Domain News
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Checkmate! The chess.com story – DNW Podcast #459
How a great domain powered a huge online business. If you want to talk to someone who understands the power…
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Nominet wins Microsoft’s dot-brand business from Verisign
Nominet has taken over back-end registry services for Microsoft’s small portfolio of dot-brand gTLDs. The company said it’s now running…
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Looks like the fight for .hotel gTLD is over
One of the longest-running fights over a new gTLD may be over, after three unsuccessful applicants for .hotel appeared to…
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China has .com’s growth by the balls
Verisign has downgraded its expectations for .com/.net growth for the year into potentially negative territory, citing — not for the…
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GoDaddy adds domain search data to domain control center
GoDaddy provides more data to help evaluate your domain names. You can now see how many times someone searched for…
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.web fight back in “court”
ICANN is heading back to the quasi-courtroom of its Independent Review Process, after .web auction runner-up Altanovo Domains filed its…
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HBO paid about $1.8 million for Max.com
Price revealed in seller’s IPO filing. The company that sold the max.com domain name to HBO has filed to go…
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China sinks Verisign’s Q3
.Com would be growing if it weren’t for China. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported third-quarter earnings after the market closed yesterday.…
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GoDaddy Auctions raising minimum bid to $25
Higher starting bids will go into effect for auctions starting Monday, October 30. GoDaddy Auctions will raise the minimum bid…
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Namecheap institutes deposit requirement to improve auction integrity
New users must deposit $100 in their Namecheap account before bidding on auctions. Namecheap has started requiring some users to…
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Afternic launches “bring your own sale” links that work with long term payments
Service leverages Dan.com checkout and Afternic’s transfer/payment service. Afternic now offers checkout links for selling domains directly. Afternic has launched…
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This week’s end user domain sales
An auctioneer of Indonesian art, a directory of Iranian lawyers, and an employee survey company bought domain names. I’m coming…
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OnlyFans competitor tries to reverse hijack Playhouse.com
Panelist calls out Complainant for making “spurious allegations” against domain name owner. Playhouse International, which fashions itself as a more…
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Lich.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Lich.com led the way at $25,000. Precognito.com was second at $15,645 and…
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GoDaddy wins reverse domain name hijacking case
Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy’s NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has…