ESQwire : Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling for client and iPayments.com

The domain name iPayments.com was challenged in a UDRP filed on June 15, 2015. The Korean Respondent was represented by ESQwire.com, a domainer-friendly lawfirm. For a domain registered in 1997, the Complainant, iPayment, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, claimed exclusive rights to the “IPAYMENT” mark it asserted to hold since 2001. In an interesting twist […]

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Non-COM sightings : Rare dot .BIZ domain seen in the wild!

It’s been a while since we added a new TLD to our roster of non-COM sightings, a collection of TLD and gTLD domains that don’t end in .com. The latest addition, is an underutilized TLD, dot .biz. Launched in 2001, the Neustar asset counts 2,193,503 .biz domains, according to stats provided by DomainTools. Our non-COM […]

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ABC to XYZ : When Larry called Negari

Daniel Negari scrolled through his emails, finishing off the last bits of a crunchy chicken salad with balsamic vinegar and croutons. Twenty five notifications about XYZ domains becoming active web sites, a couple of emails from Paul Stahura, five spam promos that somehow escaped the strict .XYZ filters – all this pile of work and […]

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DomainSherpa : And the winning Sherpa replacing Adam Dicker is …

Adam Dicker’s departure from the DomainSherpa show marks the end of an era, and the beginning of another. While Sherpas come and go, Adam’s contribution to Michael Cyger’s show through domain knowledge and Canadian sense of humor has been paramount. We ran a poll to take the domainer community’s pulse regarding who could be a […]

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Alphabet madness : Domain listings multiplied after ABC.XYZ launch

A lot of domainers seem to somehow believe that Google’s creation of a mother company called ‘Alphabet, Inc.’ will magically increase the demand for related domains. From zero to hero, the Greek word denoting the first two letters of a written language set – alpha and beta – became an overnight sensation. Australian domain and […]

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Domain Name Sales upgrade : Expanding the Search feature for domain inventory

Domain Name Sales has been upgrading its features and tools, ever since opening the domain selling venue to the public in 2012. The DNS team is eager to listen to suggestions, recommendations, and always strives to improve the platform. The latest upgrade that was rolled out involves the Search feature for your own domain portfolio, […]

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Donald Trump owns more than 3,000 domain names!

If you thought that Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, is a domain newbie, think again. According to a report conducted by Business Insider, there are more than 3,000 domain names under the control of the Trump Organization. Many of Donald Trump’s domains are negative expressions, most likely registered for protecting his image and brands. Here […]

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Traffic to Haters.XYZ surges by 8,500% after Google moves to alphabet soup domain

Traffic to the domain and developed web site, Haters.XYZ, has skyrocketed in the wake of the ABC.XYZ registration by Google. Attila’s ingenious project has seen a traffic surge of 8,500% which peaked at 9,456% yesterday. “Thanks to the move by Google to register an “alphabet soup” domain, my premium domain asset, Haters.XYZ, has increased in […]

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Domain investor’s portfolio of numeric domains stolen by Chinese thief

Veteran domain investor Satoshi Shimoshita, known as “toho” on DNForum, announced the theft of a large portfolio of mostly numeric domains. The following 34 domains were stolen from his account at eNom, on July 27th and six more domains on August 3rd, after he had opened an emergency support ticket! First batch of stolen domains, […]

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Poll : Who should replace Adam Dicker in the DomainSherpa show?

With domain investor, Adam Dicker, announcing his retirement from the DomainSherpa show to better manage his personal ventures, many agonize about who will be filling the spot. There are many capable people willing to donate their time and experience in the field of domain analysis, naturally. The problem with such spots is that one needs […]

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XYZ sponsored : Southern California Domainers prepare for new meetup

The great folks of Southern California Domainers are preparing for an August 20th meetup, after their recent gathering was a complete success. This time around, the event is sponsored by the XYZ Registry, so it’s only natural that the CEO, Daniel Negari, will be delivering a fiery speech on the recent ABC.XYZ “shocker” achievement. The […]

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Retired : Adam Dicker leaves the DomainSherpa show

After several years as a sherpa on Michael Cyger’s DomainSherpa show, domain investor Adam Dicker announced his retirement. Citing lack of time due to multiple ongoing projects, Adam Dicker thanked Michael Cyger for the opportunity: “Special thanks to Mike Cyger and DomainSherpa for having me on the show for many review and news panels over the last few years. […]

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