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The big battle for .agent  107
Google, OpenAI, and Meta are among the companies fighting to control the .agent domain. Many predicted that .agent  would be very ...
Domain Name Wire - 9 hr 18 min ago
Dot-brands have a spotty track record. Why are companies applying again?  93
A new wave of applicants is betting on dot-brands despite limited adoption. Today, ICANN posted another termination notice from a dot-b...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 26, 2026 - 12:51
7,500 hand registrations, one year later  136
Josh Reason shares an update on his hand registration experiment. ...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 26, 2026 - 11:30
Will Verisign’s $171.4 million bet on .web pay off?  152
Verisign paid a lot for .web. We’re about to see what kind of return it will get. In an SEC filing yesterday, Verisign (NASDAQ: V...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 23, 2026 - 11:15
Verisign sets another registration record, .web sunrise in December  175
13.1 million new .com/.net registrations set another record. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported third-quarter earnings this afternoon. Th...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 22, 2026 - 17:3
Afternic released its Portfolio API. Here’s how to use it  161
New API makes it possible to integrate with other tools and manage your portfolio. Afternic’s Portfolio API is now open to all se...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 22, 2026 - 15:58
Green energy company tries UDRP after three failed purchase attempts  149
DLA Piper represents green energy firm in bad cybersquatting claim. A Danish green energy company has been found guilty (pdf) of revers...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 22, 2026 - 11:30
.Qa domains get new restrictions: change your nameservers now  136
People outside Qatar and domain investors should take note. Qatar is adding new restrictions to second level .qa domain registrations, ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 11:43
auDA plans to grandfather existing .com.au and .net.au registrants  128
Move could save millions of domain registrations from the chopping block. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s .au cou...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 10:45
Eighteen end user domain sales including .si  143
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 - Wednesday, October 21, 2026 - 9:19
Man tries to reverse hijack lotto domain name  129
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  119
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  108
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  90
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  141
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

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