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Afternic Adds Renewal Note to LTO Cancelation Email

Elliot Silver
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A month ago, I wrote about an issue sellers need to be aware of when using the Lease to Own (LTO) option on Afternic. If a LTO deal is canceled, the domain name is returned to the seller’s GoDaddy account with auto-renew disabled, regardless of that status prior to the sale.

This morning, one of my lease to own deals was canceled and the domain name was returned to my GoDaddy account. Despite having auto-renew enabled before the LTO started, the domain name had auto-renew disabled after it was returned to my account.

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Ode with Anthropic Launched on Ode.com

Elliot Silver
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Ode.com has changed hands. According to a press release issued yesterday, Ode with Anthropic, an AI services company, was launched under its new branding using the Ode.com domain name for its website. The company started out as Fractional AI before its rebrand and launch.

In the daily DomainIQ Domain Monitor email I received last night, I saw the Ode.com nameservers changed, as did the Whois registration. The domain name has long been owned by a domain investment company, and the nameservers changed to AWS. Ode.com did not transfer out of Namecheap, but the Whois record for the domain name is now private.

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GoDaddy CTA: Someone Else is Interested

Elliot Silver
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If you use Afternic and its GoDaddy brokers to sell your domain names, your Lead Center is most likely filled with inquiries that have many “Email sent to buyer” notifications. Most of these outbound messages go unanswered. What are GoDaddy brokers saying in their emails? Most likely some sort of take on ‘are you still interested in the domain name?’

Adam Maysonet shared a screenshot of an email he received from GoDaddy following an inquiry he made to buy a domain name:

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ICA Levine Lecture: Panelist to Share UDRP Insights

Elliot Silver
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The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) will be hosting its third annual Levine Lecture on July 28th at 12pm EDT. This year, the online webinar event will feature experienced UDRP panelist Nick Gardner, who will be introduced by fellow UDRP panelist Tony Willoughby. According to UDRP.Tools, Mr. Gardner has been a panelist in nearly 600 UDRP cases.

Gardner’s presentation is entitled, “26 Years of Deciding UDRP Cases: What Does a Panelist Actually Do, and Why? How Will AI Change This?” The lecture should give attendees a look at how a UDRP panelist approaches domain name disputes and reaches a decision. I am interested in hearing about how Mr. Gardner believes AI will impact the UDRP, particularly as it relates to filings and responses that utilize AI.

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Atom AI Should Analyze Portfolios for Contest Entries

Elliot Silver
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Every once in a while, I look at the current contests going on at Atom.com. If I see one of interest, I will think about what domain names I own that might be good options for the contest. I’ll then sort and scan my listings to see if anything might fit. I think Atom’s AI can make it easier.

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Pre-Check Premium Fit at Atom

Elliot Silver
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I look at Atom as a platform people use to find brand names with matching domain names. Because of this, I lean towards listing brandable types of domain names on Atom. I figure someone looking for a creative brand name will use Atom and my inventory should be shown on related terms.

When I am assessing domain names to buy, one of the things I think about is where I would list it for sale along with the value to an end user buyer. I think of Atom for the brandable types of domain names I think would be a good fit with the platform, especially with a custom logo.

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