Domain News
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Groups make flawed case that .com is a cartel
Three pressure groups in the US have called on the government to strip Verisign of its .com contract, saying the…
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Groups ask US government to take down Verisign “cartel”
Trio of advocacy groups asks government to halt renewal of .com agreement with Verisign. Calling Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) a “cartel”…
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RDRS usage hits all-time low
Usage of ICANN’s Registration Data Request Service, which lets people submit Whois queries to registrars, hit a new low in…
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How Estibot’s new tool compares to dotDB
Estibot launched a new tool that competes with dotDB. When people hear the name Estibot, many think only of automated…
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11 end user domain sales from €2,000 to $37,000
An email marketer, a crypto company, and a wearable payments business bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this week was…
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Afternic improves user interface for domain sellers
Filter and bulk search improvements are rolling out to domain sellers. Afternic announced that it is rolling out UX/UI improvements…
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Ben Crawford rejoins domain name industry as CEO of Com Laude
Crawford takes CEO position after private equity-led buyout. Former CentralNic (now Team Internet Group) CEO Ben Crawford has returned to…
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AHNU shoe brand runs into a domain name snag
AHNU is stuck with ahnu.co after a failed cybersquatting claim. World Intellectual Property Organization published the decision (pdf) in a…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by iPL.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and ipl.com led the way at $265,000. MyFy.com was second at $75,000. Numbers.io…
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A dot-brand so unloved they killed it twice
Indian consumer goods firm Dabur has told ICANN to turn off its dot-brand for the second time, having had second…
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PorkBun hits two million domain milestone
PorkBun has announced its passed the two million domains under management milestone, having added a net million names in two…
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Com Laude Announces Appointment of Ben Crawford as CEO
Photo Source: BenCrawford.com Com Laude put out a press release today that Ben Crawford has been appointed CEO. From his…
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Crawford returns to industry to head up Com Laude
If you can’t buy ’em, join ’em? Ben Crawford, who was CEO of Team Internet back when it was CentralNic,…
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ICANN financial data dump a damp squib?
It was supposed to be a means for ICANN to improve the transparency of its financials, but the latest output…
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.Si = SuperIntelligence? Some are hoping to make it the next trend
It looks like over the weekend Namepros member Lox got a few excited about the next country code that could…