A UDRP was recently filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against the LeanIn.com domain name. I think this is going to be an interesting proceeding to track because of the complainant as well as the fact that the “lean in” term could be considered a heavily used generic term, in addition to its [...] Continue reading →

Morning Folks!! This is not a domain post, this is a life post so, please indulge me. As a domainer and as a businessman and as a human I spend a lot of time just thinking. Thinking is my #1 job. It’s something hard to control, and few see because it is invisible. So yesterday [...] Continue reading →

Scrolling through Amazon the other day and one of the suggestions for me was the “I Heart Rick Schwartz” t-shirt. Since everyone in my family already has one, I went on to the next item which was The Domain Sellers Handbook by Renata Barnes. This item is available for free as a kindle unlimited subscriber. [...] Continue reading →

Ill.com got 2019’s Domain Name Journal chart off to a slow start after we started to get use to the six-figure sales topping the charts, often more than one. In a sale brokered by Sedo’s Dave Evanson, it sold for $70,000. Maybe it was the time of the year, maybe [...] Continue reading →

Another great Namescon and I can say I officially was old this year.   With 40% new investors in attendance this year I officially moved into the segment of “older” domain investors.  Half because I am old in age,  and half because I’ve now been investing for a decade.  Great attendance this year so [...] Continue reading →

Day 2 rocked at NamesCon Global 2019 - From Bhavin Turakhia to Kate Buckley to Andrew Rosener and John Berrryhill and all points in between! [...] Continue reading →

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