket sales. In April, the auction platforms combined for $527,000 of sales. In May, they combined for $702,000. Here are...
Study shows reactive takedowns have little impact on deterring phishing. An ICANN-funded study has identified which registrar practices are most associated with phishing-related domain name abuse. Unsurprisingly, registration cost is one of the top factors associated with maliciously registered domain names. The research, known as INFERMAL (Inferen...
New Radix research shows some possible improvement, although IDNs are still a challenge. I've written about the challenges of Universal Acceptance (UA) many times. UA refers to all top level domains working with websites, email platforms, social media sites, etc. It's been over a decade since a flood of new top level domains entered the […] P...
What to expect in the next round of new top level domain expansion. Its finally happening. ICANN has published its Draft Applicant Guidebook for the next round of new top level domain expansion. Other than adding some deadlines, its likely to be more or less the final rulebook when applications open starting this time next […] Post link: The ...
Dispute centers on expired agreement to market .md domain names in English and Spanish-speaking countries. A U.S.-based company has filed an international arbitration claim against the Republic of Moldova over rights related to the .md country code top level domain. Park Avenue Capital LLC filed the claim with the International Centre for Settlemen...
Company filed UDRP after failing to acquire domain name through negotiation. A UDRP panel has determined that Finsure, a U.S.-based insurance brokerage firm, attempted to reverse domain name hijack the domain finsure.com from domain investor Mira Holdings. Finsure argued that Mira Holdings registered the finsure.com domain in bad faith shortly afte...
New discount plan for investors will cost $120 more per year. Earlier this week, GoDaddy teased changes to its Domain Discount Club (DDC). It revealed full details today, and I have a feeling domain investors won't be pleased. Essentially, GoDaddy is adding a third, more expensive tier to DDC called Domain Discount Club Pro. This […] Post lin...
Panel orders all 52 domains used in scams to be transferred to Tesla. Tesla has successfully recovered 52 domain names that leveragedits brand and Elon Musk's likeness to promote cryptocurrency and phishing scams. In a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organization, panelist William A. Van Caenegem found (pdf) that Russian resident Ekate...
A big domain purchase, domain transfers, and Atom becoming a registrar were top stories last month. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in May: 1. BigCommerce buys domain name for $2.4 million – The company purchased commerce .com. The nameservers for the domain recently switched to those that BigCommerce uses for its […] Pos...
You have until 8 pm EDT to save money on .cloud domains. The registry for .cloud domains is making a big change to its pricing. Effective 00:00 UTC on June 5 (that's 8 pm EDT today), the registry is changing its pricing for premium domains from a high-low model to a high-high model. Until now, […] Post link: .Cloud changes premium pricing mod...
A school district, a cybersecurity company, and a Chrome plugin maker bought domain names. Sedo's top sales this week were EightAM.com for $26,000 and Flat.fi for 23,898. Neither domain is developed yet, so we'll have to keep an eye on them to learn who bought them. Here's a list of end user domain name sales […] Post link: End users bought t...
i2Coalition highlights impact of DNS-level blocking. A new report and website from i2Coalition raise concerns about governments increasingly using DNS blocking to control online content, warning that it could harm the global internet. The report, "DNS at Risk: How Network Blocking and Fragmentation Undermine the Global Internet," notes that DNS was...
New tier will include domain investor tools that other users don't need. GoDaddy isintroducing anew tier to its Domain Discount Club (DDC), a program that offers discounts and additionalfeatures. DDC currently has over 100,000 members. Many of these are domain investors, but others are bulk customers and agencies. These other groups probably aren't...
Panel says complainant doubled down despite evidence refuting its case. One of the key differences between the Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) for .uk cybersquatting claims and the UDRP is that DRS cases can be appealed. In a recent case, the appeal not only overturned the original decision but also resulted in a finding of […] Post ...
From .com to .cat, Spain offers a colorful mix of domain extensions in everyday use. I just returned from a vacation in Spain. Whenever I travel to foreign countries, I pay close attention to domain names. While .com dominates the United States, it shares the stage with many other extensions in some countries. Spain is […] Post link: Sightsee...
Company went after descriptive and geographic domain name. A highly charged UDRP dispute has resulted in a finding of reverse domain name hijacking. The case involved two electrician companies in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city is commonly referred to as NOLA. Nola Electric and Maintenance Services LLC filed the dispute against Leiter Electric Ser...
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