Domain Name Wire NEWS

Can you try to sell a domain you bought on a lease-to-own plan?  171
Atom’s terms forbid it. GoDaddy’s terms don’t. Is it OK to try to sell a domain name that you are buying through leas...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 10, 2026 - 12:19
.De domain holder warning: NIS2 requirements  118
.De registrants should pay close attention to their inbox. DENIC, the organization that manages Germany’s .de domain name, is imp...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 10, 2026 - 11:2
Sudden domain interest and keeping on top of your domain portfolio  148
Demand for domains is constantly changing, and so should your domain prices. I’m sure many people reading Domain Name Wire have o...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 9, 2026 - 13:10
End user domain sales: peptides  123
Two domains were sold to peptide businesses. For this end user sales report, I reviewed Sedo’s sales from mid-January to identify...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 13:57
U.S. defense contractor tries reverse hijacking open.space  90
Panelist rules against defense contractor, but domain registrant decides to change his project’s name. A major U.S. defense contr...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 11:35
New owners of Fyre Festival get FyreFestival.com through lawsuit  101
The group previously lost a cybersquatting dispute over the domain. A company trying to resurrect the doomed Fyre Festival has won the ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 12:31
Needy new TLD applicants might get bigger discount  75
Board considering extra funds to extend bigger discount to all qualified ASP applicants. ICANN plans to offer a steeper discount to new...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 11:53
Name.com provides registrant data to UDRP imposter  122
Imposter spoofed UDRP provider to get customer information and lock domain. On today’s DNW Podcast, John Berryhill mentioned a de...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 13:5
What could go wrong? – DNW Podcast #581  98
Learn what can go wrong in a domain transaction, and the steps to take to protect yourself. Most domain transactions go smoothly. When ...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 11:30
Behind the data: Domain registrar growth in 2025  86
Which registrars are growing, and what’s driving it? Last week, I published my monthly look at how domain name registrars are far...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 9:42
Musician Ivan Cornejo tries to reverse hijack a domain name  131
Panelist admonishes musician’s company and lawyers for filing cybersquatting case. Mexican-American singer and songwriter Ivan Co...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 13:33
March’s top domain name news stories  107
Stories about the state of web3 domain names and two humongous cybersquatting disputes were among the top stories in March. These were ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 9:26
2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare  132
See the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .co...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 13:2
Seven domain name registrars get the axe  124
The registrars were late on accreditation payments, and don’t appear to have been active. ICANN has sent termination notices to s...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 12:13
College sports endorsement business tries reverse domain name hijacking  118
Domain was registered before Complainant existed.  A company that connects college athletes with endorsement deals tried to reverse hij...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 11:52

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