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Fleek.xyz – Dynadot customer (United States) Forward-thinking developers use .xyz domains to drive innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchain technology. Digital platform CaptureApp.xyz harnesses AI and blockchain technology for asset management. Crypto startup CryptoPond.xyz powers decentralized AI innovation for blockchain applica...
How public policy impacts the domain and hosting businesses. Public policy has a major impact on the domain name business. On todays show, I catch up with one of the groups that helps represent domain registrars, hosts, and other internet infrastructure providers when it comes to policy. Christian Dawson is the co-founder and Executive Director [&#...
The domain name Valloni.com was registered in 2012; the domain is owned by NameFind Cayman Islands, the Caymanian branch of GoDaddy-owned NameFind. Lucien William Valloni is a Swiss national and a lawyer who trademarked the VALLONI mark in Switzerland and the European Union in 2023 and 2024 respectively. The Respondent states that it acquired the [...
Some things lead to a celebration but the sale of the domain Celebration.com appears to have taken place quietly. The domain resolves to Celebration, an event web site and registry provider, that worked out of the domain name CelebrationWishes.com for a while. That domain now forwards to Celebration.com. The company formed as Our Honeymoon Wishes [...
When our current bi-weekly domain sales report was published], a lot of readers did a double take. At #1 of our all extension Top 20 Sales Chart sat Fanbase.com at $431,400. No surprise there, but what was up with the "Where Sold" entry that showed Fruits.co?.That was puzzling on the American side of the Atlantic, but no so much in Europe where Fru...
Last week, James Booth announced that he sold the Nugget.com domain name, which was listed for sale via Atom.com. He was unable to share the sale price due to a non-disclosure agreement, but he speculated it was bought by a casino or something similar. https://t.co/Br67QiZmVV sold – NDA on price Im going to guess this […]Catchy.com
A breakdown of all announced retail sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com SLD TLD Price Phrase Words Venue DotDB Exact DotDB Keyword DotDB Ext # xxm ai 8,800 xxm 1 Afternic 50 9564 12199 neko fun 7,999 neko 1 Afternic 332 29022 41378 agenticlayer com 7,000 agentic layer […]
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Swetha posted 4 .xyz sales with Bits.xyz being the highest at $70,000. Great job I would never have thought Laminar.xyz could see $9,000 well done Swetha. Some @xyz domain saleshttps://t.co/FHDV3Sph7I sold for $70000 @afternic https://t.co/rY7lsqA1ZQ sold for $10000 @afternic https://t.co/zOj9zhgjl1 sold for $9888 @afternic https://t.co/hzrsdU8kas ...
Domain brokerage Saw.com celebrated its 5th anniversary last year, an amazing feat for the domain industry. Jeff Gabriel‘s company provides full service domain brokerage while allowing seasoned domain investors to self-manage their assets on the Saw Market. A fresh announcement from Saw.com shares news of what has been improved in the past fe...
Prolific Indian domain investor Swetha Yenugula shared news of not one, not two, not three – but a quad of sales that took place on Afternic. The group of .XYZ domains reported as sold recently by Swetha is impressive: Bits.xyz – sold for $70,000 dollars Tectonic.xyz – sold afor $10,000 dollars Clandestine.xyz – sold for [&#...
Luxury carmaker Bentley has decided it no longer needs its own top level domain name. Bentley Motors Limited is terminating its dot-brand top level domain, .bentley. The automotive company informed the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on December 13 that it planned to cancel its contract to run the domain. ICANN made [...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
In the summer of 2007 I spent $40 to buy the domain HitPig.com on a domain forum. It had a fun alliteration quality about it and loosely reminded me of the game Whac-A-Mole. The domain remained parked for years, barely earning its renewal fees every year but I was too fond of the name to […]
Wasteland Inc. owns and operates five brick-and-mortar retail stores in California specializing in vintage clothing. They filed a UDRP to get the domain TheMidWasteland.com, which belongs to an Illinois-based lifestyle media platform that publishes content on cultural trends. The Complainant asserts rights to the WASTELAND mark since 1986, register...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Jeff Gabriel sent out an email that provided updates coming to Saw.com. Improved stats, seller broker integration and new sales landers to name a few. Here is the full email: Our seller broker integration is now live! Some of you may have already seen it in action over the past few weeks, and weve been […] The post Saw.com gives an update on ...
It was a bad day for GoDaddy shareholders. Shares in GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) fell over 14% today after the company released earnings after the market closed yesterday. The company reported Q4 revenue of $1.19 billion, which was above its guidance of $1.165 billion – $1.185 billion. However, results for earnings per share missed investor expectat...
It's Valentine's day today and the best time to go find great chocolates for your significant other! Flowers are nice to have but they can't be eaten so a quick visit to the highly acclaimed Maitland Chocolate Factory secured high quality truffle chocolates. In this domain sighting, the company's domain, MaitlandChocolate.com, can be seen: […...
Domain business chugs along and wins a large registry contract. Tucows (NASDAQ; TCX) reported quarterly and full-year 2024 earnings after the market closed yesterday. For Q4, revenue increased 7.1% to $93.1 million from $87.0 in the same quarter a year ago. The company posted a steep net loss of $45.3 million in the quarter, with […] Post lin...
In recent years, Afternic has introduced a series of innovative products and features, creating new opportunities for sellers. From Lease to Own and Custom Checkout Link, to the Lead Center and Custom Lander, Afternic has demonstrated its commitment to the investor experience, sustaining its position as the worlds largest domain name marketplace. W...
In recent years, Afternic has introduced a series of innovative products and features, creating new opportunities for sellers. From Lease to Own and Custom Checkout Link, to the Lead Center and Custom Lander, Afternic has demonstrated its commitment to the investor experience, sustaining its position as the worlds largest domain name marketplace. W...
TRC.com expired at the end of November 2024. The domain name was apparently registered at a domain registrar that doesn't have a deal with an expiry auction platform, so it was fully deleted from the registry. As a result, drop catching auction platforms competed to catch the domain name once it made it through the […]Catchy.com
The domain name Godspeed.com has been sold, moving away from its former registrant, DigiMedia. Registered in 1998, Godspeed.com was parked with DigiMedia landers for a decade; before that, it was a brand of apparel. The new owner of Godspeed.com is Godspeed Capital: […] a lower middle-market Defense & Government services, solutions, and t...
A breakdown of all announced retail sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com SLD TLD Price Phrase Words Venue DotDB Exact DotDB Keyword DotDB Ext # weather ai 150,000 weather 1 Lumis 419 31582 45369 premise vc 15,000 premise 1 WeBroker.VC 71 1395 2071 glueware com 5,000 glueware 1 […]
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Saw.com does a throwback Thursday and today they announced they sold Bionic.ai for $20,000 back in 2020. Excellent price back in 2020 before the big .ai upswing. Congrats to Saw.com and the owner #TBT to November 2020: Bionic(dot)ai sold for $20,000! Today, Bionic offers …
A Cypriot company filed a UDRP at the WIPO alleging that the domain name 1xperience.com was infringing on their brand. Navasard Limited, Cyprus provides online betting services from a variety of web sites such as 1xbet.com; they claimed rights to the 1XBET and 1X marks in various locales. Based in the US, the Respondent denies […] The post 1x...
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year that ended December31, 2024 GoDaddy had full-year earnings per share (EPS) of $6.45. Investors were looking for more and the stock is down in after hours trading. The stock had a great run in 2024. Full Year 2024 Business and Financial […] The post GoDad...
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter (Q4/2024) and full year that ended December 31, 2024. "GoDaddy demonstrated strong operational execution and financial performance in 2024, making significant progress across our key strategic initiatives," said GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani. "Looking ahead to 2025, we are...
Help with a new study ranking domain companies by how healthy they are. The domain name industry is fixated on domains under management, or DUMs. We tend to rank registrars by how many domains their customers have registered and consider registries with the most registrations to be more successful. But the raw numbers are just […] Post link: ...
Alexander Pushkin (17991837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist, widely regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin's works blended Romanticism with social critique and innovative language, influencing generations of Russian writers. He died at 37 from wounds sustained in a duel. As much as Alexander Pushkin's legacy is ...
I use several different domain name purchase or sale agreements depending on the situation. Each of these agreements references "WHOIS" as a means of confirming ownership of a domain name before or after a sale. With the sunsetting of WHOIS in favor of the new RDAP, it might make sense for domain investors, brokers, and […]Catchy.com...
I appreciate being able to discuss the sale of a domain name with a domain broker representing a third party. Not only does this give me some insight into who the prospective buyer is, but it also reduces some of the friction in a negotiation. The best part of working with a broker as a […]Catchy.com
Company filed "Plan B" case after failing to buy domain name. A French delivery logistics company, Yper SAS, has tried to upgrade its domain name through reverse domain name hijacking. The company operates on yper.fr and has been trying to acquire the domain name yper.com. In fact, Yper has tried buying the domain on many […] Post link: Frenc...
The Republic of Ireland is using the .ie ccTLD since its allocation on January 27, 1988. As a ccTLD, or national domain TLD, .ie is restricted to Irish individuals and businesses, along with non-Irish businesses and individuals with an established, proven relationship to Ireland. The country offers opportunities as a tax haven in Europe, making [&#...
Prolific UDRP filer stretches too far in recent case. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has found (pdf) Navasard Limited to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Navasard Limited operates online gambling websites under the moniker 1XBET. It filed a cybersquatting complaint against 1xperience.com, a domain name used...
COCA.xyz – Namecheap customer (United Kingdom) Innovative developers use .xyz domains to unlock blockchain's potential and build forward-thinking solutions. Decentralized Lending Exchange Ammalgam.xyz aims to enhance capital efficiency and empower DeFi users. Layer-2 blockchain Atlas.xyz aims to deliver low-cost, reliable solutions for verif...
Michael Cyger created a fun little tool for domain name renewals that might double as comedy relief. These are the actual renewal rates for mostly new gtlds. Obviously legacy extensions such as .com, .net and .org do not have premium renewal fees. One poster pointed out that the tool does not include .ws which has […] The post Looking for dom...
A French company filed a UDRP against the domainYper.com asserting rights to the YPER mark in France, since 2015. The Korean Respondent noted that their company was harassed for years by the Complainant, all while the disputed domain was registered in 2010, five years before the Complainant's mark registration. Yper is the Greek root word […]...
Hello everyone, It's with a heavy heart that I'm sharing this incident where the person goes by the name of Naveed Yusuf, using https://x.com/BreakingDomain as X (formerly Twitter) handle and [email protected] for email communication. Almost all of the communication we had was over X platform and in total I paid him $17,500 via Wise in […] Th...
A breakdown of all announced retail sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com SLD TLD Price Phrase Words Venue DotDB Exact DotDB Keyword DotDB Ext # weights com 85,000 weights 1 Sedo 55 2478 3212 home bet 19,888 home 1 TOP.DOMAINS 670 1623622 2202318 kim bet 18,888 kim 1 […]
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
GPU.net formed in 2022 aiming to be the "Airbnb" of GPUs, graphics processing units. The company was founded by Suraj Chawla, who is an entrepreneur and a physicist. There is a worldwide shortage of GPUs as AI projects utilize a gargantuan share of GPUs produced by companies such as Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft. GPU.net helps […] The post GPU.n...
ICANN has confirmed that a phishing attack was responsible for the hacking of its Twitter account last night. The Org placed this statement, which suggested that the attack may have been more sophisticated than you might have thought, on its home page earlier this evening: On 11 February 2025, ICANN became aware of a successful […] The post Y...
James Booth announced on X that he sold Weather.ai for $150,000 through Lumis.com. Interesting article from Texas A&M 5 Questions: How AI Is Shaping The Future Of Weather Forecasting. Congrats to James https://t.co/u1QAUOvXNc sold for $150k via @lumis_com — Domain (@domain) February 12, 2025
Brad Mugford made a post on X about a person who repeatedly emailed him about acquiring a domain name. The replies to the post are varied. For me it underlies the problem of cold emailing another domain investor about a domain name. You cannot follow the same principles that email marketers use when doing outbound […] The post Outbounding dom...
Steven Lieberman was kind enough to answer some questions about escrow transactions and his company EscrowDomains.com. Steven explains the need for KYC rules and why having a lawyer backed firm adds significant benefits. I hope you enjoy the interview. Q1) Over the past few years it seems like there have been more and more regulations […] The...
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