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The registrant of the domain name Hawkers.com defended it successfully at the WIPO, after it was hit with a UDRP. Play Hawkers, S.L., Spain, filed the UDRP citing several marks for HAWKERS, the earliest of which is from 2016. The domain was registered in 1998, but it seems that the Respondent acquired the domain around [...] Continue reading
I think we’ve all seen prices for expired domains skyrocket at Go Daddy Auctions lately. Rewind ten years ago and there were good deals to be had all day every day (or at least that’s how I like to remember it!), today – you have to be careful as it’s [...] Continue reading
PayPal extends intangible goods coverage to sellers, but it might not be easy to make a claim. PayPal has updated its intangible goods coverage for transactions to covers both buyers and sellers of domain names. Previously, PayPal’s protection guarantee only covered buyers of domain names. The updated coverage protects against someone buying a domain [...] Continue reading
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on August 6, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve. I’m only showing where [...] Continue reading
As domain investors we are risky by nature. We also tend to invest in things that others may not see as “wise” investments. Others seem to have joined in on the fun. The prices of high graded baseball cards are skyrocketing. Its essentially trading virtual assets considering they are just sheets [...] Continue reading
Richard Kirkendall, Namecheap CEO, announced on twitter that Namecheap is now the 2nd largest domain name registrar in the world behind Godaddy. Here is the tweet: Namecheap is now the second largest registrar in the world based on ICANN accreditation https://t.co/3lruStvTm6 . We’ve got one more mountain ahead of us to climb but we are [...] Continue reading
EURid commissioned a study to get data on how .eu domain names are being used. That isn’t particularly original, as many of the domain name registries have done that over the years using data from a variety of different sources and services. There are several companies that offer services in [...] Continue reading
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