Domain Name Wire NEWS

$1.4 million of previously unreleased new TLD sales:  781
New TLD sales of up to $250,000. Identity Digital has released to Domain Name Wire the details of 36 “platinum” domain name...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, May 26, 2023 - 9:12
Chat.com sells for 8 figures AGAIN  990
He might have sold it to the other company that tried to buy it earlier. Earlier this year, entrepreneur Dharmesh Shah acquired chat.co...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 12:2
Voice over domain names? Namecheap files interesting patent application  638
Namecheap’s application describes a way to call people by domain name. Domain name registrar Namecheap has filed a U.S. patent ap...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 11:22
Malware claim leads to reverse domain name hijacking  451
Complainant cited Whois privacy service’s details to suggest an association with malware distribution. Markel Corporation has bee...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 11:18
Painless.com UDRP is painful  446
Ouch. A dental supply company has lost a cybersquatting dispute in which it tried to grab the valuable domain painless.com. Benco Denta...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 10:57
This week’s ccTLD end user domain sales bonanza  507
A florist, a dream interpretation site, and a furniture design company bought domain names. China, Germany, Italy, Austria, United Stat...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 11:57
My new favorite AI domain generator  557
I feel like a hand-registration genius. AI-powered domain name generators are opening many people’s eyes to the quality of domain...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 9:15
Going once, going twice… – DNW Podcast #437  198
Get ready for next week’s live domain name auction. NamesCon is next week, and that means it’s time for another live domain name auctio...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, May 22, 2023 - 11:30
Getting hotter: AI, Bet  350
AI is still very hot. Today, Afternic published the top keywords in aftermarket domain sales from March. Let’s start with the lis...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 16:39
PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards  306
More awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 13:19
Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking  628
Panelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has foun...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 11:11
.Web may face more delays as Altanovo fights on  877
Deja vu. Not so fast (or slow, as you might observe). Just weeks after ICANN’s board decided the organization should move forward...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 21:17
Dynadot opposes ENS’s request to transfer eth.link  1132
Registrar says it would allow ENS to escape jurisdiction. ENS and Virgil Griffith sued Dynadot in September 2022 after the registrar so...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 12:14
18 recent end user domain sales  1119
A power company, a movie theater subscription service, and a cardboard marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top two sales this...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 11:57
Epik customer amends lawsuit over worries of asset sale  571
Matthew Adkisson is worried that an asset sale would leave people like him holding the bag. A man who sued domain name registrar Epik b...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, May 15, 2023 - 17:48

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