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Anybody could have done it: For the price of $1.249 Million dollars, the domain Anybody.com was listed for sale on Afternic. Then somebodyallegedlydid it, although the exact sales price was not disclosed. Said that person: "I was going to buy a patek phillipe or an Aston DB11 AMR I BOUGHT THIS INSTEAD: ANYBODY. C O […] The post Anybody.com: M...
It's been a tremendous year for Telepathy, Inc., operators of a superb portfolio of aged, quality domain names. Month after month, the company founded by Nat Cohen has been excelling in closing domain sales from its owned portfolio. Although we don't know details about exact pricing, we're confident that they get top dollar from the […] The p...
In October, Anguilla picked Identity Digital as the back-end operator for its lucrative .AI domain space. For the first time, .AI registrars can now access round-the-clock technical support through Identity Digital. Assistance is available 24/7 via phone, email, and live chat, ensuring help is always within reach. With faster response times and a s...
When is a typo-domain of a famous brand not infringing on the mark? When the typo itself is also a word, at least according to the panelist who decided on the HobbyLibby.com UDRP. In a shocking twist for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and their HOBBY LOBBY mark, the UDRP was denied because the "Libby" part […] The post HobbyLibby.com: Popular US st...
Sedo held its bi-monthly GreatDomains auction that took place from December 5-12, 2024. The Sedo auction attracted 182 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 23 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $125,412 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale was Plastics.com that was sold […] The p...
ART Registry, the leading domain provider for the art and creative community, is excited to announce the acquisition of HUG (thehug.xyz), a groundbreaking social marketplace founded by Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon. This strategic move strengthens .ARTs mission to empower artists worldwide by providing innovative tools and opportunities across b...
Namecheap, the second-largest domain registrar in the world and a leading web services provider, has released its 2024 Domain Insights & Trends Report. The report covers key changes in the domain industry, including popular trends, best-performing TLDs, and shifts in how people register and renew domains. The 2024 Domain Insights & Trends R...
The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, announced the lease of his domain name, HurricaneDamages.com, for $1.225 million dollars. Registered in 2004 by Rick for a mere $35 dollar reg fee, the domain HurricaneDamanges.com represents a class of insurance that is well-known to all of us in Florida. The lease arrives with an option to buy, […] The post ...
Former Motorola CEO, Robert W. Galvin, established the Galvin Electricity Initiative and the Galvin Center for Energy Innovation at the Illinois Institute of Technology, following his retirement from Motorola. The Galvin Electricity Initiative is responsible for the creation of the Perfect Power system providing sustainable delivery of electrical p...
Freelancer.com, the Australian-based freelancing marketplace, has introduced a new role: Director of Marketing and Communications. The company announced on Wednesday that Marko Zitko, who joined Freelancer.com in 2022 and currently serves as Senior Marketing and Communications Manager, has been promoted to fill the position. In this expanded role, ...
Expert domain broker Mark Ghoriafi has been having an extraordinary first year with Sedo, closing domain deals totaling several million dollars. Don't challenge Mark to a deal, he will take on the opportunity to secure more money for your domains and you may end up with a sky-high pile of cash! For Sedo and […] The post Sedos own Copilot: Sk...
IotaComm, Inc. formed in 2018 and began using the term IOTACOMM at the time; meanwhile, iotacomm.com had been registered 3 months prior. The company filed a UDRP to get the domain, after receiving brokered offers from Nameholic brokerage, seeking $65,000 dollars in return; the price was negotiated down to $25,000 and then $7,500. When these […...
Sedo, our kind sponsor, is holding an auction of premium domain names; the week-long auction takes place from December 5 – 12, 2024. A total of 182 domain names are included in the auction that required all domains to be listed with a varying reserve. The list contains dictionary words, short (2-4 letter) domains, and […] The post Seven...
Sedo domain sales report: Top sale is Qamar.com that was sold for $50,000 dollars. Welcome to the latest domain sales report by Sedo; this time we cover the week ending on December 10, 2024. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The Sedo marketplace sells great domains 24/7 providing a great […] The post...
Luigi Mangione was arrested today on a gun charge in Pennsylvania and is believed to be the person of interest in the brazen murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, last Wednesday in Midtown Manhattan. Social media photos of the suspect apparently match the partially masked and unmasked photos captured by video cameras in New […] T...
The UDRP filed against the domain GetNeuron.com ended with the Complainant, Optimal Satcom, Inc., having their request denied on the following basis: The Panel notes that the NEURON mark is also a dictionary word in English, referring to a specialized cell in the nervous system of humans and other animals that transmits electromechanical messages (...
The auction for Dady.com closed at $35,000 dollars at DropCatch ten days ago but then strange things happened. First, NameBio recorded the sale at $31,000 dollars, which might indicate a price adjustment was sent out by DropCatch. However, Dady.com is now back in a 3-day auction as the domain wasn't paid for, apparently. That means […] The po...
Frank Schilling‘s Penticton property in British Columbia is up for sale. The asking price, $32.8 million dollars (presumably Canadian) buys you a 6 bedroom, 9 bath, 10,000 square ft. house finished with stone exteriors, with breath-taking vistas of the bay. It comes complete with a 5 acre cherry grove and "Alice", a 5 tonne, 20+ […] The...
Domain industry entrepreneur, Stuart J. Lawley, passed on November 26th at the age of 61 after a sudden health issue. Our deepest condolences go out to his family, friends, and associates. Stuart will be remembered as an energetic, gregarious man and a fun Briton who spearheaded and completed projects that others often failed at. His […] The ...
After holding one of his numerous domain names for 15 years, investor Thomas Springer managed to sell it on DomainEasy.com. The newly-launched platform might be in beta still but sales do take place thanks to its well-thought interface, plentiful listing options, and overall stellar user experience. "Selling my domain on DomainEasy was easy peasy b...
Typo-squatting is the "art" of taking advantage of people's fat-fingering when they type in a domain name. In the case of wwwHobbyLobby.com, the "www" prefix is taking advantage of a common typo: missing out on that dot. Registered in 2002, the domain has been parked with PPC providers for over two decades. When parked on […] The post Hobby L...
Identity Digital, a leader in domain names and related technologies, announced a partnership with LinkedIn Premium's Perks Program. This collaboration allows career seekers, professionals, and brand builders to manage their online identities. Users receive a custom domain, professional email, and website through Name.com, an Identity Digital-owned ...
The domains WakeFit.com and Wake.fit were the focus of a UDRP that was filed by an Indian company, Wakefit Innovations Private Limited. The Complainant operates from the .co domain and in the past was contacted by the Respondent's brokers (MediaOptions/VPN) that offer to sell the domain for $150,000 dollars. These offers were countered in the [R...
Scriba.com is a domain registered in 1997 which has been in the possession of top-notch portfolio holders, Telepathy, Inc. since 2009. After 15 years under the Telepathy wings, Scriba.com appears to have been sold. It now resolves as the portal of a company that offers professional tax preparation services. Scriba describes itself as "Premier Tax [...
It took the better part of 20 years for the typo-domain, Equafix.com, to be surrendered to the squatted brand's owners. The domain name has been parked with zero click landers, presumably generating a steady PPC revenue stream. Equifax Inc., filed a UDRP to get the domain from the Respondent, whose information is hidden behind WHOIS […] The p...
SM Contact is a French company that filed a UDRP against the domain name SMContact.com. Registered in 2019, the domain is owned by domain investor Ehren Schaiberger, who is the Respondent in this case. The Complainant asserts that it formed 35 years ago and registered the mark SM CONTACT in France in 2024, several years […] The post SMContact...
Almost a month ago, we reported on Mattel printing the domain Wicked.com on its doll merchandise, aimed at fans of the newly released movie "Wicked." Instead of using WickedMovie.com as the correct link, Mattel's product and marketing team ended up utilizing Wicked.com the domain name of an established producer of adult, pornographic movies, Wicke...
Namecheap continues to deliver notable sales of .AI domains on its marketplace. CEO, Richard Kirkendall, shared news of a fresh list of select domains and prices. These .AI domain sales took place in late November. According to this quick report, the following .AI domains were sold on the Namecheap marketplace: divorce.ai – $45,000 liftoff.ai...
Sedo shared the latest information about the most searched keywords on the Sedo.com marketplace, in the month of November 2024. Remember: Our sponsor manages an extensive collection of millions of domain names, running the Sedo.com marketplace that simplifies the process of purchasing and selling domains, catering to both investors and end-users. W...
ISI GmbH, an Austrian company, filed a UDRP against the domain Sparklets.com. As the Respondent, Dave Lahoti, founder of SyncPoint, Inc., came through as the victor in this oddly aggressive UDRP filing. The experienced domain investor and UDRPsearch.com founder focuses on the registration and acquisition of meaningful, brandable, one and two word ....
A dictionary domain such as Considerable.com should not expire and drop but it happened. Registered in 2000, Considerable.com was parked with PPC ads the majority of the first two decades of its life. It was part of the Marchex portfolio of domains that GoDaddy acquired, stacking it at its NameFind repository. By 2018 the domain […] The post ...
One would thing that exact match, long tail domains rank "automagically" high in Google; Ashish Mishra, founder of The Wedding Company, finds it to be harder than expected. After a case of domain rebranding from BetterHalf.ai to TheWeddingCompany.com, Ashish Mishra is stumped by the inability to "persuade" Google that after four months of SEO effor...
Sedo domain sales report: Top sale is Lentillas.es that were sold for 38,000 Euro ($40,000 dollars.) Lentillas is "contact lenses" in Spanish. Welcome to the latest domain sales report by Sedo; this time we cover the week ending on December 3, 2024. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The Sedo […] The ...
Snap Inc., operators of Snapchat lost a UDRP they filed against the domains SnapchatPlanets.org and .net. The Forum panelist determined that the domains were used in good faith, providing educational information and not intending to exploit the Complainant's mark, or confuse consumers and denied the domains' transfer, adding a finding of Reverse Do...
Domain investors work hard, almost 12 months a year. I say "almost" because December seems to be the least productive month of the year and the most expensive one. Full of holiday joy, December is almost fully spent with family and friends, leading to plenty of money spent on outings, trips, and presents. With that […] The post December, the ...
The UDRP that Monogram Foods, an established producer of food production, filed at the WIPO failed to achieve its intended goal: to get the domain MonogramFood.com. Operating from MonogramFoods.com, the company stated in the UDRP that it just celebrated its 20th anniversary, with over $350 million in capital investments. In 2021, it surpassed $1 bi...
An exceptional example of domain rebranding is the recent acquisition of the domain Athena.com by AthenaGo. The start-up is using AI to build one-to-one partnerships between "best-in-class remote Executive Assistants and high-achieving professionals." One of the oldest .com domains ever to be registered, Athena.com has a 1991 registration date. The...
Happy turkey day! InterNetX has launched their latest e-paper, "It's All About Domains 2024," featuring interviews with 10 prominent figures in the domain industry, promoting knowledge sharing and community building. The "It's All About Domains" series, started in 2021, highlights the human side of the domain industry by focusing on the professiona...
Since 1991, Home Depot operates the product line HOME DECORATORS COLLECTION, along with the matching trademark, offering products for your home. The mark was registered with the USPTO in 1997. For that matter, Home Depot uses the domain HomeDecoratorsCollection.com which it points to HomeDepot.com. Not great for SEO but at least it indicates who ow...
The price of the domain name DOGE.com is set at several million dollars currently: $10,420,069 to be exact. Listed for sale at Perfect Domain, DOGE.com represents a matching class of cryptocurrency with a large followship, Dogecoin. The latter received early support from Elon Musk, owner of X, formerly Twitter, and Tesla among other ventures. The [...
Sedo held an LLL .net auction that took place from November 14-21, 2024. The Sedo auction attracted 130 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 13 domain names were sold for an estimated total of $10,441 dollars. The top sale was GKV.net that was sold for $2,132 dollars. Definitely not a massive […] The post Sedo #LLL .net aucti...
Escrow.com released its Domain Investment Index report for the third quarter (Q3/2024) of this year. It is an important quarterly report that takes the pulse of the domain industry's metrics. In Q3/2024, Escrow.com facilitated a total of $99 million USD in domain name sales. This was an 8.6% increase from Q2/24. The value […] Th...
Bring on your daddy jokes! Dady.com, with a missing "d", expired, dropped, and DropCatch has it. The auction for Dady.com, a domain originally registered in *gasp* 1997, has crossed the $32,000 threshold, attracting several bidders. What exactly attracts bids to the Dady.com auction? Not only it's a CVCV domain, it's also a last name in […] T...
Sedo domain sales report: Top sale is Reservation.ai and Reservations.ai that were sold for $165,000 dollars as a pair. Welcome to the latest domain sales report by Sedo; this time we cover the week ending on November 26, 2024. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The Sedo marketplace sells great […] Th...
Telepathy, Inc. has scored two more domain sales before Thanksgiving. The dynamic portfolio holding company founded by investor Nat Cohen sold LWT.com, a premium three letter .com, along with Laramy.com. WHOIS changes indicate that LWT.com was sold to Long Walk Technologies, a company incorporated on 12 July 2016. It is classified as Non-government...
Citigroup Inc. is very protective of its famous CITI mark; it filed a UDRP to get the domain Citi.ai from its registrant. It appears that the Respondent fired up ChatGPT and generated a plausible acronym of CITI: Carbon Innovations & Trading Initiative. In their response, the Respondent analyzed that alleged business project further: "I registe...
The Korean registrant of the domain Multident.net secured the domain in 2010; a German company filed a UDRP on the basis of a trademark registered in Germany in 2009. The Respondent did not respond; however, the WIPO panelist noted the dictionary qualities of the domain and ordered Multident.net to remain with the Respondent: "The principal […...
The domain name Fruti.com is a great two-syllable keyword referencing fruit; this brandable domain exudes positive qualities: Short, playful, and memorable, with a modern twist on the word "fruit" that evokes freshness and health, making it ideal for food, beverage, or wellness industries. Originally registered in 2001, the domain dropped and expir...
Yeti Software Inc. operates from the domain YetiSnow.com since 2016, using the name Yeti Snow Management Software and mark in connection with software. They filed a UDRP against the domain name YetiSoftware.com which was registered in 2008. As the disputed domain was registered 7 years before the Complainant's company formed and the Respondent prov...
As if checking out via a slow cart weren't enough for GoDaddy domain buyers of its Afternic inventory, you can now add upselling to the process. In recent months, users have reported that it can take up to 30 seconds from the moment a BIN-priced domain is added to the cart until the next step, […] The post GoDaddy adds insult to injury with e...
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