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ICANN names new CEO, and it isn’t Costerton
ICANN has picked industry veteran Kurt Erik “Kurtis” Lindqvist to take over as president and CEO. He will replace interim CEO Sally Costerton, who has…
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The efficient domain portfolio – DNW Podcast #488
Learn how to trim your domain name portfolio. Sometimes, letting go of domain names is the hardest part. But not for my guest this week,…
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Someone at Chill knows the value of a premium one word .com
Wild story on Reuters today as it appears there is a Vape company called Chill that smartly operates on Chill.com. Well it seems Chief Commercial…
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ICANN: We will NOT police content
ICANN seems to have killed off the idea of content-restricting Registry Voluntary Commitments being included in registry contracts, judging by a conversation today between its…
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GoDaddy to enter the S&P 500
Stock gets a lift after index announces its inclusion. The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that domain name company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) will…
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First .blockchain applicant steps forward
Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com announced they will apply for .blockchain. .Blockchain is sure to be one of the most-applied-for top level domain names in the…
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Escrow.com announces winners of Master of Domains 2024
Escrow.com announced their Master of Domains 2024 winners and no surprise Andrew Rosener topped the list once again. Andrew really is a machine. Andrew Miller…
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The Top 10 ccTLDs Powering the European Domain Market
Simone Catania from InterNetX published an article on DotMagazine.online about country code domain names. The focus of the article was the European market. Simone writes,…
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ConvertKit to rebrand as Kit, acquires Kit.com
Popular creator platform takes another stab at a rebrand. Email marketing platform ConverKit has acquired the domain name kit.com ahead of a rebrand to Kit.…
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End user domain name sales up to €55,000
A shopping list app, a musical instruments company and a real estate business bought domain names. I’m taking a few minutes out of the NamesCon…
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May’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy, a cybersquatting lawsuit, and Squarespace made the news in May. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month,…
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Maker of Beechcraft airplanes tries to hijack domain names
Textron Innovations, the company that owns the Beechcraft brand of airplanes, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RKX.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RKX.com led the way at $100,000. Buran.com was second at $80,000. Bring.de the top cctld sale was…
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ICANN wrestles with how to avoid new TLD payoffs
Organization wants to eliminate private auctions in next round of new top level domain name expansion. In the 2012 round of new top level domain…