Domain broker confirms big transaction. A cryptocurrency company has paid more than $1 million for ballet.com. Ballet, a maker of a cryptocurrency wallet, uses the domain name balletcrypto.com. It now forwards ballet.com to its existing ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Ballet.com sells for seven figures
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127,000 second level .au domains have been registered
· UncategorizedInitial registration surge wanes, but expect more after priority period. Australian businesses and consumers have registered 127,000 second level .au domain names so far, a little over a month since they were launched. Until March 24 of this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Why outfront.co wasn’t an RDNH case
· Policy & LawRothnie made the right call in this dispute. Outfront Media, a large outdoor advertising company in the United States, has lost (pdf) a UDRP it filed against the owner of outfront.co. The case was decided fairly, and the panelist deserves props for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy credits aftermarket for growth (again)
· Domain SalesDomain aftermarket propels Core Platform segment to better-than-expected revenue. Revenue in GoDaddy's (NYSE: GDDY) "Core Platform" segment grew ahead of expectations last quarter, and the company credits the aftermarket for the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Colorado real estate firm tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawCompany filed a "Plan B" case after failing to buy the domain name. Canon City Property Management LLC, a property management company in Canon City, Colorado, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDRP ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Godaddy reports Q1 earnings under new segmentation
· UncategorizedResults divided into only two segments now, providing less visibility into the domains business. GoDaddy reported Q1 results after the market closed today. For the quarter, GoDaddy generated $1.003 billion in revenue, up 11% from the same ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
These 14 companies bought domains on the aftermarket this week
· Domain SalesA robotic lawnmower company, an autonomous store creator, and a machine learning company bought domain names. Sedo had a good sales week in terms of volume, turning in 79 public sales of $2,000 or more. The top two sales weren't .com: casinoapps ... Continue Reading2 Comments
April’s top domain name stories
· UncategorizedHere's what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket - GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company Dapper ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Ryan Kavanaugh loses cybersquatting dispute with YouTuber Ethan Klein
· Policy & LawKavanaugh's novel arguments don't persuade panel. As I predicted, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he filed against YouTuber and host of the H3 podcast, Ethan Klein. Klein created a website at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How will shrinking demand for domains impact aftermarket?
· Domain SalesDemand for domains is off to a slower start this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which evaluated top registrars' performances in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already knew: demand ... Continue Reading11 Comments
