ICA members will gather in Las Vegas in January. Internet Commerce Association announced today that it is returning to Las Vegas this January for its member meeting. The organization that represents domain name holders has scheduled the event ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICA Member Meeting returns to Las Vegas in January
· UncategorizedU.S. Gov considers Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawWhois information would still be easy to obtain on a limited basis. Nearly all domain name ownership data has been redacted from public Whois in the wake of privacy regulations such as GDPR. But one top level domain name remains an outlier: ... Continue Reading1 Comment
May’s top stories: Southwest Airlines, PayPal, Google and more
· UncategorizedSouthwest Airlines, PayPal and Google were in the news last month. With May in the books, here's a look at what made news in the domain business. These stories were the most-viewed on Domain Name Wire: 1. Southwest Airlines fails to take down ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com winners – latest rankings
· Domain RegistrarsHere are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers February ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
13 of this week’s end user domain name sales
· Domain SalesSome AI companies, an insurance company, and a wellness clinic in India bought domain names. Sedo didn't report any significant domain sales this week. That doesn't mean none happened; it just means it couldn't report them. Here's a list of end ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com is for communism?
· UncategorizedIt's an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Rocket ship company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany went after domain registered before it existed. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which launches satellites, filed a cybersquatting complaint against rocketlab.com, which is owned ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
$550k of NameJet/SnapNames sales from May
· Expired DomainsHere are the notable sales from last month. Newfold Digital's aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 131 domains for $2,000 or more last month, grossing about $550,000 from those sales. Sean Markey will review some of the SEO sales, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
· Domain SalesSeven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week's Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com ... Continue Reading2 Comments
AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
· PodcastsHow Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact these ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment