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Woman faces changing 211 accounts after .name domain termination  77
Woman says termination of third-level .name domains has created a full-time job. Earlier this week, I wrote that I think ICANN and Veri...
Domain Name Wire - 16 hr 17 min ago
Abion acquires Brandsec, expanding its IP protection business  89
IP protection company makes inroads in Australia and New Zealand with acquisition. Intellectual property and domain management company ...
Domain Name Wire - 20 hr 6 min ago
Citizen journalist turns to courts to stop game of domain whac-a-mole  70
After winning UDRP, respondent registered more domains related to the complainant. A citizen journalist who won a UDRP against a porn s...
Domain Name Wire - 21 hr 18 min ago
Domain registrars push back on Australian domain name changes  121
Ten registrars ask auDA board to reverse course on change that could impact majority of .com.au and .net.au domain registrations. A gro...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 11:38
End user sales: here comes .si  119
End users are buying .si domains, but so far it seems mostly for defensive purposes. Domain investors have been piling into .si domains...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 15, 2026 - 9:2
PIR (.org) names .Org Impact Awards winnners  112
Latin American organization TECHO wins .Org of the Year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization behind .org domains, held its...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - 15:5
Verisign and ICANN should reverse course on third-level .name domains  134
The reputational damage will hurt both organizations. Over the past week, two more registrants of third-level .name domains have filed ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, October 14, 2026 - 12:27
The ease of building web apps seems to be driving aftermarket sales in 2026  172
Four out of five domains I’ve sold this year have already been developed. One explanation for an increase in aftermarket domain s...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - 11:11
Thirty-six end user sales from Atom  165
Companies are developing these thirty-six domains purchased at Atom last month. Atom had a strong sales month in September, judging by ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 13, 2026 - 9:26
New Atom app makes it easier to respond to domain offers  160
Atom Seller app provides a simpler way to complete most common tasks. Atom launched a dedicated iPhone app last month. After using it f...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 12, 2026 - 12:35
Rick and the Beanstalk- DNW Podcast #607  175
How Rick Schwartz is getting his valuable domains into the hands of builders. For three decades, Rick Schwartz has been building a port...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 12, 2026 - 11:30
Twenty-eight European ccTLDs end users bought  166
A butcher restaurant, a crypto platform, and a skincare business bought domain names at Nameshift. Nameshift is a domain sales platform...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 12, 2026 - 9:24
Time is running out: .com prices go up on November 1  324
Renew or transfer this month to postpone the price hike. .Com domain name registrants have just a few more weeks to renew at today̵...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 11:8
Inside the 345 dot-brand top level domain applications  282
Nearly 20% of new TLD applications are for dot-brands. Here are some interesting ones. ICANN published the full list of 1,616 top level...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 9:45
Beware of privacy issue when buying/selling a .si domain name  293
The seller can see the buyer’s address when the domain is transferred. There has been a flood of .si domain sales lately, and dom...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, October 9, 2026 - 8:25

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