A form-building app, a grilling products company, and a process automation consultant bought domain names. The owner of the new TLD hack pay.day got a payday this week: they sold the domain on Sedo for €21,000. Google's registry launched this ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Jackpot: hack pay.day fetches €21,000 on Sedo, plus end user sales
· Domain SalesThe Complainant lost this UDRP. Did the panel get it wrong?
· Policy & LawTwo panelists denied the UDRP. The other dissented and would have transferred the domain. Who was right? It's not often that I read a UDRP that's found in favor of the Respondent, but feel like perhaps the Complainant should have won. And I'm ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wacky domain name tales – DNW Podcast #481
· PodcastsAcquiring domains isn't always easy. Domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja returns to the show this week with more wacky domain name tales. Bill has met some interesting people while acquiring domain names and social media handles. On ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name
· Policy & LawIt might have been a winnable case, but the airport didn't provide enough evidence. Central West Virginia Regional Airport Authority, which operates West Virginia International Yeager Airport, tried to reverse domain name hijack a domain name. A ... Continue Reading2 Comments
This SNET UDRP decision doesn’t sit right
· Policy & LawWas the registrant of this short domain really targeting the Complainant? A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name snet.info transferred to Banque et Caisse d'Epargne de l'Etat, and I have questions. Banque ... Continue Reading1 Comment
My oh my! Look at these hot keywords in aftermarket domain sales
· UncategorizedAfternic has published its monthly keywords list, showing the most popular keywords in domain names sold on its marketplace in February. My and AI remain the top two sellers this month. Here's the full list, with the previous month's ranking in ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Lifeware SA tries reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawDomain name was registered before the Complainant existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Lifeware SA to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Lifeware SA filed a case against lifeware.com, which was ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Judge orders Nissan.com transferred back to estate of Uzi Nissan
· Policy & LawHis heirs alleged the domain names were stolen. Nissan.com is famous as an early test case in cybersquatting. The car company Nissan battled for years to take the domain name from its registrant, whose name was Uzi Nissan. It failed, but Uzi ... Continue Reading6 Comments
SquadHelp: when you outgrow your brand
· UncategorizedWhy SquadHelp's rebrand to Atom makes sense. SquadHelp announced this morning that is has rebranded as Atom, using the domain name atom.com. Earlier this week I was a guest on a business podcast, where I talked about the importance of domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
13 end user domain name sales up to $25,000
· Domain SalesAn insurance company, a domain registration business, and a lingerie seller bought domain names. Sedo publicly reported 45 domain sales of $2,000 or more for the past week. There are some nice domains in this batch, but it's difficult to figure out ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment