Europe's domain market is very different than other parts of the world. The European domain market has always fascinated me. Living in North America, I usually see .com domains in advertisements, on billboards, or on the sides of service vans. It's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Understanding the European domain name market
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Nominet sets February date for major .UK changes
· ServicesA new domain transfer process is among the changes. Nominet, the organization that oversees the United Kingdom's .uk namespace, is making what it calls "the biggest changes to the operation of the .UK registry in Nominet's 30 years of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain investor gets RDNH win over four letter domain name
· Policy & LawPanel faults financial services company for weak case and for continuing after learning the registrant's identity. Domain name investment company Blue Nova has successfully defended its domain name inyo.com in a UDRP dispute. A three-person ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Who is buying .si domain names?
· UncategorizedDomain investors are responsible for nearly every transaction this year, and one is responsible for over 40% of transactions. Slovenia's .si country code domain has suddenly become popular with domain investors. Some think the ccTLD could be ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN sends breach notice to TrustName
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar for "sensitive niches" has not been handling DNS abuse properly, ICANN says. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name registrar Fewmoretaps OU, d/b/a TrustName.com, today. TrustName's website bills itself as the "most trusted ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Yahoo sues Ad.com, alleging forgery to steal trademark
· Policy & LawCompany alleges that AdMedia created a fraudulent assignment agreement and submitted it to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Yahoo Ad Tech and Yahoo IP Holdings have sued (pdf) Ad.com Interactive Media (dba AdMedia) and its CEO, alleging that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN names seven members of blockchain integration study group
· Policy & LawGroup must hurry to make determinations before new TLD application window closes. ICANN has announced the seven members of a Technical Study Group that will look into connections between blockchain naming systems and DNS: Sebastien Ducos, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Sixteen end user domain name sales up to $75,000
· Domain SalesA GLP-1 seller, a sports apparel brand, and a company that helps nurseries print plant labels bought domain names. One of the fun things about reviewing end user domain name sales is discovering all of the niche businesses out there. I've never ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
India’s .IN domain registry threatens domain investor crackdown
· Policy & LawCompany warns that it may suspend domains or de-accredit domain registrars. NIXI, the organization that manages India's .in country code domain, has issued an advisory warning domain registrants and registrars not to sell (or help to sell) .in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy domain auction ends Tuesday & Wednesday this week
· Domain SalesBidding is starting to pick up in GoDaddy's latest domain auction. GoDaddy's latest domain auction event ends this week, with lots ending on June 9-10. The previous auction attracted over 7,000 bids from people in 60 countries. I'm not sure what ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
