Domain News
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Nuum.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Nuum.com led the way at $150,000. Gold.net was second at $50,000 and…
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ICA opens nominations for Lonnie Borck Memorial Award
Award honors the late Lonnie Borck. Lonnie Borck Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Lonnie…
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Belgian MP registers Hamas domain, redirects to IDF
A member of the Belgian parliament has reportedly registered hamas.be and redirected it to the Israeli Defense Forces’ web site.…
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Oinking about domain names – DNW Podcast #457
Ray King reflects on selling his top level domains and the success of Porkbun. Earlier this year, Ray King’s Top…
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Seven domain hacks already registered in Google’s .ing
Some companies are using their trademarks to grab potentially valuable domain hacks in the upcoming .ing gTLD, possibly avoiding having…
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The first four new gTLDs have been unmitigated disasters
“Arabic ‘Dot Shabaka’ goes online, ‘Dot Com’ era nearing end”. That was a headline from a Turkish news site in…
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19 end user domain name sales up to $700,000
A bonanza of end user sales at Sedo. Sedo had an excellent week for end user sales, led by you.ai…
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Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: September 2023
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their September 2023 domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered,…
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Private equity group sues over “banks” typo
Firm sues to get domain name registered well before it existed. A private equity group that focuses on consumer packaged…
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Royal Caribbean Cruises attempts domain piracy
Panel rules that the company tried to reverse domain name hijacking. Royal Caribbean Cruises was involved in a case of…
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Team Internet hires Nominet alum as domains CEO
Team Internet, formerly CentralNic, has named Simon McCalla as CEO of its domains-related business. McCalla is formerly CTO of .uk…
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XYZ adds 35th gTLD to its stable
XYZ has acquired .ceo, making its portfolio of new gTLDs now 35-strong. XYZ, judging by a blog post and press…
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Wood company scraps its dot-brand
A Swedish wood-products company has become the latest company to ask ICANN to terminate its dot-brand gTLD registry agreement. Svenska…
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NameJet and SnapNames report 63 domain sales over $2k
Northpoint.com topped the sales list at Newfold Digital last month. Newfold Digital’s expired domain marketplaces NameJet and SnapNames combined to…
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[New gTLDs] Google launches .ING and .MEME
Google enriches its catalog as a registry and launches two new extensions: .ING and .MEME. Launch of .ING With .ing,…