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Telegram applies for .gram top level domain name  57
Company hopes to offer second level domains to Telegram users. Communications platform Telegram has applied for the .gram top level dom...
Domain Name Wire - 8 hr 22 min ago
easyGroup applies for .easy top level domain name  76
Getting the domain won’t be .easy. easyGroup, the company famous for easyJet, easyCar, and a host of other companies using the ea...
Domain Name Wire - 13 hr 27 min ago
Name Space applies for 10 top level domains  80
Gerardo Aristizabal, who applied in the 2012 round, is participating in the 2026 new TLD round. Name Space LLC, a company backed by inv...
Domain Name Wire - 13 hr 55 min ago
Chinese company applies for over 100 new top level domains  136
Company’s website lists over 300 top level domain strings. A Chinese company says it has applied for more than 100 top level doma...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 13:1
Two more applicants disclose their top level domain strings  108
Suffix Domains and Phoenix Domain Partners disclose some of their applications. Over the weekend, I posted stories about a couple of ap...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 12:34
Inside LFG’s big bet on top level domains – DNW Podcast #600  105
ICANN received 1,600 TLD applications, and one company was behind a lot of them. The company was founded by a domain investor. Learn mo...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 11:30
Confusion reigns about new TLD resolution prior to Reveal Day  99
Applicant Guidebook interpretations vary among top level domain applicants. In the 2012 round of new top level domain expansion, ICANN ...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 10:32
Atom and Whois API make Inc. 5000 list  93
Atom and Whois API made the list, but Identity Digital is missing. Two domain name industry companies made the Inc. 5000 list this year...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 17, 2026 - 9:22
Michael Blend, Josh Jones team up for new top level domain names  130
Industry veterans join forces to apply for top level domains, announce eight of their applications. Two familiar faces in the domain na...
Domain Name Wire - Sunday, August 16, 2026 - 17:46
Exclusive: Oinkadot applies for 25 top level domains  165
Partnership brings together two longtime registrar CEOs. A new partnership has applied for 25 top level domain names in this year’...
Domain Name Wire - Saturday, August 15, 2026 - 15:7
Namecheap says services are back online after major outage  171
Cooling system failure in Phoenix caused hosting and email services to go down. Domain registrar and hosting company Namecheap said thi...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 14, 2026 - 17:52
.Factory becomes first known contention set  154
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 - Friday, August 14, 2026 - 16:46
TLD1 applies for .etc., .bewell, .joinus, and .whatsnew  163
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 - Friday, August 14, 2026 - 16:34
ICANN rejects request for new TLD application extension  145
Applicant filed request for reconsideration over top level domain application deadline. ICANN’s Board Accountability Mechanisms C...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 14, 2026 - 14:32
James Booth successfully defends .ai domain in cybersquatting dispute.  190
Combat sports gear company fails to take domain through cybersquatting claim. AI mega-investor James Booth has successfully defended on...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, August 14, 2026 - 9:12

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