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GoDaddy opens updated Auctions API to all users  54
All bidders can  now access API to search, bid, and buy domains. GoDaddy has opened its Auctions API to all auction members. With the u...
Domain Name Wire - 4 hr 10 min ago
.AI sales hit $37.7 million at Escrow.com last quarter  50
The party continues for .ai domain investors. Escrow.com released its Q2 Domain Investment Index (pdf) this week. It turns out the comp...
Domain Name Wire - 6 hr 11 min ago
LFG! New top level domain applicant reveals hundreds of strings  85
Link Freedom Group has revealed its strings. Top level domain registry Link Freedom Group (LFG) has disclosed more than 300 strings sub...
Domain Name Wire - 8 hr 0 min ago
PIR (.org) names Impact Award finalists, Karamo as MC  109
Each finalist is guaranteed a donation prize in this year’s contest. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind .org domai...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 12:55
Ethereum Name Service takes key step toward .ens  110
New foundation structure clears a hurdle for ENS’s new TLD application. Ethereum Name Service has a new entity, clearing the path...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 12:12
Web3 naming companies face steep challenges in new TLD round  107
Existing web3 namespace providers could face some of the toughest integration hurdles. Organizations involved with existing web3 naming...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - 11:50
GoDaddy auction offers a real-world test of domain liquidation  140
One domain industry veteran is selling off his 500-domain portfolio in this week’s auction. GoDaddy’s first-ever “liq...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - 14:47
What domains Wix and others bought through Afternic  137
Twenty-seven end user domain name sales. This week, as Sedo continues its respite from sending sales lists, we’re turning to Afte...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - 11:8
Domain buyer balks at $1,000 price, spends more on losing UDRP  158
A $1,000 purchase would have been cheaper and avoided a reverse domain name hijacking finding. A UK man filed a cybersquatting claim th...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 10, 2026 - 12:32
NamesCon is changing in 2026 – DNW Podcast #599  129
A look at what to expect at this year’s show. Last year, NamesCon moved to Miami for its first conference under new ownership. Th...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 10, 2026 - 11:30
.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace and more  131
Top four registrars had month-over-month declines in .com registrations. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 10, 2026 - 9:35
Last month’s top domain name stories  102
Telegram’s domain suspension, the U.S. trying to seize a valuable domain name, and .web were top stories in July. These were the ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 7, 2026 - 9:58
Tucows posts lower domain revenue in Q2  88
Impact from large customer loss is mostly over. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings yesterday. The company’s domain name busin...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 7, 2026 - 8:55
Who recently bought .ai domains, and what they sold for previously  158
If only you could turn back the clock five years. Today, Namecheap founder Richard Kirkendall posted 30 .ai domain sales completed on t...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, August 6, 2026 - 14:52
Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking  104
Founder’s Reddit post hurt its case, but it would have lost anyway. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Le...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, August 6, 2026 - 8:55

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