Domain Name Wire NEWS

.Qa domains get new restrictions: change your nameservers now  29
People outside Qatar and domain investors should take note. Qatar is adding new restrictions to second level .qa domain registrations, ...
Domain Name Wire - 1 hr 27 min ago
auDA plans to grandfather existing .com.au and .net.au registrants  36
Move could save millions of domain registrations from the chopping block. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s .au cou...
Domain Name Wire - 2 hr 25 min ago
Eighteen end user domain sales including .si  73
A couple of companies bought .si domains for defensive purposes. Looking at some of this week’s sales at Sedo, it’s clear t...
Domain Name Wire - 3 hr 51 min ago
Man tries to reverse hijack lotto domain name  101
Complaint filed against the generic name of a lotto-style game. An Indian man tried to reverse-hijack the domain name sattamatkajico .c...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 12:46
Report: cheap domains, bulk registrations, subdomains favored among cybercriminals  96
Latest Interisle report continues on themes from previous years. Security firm Interisle released its annual Cybercrime Supply Chain 20...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 11:58
Geo TLD applications plummet in 2026 round  84
The number of geo domain name applications was down significantly from the previous new TLD round. In 2012, new top level domain applic...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 11:1
Escrow.com sees summer slowdown for domain sales  71
Company expects a bounceback in Q4. Escrow.com’s parent company, Freelancer Limited (ASX: FLN; OTCQX: FRLCY), released a Q3 busin...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 20, 2026 - 9:11
Meta (Facebook) needs Colombian department’s permission to get .meta TLD  119
Meta is a geographic name under ICANN’s new top level domain rules. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) applied for the .meta top level...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 13:27
I went to Japan to relax, but ICANN had other plans  126
A 3 a.m. wake-up call, 1,616 TLD applications, and Japan’s weird web. One thing I love about what I do for a living is that I can...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 12:1
Behind the scenes at the .si registry – DNW Podcast #608  116
How Donald Trump’s proclamation led to an overnight transformation for Slovenia’s .si country code domain. For Barbara Povše and her te...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 19, 2026 - 11:30
Woman faces changing 211 accounts after .name domain termination  121
Woman says termination of third-level .name domains has created a full-time job. Earlier this week, I wrote that I think ICANN and Veri...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 14:23
Abion acquires Brandsec, expanding its IP protection business  122
IP protection company makes inroads in Australia and New Zealand with acquisition. Intellectual property and domain management company ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 10:34
Citizen journalist turns to courts to stop game of domain whac-a-mole  83
After winning UDRP, respondent registered more domains related to the complainant. A citizen journalist who won a UDRP against a porn s...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 16, 2026 - 9:22
Domain registrars push back on Australian domain name changes  147
Ten registrars ask auDA board to reverse course on change that could impact majority of .com.au and .net.au domain registrations. A gro...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 11:38
End user sales: here comes .si  135
End users are buying .si domains, but so far it seems mostly for defensive purposes. Domain investors have been piling into .si domains...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 9:2

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