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Verisign blames higher retail pricing, sets plan for growth  107
Company will increase marketing plans in second half of year to grow domain name base. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) reported earnings yesterd...
Domain Name Wire - 12 hr 6 min ago
SmartContracts.com ordered transferred in UDRP  218
Complainant accidentally let the domain expire. A UDRP panelist has ordered the domain name SmartContracts.com transferred in an unusua...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 18:32
Verisign lowers guidance for 2024 after slow Q1  113
.Com domain base drops, hurting Verisign’s prospects. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon and has downgraded...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 17:4
Create domain financing deals with this handy calculator  162
This calculator makes it easy to offer financing options to prospective buyers. Long term payment plans and domain financing are becomi...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 15:51
GoDaddy implements new bidder verification system  184
Stronger ID verification replaces the PayPal verification system. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has introduced a new bidder verification system ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 11:50
No joke: Sumo rebrands to bdow.com  212
I understand rebranding, but this? Well, this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Remember SumoMe? The company paid $1.5 million to acqui...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 12:24
Domain Jackpot: hack pay.day fetches €21,000 on Sedo, plus end user sales  180
A form-building app, a grilling products company, and a process automation consultant bought domain names. The owner of the new TLD hac...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 16:13
The Complainant lost this UDRP. Did the panel get it wrong?  151
Two panelists denied the UDRP. The other dissented and would have transferred the domain. Who was right? It’s not often that I re...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 23, 2024 - 12:54
Wacky domain name tales – DNW Podcast #481  143
Acquiring domains isn’t always easy. Domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja returns to the show this week with more wacky doma...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 22, 2024 - 11:38
West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name  135
It might have been a winnable case, but the airport didn’t provide enough evidence. Central West Virginia Regional Airport Author...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 22, 2024 - 11:35
This SNET UDRP decision doesn’t sit right  201
Was the registrant of this short domain really targeting the Complainant? A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has order...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:35
My oh my! Look at these hot keywords in aftermarket domain sales  258
Afternic has published its monthly keywords list, showing the most popular keywords in domain names sold on its marketplace in February...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 13:38
Lifeware SA tries reverse domain name hijacking  130
Domain name was registered before the Complainant existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Lifeware...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 11:54
Judge orders Nissan.com transferred back to estate of Uzi Nissan  222
His heirs alleged the domain names were stolen. Nissan.com is famous as an early test case in cybersquatting. The car company Nissan ba...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 11:49
SquadHelp: when you outgrow your brand  230
Why SquadHelp’s rebrand to Atom makes sense. SquadHelp announced this morning that is has rebranded as Atom, using the domain nam...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 11:32

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