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Did GoDaddy Just Sell Hantavirus.com?

Elliot Silver
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The hantavirus outbreak has received significant news coverage over the past week. According to various reports, the virus was linked to an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, and several passengers became ill and some reportedly died. Apparently, others who came in contact with some sick cruise ship passengers have also become sick.

This morning, I was curious about who owned the Hantavirus.com domain name. When I visited Hantavirus.com, I saw an Afternic landing page that typically shows up after a domain name was sold on Afternic but before the buyer changes the nameservers:

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ICANN to Hold New gTLD Program Webinar

Elliot Silver
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The application period for the second round of new gTLD extensions was just opened by ICANN. This will allow businesses, organizations, communities, governments, and others the opportunity to apply to operate their own domain name extension. This is the first new gTLD application round in more than ten years. ICANN is accepting applications until August 12th.

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What is Spirit.com Worth?

Elliot Silver
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Spirit Airlines is shutting down, and the discount airline will no longer operate. As a domain investor, one of the first things I thought about as the news came out yesterday was the Spirit.com domain name.

Spirit.com is an exceptional domain name, and it’s possible that it will go on the market in the wake of the shutdown. I am not sure what the next stages will be, but I assume the business is going to sell its assets. I don’t have any idea if the IP will be bundled together or possibly sold separately. If sold separately, I presume Spirit.com would become available for sale at some point.

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Joel Embiid Files UDRP to Get JoelEmbiid.com

Elliot Silver
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NBA basketball player Joel Embiid, who plays for the Philadelphia 76ers, filed a UDRP at the World Intellectual Property Organization to secure the JoelEmbiid.com domain name. The UDRP was recently filed, and it is WIPO Case D2026-1817.

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NBA Acquires NBAE.com Domain Name

Elliot Silver
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I read the Associated Press report today that said the NBA (National Basketball Association) has teamed up with FIBA to launch a European basketball league. Out of curiosity, I checked to see who owns NBAE.com, which I think would be the ideal domain name for a NBA Europe league website.

Whois records at DomainTools show the NBAE.com domain name is registered to the NBA via GoDaddy Corporate Domains.

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Domain Investors Aren’t Well-Liked

Elliot Silver
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Domain investors aren’t well liked. Beyond typical social situations, the only time someone may meet a domain investor is when they want to purchase a domain name that is owned by an investor. The vitriol aimed towards domain investors can be quite alarming. Case in point, this “domain hoarder” comment I received a while ago.

Over the weekend, Mike Carson wrote about his Friendster.com acquisition in a blog post that was widely shared on Hacker News. At one point, it was the top post of the day garnering hundreds of comments. The comment that rose to the top had little to do with Friendster and a great deal to do with Mike’s background in the domain investment space:

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