Telegram's domain suspension, the U.S. trying to seize a valuable domain name, and .web were top stories in July. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Telegram's t.me domain suspended, leading to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Last month’s top domain name stories
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Tucows posts lower domain revenue in Q2
· Domain RegistrarsImpact from large customer loss is mostly over. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings yesterday. The company's domain name business saw revenue decline 4% year over year to $65.0 million. It was up slightly quarter-over-quarter, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Who recently bought .ai domains, and what they sold for previously
· Domain SalesIf only you could turn back the clock five years. Today, Namecheap founder Richard Kirkendall posted 30 .ai domain sales completed on the Spaceship Sellerhub platform. Richard said they were recent sales. Some were already publicly known. A ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawFounder's Reddit post hurt its case, but it would have lost anyway. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Leancode, Inc., maker of the Plugable (misspelling of Pluggable) brand of docking stations, guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Porkbun hits 4 million domains, adopts DomainAttest
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar has 750,000 domain customers. Domain name registrar Porkbun announced today that it hit four million domains under management. Unlike some registrars that grow mostly through discounted, low-cost TLDs, Porkbun is popular with end ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
More Atom end user domain sales up to $128k
· Domain SalesA financial trading platform, a clean energy investment company, and a Blue Angels merchandise site bought domain names. Last week I published a list of some of the end user domain sales at Atom in July. Now, here's a list of other end user domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
University of Florida athletic group tries to reverse hijack TheSwamp.com
· Policy & LawGroup relied on usage prior to domain owner's acquisition of the domain. A UDRP panelist has found that The University Athletic Association, Inc., a nonprofit associated with the University of Florida, attempted reverse domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Welcome to the busiest month in the domain business
· UncategorizedThis August will be unlike any other. You probably read this headline and scratched your head. Isn't all of Europe out of the office? Isn't this the month that everyone is on the beach and no one is buying domain names? That's true, but this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Five interesting takeaways from Dynadot’s Quarterly Intelligence Report
· Domain RegistrarsAsia accounted for about half of Dynadot's registrations, but its growth is slower than in other regions. Dynadot recently published its Q1 Quarterly Intelligence Report. With the second quarter already closed, it's a bit dated. But digging through ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Cosmetics company Morphe tries to reverse hijack domain
· Policy & LawPanelist cites false statements for RDNH finding. Forma Brands, LLC, parent company of cosmetics company Morphe, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDRP against six domain names and argued that they ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
