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Last Call on 2022 PMC Jersey Sponsorships

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Update: All spots have been reserved. Thank you to our generous sponsors!

The jersey John Berryhill and I will wear as we cross the Pan-Mass Challenge finish line is almost finalized. With the help of industry friends and colleagues who are sponsoring our jersey, we have been able to raise quite a bit of money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John and I appreciate the tremendous support we have received so far. We will proudly wear these jerseys as we train for the PMC and when we ride in August.

It looks like John and I will be able to fit two additional (relatively small) horizontal logos on the bottom of our jersey (on either side of Shane’s ape, Colonel Whitenfur). We are asking for a $750 donation to either one of our PMC fundraisers for your logo to appear on our jersey. Please email me first to ensure a spot is available. Please pardon the low resolution images I have here, but you can click here to see a high resolution version of the jersey panels.

Even if you don’t want to make a large donation, John and I would appreciate any donation you are able to make to Dana-Farber. We’ve received a great deal of support from our domain industry friends and colleagues, and the funds will be used to further Dana-Farber’s cancer fighting mission. John’s fundraising page is here and my fundraising page is here.

Here’s a list of our PMC jersey sponsors:

Acquisition.com Reportedly Acquired for $350,000 (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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Keen Domains shared a video with me on Twitter that seems to reveal a previously undisclosed domain name acquisition. The Acquisition.com domain name is operated by Alex Hormozi, and in the video embedded in the tweet below, he shares that the domain name was acquired for $400,000 $350,000 (see update below):

$400,000 for Acquisition.com seems like a reasonable price for both buyer and seller.

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DC Comics Acquires DC.com from Deloitte

Elliot Silver
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It’s not every day that we see an exceptional domain name change hands from one major corporation to another. That just happened with the valuable two letter DC.com domain name. Whois records show that DC.com is now owned by DC Comics:

DC.com does not yet resolve to a website, but I suspect the company will forward it to its website on DCComics.com. DC Comics could also choose to relaunch its website on the shorter DC.com domain name.

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Don’t Like the Mohu.com UDRP Decision

Elliot Silver
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ICANN just closed its comment period related to an ongoing analysis of the effectiveness of the UDRP, and the ICA submitted a well-reasoned comment. With that in mind, I want to highlight a UDRP decision that was just published. The UDRP was filed against a valuable 4 letter brandable type of domain name that can be pronounced and is also an acronym – Mohu.com.

Mohu.com is registered to a China-based domain registrant who responded to the complaint and requested a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The sole panelist, David P. Miranda, Esq., ruled against the respondent, giving this valuable domain name asset to the complainant. In my opinion, based on what I read in the UDRP filing, this decision was wrong and is completely unfair to the registrant.

According to the decision, here’s some background information about the domain registrant (the bolded emphasis was added by me):

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This is Why I Joined

Elliot Silver
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The public comment period at ICANN related to the UDRP status report ends today. I know that George Kirikos submitted a comment, and a number of domain investors submitted comments. I did not submit a comment, and someone asked why I am not “all over this:”

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Our Offer is More Than the URL is Worth

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Finding common ground regarding the valuation of a domain name is often a struggle for a prospective buyer and domain registrant. The buyer usually has one idea about the worth of a domain name and the registrant has another idea. Sometimes both parties can agree on a valuation for a domain name but making a deal is still impossible.

Many domain registrants fall in love with their domain names. There may be a long backstory to how a domain name was acquired, or the domain name may have been in someone’s portfolio for many years. Whatever the reason, it can be difficult for some domain registrants to agree to sell their domain name even if a “fair” offer is made. A prospective buyer will need to offer substantially more than its value to get a deal done.

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