Afternic tweeted out their June 2023 top keywords list. My actually took the top spot followed by AI and Group. Looking at Sedo's trending list for June 2023 My and Group do not make the list, while AI and Bet are also in the top 10 as well. https://twitter.com/afternic/status/1695071668786311260 … [Read more...]
Researchers found a way to take control over an .ai domain name
TheStack.Technology published an interesting and troubling piece on security researchers figuring out how to take control over any .ai domain name they wanted. Luckily they did report their findings to the proper parties and patches were applied. Still an interesting read. From the article: A group of security researchers exploring how to hack domain registries ended up with the ability to … [Read more...]
Namecheap Introduces Domain Vault — A New Era In Domain Security
NameCheap put out a press release today introducing a new security product called Domain Vault. You can read the release below: Premium Security Suite To Protect Valuable Domains From Hijacking & Cyber Threats With Additional Layers Of Digital And Human-Verified Protection Phoenix, AZ - July 19, 2022 — Namecheap, the world's second-largest domain registrar and a leading technology … [Read more...]
Q1 2022 Liquid Domains Report sees a sharp drop in median prices
Giuseppe Graziano released the 23th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview, which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains that are deemed “liquid”. The objective of the report is to present key statistics and generate a debate amongst the industry stakeholders about the fair value of such domains. Key highlights for Q1 2022: - Escrow.com sales volume went down by 53%, from $34M to $16M. - … [Read more...]
2021 was a Record-Setting Year for Domain Name Disputes
Doug Isenberg at Giga.Law posted a video and post on a record year for domain name disputes. From the article: One more reason that could be contributing to the rise in domain name disputes is a little bit of additional interest in some of the new top-level domains. In the second quarter of 2021, the .shop TLD appeared in the most number of disputes behind .com across all of the UDRP dispute … [Read more...]
Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz79,888 USD2021-12-25Swetha.xyzheir.xyz19,888 USD2021-12-25Swetha.xyzfractional.xyz14,888 USD2021-12-25Swetha.xyzqualia.xyz9,888 USD2021-12-25Swetha.xyzzapper.xyz7,888 … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Regal.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: whiteangel.comat 10,000 USDchipgirl.com at 9,888 USDsocialcurrent.com at 7,995 USD This … [Read more...]