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Joe Styler talks about what's going on with auctions and the aftermarket at GoDaddy. There have been a lot of changes on GoDaddys aftermarket platforms this year. Joe Styler, a product manager for aftermarket, joins us today to talk about some of them. We dig into improvements in the auction experience and he provides some […] Post link: GoDa...
Group wants to transfer domain away from registrar it's in litigation with. Ethereum Name Service (ENS), the entity behind blockchain-based .eth domain names, is asking a court (pdf) to allow it to transfer eth.link to a different registrar. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar sold the domain for $852,000 [...
Company generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many registrars, Tucows auctions off domain names that its customers do not renew. Its primary partner for [&...
Today's podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic's new Lead Center. On todays show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the latest list of the biggest domain name registrars and cover some good domain upgrades companies […] Post link: Domai...
It's a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-term payment plan. Dan.com currently offers the ability to import a sale you negotiate elsewhere […] P...
A shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Question: is this .io domain superior to the company's existing .com, VitalER.com? Here's a list […] Post ...
Bear's cybersquatting case fails. Cocaine Bear wanted his domain name, but a UDRP panelist said no. Last month, someone filed a cybersquatting claim against the domain name CocaineBear.com. Cocaine Bear (aka Palbo EscoBear) has become famous (again?) thanks to a new movie. It turns out that the Complainant was Kentucky for Kentucky LLC, a group [&#...
One of these features will reduce headaches. SnapNames is rolling out new features next week that should be well-received by domain name investors. One of the best features is auto-deletion of backordered domains you don't win. As a domain investor, it's frustrating to have hundreds of dormant backorders in your account from domains that you [̷...
New registration revenue was down, but overall revenue held steady. Radix has released its H2 2022 Premiums Report, disclosing data about how its premium domains sold in the second half of last year. Overall, registrars grossed $3.76 million from premium registrations and renewals of its 10 top level domain names. That's nearly identical to what [&...
It's the second questionable finding by the same panelist in the same month. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled that the owner of slots.net was not cybersquatting. But shockingly, she did not rule it was a case of reverse domain name hijacking. Slot machine maker Novomatic AG filed the dispute. It has trademarks […]...
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2022. Gname has moved into the top 10 registrars for total .com domains under management. Here's how registrars did i...
New beta feature gives domain investors transparency into which domains are being negotiated. Afternic has introduced a new feature called Lead Center that is designed to provide more insight into leads that Afternic brokers are working, and to allow for communication between domain investors and brokers. The beta is accessible in the Afternic 2.0 ...
Learn how to fast-track your SEO using expired domains. SEO expert Sean Markey joins us today to talk about buying expired domains for their SEO value. We discuss the metrics you need to consider, tools for finding the best domains, and what to do to get the most value from the domains (both immediately and […] Post link: Expired domains ...
Cybersquatting victims are frustrated that registrars outside India won't take down domains. Some Indian ISPs have blocked access to three major domain name registrars. The move comes as part of a long-running dispute over cybersquatting. Indian courts and cybersquatting victims are frustrated that registrars are not responding to their take-down n...
Registry seeks to capitalize on NFT art. Just about any "regular" second level domain name, such as dnw.com, can be connected to Ethereum Name Service (ENS). But it's a complicated process. The .art registry announced new features this week to make it easier for .art domain owners to connect their domains to ENS and to […] Post link: .Art int...
Sean Markey examines last month's SEO-based sales at NameJet and SnapNames. With the passing of another month, we get to look at the names that sold at NameJet/SnapNames and talk about how much they sold for, as well as WHY they sold for that much. I'll be focusing on the names that sold for SEO-related […] Post link: Why this four letter dom...
DNW is celebrating a birthday today. Domain Name Wire is now voting age, celebrating its 18th birthday today. I started Domain Name Wire on March 9, 2005, as the first blog covering the business of domain names. A lot has changed in the industry since then (back then, we were talking more about parking domains […] Post link: Domain Name Wire ...
Here's what sold on NameJet and SnapNames. Newfold Digital's domain auction services NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 96 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These sales totaled $586,000. Many of the sales were less about the domain and more about how the domain was previously used. In fact, I think that was the […] Post link: Nearly ...
Panel has harsh words for Complainant. A National Arbitration Forum panel has found Empower Media Partners, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain EmpowerMedia.com. The three-person panel said it believes the Complainant misled it about when it obtained registered trademark rights. The panel also found the Complainant's common l...
WIPO Panel admonishes company and its counsel. Sixsigma Networks Mexico, S.A., an operator of data centers in Mexico, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain kio.com. The company inquired about buying the domain name last year. It didn't hear back and subsequently filed the UDRP. It's a decent […] Post l...
Before you use the migration tool… Earlier this week, I wrote about the closure of Uniregistry Market and the process for moving your domains to Afternic. Shortly after writing the article, I decided to dig into the migration process. I clicked the link to migrate and got a 502 error. I refreshed the page, and […] Post link: Some update...
Meta Platforms alleges registry operator is infringing its marks such as Facebook and Instagram. Meta Platforms has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Freenom and associated companies. Freenom is best known for operating the .tk namespace. .Tk is the country code domain name for Tokelau. Despite being just a small territory of New Zealand...
A software company, a job board and an airplane marketplace bought domain names. Sedo didn't report any six figure sales this week (at least publicly) after reporting two last week, but it had some nice end user sales. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view […] Post link: 17 end user domain sales...
The UDRP decision was the latest questionable determination by panelist Aaron Newell. Christian Copyright Licensing International, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) against Multitracks.com LLC to halt the transfer of its domain name multitrack.com. Multitracks.com LLC filed a cybersquatting dispute with National Arbitration Forum in November 2022 to ge...
Shares rise on earnings report and guidance. Website, scheduling and online marketing company Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported fourth quarter and full year 2022 earnings this morning. The company reported $228.8 million in revenue for the quarter, which represents 10% year-over-year growth. Exchange rates zapped the momentum; revenue grew 14% on a...
You're about to lose your historical data, so pay attention. GoDaddy is shutting down the Uniregistry Market and parking service on April 18, the company announced today. UPDATE: SEE WARNING AT END OF POST This means that two key features will be going away: category targeting for parking pages and self-brokering. Perhaps more troubling to […...
A second-hand furniture site, a school in Honduras and a taxi app bought domain names. Sedo had a heck of a sales week led by giveaway.com at $400,000 and PFP.com at $353,000. A new owner is listed in Whois for the first one, but the second one gives me a warning when I visit it […] Post link: 18 end user domain sales up to $400,000 DomainNa...
Patent covers way to value domains and present those to domain registrants. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,593,824 (pdf) to Verisign for System and method for domain name valuation. The patent describes a domain valuation system that can present domain values to people at different parts of the domain registration...
Company won't file trademark lawsuits when alliance members implement standards covered by its patent(s). Web3 identity company Unstoppable Domains says it won't assert its patents against any members of the Web3 Domain Alliance. Specifically, the company stated: Unstoppable Domains has made whats referred to as a non-assertion commitment. What tha...
Everyone's an AI company now. Sometimes I feel like CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) releases its earnings the same way I was taught to write an essay in school: first, explain what you're going to write. Then write it. Then explain what you just wrote. CentralNic first provides a "Trading Update" with its financials. Then it releases […] Post link: Ce...
Learn about where you can sell your domains and the pluses and minuses of each platform. On todays show, I discuss the platforms for selling your domains and their relative benefits/drawbacks. Learn about commissions, features, and the best way to sell your domain names. Also: RDNH, GoDaddy aftermarket Sponsor: Sav.com domain transfers Subscribe vi...
High on cocaine and wanting a domain. The hot ticket at movie theaters this weekend is Cocaine Bear, a movie about a bear that does cocaine. It's based on true events. Seriously. You can see a trailer for the movie at its official site, CocaineBear.movie. The bear wants more, though. Someone filed a cybersquatting complaint […] Post link: Coc...
Up, down, up…and it's not about the SEO value. I look through a lot of expiring names that pair an unremarkable domain name with a truly eye-popping price. In fact, that's the main thing I'm looking for at expiring auctions because that's the best way to sniff out an SEO domain name. There are very […] Post link: What is going on with t...
Why yes, I Love Art is a common term. Le Gant des Beaux-Arts has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking (pdf) for the domain name ILoveArt.com. Yes, a company filed a cybersquatting complaint against this domain name. Like the case I wrote about earlier today, the Complainant said it owned the […] Post link: iLoveArt.com ...
Three-person panel points out how domain investing is legitimate. Sporting goods retailer Academy, Ltd. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over redfield.com. Redfield is one of the company's brands. A domain investor in India acquired the domain name for $8,166.67 at an expired domain name auction in 2021. Academy [...
A DAO, a construction company and a software business bought domain names. I might sound like a broken record, but it's getting more and more difficult to find out who bought domain names. With Whois blocked, I usually have to wait for the domain name to resolve to a new website to know who bought […] Post link: Latest end user domain sales a...
Afternic offered a "Park & Sell" rebate until GoDaddy acquired the business. I was looking through the Domain Name Wire archives last week when I came across an article I wrote in 2014 about changes GoDaddy made to Afternic after acquiring the company the prior year. One of the changes was discontinuing the "Park & […] Post link: This...
See how these two domain investors performed last year. How did your domain portfolio perform last year? Today, investors Logan Flatt of Media Code and Mark Levine of Domain Theory come on the show to divulge their actual results. Youll learn their topline sales numbers, sell-through rates, median prices, and get tips for improving your […] P...
Uniregistry has some great features. It would be a shame if they went away. Uniregistry might shut down this year as it is consolidated into GoDaddy. There are several things about Uni's domain marketplace that I hope GoDaddy integrates into its existing systems before shutting it down. Category keyword targeting Uniregistry is the only parking [&#...
eBay tried to shoehorn a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting dispute. eBay has lost a dispute it filed to get control of the domain name BillionaireBay .com in a UDRP cybersquatting case. National Arbitration Forum panelist Nicholas J.T. Smith correctly noted the limitations of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy. It is a policy [...
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers October 2022. Gname returned to the monthly .com chart for the second month in a row. I started adding in its affiliated drop-...
Company anticipates slower growth in 2023. GoDaddy (GDDY) reported Q4 and full year 2022 earnings after the market closed today. The results provide context to last week's layoffs. For Q4, bookings were flat year over year, and revenue eked up just 2%. Revenue in the "Core Platform" division that includes domain names fell 2% year […] Post li...
A zipline adventure park, an artificial intelligence company and an art gallery bought domain names. The market for web3-related domain names has taken a dive lately along with the crypto markets, but buyers are still out there. This week, Sedo sold SmartBlockchain.com for $80,000 and the matching .net for another $2,620. It's likely an end […...
A couple of things you should do in light of the commission change. GoDaddy's new aftermarket commission structure went into effect on February 1. There are a few housekeeping things domainers should consider doing in light of the changes. The new system rewards you with a 40% discount off the 25% commission when a domain […] Post link: Thing...
Revenue from expired domains dropped last quarter. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released Q4 2022 earnings last week and included some data about selling expired domains. The company's earnings reports are typically dull from a domain name perspective. Tucows Domains is a nice, consistent cash cow that doesn't move dramatically from quarter to quarter. In Q...
Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. AbdulBasit Makrani is a successful domain investor with a portfolio of over 8,000 domain names. Today, he wrote about some of his recent domain acquisitions. But something else in his post stood out to me: …I would like to tell you that as of today Ive 8,250 domains. There are […] Post link: The inconsistency of ...
Learn about the new Domain Academy and its free tools. Domain Academy is now under the GoDaddy umbrella, and many GoDaddy users get access for free. Even if youre not interested in the domain investing course, it comes with free tools to make domain investing easier. Learn all about it in my interview with Michael […] Post link: A new Domain ...
This is a curious cybersquatting claim. Taboola, the ad network known for showing "related content" ads about belly fat, how celebrities have aged, and how a "new law" means you're overpaying for insurance, recently filed a curious cybersquatting complaint. The company filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum against the domain name tabool...
Company missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net domain base. But this year's comedown from the pandemic boom proved too much to overcome. At the […]...
Company will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 after the incresae. This does not include ICANN's 18-cent fee. Registrars mark the […] Post li...
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