Many top brokers look after some of the most sought-after domain names on the planet. This means an almost constant stream of inquiries and interest in these domains. The majority of interested parties will not be able to reach the often six-, seven-, or eight-figure prices required to acquire a top domain name, so how [...] Continue reading →

A company called Legally Co filed a UDRP against Legally.com, a one word .com domain name. The UDRP was filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and it is WIPO Case D2018-1958. Legally.com is a domain name owned by GoDaddy’s NameFind portfolio company. From what I can see, this dictionary word .com domain name appears [...] Continue reading →

Groups hurt by lack of public Whois data would like to push back against EU legislation that has shut off most access. Advocates for open Whois records are shopping a bill in the U.S. that would force domain name registrars to publish Whois information, countering the impact of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation [...] Continue reading →

Maybe my eyes are bad but I just realized that names that have reached reserves in Sedo auction are green. Those that aren’t are grey.  I can’t believe I never noticed before.  I’ve been clicking on each name to see if its been met.  All the time Sedo has had it labeled for me. [...] Continue reading →

Today: How to monetize an established website / Share a problem you are facing in domaining and find the solution / K.vg sold for $9,999 / And more! Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Pending Delete inventory quality drop – Are the pre-released domains holding all the quality [...] Continue reading →

I stumbled on an interesting article this week warning businesses of the risks associated with letting domain names expire. It’s a side of buying expired domains that most domain investors will never think of – the fact that expired domains might not have traffic coming to them…but they could have emails. The article gives a [...] Continue reading →

Opponents of Whois privacy are pushing for legislation that would basically reverse the impact of GDPR for the vast majority of domain names. Privacy advocate Milton Mueller of the Internet Governance Project today scooped the news that draft legislation to this effect is being circulated by “special interests” in Washington DC. He’s even published the [...] Continue reading →