ICANN Contract Parties Summit going to Manchester in April Domain registrars and registries will meet in England this April. ICANN's annual Contract Parties Summit (CPS) will take place in Manchester, England, from April 27-29. Despite the somewhat off-putting name, CPS is one of ICANN's more…

Top .com domain registrars: Dynadot tops 3 million A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers October 2025. Here are some…

Verisign reports earnings, plans future product launch, and hints at price increase Company says it will launch its first new product in a long time, and suggests it will announce a .com price increase in April. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the market closed today. Full year…

Walkthrough: Atom’s new Domain Hunter system Domain Hunter sifts through inventory to find best domains to register or bid on. Atom has rolled out its new Domain Hunter system on an invite-only basis. (Domain investors can get on the waitlist here.) Domain Hunter combines domain spinning,…

Former blockchain.ai owner dismisses lawsuit Man who let domain expire gives up on lawsuit. The former owner of blockchain.ai has voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Identity Digital, CentralNic, Namecheap, and OnlyDomains. The dispute began when the domain expired and went through the…

Trademarkia and Atom settle trademark dispute Parties voluntarily dismiss lawsuit involving Atom's trademark search platform. Trademarkia and Atom have settled a trademark dispute involving the domain name trademark.io. The companies filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on Wednesday. Legalforce,…

Unstoppable Domains announces new pricing starting next month Super-cheap registrations to be replaced with still cheap registrations. I don't usually write about domain registrars changing prices, but an update from Unstoppable Domains is newsworthy. The registrar has attracted significant…

Emma Stone has an important domain name message in Squarespace Super Bowl ad Squarespace Super Bowl commercial features iconic actress. Squarespace is returning to the Super Bowl this month with another ad. This one features actress Emma Stone, lamenting that emmastone.com is taken. In an extended…

.Mobile domain names become available today Dish DBS launches .mobile domains, and an SEO specialist says it's already helped her a lot. It seems a bit odd to write about a new top level domain from the 2012 round going live this week, given that applications for the next round open in just a few…

AI companies drive aftermarket sales at Sedo Six of 13 identified end user sales involve AI companies or technologies. Two things jumped out at me while reviewing Sedo's sales list for the past week. First is how AI businesses continue to drive aftermarket sales. Six of the 13 end user buyers…

Gaming PC company “invents legal principles”, tries reverse domain name hijacking Company files cybersquatting claim against domain registered well before it existed. A Russian company that makes gaming PCs has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Khaiper PK, aka Hyper PC, filed the…

French bank tries to reverse hijack another four letter domain Bank tried to reverse hijack one of GoDaddy's domain names, shortly after another RDNH finding for a four letter domain. A French financial institution tried to reverse hijack a four letter .com domain name, a World Intellectual…

Nordic Domain Days gears up for international conference in May Conference takes place in Stockholm this May. Nordic Domain Days is gearing up for the eleventh anniversary of its original standalone event. This year's conference will take place May 24-26 in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference…

Bed Bath & Beyond buying tokens.com domain name for $2.245 million Company acquires valuable domain on payment plan. Bed Bath & Beyond, formerly Overstock, has entered into an agreement to acquire the domain name tokens.com for $2.245 million. According to a press release from the seller,…

.AI domain name prices going up $20 Registry is increasing prices by 14% on March 5. Registering and renewing .ai domain names is about to get more expensive. The .ai domain name has become extremely popular during the artificial intelligence boom. This has created a windfall for Anguilla, the…

Unstoppable Domains plots its next move – DNW Podcast #572 Domain registrar hopes to build on strong year and looks ahead to new top level domains. After a year of strong growth at its domain name registrar, Unstoppable Domains is looking forward to building on the momentum in 2026. On today's…

ICANN publishes initial list of RSPs for new top level domain names 28 companies have passed technical screening to offer registry services. ICANN has published a list of Registry Service Providers (RSPs) that have already passed their technical screening. Some of the RSPs have also cleared…

Company tires to reverse hijack fin.com domain name Long-shot UDRP against a valuable domain goes nowhere. A UDRP panel has found that Financial Information Network, Inc. tried to reverse hijack the valuable domain name fin.com. The company uses the domain name fingps.com. While the domain…

Namecheap releases 2025 registration data Domain registrar releases interesting data about domain registrations. Namecheap has published its 2025 Domain Insights & Trends Report, sharing data specific to Namecheap and Spaceship registrations last year. Overall, Namecheap customers registered 11.64…

GoDaddy stock falls below $100 threshold Stock dips below psychological threshold as tech stocks fall. Shares of domain name registrar and website company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) fell below $100 today, to roughly $99.75. A drop of about 3.5% as of 12:25 pm ET today is part of an overall rout in tech…

Government of Monaco loses cybersquatting case against Monaco.com Roll of the dice fails to secure valuable domain name. The government of Monaco has lost a cybersquatting claim against the domain name Monaco.com. Through its trademark holding company, Monaco Brands, the government licenses the…

Bob Mountain joins D3 After leaving GoDaddy a year ago, Bob Mountain will now head business development at D3. A year after leaving the domain name industry, Bob Mountain is back. D3 announced today that Mountain has joined the firm as Chief Commercial and Revenue Officer. Mountain will oversee…

Namecheap sells Handshake marketplace Namebase Buyers of the Handshake-based platform haven't been identified. Domain name registrar Namecheap has sold Namebase, a marketplace for buying and selling Handshake names. The new owners haven't been revealed, and the "About" page on Namebase.io still…

Etihad Airways tries reverse hijacking .AI domain name World Intellectual Property Organization panel admonishes airline in cybersquatting dispute. Etihad Airways, the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has been found (pdf) to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name etihad.ai. The…

Domain investor sues after losing UDRP Mira Holdings asks court for help after losing cybersquatting case. A domain name investment company has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to stay the domain transfer from a recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution case. Earlier this month, I wrote about Temco…

Domain Names in Las Vegas – DNW Podcast #571 On the ground from the Internet Commerce Association annual meeting. Earlier this month, Internet Commerce Association held its annual meeting in Las Vegas. As I often do at domain events, I walked around with a recorder to capture people's thoughts on…

All pain, no gains: man tries to reverse hijack gains.com WIPO panel rules aspirational entrepreneur filed a cybersquatting claim in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) Axel Sylvian van den Braken to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name gains.com.…

Boot company gets Freebird.com domain name through lawsuit Domain owner didn't show up to defend the domain name. The boot company Freebird Life, which uses the domain freebirdstores.com, just got an inexpensive domain name upgrade: a court has awarded the domain name freebird.com to it. The…

Heavy metal band Slipknot dismisses lawsuit over slipknot.com domain Band never served the domain name owner. The heavy metal band Slipknot has voluntarily dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit it filed against the domain name slipknot.com. Slipknot.com was registered in 2001, and the band was formed…

This week’s end user domain name sales An engraving machine company, a benefits provider, and a sticker marketplace bought domain names this week. We're now caught up on Sedo sales lists after the holidays, so this list includes sales completed over the past week. Sedo had some interesting domain…

Google RSOC comes to registrar parked pages Domain registrar GoDaddy is adjusting to the end of AdSense for Domains. When Google AdSense for Domains went away last year, it created a particular challenge for domain name registrars. For decades, registrars have monetized domains that their…

GoDaddy Auctions adds “Hidden Gems” for searched domains Search filter finds domains that otherwise might not be on your radar. GoDaddy Auctions has launched a "Hidden Gems" search for all users. Hidden Gems shows domain names that have been searched for availability on GoDaddy within the past…

Book disclaimer warns about outdated domain names Books are forever. Website content is not. When a book is published, its words stay there forever. That includes links or references to domain names. This can be a problem if the domain in the book later points to another website. Consider what…

CSC Domain Security Report finds growth in DMARC and registry lock adoption Report shows growth in DMARC, but slow adoption of other security measures. Corporate domain name registrar CSC has published its 2026 Domain Security Report, which evaluates the domain security hygiene of Global 2000…

Chinese man won’t give up his fight for valuable one-letter .com domains Man's 17-year quest to obtain short .com domains continues. A Chinese man doesn't seem willing to give up his fight to secure reserved one- and two-letter .com domain names. Minjie Zheng filed lawsuits in China in 2008, 2011,…

Team Internet says talks to sell domain business are progressing well Company hopes domain assets will fetch more than its current market cap. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF) announced today that discussions to sell its domain business are "progressing well," and that its 2025…

End user domain sales: Holiday edition, including USDC domain sale These domains sold over the winter holidays, including one bought by the company behind the USDC stablecoin. The holidays can be slow for domain name sales. In this post, I'm combining Sedo's public sales from the two holiday…

Internet Commerce Association’s annual meeting was a hit once again About 200 domain investors and domain business representatives gathered in Las Vegas last week. Internet Commerce Association held its annual member meeting last week in Las Vegas, and it once again proved why it's a must-attend…

My 2025 domain sales results – DNW Podcast #570 I break down the stats for my year in domain investing. On recent episodes, domain investors Doron Vermaat and Braden Pollock have shared their domain sales results from the past year. There will be more episodes like this in the future. But this…

NamesCon and CloudFest USA set 2026 dates and venue Shows returning to Ice Palace in Miami. Organizers of the NamesCon and CloudFest conferences have revealed that the events will take place November 11-12 this year. The shows are returning to Miami, which is no surprise. But it is a bit…

14 Sedo end user domain name sales A Morse code translation site, an indie gaming studio, and an AI-powered video generation tool bought domain names. Sedo has published its sales reports from the holiday break. For this post, I dug into end user sales that were completed by December 21. You can…

WIPO handles record number of domain disputes in 2025 Cases have been nearly flat in the past few years at the largest UDRP service. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published data about its domain name caseload in 2025. The organization is the most popular venue for disputes…

Four interesting domain names in the wild These three new top level domains and a .com popped out to me. Over the holidays, I saw a lot of non-.com domains in the wild, as well as a great .com domain. Let's start with one I saw while walking around the Capitol Hill area of Seattle: Honestly, if…

ICANN nukes another small domain name registrar Hong Kong registrar loses its accreditation. Another day, another domain registrar losing its accreditation. Yesterday, ICANN notified (pdf) 0101 Internet, Inc., a Hong Kong-based registrar, that it is being terminated. The notice came a day after…

This week’s end user domain name sales at Sedo An LLM company, an online Tennis store, and a custom rug business bought domain names. Sedo's weekly sales lists are back! The list below covers the most recent list published by Sedo this week. The top public sale of the week was midnight.com, which…

Atom launching AtomEdge with discounts for domain investors New registrar will offer at-cost domains and commission reductions to customers with at least 100 domains. As it prepares to launch its domain registrar to the public, Atom has announced a new program offering discounts to domain…

New TLD Kickstarter campaign reaches its goal Campaign surpasses €80,000 fundraising goal. A nonprofit that turned to Kickstarter to raise funds for its new top level domain ambitions has met its fundraising goal. dotMeow Foundation, a Belgian nonprofit that aims to promote social inclusion,…

Targeting “a” trademark holder vs. “the” trademark holder Domain owner admitted the Complainant was one of the companies that would be interested in its domain, but that there were many others. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered (pdf) the domain name temco.com transferred…

ICANN hosting new TLD webinars ahead of April 30 application window Two sessions this month will help applicants understand the process. Well, this is the year. For the first time since 2012, entities wishing to control their own top level domain name can apply. The window to apply is tight,…

A weaker U.S. dollar changes the economics of domain deals Currency swings could influence aftermarket transactions. 2025 was not a good year for the U.S. dollar. Compared to a basket of currencies, it was down nearly 10% last year. This is one reason U.S. residents investing in foreign stocks did…