This afternoon, I received the NameJet list of its Most Active Pending Delete Backorders. These are expired domain names that are about to be fully deleted and will be fought over by domain name registrars for partner auction platforms. One domain name in particular stood out to me – PureLife.com. Whois records show that PureLife.com [...] Continue reading →

Right-wing video-sharing platform Rumble paid its founder the equivalent of $477,077 for the domain name rumble.com last year, it has emerged. The company went public on Nasdaq last month, reversing into a shell company, and in an SEC filing last week disclosed the deal: On May 11, 2021, Rumble purchased from Jokaroo Entertainment Inc. (“Jokaroo”) [...] Continue reading →

Sedo released their weekly domain names and CheapUsedCars.com led the way at $25,000. Cuckolds.com was second for $20,000 . Sowieso.de was third at 20,000 Euro, ($19,914). 39 .com sales 34 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     cheapusedcars.com at 25,000 USD cuckolds.com at 20,000 USD stem.eu at 12,999 EUR [...] Continue reading →

Today: The Appraisal of Peerls.com / Evaluating Stategies.com / Appraising OnePlaceHealth.com / and more… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Evaluating Stategies.com – When it comes to nine-letter, pronounceable, brandable, .com domains like [...] Continue reading →

I've worked with a number of small communities that want to explore the idea of having a community-owned ISP. My advice to small communities is the same as with all clients - economy-of-scale really matters for ISPs. Economy-of-scale is the economic term for describing how businesses get more efficient as they get larger. It's fairly [...] Continue reading →

ICANN’s independent Ombudsman has called an Indian vaccine maker’s second Request for Reconsideration over a failed UDRP case a “misuse” of the Org’s appeals process. Zydus Lifesciences lost its UDRP over the domain zydus.com earlier this year, with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, then used the RfR process to try to get ICANN’s [...] Continue reading →

One of the neat sales tactics offered by Squadhelp is the price increase notification sellers can add to their landing page. Sellers who utilize this tool will show a message on their landing page that informs visitors the price will be increasing. This is a smart tactic from this innovative domain sales platform. While I [...] Continue reading →