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Verisign analysis: record quarter, .web match plan, and more  56
Verisign reported a stellar second quarter of the year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon that show that .com co...
Domain Name Wire - 9 hr 39 min ago
Verisign finally gets .web, plans to launch domain this year  88
The company paid $135 million in a 2016 auction before a drawn-out dispute. Finally. After a decade of fighting, Verisign announced yes...
Domain Name Wire - 19 hr 10 min ago
OpusDNS domain registrar changes pricing model  100
Company to refund monthly fees paid so far this year. Upstart domain name registrar OpusDNS has changed its pricing model, eschewing mo...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 10:15
Radix posts more premium domain growth led by .tech, .space  85
New TLD operator hits another record for new premium domain registrations. This week, Radix reported (pdf) high-level details of its pr...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 9:19
United States sues to seize Egypt.com domain name  191
Government says creator of illicit Abacus Market is the ultimate owner of the domain. The United States Government has filed a lawsuit ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 18:32
Wholesale .IO registration cost increasing to $56  110
.IO and four other TLDs will see price increases in January. Renewing .io domain names continues to get more expensive. Identity Digita...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 12:35
End user domain sales including a $30k .dev  129
SkiResort.com sells for $80k; .dev domain banks $30k. I bet many people in the Northern hemisphere wish they were on the ski slopes rig...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 12:16
Cybersquatter regains domain after post-UDRP transfer blunder  102
After losing a UDRP, the cybersquatter managed to get the domain back when the complainant transferred the domain to another registrar....
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 11:15
Mining company tries to hijack four letter .com domain  129
Company acknowledged the domain was registered before it existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) t...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, July 20, 2026 - 12:5
The new top level domain playbook – DNW Podcast #596  84
What new top level domain name applicants should know about running a TLD. The clock is ticking down if you want to apply for a top lev...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, July 20, 2026 - 11:30
Atom proposes domain ownership verification protocol  95
DomainAttest makes it easier for marketplaces and domain sellers to verify ownership. Domain name marketplace Atom announced a new init...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, July 20, 2026 - 10:0
Company files UDRP after making $103,750 offer for domain name  131
Panel rules no-code company Glide failed case in bad faith. No-code app building company typeguard, inc. dba Glide, has been found (pdf...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, July 20, 2026 - 9:15
Two AI startups chose the same brand name. Now they’re headed to court.  173
The case could test how broadly companies leveraging AI can claim trademark rights. You launch your company on TryKepler.ai. Another st...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 14:15
Five ways to get more out of NameBio  130
NameBio can be a powerful tool if you know how to use it. I was talking to a domain investor a few months ago who said he didn’t ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 12:13
Vint Cerf to advise Identity Digital division working on AI agent identification standard  114
Key creator of the internet joins Innovation Labs Advisory Board. Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers of the internet”, is advis...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 14:3

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