Domain News
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Another registrar seemingly vanishes
An accredited registrar appears to have gone bust after its parent company failed. ICANN has sent a breach notice to…
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PayPal restored services to dotDB. Here’s why it dropped it.
It seems like PayPal could have prevented this with proper communication. Last week I wrote about how dotDB’s PayPal account…
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Chat.com and big domain deals – DNW Podcast #435
Andrew Miller discusses some recent big domain sales. On this week’s show, I talk with Andrew Miller, managing director of…
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Presonate.com dispute ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Man registered domain well before Complainant existed. A Hungarian company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking…
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NameJet/SnapNames April 2023 sales report led by Acte.com
Domain Name Brand Product Sales Amt acte.com Namejet Deleting $16,555 recall.org Namejet Expiry $10,249 torku.com Namejet Deleting $10,249…
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April’s top domain stories
GoDaddy, AI and Epik were top stories on Domain Name Wire last month. These were the top five stories on…
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GoDaddy Q1 2023 earnings miss, stock down in after hours trading
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported their Q1 2023 earnings. Stock was down 7% in after hours trading to $67. It…
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GoDaddy earnings: aftermarket sinks quarter in Core Platform
Fewer large aftermarket transactions hurt Q1 results. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q1 2023 earnings this afternoon. The company’s revenue was…
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Odys opens marketplace to premium domains
Odys is expanding beyond SEO domains, allowing domain investors to list premium domains. Sean Markey spoke with Odys founder Alex…
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Verisign “pleased” at ICANN’s .web call
Verisign said it is “pleased” that ICANN has decided it should be awarded the .web gTLD, but hinted that it…
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.hiphop returns to GoDaddy after Uniregistry snub
The new gTLD .hiphop is back on GoDaddy’s storefront, more than six years after the company stopped carrying it in…
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ICANN Board: no foul play in .web auction
ICANN Board gives approval to contract the .web top level domain. The ICANN Board of Directors has determined that an…
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ChatGPT on Why to buy a premium domain name?
So playing around with ChatGPT I asked the A.I. Why should I buy a premium domain name? This was the…
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Here are the latest end user domain sales from Sedo
A supplements company, a network security provider and a storage company bought domain names. Sedo’s top sales this week were…
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Danish national registry changes its name. Don’t laugh.
DK Hostmaster, the ccTLD registry for Denmark, is changing its name to Punktum dk. The company, which has been running…