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|

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|

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|

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|

Hudson’s Detroit developer tries to reverse hijack domain name

Company filed cybersquatting complaint against domain registered well before it had trademark rights in the term Hudson’s Detroit. Bedrock Management Services, LLC has been found to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name HudsonsDetroit.com. The company developed Hudson’s Detroit, a mixed-use property on the site of the former J.L. Hudson Department Store. Bedrock uses the [...]

By |September 13th, 2026|Uncategorized|