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Team Internet and CCI Partnership to Operate .CO ccTLD

According to a post on Team Internet’s corporate LinkedIn page, the company has been awarded the contract to operate the .CO ccTLD registry in partnership with another company called Central Comercializadora de Internet (CCI). These two companies formed a company called Consórcio Equipo PuntoCo, which will operate the .CO domain extension on behalf of the government of Colombia and its Ministry of Technology.

This news was also announced in a press release on the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC) website.

45.com Reportedly Acquired for $1.8 Million

According to a post on X linking to a press release on CoinDesk, the 45.com domain name has been reportedly acquired for $1.8 million.

Atom Hiring Manager of Registrar Operations

Last month, Atom.com announced that has become an ICANN accredited domain registrar. In the blog post announcement, the company briefly shared its big vision for its registrar, which entails offering tools for buyers and sellers to maximize the potential of their domain names.

One thing Atom is going to need is an experienced person who is an expert at domain registrar operations leading this division. Atom is looking to hire that person, and it posted a job listing for a Manager of Registrar Operations.

Jason Calacanis Acquires Begin.com (Update)

Serial entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis announced the recent acquisition of Begin.com. Jason didn’t share the acquisition price, but he did mention this is a “$1m+ domain name.”

My Fear with AI Logos

TonyNames shared an image on X that illustrates a fear I have had with respect to AI generated logos for domain names listed for sale:

The DeepSeek logo may be problematic, but it was surprisingly not caught by the domain name seller or platform. My concern is with lesser known brand names.

Bought for ~$10k in 2023, Finsure.com Saved in UDRP

When I see the term “finsure,” my immediate thought is that it is a portmanteau of the terms finance or financial and insurance or insure. I suspect that is why Finsure.com sold for $9,750 in 2023 via NameJet expiry auction, according to NameBio.

A company called Finsure, which was founded in 2021, uses the Finsure.us Finsure.one domain name for its business (update: this was my error, but it shows there are numerous companies that use Finsure in branding). This company filed a UDRP against the Finsure.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). According to DomainLeads, there are 46 “Finsure” TLDs registered and 10 of them are developed. This does not include several hundred other domain names that contain “finsure.” In short, it’s a pretty common compound word and not limited to one single company.

The UDRP decision was published this morning. Not only did the domain registrant prevail in this UDRP, but the three member panel also found it was an instance of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). Specifically, the panel found it was a “Plan B” filing whereby a company fails to purchase a domain name and files the UDRP as its “Plan B.”

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Last month, Atom.com announced that has become an ICANN accredited domain registrar. In the blog post announcement, the company briefly shared its big vision...

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