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August’s top domain name stories  21
New TLDs stole the show last month. August was a super busy month in the domain business thanks to the new top level domain application...
Domain Name Wire - 54 min ago
Discontinuation of third-level .name domains leaves some in a lurch  108
People will soon loses their email addresses and websites. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) is discontinuing third-level .name domain registrati...
Domain Name Wire - 17 hr 13 min ago
Sedo end user domain sales up to $75,000  163
A cosmetic surgeon, an agricultural equipment company, and a huge office furniture business bought domain names. OK, we’re almost...
Domain Name Wire - 19 hr 29 min ago
.Com rankings: Squarespace leaps Tucows  115
Squarespace keeps growing and is now the fourth-largest registrar for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registr...
Domain Name Wire - 23 hr 12 min ago
Customer sues TrustName over stolen domains  160
Customer says its losing $70,000 in daily revenue from one of the domains. Oath Research, LLC, has sued (pdf) domain registrar FewMoreT...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 3, 2026 - 8:55
Puma loses cybersquatting dispute for Mexican domain name  157
Domain owner has a portfolio of animal-themed domain names. Shoe and athleticwear company Puma has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 12:45
Domain investor files lawsuit after losing $53k domain in UDRP  188
Runner-up bidder won a UDRP against winner of expired domain auction. Domain name investment firm Mira Holdings has filed a lawsuit (pd...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 9:11
Chess group applies for .chess as community top level domain  137
Application is the first known for .chess. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and World Chess (LSE: CHSS), FIDE’s official...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 18:25
TrustName customers report domain thefts after ICANN de-accreditation notice  129
Customers question TrustName’s response to alleged unauthorized transfers. Several customers of TrustName, a domain registrar tha...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 12:17
Registered Agents applies for six top level domains, starts RSP  147
Company that owns Epik domain registrar throws its hat into the top level domain ring. Registered Agents Inc. has applied for six top l...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 11:53
What domains Maglite and other businesses recently acquired  135
Flashlight maker is among end user domain name buyers. We’re still catching up on end user reports at Sedo. This one covers sales...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 8:58
Panelist doesn’t take the bait, denies Wal-Mart’s cybersquatting claim  197
Wal-Mart Mexico tried to get domain related to its mobile phone service. Wal-Mart de México, S.A.B. de C.V., Wal-Mart’s Mexican a...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 31, 2026 - 13:3
Lovable removes excuse for developers to view lingerie site at work  207
Popular vibe coding platform acquires the matching .com domain name. Earlier this month, vibe coding platform Lovable announced it rais...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 31, 2026 - 12:26
My domain investing year so far – DNW Podcast #602  208
The numbers behind my record year. Two-thirds of the year is in the books, and what a year it has been. Technology is changing quickly,...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 31, 2026 - 11:30
ICANN de-accredits “bulletproof” domain registrar  183
Registrar that catered to registrants likely to receive DNS abuse complaints loses its accreditation. In the end, it wasn’t as bu...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 28, 2026 - 11:22

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