Domain News
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…