Customers currently can't withdraw funds from Epik's payments system. Epik has taken its payments platform Masterbucks, which acts like a form of store credit, offline for maintenance. The company says it should be back online on October 10, and ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Epik CEO says Masterbucks will return soon with upgrades
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Latest end user domain sales at Sedo
· Domain SalesA sports drink company, an energy trading business, and a concrete and stone company bought domain names. One of the frustrating things about GDPR and the move to Whois privacy is that it makes it difficult to figure out who bought domain names. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Stacked raises $13 million after securing Stacked.com
· Domain SalesCompany hasn't launched its service yet but has already upgraded its domain name. Web3 and gaming are two of the hottest digital industries at the moment. While thousands of companies are starting to focus time and resources on figuring out Web3, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
USAA tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanelist find reverse domain name hijacking in case involving third-party claims adjuster. It's not every day that a large company is found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. But a National Arbitration Forum panelist has ruled that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Escrow.com reports $256 million in domain transactions in first half of 2022
· ServicesDomain transactions are up, although results are flattening so far this year. Escrow.com parent Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) reported domain name transaction data today for the first half of 2022. The escrow service handled USD $407.2 million of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Using data to improve domain investing – DNW Podcast #406
· PodcastsHow data can help you become a better domain investor. On today’s show, I talk with Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal. You’ll learn: What signals predict someone might by a domain name (and which ones do no predict it) How adding language to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unstoppable Domains and .wallet Handshake owner file dueling lawsuits
· Policy & LawFight escalates between Unstoppable Domains and Handshake. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains and the owner of .wallet in the rival Handshake system have sued each other. The lawsuits come on the heels of Unstoppable Domains' ... Continue Reading8 Comments
After $100 million in funding, DoiT International secures doit.com
· Domain SalesThis large company upgraded from a hyphenated domain name. Cloud computing is commonplace today, with on-demand, distributed systems used by most of the top firms around the world. Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure lead an ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Here’s what likely happened with eth.link
· Policy & LawNo one played dirty, but the expiration process can appear that way. Ethereum Name Service and Virgil Griffith, the registrant of eth.link, recently filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy, Dynadot, and a company that "bought" eth.link in a domain auction ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Lawsuit alleges zow.com is a stolen domain name
· Policy & LawPerson who registered the domain in 1996 says it's stolen. A California resident has filed a lawsuit (pdf) alleging that the valuable domain name zow.com is stolen. Yesterday, Marci Seely filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the Eastern ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
