Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and TheRide.com led the way at 35,000 Euro, ($38,124). Clavi.com was second at $25,000. Her.co was the top cctld sales at $20,000. 35 .com sales 28 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
ICANN says they are continuing to provide support for registrants impacted by Epik Inc.
ICANN made another statement with regards to Epik. In a post titled, "ICANN continues support for registrants impacted by Epik Inc." Jamie Hedlund provides an update. He also noted that Epik cured the notice of the breach. From the post: Epik Cured the Notice of Breach The 1 June 2023 breach notice was issued as a result of the registrar's failure to pay ICANN accreditation fees. The … [Read more...]
The story behind WetPaint.com which expired and closed at $74,000
WetPaint.com was the big number yesterday closing at $74,000. The story behind WetPaint.com is pretty interesting. Wetpaint was named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 Best Websites of 2007. The company raised a decent chunk of venture capital in three different rounds. The last round being $25M in 2008. According to the company Wikipedia page, In December 2012, Wetpaint was acquired by … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Apprenticeships.org
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Apprenticeships.org led the way at $33,000. MXBet.com was the top .com sale at 20,000 Euro, ($21,912). Ole.de was the top cctld at 12,750 Euro, ($13,968). 30 .com sales 22 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by W.app
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and W.app led the way at $96,000. WZC.com was the high .com at just $18,000. Tones.io was the top country code at $9,900. 42 .com sales 28 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
Will Web3 domain name adoption every truly take off on a grand scale?
So over the weekend someone was asking me when Web3 domain names were going to take off? While being far from an expert on every little nook and cranny with regards to Web3 domains, my take was when the confusion ends. Then I read this article this morning on CoinTelegraph "Web3 usernames may see greater adoption due to recent advancements." Now the author addressed some of the problems with … [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...]