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Public Interest Registry (PIR), the nonprofit stewards of the .ORG domain has issued a call for nominations for their 7th annual .ORG Impact Awards. The awards program was created to recognize outstanding mission-driven individuals and organizations from the global .ORG Community for their positive contributions to society. The winners from seven c...
Were proud to share that many of our members have been recognized in the 2025 Master of Domains awards, presented by fellow ICA member Escrow.com. This annual list celebrates top-performing domain brokersand its fantastic to see so many familiar ICA names included. Congratulations to the following ICA members named in the 2025 Master of Domains: * ...
Unlike some of its previous trademark disputes, this seems like a reasonable case. Entrepreneur Media has sued (pdf) the operator of EntErprenUEr .org, alleging trademark infringement. While the company's aggressive policing of anyone using the word "Entrepreneur" often goes beyond reasonable bounds, it looks like the company has a good case here. ...
Domains will transfer to Moniker in June. In January, domain registrar Hexonet announced it would shut down, with all domains set to be migrated to fellow Team Internet Group (LON: TIG) registrar Moniker. That transition is now underway. Today, I received a notice from Hexonet stating that my domains will be transferred to Moniker between […]...
I've been dealing with a frustrating iPhone issue for a while. I don't recall when it started, but my sound notifications have not been working for my iPhone's Mac Mail app despite having everything setup correctly.. When I would receive email to my Gmail and Gmail Workspace accounts, I would see badge and banner notifications […]Catchy.com...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Ive been in this industry for nearly 25 years. When I first started, most people hadnt even heard of Google. Today, Google is the single most influential factor in whether a business thrives or dies. Thats been true for over a decadeand its becoming even more critical. Years ago, Google […] The post The Evolving La...
ICANN will be launching another massive wave of new gTLDs next year and a lot of people will join the race to run their own top level domains. Thanks to a new book that has just been released by industry experts Joe Alagna and Andrey Insarov, you can now learn what has to be done if you want a shot at owning an entire TLD.
Name Sentinel says it has solved some of the issues with AI-powered domain search. AI-powered domain name generators have become a valuable tool for finding available domains. I've hand-registered names using these tools and sold a couple, too. But AI domain search doesn't feel as seamless as traditional keyword search. It's more like querying Chat...
Since its launch, .ART has become a digital home to nearly 300,000 creatives in over 170 countries. They have gotten there by constant community building efforts both online and off. For this year's anniversary the registry is putting its brand into more hands with the commercial release of a new handbook for artists of all kinds.
Company goes after domains registered on cheap top level domains. Central Source LLC, the company behind the AnnualCreditReport.com service, has filed an in rem lawsuit against domains it says are cybersquatting. The company filed suit (pdf) this week against 12 domain names. All the domains have something in common: they are in top level domains [...
Sophon.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Blockchain developers use .xyz domains to build their online homes. Blockchain explorer Cymbal.xyz strives to help users navigate the blockchain landscape with confidence. Data platform Artemis.xyz delivers institutional metrics and blockchain insights for investors and protocols. Blockchai...
Bill Hartzer wrote an article about a report issued by a group called Digital Citizens Alliance that was critical of domain investing. This is not the first time this organization took domain investing to task. In fact, Andrew Allemann wrote an article about it in 2020. When looking at the report and the organization's website, […]Catchy.com...
Order stems from a failed domain brokerage transaction. A King County Superior Court judge has issued an order of default against former Epik CEO Rob Monster. The order stems from a failed escrow transaction at the domain name registrar that Monster used to run. In a previous lawsuit, Epik customer Matthew Adkisson alleged that he […] Post li...
ICANN seems to have become the latest American organization to back away from commitments to "diversity" and "inclusion" in the wake of a universe now controlled by the whims of Donald Trump. The Org has recently started removing references to the D-word from its web site, sloppily editing its diversity-related web pages, replacing it with […...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Bookz.com sold for $48,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on May 13, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Domain s...
Buyers have always placed a premium on short domains. Their popularity is evident on our last bi-weekly Top 20 Sales Chart with 11 entries weighing in at 5 letters or less. The other continuing trend was the dominance of .com and .ai. .ai took three of the top four spots and the first 12 were all either .com or .ai domains.
Warner Bros. Discovery is ditching the Max name. Warner Bros. Discovery (NYSE: WBD) is changing the name of its Max streaming service. It's changing it to…wait for it…HBO Max. Yep, it's going back to its old name. The streaming service is popular for its library of HBO hits and more recent content such as The […] Post link: After ...
Christian Kaufmann from Akamai has been reselected to represent the Address Supporting Organization on ICANN's board of directors. He's the incumbent in Seat 10, having first been picked by the ASO in 2022, but he faced competition this time from Australian Karl Kloppenborg of Reset Data. Kaufmann's current term ends at ICANN 84 in October, […...
A drone company, a food site, and a concrete installer bought domain names this week. It was a great week for end user domain sales at Sedo. I was able to determine end user buyers for over a quarter of the platform's public sales over $2,000. That does include ones that are likely end user […] Post link: 21 new end user domain name sales at ...
ICANN community members who refuse to disclose their conflicts of interest should keep their mouths shut during public meetings, according to a proposed new code of conduct now open for comment. An updated Community Participant Code of Conduct Concerning SOIs was published this week, following an initial public comment period late last year, which ...
KellyDavis.xyz– Squarespace customer (Portugal) The .xyz community is home to skilled professionals using .xyz to showcase their work, writing, and career experiences. Copywriter and freelance writer Alex Watt uses AlexWatt.xyz to share his work for MTV and The New Yorker.Science communicator Lauren Richardson uses LRBio.xyz to highlig...
John Berryhill, my wife Karen, and I are raising funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via the 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge ride in August. Together, we are hoping to raise $30,000 for Dana-Farber this year, and that will allow us to surpass the $200,000 lifetime fundraising mark. Each year on the second day of the PMC, we […]Catchy.com
Bookz.com sold for $48,000 to lead all domain sales at Sedo. BlueEconomy.com and Vaus.com both sold for $25,000. Great job by the seller on BlueEconomy.com. Lets.golf sold for $7,200. Gry.ai was the top cctld sale at 17,000 Euro, ($19,073). There were 4 four letter .com …
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Bookz.com led the way at $48,000. BlueEconomy.com and Vaus.com tied for second at $25,000, 38 .com sales 36 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM bookz.com 48000 USD blueconomy.com 25000 USD vaus.com 25000 USD hypernetwork.com 21000 USD containerpark.com 19000 USD autodor.com ...
Amazon Registry made three new gTLDs available to non-trademark-holders on Monday, and so far a handful registrants have taken up the offer of premium Early Access Period pricing. The five-day EAPs for .free, .hot and .spot see prices start high and decrease each day until May 17, when they'll settle at standard general availability pricing. [̷...
I frequently see people posting screenshots of their domain name sales on Atom. There are different messages overlaid on the images of the logo and sale price. I thought I would share what each means so people understand the status of a sale that is shared publicly. This can help people understand if a domain […]Catchy.com
Panel says Zaddy, LLC should have known it couldnt win dispute over domain registered 13 years before its trademark rights. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) Zaddy, LLC guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name zaddy.com. Zaddy, LLC, which sells sex and wellness products under the [R...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
It's the second time the company has faced an issue like this. Cryptocurrency trading platform Curve Finance is blaming a DNS issue for an imposter site that was able to drain wallets. The platform has been using the domain name curve .fi for its website. .Fi is the country code for Finland, and .fi domains […] Post link: Domain exploit at Cu...
The seller tried to hike the price from $38,000 to $380,000 after discovering Pay.com.au was the buyer, but a lawsuit must have changed his mind. A man who backed out of a domain deal after finding out who the buyer was has capitulated after the buyer sued him. Last month, Pay.com.au sued Dean Adams, the […] Post link: Pay.com.au secures doma...
Panelist explains fraudulent scheme by Complainant to hijack valuable two-letter domain name through UDRP. A person filed a UDRP complaint stating that a domain name was fraudulently stolen from them. But the panelist reviewing the case determined it was the Complainant who was committing fraud. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) c...
Zaddy LLC filed a UDRP to get the domain Zaddy.com, an asset of HugeDomains. The Complainant cited several registered trademarks going back to 2018. Meanwhile, the disputed domain name Zaddy.com is a 2005 registration. Andrew Reberry of HugeDomains, noted via his attorney: "Respondent maintains that Complainant cannot succeed in this dispute simply...
The UDRP filed against the domain KS.com by "Knowledge Systems" against its registrant, Robert Akscyn, involved fraud. The Complainant claims to be Knowledge Systems, Inc., an INC. incorporated in the United Kingdom on October 18, 1983 with a registered office address in the State of California, United States. The domain KS.com was registered in 19...
Organization filed UDRP after first trying to buy the domain name. A Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP) panelist has found Illinois Agricultural Association (IAA) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The organization, which was founded in 1912, filed the dispute against the domain name iaa.org. It uses the domain iaafoundation.org. W...
Andrew Miller announced on X today that he sold Seed.ai for $225,000. Andrew has handled many big sales, including a couple recently for the owner of this blog Yinan Wang.
April 2025 Highlights 103 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered* Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .xyz, .Security, and, .Storage Examples: HT.xyz, Drift.Security, and Glass.Storage Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .xyz, .LOL, and .Homes Highest .xyz premium sale(s): TQ.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP HT.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP High...
Rob Watson (Saw.com) added another premium domain name to his roster of sales. Rob brokered the sale of Demand.com, John Berryhill was the attorney who worked with the buyer and handled escrow. Demand Media made a splash in the domain industry when back in December 2006 Verisign announced it had partnered with Demand Media for […] The post Ro...
Learn the secret to this domain investor's success. Trade publications and entrepreneurship media often profile C-level executives and entrepreneurs who wake up early to get a start on the day or who burn the midnight oil. It made me think, why not profile a domain investor? So here's a profile of a day in the […] Post link: A day in the life...
The Illinois Agricultural Association did its best to claim rights to the domain iaa.org via the UDRP processthey all fell flat as the sole panelist at the Forum tore them all apart. According to the Complainant, the domain was registered on February 21, 1996 all while Complainant's active US registration for IAA was issued in […] The post ia...
The ICA will hold a special webinar for the domain name community to discuss the recently releasedInitial Report of the WIPO-ICA UDRP Review Project Team. Join Brian Beckham (Head Internet Dispute Resolution Section at WIPO) and Zak Muscovitch (General Counsel, ICA)co-leads of the reviewfor a conversation on the reports key findings, areas of agre...
Essay by Mr Gerald M Levine, Part 2 Gerald M. Levine, Esq. is a UDRP Panelist and counsel, and is the author of the Domain Name Arbitration, A Practical Guide to Asserting and Defending Claims of Cybersquatting(2019) and The Clash of Trademarks and and Domain Names on the Internet (2024).He also has an upcoming book with David Weslow on the ... Re...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
A group of 10 domain brokers who haven't scored more than a handful of sales in 2024 are upset by the Escrow.com awards. The team of "bottom 10 brokers" issued a joint statement that describes their position in the domain industry, along with their lack of any notable achievements. Speaking on behalf of the team […] The post Bottom 10 domain ...
For the past nine years, Escrow.com has been shining a light on many of the top domain brokers in the industry through their annual Master of Domains Awards program. The honors go to the top ten brokers, based on total dollar value of transactions closed on the Escrow.com platform. When the 2025 winners were announced today, MediaOptions.com CEO An...
Singaporean drop-catching registrar Gname has added another 200 shell registrars to its collection, bringing its total to over 500. The 200 companies are named Gname 301 Inc through Gname 500 Inc. More accreditations means more connections to gTLD registries and a better chance to catch expired domains when they are deleted. Gname last boosted its ...
TomoCredit, Inc. filed a UDRP to usurp the short, brandable domain Tomo.com. Registered in 1996, Tomo.com was acquired by the Respondent from its Japanese registrant, after negotiating with the use of paid consultants. The purpose: to utilize this short, memorable domain as a shortcut to their business, Tomo Networks, formed in 2019. Meanwhile, the...
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