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Namecheap says services are back online after major outage  59
Cooling system failure in Phoenix caused hosting and email services to go down. Domain registrar and hosting company Namecheap said thi...
Domain Name Wire - 5 hr 22 min ago
.Factory becomes first known contention set  58
Two people who previously ran .club are back at it, this time with .factory. USA Made in America Inc. announced today that it has appli...
Domain Name Wire - 6 hr 28 min ago
TLD1 applies for .etc., .bewell, .joinus, and .whatsnew  61
Founder of company has a close tie to a longtime fixture in the domain industry. TLD1 LLC, a new company based in South Carolina, annou...
Domain Name Wire - 6 hr 40 min ago
ICANN rejects request for new TLD application extension  59
Applicant filed request for reconsideration over top level domain application deadline. ICANN’s Board Accountability Mechanisms C...
Domain Name Wire - 8 hr 42 min ago
James Booth successfully defends .ai domain in cybersquatting dispute.  131
Combat sports gear company fails to take domain through cybersquatting claim. AI mega-investor James Booth has successfully defended on...
Domain Name Wire - 14 hr 2 min ago
ICANN: 1,600 new top level domain applications submitted  131
Applications down slightly from 2012 round. ICANN announced today that it received 1,600 applications for top level domain names by the...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, August 13, 2026 - 20:57
GoDaddy opens updated Auctions API to all users  143
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 - Thursday, August 13, 2026 - 12:51
.AI sales hit $37.7 million at Escrow.com last quarter  121
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 - Thursday, August 13, 2026 - 10:50
LFG! New top level domain applicant reveals hundreds of strings  139
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 - Thursday, August 13, 2026 - 9:1
PIR (.org) names Impact Award finalists, Karamo as MC  126
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  118
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  113
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  143
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  140
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  164
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

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