Search volume doesn’t directly correlate with end user demand. Afternic is now showing search counts for domain names in its interface for customers with a paid Discount Domain Club Domain Pro membership. This is the same data that GoDaddy has provided (for free) within the GoDaddy account manager for a while, but it’s only available […]

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Complicating matters, the domain was subsequently sold in an expired domain auction on NameJet. A Florida man has sued GoDaddy (pdf), claiming that a domain name was stolen from his GoDaddy account in 2019 and the registrar failed to take sufficient action to recover it. Arthur “Brud” Porcher, a pro se litigant, claims that the […]

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Domaims with ai in them continue to outsell all other keywords. Afternic has published a list of the top-selling keywords in domain names sold on its marketplace in June. AI and my remain the top two sellers. There are some usuals near the top of the list as well, including bet and group. There are […]

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New laws target the domain names and subdomains of ticket sellers. U.S. states are targeting ticket resellers that use domains or subdomains with the names of artists or venues in them. New legislation in Michigan targets this practice, which may be designed to deceive consumers into buying tickets through a reseller without understanding that it’s […]

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Registering a .us domain has become untenable for consumers due to fully-public Whois information. For years, spamming and cold-calling operations thrived on Whois data. Whenever a new domain was registered, they’d relentlessly contact the new registrants, trying to sell them services. Then GDPR happened, and most registrars began redacting Whois information. What’s a spammer to […]

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