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Time is running out: .com prices go up on November 1  280
Renew or transfer this month to postpone the price hike. .Com domain name registrants have just a few more weeks to renew at today̵...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 11:8
Inside the 345 dot-brand top level domain applications  254
Nearly 20% of new TLD applications are for dot-brands. Here are some interesting ones. ICANN published the full list of 1,616 top level...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 9:45
Beware of privacy issue when buying/selling a .si domain name  263
The seller can see the buyer’s address when the domain is transferred. There has been a flood of .si domain sales lately, and dom...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 8:25
Taylor Swift applies for her own top level domain  163
Music.taylorswift is coming to a browser near you. Pop star Taylor Swift is getting a new home on the web. The singer has applied for h...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 9:34
.Com report: Cloudflare keeps climbing  136
See the top domain registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 9:5
University of South Carolina beats the other USC to .usc  124
Sorry, USC in California. Another school will operate .usc. The University of South Carolina has applied for a top level domain name: ....
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 8:35
Booking.yeah could become an actual domain name  116
The travel booking site wants to create the .yeah TLD after using it in commercials for years. It’s been a joke among domain indu...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 8:12
Link Freedom Group chooses it final TLDs, swapping 19  136
Company replaces 19 of its proposed strings. Well, that was quick. Less than 24 hours after ICANN revealed which top level domains comp...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 8:1
XYZ revs up with 139 top level domain name applications  151
Company behind .xyz and 34 other TLDs makes a big splash. Daniel Negari’s new top level domain name empire is continuing to expan...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:51
.Org registry applies for eight top level domain names  150
Nonprofit looks to add more do-good domains to its portfolio. Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit that runs .org, is expanding its ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:40
Surprise? Intercap registry is one of biggest new TLD applicants  125
Smaller registry goes big with 71 new TLD applications. Intercap Registry is one of the biggest new top level domain applicants in the ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:27
Most contested top level domains: .agent, .lab(s), .bit  140
Unofficially, these TLDs have the most applicants. Today, ICANN released the full list of 1,616 new top level domain name applications ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 17:13
Squarespace gets into the domain registry business  147
Registrar applies for 15 top level domains. Domain name registrar and web presence platform Squarespace has thrown its hat into the rin...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 16:51
Amazon dials back top level domain ambitions in 2026 round  131
Company applies for eight dot-brand top level domain names. Tech giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was one of the largest applicants for new ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 16:40
Chinese new TLD applicant appears to have been fake  120
Why did someone create a fake applicant website? A Chinese company that said it applied for over 100 top level domain names was apparen...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 7, 2026 - 16:31

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