Domain News
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January’s top domain name news
These were popular news stories in the domain business last month. 1. Sex/com is for sale again – It last…
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IONOS shares dip below IPO price in first day of trading
IONOS, Inc was spun off from United Internet and went public in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The first…
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One in six .au domains is a 2LD
The .au ccTLD had over 700,000 direct second-level registrations at the end of 2022, according to registry auDA. In its…
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Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. The pieces of IONOS, which went public today. Image from IONOS presentation last year. Some domain…
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How ICANN could help out after Türkiye earthquake
A new ICANN program could see funds directed to Türkiye and Syria after Monday’s devastating earthquakes. Interim CEO Sally Costerton…
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13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of…
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Using Scrabble scores for domain name values
Scrabble points can be a helpful barometer for the value of letters in short domain names. I was talking about…
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auDA reports over 700,000 second level domains registered
Another 150,000+ second level domains registered in Q4 as priority period ends. Australians hopped to second level .au domains last…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Payments.co
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and Payments.co led the way at 45,000 Euro, ($48,060). Pornos.de was second at…
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An interview with Andrew Allemann about the sale of PodcastGuests.com
Sean Markey asks Andrew about the sale of one of his businesses. Andrew (the founder of Diomain Name Wire) recently…
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Bard will be Google’s answer to ChatGPT
It looks like Google will be coming out with a rival to ChatGPT. They are calling their “experimental conversational AI…
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2022’s top domain sales: where are they now
Here’s a look at the top ten sales charted at DNJournal. DNJournal keeps a running tally of the top publicly…
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Above.com brokers Palestine.com for a six figure sale
Above.com posted on their blog today that they successfully brokered the sale of the domain name Palestine.com for $194,400. Above.com,…
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The Cybersquatting law divide – DNW Podcast #423
A recent court case does little to settle the “re-registration” question. A Court of Appeals decision last month widened the…
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Reverse domain name hijacking in Unicaf domain dispute
Domain was registered prior to any trademark rights accruing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) educational organization…