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Internet tops 400 million domain names  14
Surge in registrations pushes domain base over 400 million for the first time. There are now more than 400 million registered domain na...
Domain Name Wire - 36 min ago
This year’s top domain sales  28
DNJournal editor Ron Jackson joins me to discuss this year’s top sales so far. Half of 2026 is in the books, so I invited DNJourn...
Domain Name Wire - 1 hr 19 min ago
Team Internet reports first half results, no news on acquisition  141
Revenue declined in all but the Comparison segment. Team Internet (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF) provided a financial update for the first ha...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, July 24, 2026 - 10:17
UDRP decisions up 12% year over year  118
Growth in cybersquatting cases increased in second quarter of this year. The number of UDRP decisions in Q2 was up 12% year over year, ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, July 24, 2026 - 9:47
Verisign analysis: record quarter, .web match plan, and more  107
Verisign reported a stellar second quarter of the year. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon that show that .com co...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, July 23, 2026 - 17:44
Verisign finally gets .web, plans to launch domain this year  118
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 - Thursday, July 23, 2026 - 8:13
OpusDNS domain registrar changes pricing model  121
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  98
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  205
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  119
.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  144
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  111
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  136
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  90
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  101
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

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