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Nineteen end user domain name sales from Sedo

An RV dealer, a texting app, and a knife seller bought domain names. OK, it’s our last belated list of Sedo sales. This officially catches us up on end user sales; later this week, I’ll publish the new list for this week. These domains sold during the last week of August. You can view previous [...]

By |September 14th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Beware fake domain sales posts on X

Spaceship’s founder called out a fake sales post on X this week. Earlier this week, a user on X posted about a big domain sale on Spaceship. “Tom Adams” claimed to have sold thread .pics for $87,000, and even showed the sales email to prove it: It was a shockingly high sale…and it didn’t happen. [...]

By |September 13th, 2026|Uncategorized|

IONOS announces layoffs

Major domain and hosting company to trim workforce by over 10%. Domain name and hosting company IONOS (ETR: IOS) today announced plans to reduce its headcount. The company, one of Europe’s larger domain providers with customers worldwide, said it will shrink its workforce from 3,800 to 3,350 full-time employees. The reduction will be split about [...]

By |September 13th, 2026|Uncategorized|

German company tries reverse hijacking domain from Tucows

Complainant omitted key parts of pre-dispute correspondence in its filing. A German building products company has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking a domain name. Otto Lehmann GmbH filed a dispute against the domain lehmann.com. The domain is registered to Tucows and is part of its surname portfolio. Tucows offers email addresses for [...]

By |September 13th, 2026|Uncategorized|

James Booth successfully defends another .ai domain name

It’s Booth’s second win in as many months. Domain investor James Booth has fended off a cybersquatting claim on the domain name semify.ai. SEO company Semify, LLC, which uses the domain name semify.com, filed the complaint. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel found in Booth’s favor and determined the domain should not be transferred. [...]

By |September 13th, 2026|Uncategorized|