Four out of five domains I've sold this year have already been developed. One explanation for an increase in aftermarket domain sales this year is that it's become so easy for people to develop websites and apps. A couple of years ago, a complex ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Identity Digital spins out agentic effort, now called Known
· UncategorizedCompany's Innovation Labs will become a separate company. Domain name company Identity Digital has spun out its nascent agent identity initiative into a new company called Known. Identity Digital launched a division called Innovation Labs earlier this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
James Booth successfully defends another .ai domain name
· Policy & LawIt's Booth's second win in as many months. Domain investor James Booth has fended off a cybersquatting claim on the domain name semify.ai. SEO company Semify, LLC, which uses the domain name semify.com, filed the complaint. A three-person ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Ai end user domain stories – DNW Podcast #601
· PodcastsThese two entrepreneurs moved their websites to .AI domains. .AI is hot, but what do business owners think about them? On this show, I speak with two business owners who switched their businesses to .ai domains. One started with a .so and quickly ... Continue Reading5 Comments
James Booth successfully defends .ai domain in cybersquatting dispute.
· Policy & LawCombat sports gear company fails to take domain through cybersquatting claim. AI mega-investor James Booth has successfully defended one of his .ai domain names. Do or Die, Inc, d/b/a/ Hyperfly, filed a dispute (pdf) with World Intellectual ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Last month’s top domain name stories
· UncategorizedTelegram'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
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
Vint Cerf to advise Identity Digital division working on AI agent identification standard
· ServicesKey creator of the internet joins Innovation Labs Advisory Board. Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the internet", is advising Identity Digital's effort to use DNS for AI agent identification. Innovation Labs, a division of Identity Digital ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Artificial intelligence and the .AI namespace – DNW Podcast #593
· PodcastsDigging into .AI and how artificial intelligence is changing how people build on the web. On this week's show, Nadya Frost of domain and hosting analytics company ShareShift shares interesting data about the .AI namespace, as well as other trends ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The coming .ai “junk drop”
· UncategorizedUnlike new TLD launches, there was no one-year junk drop. But many domains are coming up for renewal. Last week, domain registrar Dynadot announced a new auction category to help people sell domains they don't plan to renew. It's starting with .ai ... Continue Reading1 Comment
