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information Top Topics: ICANN's notice to Epik; Holiday.com sold for $1.4M; Find a domain's owner; Rob Monster lost Pro badge; NameJet/SnapNames duplicate auction

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Welcome to June's first review of weekly Top Topics here at NamePros!

ICANN sent a breach notice to Epik; Holiday.com sold for $1.4 million dollars at NamesCon; How to find the owner of a domain name; Removal of Rob Monster's Pro badge; Domain auctioned on both NameJet and Snapnames.


ICANN Sends Notice of Breach to Epik, Inc.
Domain registrar, Epik, Inc. has been facing multiple problems since last September; with its financial reserves drained, Epik, Inc. is now facing being delisted as an ICANN-accredited registrar, unless it pays its monthly dues to ICANN.

Topic by @Bipul


Holiday.com Sold For $1,400,000 At NamesCon Auction
During the RightOfTheDot auction that took place live at NamesCon 2023, the domain name Holiday.com was reported as sold for the sum of $1.4 million dollars. Find out more details about the sizable sale of a premium domain name.

Topic by @silentg


Trying to find owner of domain
When you want to find the owner (registrant) of a domain name, the first place to look is the information provided by the WHOIS. These days, the default domain profile hides that information (WHOIS Privacy.) Here's a look at the resources one has in an attempt to locate who owns a particular domain name.

Topic by @JeffLemon


Removal of Rob Monster's Pro badge
Epik, Inc. founder, Rob Monster, has been a controversial figure in the domain industry, including how he stepped down as the Epik, Inc. CEO. Recent developments have led senior members of the domain community to seek the removal of his "Pro" badge at NamePros. Here's what happened.

Topic by @bmugford


I'm in an auction for the same domain name at both Snapnames and Namejet
Web.com operates both NameJet and Snapnames, two companies that can be used to backorder domains that drop. A domain investor discovered that he's listed as a bidder on both platforms for the same domain name being auctioned. Is the bidding process creating a duplicate series of bids or is the reality different? Find out by joining the conversation.

Topic by @markfromslo


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Removal of Rob Monster's Pro badge
Epik, Inc. founder, Rob Monster, has been a controversial figure in the domain industry, including how he stepped down as the Epik, Inc. CEO. Recent developments have led senior members of the domain community to seek the removal of his "Pro" badge at NamePros. Here's what happened.

Topic by @bmugford

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