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Dr. Sheba Roy filed a UDRP complaint to wrest control of ShebaRoy.com, a domain that hosts critical commentary about her and the naturopathic medicine field. She alleged the site defamed her and confused consumers by using her name, asserting that it had acquired common law trademark rights. But the WIPO panel saw things differently. While […...
Explosive growth and new developments in the domain industry make it increasingly difficult to keep up with everything going on around us. The good news is that the number of resources needed to cover it all is growing too. One of the best we've seen to date is a free publication from Freename dubbed The Domain Standard.
Two Taku teamsters have landed in New York City, attending the ongoing Affiliate Summit East. Micahel Piotrowski and Christian Voss have big plans and are looking forward to creating innovative projects for Taku.com. Strategic moves and opportunity exploration is only part of their task so if you're still attending Affiliate Summit in NYC make sure...
Hiren Patel posted another big My keyword.com sale. Hiren sold MyVehicle.com for $105,000 previously and today he announced he sold MyForce.com for $90,000. My is usually in the top 3 selling keywords at Afternic each month. A few days back Hiren announced he purchased the …
Want an expiring domain from one of these registrars? You should backorder them at NameJet or SnapNames. Last month, NameJet and SnapNames began auctioning expired domains from BlueHost and HostGator. Both of these platforms are owned by the same parent company, Newfold Digital, as the auction platforms. The company owns a number of other prominent...
There are quite a few domain investor-focused events and conferences coming up in the last half of 2025. These events are being held around the world, and importantly, they are being run by different people and organizations. This should help make them each unique. The events I have heard about, including the dates and locations […]Catchy.com
For the record, I not proud of that headline. It doesn't even work in British English. But if I hadn't done it, some of you would have complained, and I want you to be happy. Rubber company Goodyear has become the latest new gTLD registry operator to tell ICANN to terminate a dot-brand. In this […] The post Goodyear tires of its dot-brand fir...
Tucows has scored a big win for its back-end registry services business, winning Radix and its portfolio of gTLDs over from rival Team Internet. The companies said in a press release today that Radix will migrate its 11 TLDs, together comprising about 10 million domains, over to the Tucows platform. This will bring Tucows' total […] The post ...
The ICANN community has kicked off its "review of reviews", a hopefully brief exercise in navel-gazing designed to free ICANN from even more navel-gazing over the longer term. The seven supporting organizations and advisory committees have put forth a proposal, which ICANN's top brass has accepted, for a Review of Reviews Cross Community Group (RoR...
Top Systems Brasil Software Financeiro Ltda. went after the premium domain Topaz.com, claiming trademark rights dating to 2021. But the domain had been registered by Reflex Publishing way back in 1998, a full 23 years before the Complainant even filed for its first trademark! The Brazilian fintech firm, part of the Stefanini Group, argued that [...
DanielAbrahams.xyz – GoDaddy customer (Australia) The .xyz community includes professionals using .xyz domains to share their writing, projects, and career journeys. Science communicator Lauren Richardson uses LRBio.xyz to highlight her work with biotech companies. Educator and strategist Kelly Davis uses KellyDavis.xyz to share global...
Cleaning products company filed cybersquatting complaint against domain registered well before it existed. Nuvik USA Inc., a manufacturer of cleaning products such as antibacterial wipes, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed acybersquatting complaint (PDF) with World Intellectual Property Organization against th...
Company will migrate 10 million domains to Tucows Registry. Top level domain name company Radix is moving its backend registry operations to Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), the two companies announced today. Radix has used Team Internet Group (LON: TIG) (formerly CentralNic) for its registry backend since launching domains in the 2012 round of top level doma...
Territory.com was at auction on Namecheap. The way everyone wishes live auctions worked at domain conferences. A premium one word .com with no reserve. The post Territory.com closes at $125,625 on Namecheap appeared first on TLD Investors.
Gerard Michael is a veteran domain broker with an impressive reputation spanning over 30 years in the industry, having facilitated hundreds of high-value, premium domain transactions totaling over $600 million. As founder and senior specialist at DNPost Domain Brokers, he works with brands around the globehelping them secure brand-defining .com dom...
Nuvik USA Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp the domain Nuvik.com, citing trademark rights dating back to 2019. The domain, however, was registered in 2010 by Hong Kong-based Cykon Technology Limited, nine years before the Complainant or its brand existed! The Complainant argued the domain caused confusion and disrupted its business, despite providing no e...
For most domain investors, the business of domain investing is unpredictable. Some months bring big sales or many sales that make me feel fantastic. In other months, there is little action in the way of deals and reasonable offers. It can be quite boring on the sell-side. This feast or famine cycle of domain investing […]Catchy.com
The three letter domain SBK.com was involved in a UDRP recently, which led to the Respondent emerging victorious with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. Registered in 1995, SBK.com was acquired by the Respondent on June 20, 2017, for the sum of $199,900 dollars. This sale was never reported elsewhere and the UDRP now […] The post SBK...
Rachel Sterling at Identity Digital published a piece today that delved into new gtlds being on the rise with tech startups. The usage of .com vs new gtlds using data from Y Combinator and Techstars. Traditional TLDs in Decline, nTLDs on the Rise A comprehensive analysis of over 4,000 startups from Y Combinator and Techstars […] The post Are ...
Complainant makes arguments in its case that seem to be in defense of the domain name owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Top Systems Brasil Software Financeiro Ltda. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name topaz.com. The financial technology company made rather bizarre arguments in th...
Zhang.com was left to expire and closed at GoDaddy auctions for $63,555. The domain name Zhang.com was registered in 1997. Registered at ENOM the registrant might have time to renew. A very popular surname in China. It's actually the third most common according to according to Asian Language School. Zhang (/) is extremely popular in […] The p...
IP attorney, John Berryhill, participated in the Pan-Mass Challenge cycling event along with domain investor Elliot Silver. The dynamic domain industry duo helped raise more than $27,000 in donations. The Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) is a fundraising bike-a-thon started in 1980 by Billy Starr to benefit the DanaFarber Cancer Institute via the Jimmy Fun...
Accelerator-backed startups increasingly turn to .ai and other alternatives. New analysis from top level domain company Identity Digital shows that young startups are increasingly turning to non-.com domains, in particular .ai. The company analyzed the domain choice of over 4,000 startups from Y Combinator and Techstars from 2020 to the present, an...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
Buyers might be more inclined to purchase a domain at the marketplace offering lower monthly payments. Elliot Silver posted today about how he handles "dual" listings that are on both Atom (premium) and Afternic. I sold a domain on Afternic last month that was also listed on Atom, and it brings up another thing to […] Post link: Watch out for...
Tang.CEO – Squarespace customer (United States) Executives, authors, creatives, and thought leaders are establishing their online presence with personal websites and digital hubs on .xyz and XYZ Registry domains like .Audio, .Security, .CEO, and more. Anthropologist, entrepreneur, and TEDx speaker SteveRichards.xyz uses his .xyz as an online...
Altec Industries, Inc. filed a UDRP against Altec.ai, claiming the domain was registered in bad faith and listed for sale at $45,000. The Respondent, represented by attorney Igor Motsnyi, countered that the domain was acquired as a brandable investmentciting meanings like All Technologyand had no connection to the Complainant at the time of registr...
Company tried to obtain valuable domain through UDRP after its purchase overtures were rebuffed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Smarkets Limited to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name sbk .com. The sports betting company has stylized trademarks for SBK and uses the domain name betSBK .com. The domain was acqu...
I am a customer of Atom.com and Afternic. My feeling is that Atom does a good job of helping people discover branding opportunities with listed domain names, and Afternic does a good job of helping domain name buyers purchase the domain names they are looking to buy. At the moment, I have just shy of […]Catchy.com
Smarkets Limited filed a UDRP for SBK.com, claiming trademark rights in SBK for a betting app launched in 2019. But the domain had been acquired in 2017 for $199,900 dollars by a Malaysian investor group and well before Smarkets filed its marks. The Respondent showed early branding efforts, legal consultations, and clear refusal to sell […] T...
Two large site builder platforms are now auctioning their expired domain inventory at GoDaddy. GoDaddy Auctions recently picked up expired domain inventory from two large website builder companies, Squarespace and Wix (NASDAQ: WIX). Squarespace is the bigger prize of the two. The company took over Google Domains in September 2023 and is now the 5th...
RDNH Rulings on Pace to Set Record – Nat Cohen The first six months of the year saw 36 RDNH findings. If that pace continues there will be over 70 RDNH findings by year end. There are many different reasons why a panel may determine that a finding of RDNH is justified. Ignoring precedent was cited in twelve of those ... Read More The post RD...
RDNH Rulings on Pace to Set Record – Nat Cohen The first six months of the year saw 36 RDNH findings. If that pace continues there will be over 70 RDNH findings by year end. There are many different reasons why a panel may determine that a finding of RDNH is justified. Ignoring precedent was cited in twelve of those ... Read More The post RD...
Dutch software firm PAQT.com B.V. filed a UDRP to claim the domain PAQT.ai, arguing it matched their PAQT trademark registered in 2021 and that the Respondent had no rights to it. The disputed domain was registered on January 14, 2025, and appeared briefly online with a generic site advertising AI agents for enterprise use. PAQT […] The post ...
Startup D3 Global has taken on the Herculean task of merging the Web2 and Web 3 domain worlds. That is an appealing prospect to many because it would let legacy domains take advantage of valuable features made possible by Web3 protocols. A new partnership with InterNetX is now moving D3 closer to their goal.
Superstar domain investor Braden Pollock reported the sale of R.org for $375,000 last month. It looks like the name might have sold in June as archive.org shows the name moving from a DomainEasy landing page to TimeWeb.ru lander. They are a webhost out of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The site is now up and running. The […] The post $375K buyer o...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
Company tried to buy the domain name before filing a cybersquatting complaint. A Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) panelist has found (pdf) travel company Cloud Travel to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against CloudTravel.co.uk. It registered the domain CloudTravelS.co.uk for its business...
In the time span of just 4 months, Spaceship's SellerHub has been trusted with 1 million domain names. But this news only lasted a few hours, as Spaceship CEO, Richard Kirkendall announced that "a few hundred thousand" additional domains were being added today. This means that SellerHub is on its way to feature 2 million […] The post SellerHu...
Domainer Expo is coming up soon and I asked founder Ish Milly if he could give some insights about the conference. 1) What made you decide to get into the conference game? I have a background organizing conferences and business events and genuinely enjoy bringing people together. I sincerely believe organinizing events is a life […] The post ...
An interesting theory from Rank Theory. For decades, people have purchased expiring domains with lots of backlinks for their SEO benefit. Sometimes it's to redirect them to other websites. In other cases, people build new sites on the domains to take advantage of the Google juice. But what will happen as AI traffic becomes more […] Post link:...
Here are the correct answers to last month's trivia contest. Last month, I held the first DNW trivia contest. Participants had to answer 10 questions correctly to win these prizes: $250 account credit atDynadot One-year Novice account atEstibot($348 value) One-year Domainer membership atNameBio($144 value) A shoutout on Domain Name Wire and DNW's X...
Noctal.xyz – Namecheap customer (United States) Innovative developers use .xyz to showcase solutions enhanced with AI. 3D content platform Power.xyz streamlines visual commerce with generative AI and modular tools. Document authentication protocol Hashfire.xyz brings cryptographic verification and AI to decentralized finance. AI collaboratio...
Tune in as Ron Jackson and I discuss the top sales so far this year. On this week's show, DNJournal publisher Ron Jackson joins me to discuss this year's top sales through the first half. Spoiler alert: sales are up big time! We review the top sales and discuss how the domains are being utilized. […] Post link: This years top domain sales (so...
The .MED domain is set to relaunch globally on September 15, 2025, marking a significant shift from its past exclusivity to a more accessible platform for a wider audience. Previously limited to medical professionals, the .MED top-level domain will now be available to anyone, making it an attractive option for healthcare practitioners, wellness bra...
This years Pan-Mass Challenge was exceptional. It was probably the best ride I have had in my 12 years of riding. The weather was more cooperative than ever, and the company couldnt have been better. Its always fun spending the weekend with John Berryhill, and it was great to have Karen join us this year. […]Catchy.com
Eleven notable domain registrars have abandoned ICANN's pilot Registration Data Request Service, substantially reducing its usefulness. In June, 11 accredited registrars pulled their support for the voluntary service, which is designed to give law enforcement, IP owners, and security researchers an easier way to request unredacted Whois records. Te...
ICANN seems to have won a big victory in its ongoing tussle with Namecheap over price caps for .org and .info domains. A California court ruled late last week that it cannot force ICANN into pricing talks with the registries for the two gTLDs, denying a motion that Namecheap filed back in April. The dispute […] The post Namecheap loses attemp...
ICANN has given a warning to Malaysian registrar WebNic, claiming that it has turned a blind eye to abuse reports in breach of new Registrar Accreditation Agreement rules. ICANN Compliance says the company, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based Qinetics, failed to take action to resolve abuse reports made against several domains it manages. Online rep...
Patricio Poblete seems set to serve a third and final term on ICANN's board of directors, after nobody else put themselves forward as an alternative. Poblete, of Chilean ccTLD registry NIC Chile, was nominated to continue in the role as one of the two ccNSO representatives on the board after his current term expires October […] The post Poble...
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