Chinese investor picks up two two-letter domain names this month. The Chinese domain investor who bought TS.com earlier this month has also purchased GH.com. The buyer was represented by 190.com, which informed Domain Name Wire that the purchase ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Archives for December 2016
“Second bite at the cherry” fails for SoccerMall.com
· Policy & LawSecond UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store's second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a ... Continue Reading10 Comments
What domain names Business Insider and others bought last week
· Domain SalesBusiness Insider buys domain name for new section of its site. I've found that December is one of the best domain sales months of the year. People want to buy domains for projects before the year is up, and other people make New Year's Resolutions to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
The unhappy decline of Oversee.net
· UncategorizedLawsuit reveals details on the company's deal with Oak Hill and its subsequent fall from prominence. Oversee.net was once a high-flying darling of the domain name industry. It was rolling in dough--over $200 million a year in revenue at one point. It ... Continue Reading12 Comments
ICANN gives Whois privacy services breathing room on new transfer policy
· Policy & LawBoard chairman instructs ICANN to defer compliance on part of new transfer policy. On December 1, a new domain name transfer policy went into effect that requires both the previous and new registrant of a domain name to approve changes to certain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
#8 in 2016: A New Trademark King?
· Policy & LawTrying to trademark domain names you don't even own? That's enough to land on the top 10 stories for 2016. In 2014, I wrote about a hapless trademark applicant who spent about $50,000 in fees trying to trademark everything from Apple.com to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Someone registered FourthHarmony.com yesterday
· UncategorizedGroup is down one performer. Should it be called Fourth Harmony? OMG! Like, Camila Cabello totally ditched Fifth Harmony this week. That means the music group is down to just four members, at least for now. OK, I couldn't give a damn about this ... Continue Reading3 Comments
#9 in 2016: A domain company gets rebranded
· Domain RegistrarsMark Monitor is now part of Clarivate Analytics, so it makes sense that the company went long on defensive domain registrations. Back in September I asked, "Who is Clarivate?". This would end up being the ninth most viewed story on Domain Name Wire in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Petition on .tech domain name gains steam
· UncategorizedNeverAgain.tech petition is making the rounds amongst techies. The .tech top level domain name is getting exposure with its target market thanks to a petition that's making the rounds. NeverAgain.tech asks tech workers to sign a petition promising ... Continue Reading2 Comments
#10 in 2016: Dirty UDRP tactics
· Policy & LawThe 10th most viewed article on Domain Name Wire this year was... This is the first of 10 posts on Domain Name Wire that will reflect on the top stories on Domain Name Wire during 2016. This is based purely on the total number of views, and you'll see ... Continue Reading3 Comments