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Ireland NCP releases initial assessment in .io dispute

March 20, 2023 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

The Ireland NCP (National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises) released their initial assessment on the dispute between Crypto Currency Resolution Trust (CCRT) and Chagos Refugees GroupUK (CRG UK) against Afilias Ltd., 101domain GRS Ltd. and Internet Computer Bureau Limited. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune came out … [Read more...]

Has .io lost it’s shine?

June 30, 2022 by Raymond Hackney

Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not heard that much .io news in 2022. But I wanted to check the data for 2022. As we approach the halfway mark of 2022, .io sales along with .co are … [Read more...]

Mauritius challenges UK rights over Indian Ocean domain name

March 23, 2022 by Raymond Hackney

The Guardian published an article on .io and how the government of Mauritius wants control of .io. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune cane out with another article, the provocative title of, ‘Colonialism’ and crypto claims: Why the .io domain name extension faces an uncertain future“ The Guardian writes: Legal advice drafted in New York for … [Read more...]

Kick.io sells for $40,000

July 22, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

It looks like Mike Carson hit another .io home run with the $40,000 sale of Kick.io. The domain name was registered back in 2015. The buyer looks to be a Defi startup. Kick.io is a Cardano-based fundraising platform and a project accelerator, designed to leverage DeFi innovations to provide transparent, efficient, and fully decentralized crowdfunding services. Unlike our competitors, we offer … [Read more...]

LLL.io experiment results in 6 figure loss

June 8, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

Everyone loves to hear a great domain name sale story. Everyone loves to tell one as well. We don't get many stories where the person admits to an experiment costing them a six figure loss. Shifang Yuan from Yuming.com tweeted about an experiment with LLL.io domain names. Luckily for Shifang he owns 10 LL.coms and 50 LLL.com. Plus the domain name Yuming.com is very valuable. … [Read more...]

Dial Source rebrands and moves from a .com to a .io

March 28, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

DialSource.com is rebranding to Conquer.io. The move from a .com to a .io will send some screaming from the rafters. In 2019 Agentology.com rebranded to Verse.io. Conquer published a lengthy blog post on the change. It's important to note they are not an underfunded or no funded startup that always seem to move to a .com once they get funding. They made mention they closed Series B last … [Read more...]

Leet.io sells for $10,000

March 19, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

Another five figure .io sale as Leet.io sells for $10,000. This was not an expired auction. Looking at the Whois it looks like Mike Carson's company Humbly, LLC sold the domain name. The domain name redirects to REH.at. The buyer is a street artist who has a background in software engineering. For those unfamiliar with the term Leet Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is … [Read more...]

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