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ICANN’s second RSP application round ends August 12  38
Companies have about a month left to apply to provide backend registry services for new top level domains. New top level domain name ap...
Domain Name Wire - 2 hr 45 min ago
Atom inks distribution agreement with Dynadot  111
Two-way agreement will syndicate listings between the two platforms. Two years after announcing its Atom Distribution Network, domain s...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 11:40
Germany’s .de domain name crosses 18 million DUMs  70
Milestone comes five years after hitting the 17 million mark. DENIC, the organization that runs Germany’s .de domain name, announ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 11:18
Thirty-nine domains end users bought at Atom last month  148
Many AI businesses and several lead generation companies bought domain names last month. In May, I published my first Atom end user sal...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 9:6
Chicago.com domain donated to public media, to launch this fall  119
After changing hands a few times, Chicago Public Media is launching chicago.com. Chicago.com is about to get a new life. Josh Metnick s...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - 13:32
French real estate firm tries to reverse hijack domain name  102
Company tried to get .com that matches its .fr domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) tha...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 8, 2026 - 12:39
Seventeen new end user domain name sales  156
A wound care company, a cold-pressed juice business, and an AI company in Africa bought domain names. It was a slow sales week overall ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - 10:51
Gold, a cop, and domain shenanigans – DNW Podcast #594  104
Rob Schutz went to great lengths to close this domain deal. We all have our war stories about trying to acquire domains from stubborn s...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, July 6, 2026 - 11:30
June’s top stories  159
A lawsuit, my experience testing domain appraisal tools, and Team Internet’s antitrust claim were top news on DomainNameWire.com ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, July 3, 2026 - 9:50
Financial firm files a “poster child” reverse domain name hijacking case  138
Panelist admonishes company for complaint over creditGPT.com domain. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has determined...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 2, 2026 - 12:35
.Com rankings: GMO surges in a banner month for .com  112
GMO nearly tripled its monthly registrations, and it was a good month for .com overall.  ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-re...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 2, 2026 - 11:48
Did this UDRP decision actually involve a trademark dispute?  113
Panelist orders domain transferred, but it seems like a complex trademark dispute. I write about many UDRP cases where a complaint is d...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - 13:58
Texas gets porn site domain suspended for violating age verification requirements  179
Domain owner must post $9.14 million bond to get domain back. The State of Texas has successfully used its age verification law to get ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - 13:24
How I’m adapting my domain investing  182
I’m focusing more on hand registration and repricing my tech domains. I’ve recently made significant changes to how I acqui...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - 9:45
Ten new end user domain name sales  157
A networking company, a fiber laser cutting tool distributor, and an industrial fluids company bought domains this week. Sedo’s t...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - 13:54

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