A recent case raises questions about grace periods, buyer notifications, and balancing interests between sellers and buyers. I recently received an email from a distraught GoDaddy customer. He told me ...

Did this panelist let the Complainant off the hook? GDPR and the near-universal implementation of Whois privacy have changed the process of filing UDRP cases. Before GDPR, a complainant either knew ...

Use DotDB’s bulk tool to evaluate domains to buy or to evaluate your portfolio. Domain investors often look at how many top level domains a domain is registered in when evaluating domains to buy. An ...

An effort by ICANN’s At-Large community to force the Org to stick to its bylaws commitments to periodically review its accountability and transparency has failed after nobody else supported it. As I ...

DirectResponse.com sold for $252,500 / Sealing the Deal: 20 Negotiation Moves for New Domain Investors and More… ...

I wrote about Michael Santiago hand registering ChatGPT.com and selling it for $85,000. Michael recently relaunched OnlineBusiness.com. He mentions on X that upon relaunch some were confused. He wrote ...

Some somewhat-recent end user domain name sales. When a news story falls through the cracks… I think of that phrase when I go back and review domain sales lists from a couple of months ago. I’m able ...

Turmoil at Africa’s Regional Internet Registry is coming to a head. This site focuses on domain names, but there’s another part of internet real estate that is extremely valuable: IP addresses.

A Japanese domain registrar has driven significant growth in .xyz domain registrations over the past twelve months. Depending on the month, .xyz ranks either first or second in terms of total domains ...

Panelist uses strong language about fairness and deciding cases under the UDRP. A recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) decision is a reminder of what the UDRP was created for, ...

BrandBucket put out a press release today, they have acquired Novanym, a premium domain name aftermarket website offering a curated catalog of unique and evocative business names with professionally ...

Abuse rankings shift dramatically between open source and commercial blocklists, exposing blind spots in DNS monitoring. Many research organizations publish lists of top level domains and domain ...