Domain News
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ICANN hopes to accept TLD applications in early 2026
A preliminary date is set for “new new” TLDs. ICANN hopes to begin accepting applications for the next round of…
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WordPress offers 1 million free transfers for domains at Google Domains
Company hopes to siphon off domains headed to Squarespace. WordPress.com is offering to foot the bill for up to 1…
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Rejected former director threatens to sue Nominet
The person Nominet barred from standing in its non-executive director election this year says he was unfairly excluded and intends…
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Sedo releases 3 weeks of sales data
Sedo is releasing three weeks of sales data today. A lot of data here, a lot of names that sold…
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Doria leaving ICANN board a loss for new gTLD program
ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its 2023 selections for many of the Org’s leadership positions, and the big shocker is…
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Last month to renew .com domains before prices go up
The clock is ticking to renew domains at today’s prices. It’s August, which means the clock is ticking to save…
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Google just started treating .ai as a gTLD in June of this year
SearchEngineJournal.com published a piece on how Google treats.ai. As most know .ai domains have been doing very well this year…
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Domain investing updates – DNW Podcast #446
How my domain investing year is going. Two months ago I did a solo episode where I covered my domain…
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Namecheap Domain Insights and Trends Report 2023
Namecheap released their Domain Insights & Trends Report for 2023. The report takes a look at which extensions are performing…
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Namecheap publishes interesting 2023 domain data
Company discloses hot top level domains, renewal rates and more. .Com accounted for 40% of domain registration at Namecheap in…
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Verisign: China weighs on .com, .net prices going up
Soft demand in China hurts Verisign’s quarter. The .com and .net name base grew 0.1% year over year and fell…
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Verisign Q2 2023 Earnings beat estimates
VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported second quarter EPS of $1.79. This was $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $1.76. Revenue…
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Moving my personal website from Weebly to Carrd
Carrd is easy to use and inexpensive for simple websites. Five years ago, I tested out website developers, including Weebly.…
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Real estate company tries Plan B reverse domain name hijacking
Company neglected to inform panel about its attempts to buy the domain name. A UDRP panel has found that real…