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Mean Girls star Renee Rapp picks up bite.me for upcoming album. The registry for .me domain names has revealed that it sold 34 premium registrations through the registrar channel in the first half of this year. That compares to 16 domains in the first half of 2024. All told, the 34 domains totaled €222,500 in […]

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The rather generic brand will get a boost from great domain name. Ever since BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) acquired commerce.com for $2.444 million earlier this year, the question has been what it would do with the domain. Today, the company announced a new parent company brand, Commerce. It’s also changing its stock ticker on the NASDAQ […]

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ChatGPT can now automate domain investing tasks, such as finding end user buyers for your domains. ChatGPT’s agent mode is a game-changer. It can automate research and tasks, going as far as logging into services to grab data or complete repetitive tasks. To whet your appetite for what it can do, watch this video showing […]

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Company filed cybersquatting dispute against domain registered before it had trademark rights. French Blunomy Advisory, an environmental consulting firm, has been found (pdf) to have tried to reverse hijack the domain blunomy.com. The company filed the dispute against a man in France who registered the domain well before the Complainant filed a trademark for the […]

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AI and my remain hot in aftermarket sales. Afternic has published a list of the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its platform in May. AI and my remain at the top of the list. The keywords have been on the chart every month for the past year. One interesting keyword is car, which […]

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Domain industry overseer says domain registrar is lax when investigating and responding to DNS abuse complaints. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a fairly large domain name registrar in Asia. WebNic has about 500,000 .com domain names under management in addition to domains in other extensions. ICANN […]

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Despite sequential decline, first-half dollar volume was up sharply compared to last year. Domain transaction dollar volume at Escrow.com slipped in Q2 compared to Q1, the company reported today. However, it was up for the first half of 2025 compared to the first half of 2024, thanks to a strong first quarter. The company handled […]

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Stay connected with the DNW App for your Apple or Android device. The way we consume and interact with news continues to change. With that in mind, I’m excited to announce the launch of the Domain Name Wire App. Over the past few years, I’ve found myself downloading apps for news sites that I frequently […]

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Verisign’s CEO talked about the impacts on last week’s earnings conference call. On DNW Podcast #545, I discussed how AI is impacting domain names with Carlos Armada of name.com. What does Verisign, the .com and .net registry, think the impact will be? Officially, Verisign’s SEC filings mention AI as a risk factor: The number of […]

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Company files with SEC to sell large portion of its holdings of .com registry. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has filed to sell about 1/3 of its holdings in .com/.net registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN). The company currently owns 14.2% of common shares of the company. It could sell between 4.3 million to 4.8 million shares. If […]

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Company fails to secure valuable domain through UDRP after trying to buy domain for over $1 million. ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd., an Indian company that runs the ride-hailing app Ola, has lost (PDF) a cybersquatting complaint it filed against the valuable domain ola.com. The domain name registrant became the owner of the domain after lending […]

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A discussion about AI’s impact on domains. AI is changing every industry, and the domain name business is no exception. On today’s show, I speak with Carlos Armada, Director of Product at name.com. The backdrop of our conversation is name.com’s new API, which is built with features that make it work better with AI tools. […]

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Domain names are now cheaper in many countries. The U.S. dollar is declining in value, and that could have interesting implications for the domain name aftermarket. In early January, it took just $1.03 to buy a euro. Now, it’s around $1.17, and some analysts think the dollar could slip even further. You can point to […]

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Here’s why Verisign predicts its domain base will grow again this year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q2 earnings yesterday and issued improved guidance, predicting annual growth in the .com/.net domain name base this year. All of the growth in its combined domain base last quarter came from .com domain names. Here are four reasons why […]

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Select investors can get up to 200 .com registrations for $5 each. Unstoppable Domains has introduced a Domainer Club, offering customers up to 200 .com domain registrations per week for $5 each. The company already offers all customers up to 100 .coms for $5 on Fridays. People who join the club get an additional 100 […]

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Company now predicts return to annual growth in domain base. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, announced Q2 earnings after the market closed today. Q2 revenue was $410 million, up 5.9 percent from the same quarter in 2024. The company processed 10.4 million new registrations across the two top level domains […]

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Domain valuation agent is improving, but still has issues. Dharmesh Shah, the HubSpot co-founder and AI enthusiast who sold Chat.com to OpenAI, has been rolling out frequent updates to his domain valuation agent lately. I tested the system yesterday and again today after he pushed another round of improvements. Compared to when I first tried […]

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Answer 10 questions by July 31. The deadline for this month’s Domain Name Wire trivia contest is nearly here. Just answer 10 trivia questions by July 31 for your chance to win: $250 account credit at Dynadot One-year Novice account at Estibot ($348 value) One-year Domainer membership at NameBio ($144 value) A shoutout on Domain Name Wire and DNW’s X […]

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Company falsely argued domain name was recently sold. An Australian masonry firm has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a case involving tyrone.com. Corcreevy Pty Ltd, which does business as Tyrone Group, filed the dispute against domain name investment company Anything.com, Ltd. Anything.com acquired the domain name, which is a common first […]

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Judge denies motions to dismiss in cybersquatting lawsuit. A U.S. District judge has denied motions to dismiss a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name outside.com. Outside Interactive, a sports and outdoor media company, sued the owner of outside.com last year in an effort to get the domain name. It’s the company’s second attempt to acquire […]

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