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Crowdmuse.xyz – Namecheap customer (United Kingdom) Forward-thinking developers use .xyz domains to drive innovation across diverse fields. Startup investing platform GetPin.xyz aims to democratize the investment landscape. Neurotechnology platform Science.xyz focuses on brain-computer interface technology. Creative directory platform ...
Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Of the top 10 registrars by total .com […] Post link: On...
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...
Wink.ai sold for $70,000 at Namecheap back on 2/4/2025. It previously sold for $582 at Whois.ai in 2019. The buyer Xiamen Meitu Technology Co., Ltd. provides an AI powered video editor app. So far there are only 4 reviews with a rating of 3 stars overall. Meitu seems to have a bunch of other apps […] The post Wink.ai buyer revealed appeared f...
InternetX and Sedo released their all inclusive Global Domain Report 2025. Simone Catania and the crew always do a great job gathering all the pertinent data and getting industry participants to leave some commentary. (I do have a couple quotes and grateful to be included). This year has quite a bit on AI and fair […] The post InterNetX and S...
InterNetX and Sedo have jointly releasing their 2025 Global Domain Report. The latest edition presents a treasure trove of data and information in a beautifully designed format that makes every one of the 80 pages a sensory delight and a breeze to digest.
A furniture company, a sushi restaurant chain, and a guy named Pascal bought domain names. Sedo's top public domain sales this week was bookwalker.com for $27,000. The buyer might be a Japanese e-book store with this name, but it's unclear at this time. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that just completed […] Post link: 13 domain n...
Fascinating stats in this year's Global Domain Report. Domain name marketplace Sedo and registrar InternetX have published the 2025 Global Domain Report. The report looks at both the primary and secondary markets for domain names. It uses data from dozens of sources, augmented by a survey the companies sent to domain industry participants. Here are...
Sedo and InterNetX have released the latest edition of the Global Domain Report for 2025. The full report contains an astounding 80 pages of detailed information, with valuable data and metrics. The report was created jointly by InterNetX and Sedoour kind sponsorsand it's a must-read for everyone in the domain industry! This is not a […] The ...
Austin Petersmith created quite the buzz when last night he posted on X that Howie.com was acquired for $1.2M. Just 15 minutes ago or 15 hours later, he posted this was a joke. So how much it sold for remains a mystery. Thanks to Kyle Tully who mentioned on Namepros that the name was available […] The post Howie.ai acquires Howie.com appeared...
BookWalker.com sold for $27,000 to lead all domain name sales at Sedo this week. It was a lighter week than last week at Sedo. SkinClinic.com was second at $20,000 and Wellstays.com was third at $16,500. X.ML sold for $10,503. There were no .ai sales this …
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and BookWalker.com led the way at $27,000. SkinClinic.com was second at $20,000. Wellstays.com was third at $16,500. 37 .com sales 30 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM bookwalker.com 27000 USD skinclinic.com 20000 USD […] The post Sedo weekly domain sales led b...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain BookWalker.com sold for $27,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on March 18, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : D...
Lease to Own deals have become much more normal in the domain space. LTO deals give buyers the opportunity to use a domain name at a lower upfront cost, and it gives domain name sellers a source of consistent monthly income. There is some risk with LTO deals for a domain investor. I was asked […]Catchy.com
One can't forget registering their first .com domain; it's a feeling of accomplishment unlike any other. Just like riding your first bike without training wheels, registering your first domain fills you up with pure joy. My first domain was a .com and even though I sold itthe money was goodI was able to buy it […] The post My first domain .co...
Registrant May Retain Legitimate Interest Despite Trademark Abandonment A tour de force decision in all respects, which is made even more interesting considering who the Respondent is. On Identical/Confusing Similarity, the Panel noted in particular, that the mere incorporation of a company and a printout of a homepage are insufficient to establish...
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...
The aged, top-tier domain Architect.com has been acquired by Architect Capital. Architect Capital is a San Francisco-based asset manager that supports innovative founders by lending against assets generated by technology companies worldwide, especially in the FinTech, PropTech, E-Commerce, and SaaS spaces. News of its acquisition was shared by doma...
Company converts license into domain acquisition. Event ticket seller Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) disclosed a $17.3 million domain name acquisition in its latest annual report. On October 22, 2024, we acquired a domain name that we had previously licensed (the Acquired Domain Name). In exchange for the Acquired Domain Name, we are required to disbur...
Pi () is an irrational number representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Its approximate value is 3.14159, but it continues infinitely without repeating. We came across Modern Pi on Pi Day (3/14) and it's unrelated to pi. Modern Pi stands for Modern Plumbing Industries, an Orlando, FL based company that has […] The po...
Novastro.xyz – GoDaddy customer (Singapore) Innovative developers use .xyz domains to build at the crossroads of AI and blockchain technology. AI deployment platform Fleek.xyz aims to redefine cloud infrastructure with decentralized solutions.Crypto startup CryptoPond.xyz powers decentralized AI innovation for blockchain applications. ...
What I learned at ICANN82 in Seattle. The domain name industry gathered in Seattle last week for ICANNs annual community forum. During the show, I caught up on whats happening with two important topics: Adsense for Domains and new top level domains. On todays show I recap what I learned. You will then here from […] Post link: ICANN82 Recap &#...
A Dutch company utilizing its SKYTREE mark since 2015 filed a UDRP to usurp the matching .com domain, Skytree.com. The Complainant operates from skytree.eu all while the disputed domain was registered in 1998. The Respondent pivoted on that fact, stating: – the Complainant has been harassing the Respondent to seek more information about the R...
In early February, I noticed that Kicks.com changed hands. The valuable one word .com domain name had been owned by Reflex, and transferred to a registrant called Domain Licenses Limited, which I believe is an entity that acquires and/or holds domain names on behalf of other companies. I detected this Whois change with the help […]Catchy.com
Mumbai and Lisbon will host the next two community forums. ICANN has announced the locations for its 2026 and 2027 annual community forum meetings. The community forum, one of three major meetings ICANN holds annually, typically takes place in March. This year's meeting was in Seattle last week. Next year's meeting will be March 7-12, […] Pos...
The domain name MyJersey.com appears to have been sold via Afternic. Registered in 2000, MyJersey.com has been in the possession of top notch portfolio holders, Telepathy.com. At some point, it had a price tag of $4,814 dollars and as WHOIS info shows, ownership was transferred to "Afternic, LLC – On Behalf of Domain Owner" indicating […...
Also, it claims a domain can "degenerate" into a bad faith registration. Just when you think you've seen it all: a company literally told a domain broker it had a "Plan B" before filing a Plan B reverse domain name hijacking attempt. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel found (pdf) Skytree B.V. guilty of reverse […] Post link: Com...
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...
Symbolics.com clocked its first 40 years in existence yesterday, as the first ever .com domain name to be registered. Congratulations go out to Aron Meystedt, who acquired the domain in 2009 after so many others had failed to do so. Aron's company, Napkin.com, operates the domain as a multi-discipline source of internet memorabilia and AI […]...
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...
Unstoppable Domains posted on X that SedoMLS is now available at Unstoppable Domains. They continue to run their $5 .com Fridays and you now can add to SedoMLS quickly. SedoMLS fast transfer is now live at @unstoppableweb ! Get your domains exposure to buyers at 650+ registrars and resellers, all from the comfort of your […] The post SedoMLS ...
SGZ.com was registered back in 2000 and was left to expire, the 3L.com closed at $18,250 at GoDaddy auctions. The domain name is registered at Name.com not GoDaddy so the registrant might still be able to renew. The domain name was parked for over a decade so this looks to have been a domain investor […] The post SGZ.com expires and closes at...
The domain name IBM.com was registered on March 19, 1986, more than a year after Symbolics.com made internet history by being the first .com domain ever registered. IBM was already a giant and yet some small company creating Lisp machines beat them to the domain game. In fact, the domain IBM.com was only the 11th […] The post IBM was twice la...
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...
It was let your 4N.coms expire day at GoDaddy and they cleaned up. 15 names were allowed to expire and the auction closes resulted in over $210K. There were 7 that closed in the five figure range with 9698.com being the highest at $46,500. 9698.com 46,500 USD 2025-03-14 GoDaddy 5548.com 26,500 USD 2025-03-14 GoDaddy 2577.com […] The post A wh...
March 15, 1985 was forty years ago and it's the birthday of Symbolics.com the first .com domain ever registered. On that Friday, someone took the task to record the creation of a domain name; at the time, domain registrations were handled by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) so whoever did that was […] The post Symbolics....
The domain LeonardoAI.com was the subject of a UDRP filed by Australian company Leonardo Interactive Pty Ltd. Registered in 2017, the disputed domain predates the Complainant's corporate founding by 5 whole years. The Complainant's LEONARDO.AI mark was registered in 2023 in various locales. Despite the domain's seniority to both the Complainant's c...
Panelist finds "Plan B" attempt to secure domain through cybersquatting claim. A French nutrition supplements company tried to reverse hijack the domain name nutriforce.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined (pdf). Nutriforce France SAS, which registered the domain nutriforce.fr for its business in 2023, filed the d...
Panelist admonishes company for filing bad cybersquatting dispute. Hubris? Narcissism? Just plain ballsy? I'm unsure how to describe it, but the result isn't surprising: an Ohio company was found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain names resource.com and resourceinteractive.com. From IBM. Resource Interactive, a Salesforce implementor that u...
As the worlds premier domain marketplace, Afternic has scores of staff focused on bringing domain sellers success. From engineers to designers, to support staff and sales, Afternics a sizable operation. At the helm of the platforms development is Senior Product Manager, Prakash Sadarangani. Leading backend and front-end operations at Afternic, Prak...
As the worlds premier domain marketplace, Afternic has scores of staff focused on bringing domain sellers success. From engineers to designers, to support staff and sales, Afternics a sizable operation. At the helm of the platforms development is Senior Product Manager, Prakash Sadarangani. Leading backend and front-end operations at Afternic, Prak...
Nutriforce France SAS has joined the club of UDRP filers that not only did not get the domain but were also told that they engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The decision involved the domain Nutriforce.com, an asset of SyncPoint, Inc operated by domain investor and entrepreneur, David Lahoti, who owned the domain since 2020. […] The po...
It looks like a UDRP was filed against https://t.co/1tWA9dHQ5m and https://t.co/wlPCjHdTyN at NAF. Both domain names are registered at CSC and owned by IBM. pic.twitter.com/aE6xTXYG2F Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) March 4, 2025 A week and a half ago, I noticed a UDRP filing that appeared to be pretty egregious. A company filed a UDRP against […...
Company went after a domain name it knew was registered before it had trademark rights. A French seller of women's shoes, purses, and other accessories has been found (pdf) to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Cassy SAS filed a dispute with World Intellectual Property Organization against the domain name cassy.com. The company uses [&#...
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...
There is currently "no timeline" to remove the Soviet Union's ccTLD from the internet, according to ICANN's new CEO. Asked by yours truly during the Public Forum at ICANN 82 whether retirement proceedings had been initiated against .su, Kurt Lindqvist responded, according to the real-time transcript: ICANN has been in discussions with the managers ...
Company says it no longer wants one of its domains, but it still has two other dot-brand top level domains. Prudential, the global financial services company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating one of its top-level domains. In January, Prudential notified ICANN that it no longer wants to retain the .pramerica domain. This week, […] Pos...
Judge has ordered domain registrar to pay over $5 million. A cybersquatting legal battle that began over four years ago is set to continue. Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. formerly known as Xiamen 35.com Internet Technology Co., Ltd, has appealed multiple rulings in a lawsuit filed by Meta Platforms. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. Federal […] Po...
ICANN is set to kill off its unpopular 60-day transfer lock policy, following a vote at ICANN 82 in Seattle this week. The GNSO Council yesterday voted to accept the final report of its Transfer Policy working group, a mammoth 163-page document that contains 47 recommendations affecting all areas of domain transfers. The removal of […] The po...
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