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Atom has Several Job Openings

Atom.com seems to be growing at quite a clip. In fact, according to this year’s Inc. 5000 list, Atom has grown 122% over the last three years. As a result of the company’s growth, Atom is hiring for several open roles, which it announced on X:

It doesn’t look like these jobs require domain industry expertise or experience, but I am sure it would be helpful.

At the moment, there are four open positions on the Atom.com careers page. The company is located in Illinois, and it appears there is some flexibility in terms of location, although only one job opening is listed as remote.

Have a look at these job openings if you’re looking for a domain industry career beyond investing in domain names.

Register.com Migrates to Network Solutions

Network Solutions and Register.com are legacy domain registrars that have been sister companies for many years. Both companies are now owned by Newfold Digital, and they have offered essentially the same services on similar platforms for quite some time. I’ve used both domain registrars after winning domain name auctions on NameJet, another Newfold company.

The companies recently announced that Register.com has been merged into Network Solutions. Register.com customers can now access their domain names via the Network Solutions website. The Register.com domain name does not redirect to the Network Solutions website, but the login link does.

For quite some time, my Register.com-registered domain names I won on NameJet have been provisioned directly to my Network Solutions account, so this is not entirely surprising. I would also not be surprised to see Snapnames merged into NameJet since that is also a redundant platform for Newfold.

I highly doubt Newfold is going to divest the Register.com domain name or brand, but the company has made the decision to merge these two legacy brands into one.

Kyte.com Domain Name was Acquired for $550k in 2021

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San Francisco Business Times (behind a paywall) and TechCrunch wrote articles about Kyte shutting down. Kyte was a car rental service that operated on the brand matching Kyte.com domain name.

According to a Public Notice of Intellectual Property Sale listing on DailyDac.com, the company paid $550,000 to acquire the Kyte.com domain name in 2021. A total of 31 domain names are available as part of this listing.

AI Generated Logo Contributed to UDRP Loss

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I recently wrote about a concern I have related to AI generated logos used on some domain name for sale landing pages. In short, if the AI created a logo that is similar to a logo being used by an active business, it could put the domain name at risk. A similar risk also exists for AI-generated descriptions and keywords.

A couple of weeks after I published my article, attorney John Berryhill pointed out that a logo generated by AI had been used on a domain name that was subject of a UDRP complaint.

Keep an Eye on Your LTO Deals

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I saw some good advice shared on X that should be considered by domain investors who have ongoing Lease to Own deals:

When a domain name is sold on a lease-to-own (LTO) payment plan, the buyer typically gains use of the name before paying in full. While most buyers use the domain name as intended, it’s a good idea for domain investors to periodically check how their leased domain names are being used to ensure they aren’t being used in a way that would violate any laws or the LTO agreement.

The primary reason for checking on these leaed domain names is risk management. If the buyer uses the domain name for something illegal or illicit and against the terms of the agreement, it could draw unwanted legal attention or harm the reputation of the domain name. Not only could it cause issues for the domain registrant in the shorter term, but it could hurt the value of the domain name in the longer term.

Using AI to Identify Domain Names I Don’t Have Listed for Sale

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Earlier, this week, I hand registered six domain names. I checked on one landing page yesterday, and the correct landing page didn’t resolve. Likely due to a distraction, these domain names didn’t get added to my seller account, so an unintended landing page was shown rather than the BIN lander I wanted.

I am sure I have a dozen or two domain names that have nameservers set up correctly but were not listed for sale for one reason or another. Comparing lists in Excel is possible but can be time consuming. Instead of using Excel for this, I am going to use Chat GPT.

Here are the steps I am going to take:

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