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Even after high-profile domain hijackings, many companies don't use this low-cost service for added protection. In 2013, a hacker gained access to The New York Times' domain registrar account and changed the nameservers. It was an attack the publication could have avoided if it had used Verisign Registry Lock. Registry Lock adds another layer of [&...
DNS Magnitude rankings are a surprising way to look at top level domain popularity. Cloudflare announced today that it is publishing new data related to top level domains and their popularity. The new section in Cloudflare Radar ranks top level domains by their "DNS Magnitude", which is a measure of how many unique clients send […] Post link:...
Verisign provides data after short seller raises alarm. Shares in Verisign plummeted on Friday before swiftly recovering. It was a bit surprising to see the decline after Thursday's earnings release. It seemed like the company had a solid quarter and, more importantly, things were looking up for domain growth. But Verisign created an opening with [...
Exploring hype vs. reality in web3 and domain names. There's been a lot more noise lately about web3 and how blockchain can be applied to domain names. Domain investor Shane Cultra is well-versed in this intersection, so I asked him to come on the show to separate hype from reality and to discuss where he […] Post link: What is web3 good for?...
Domain base grew at faster clip in most recent quarter. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced Q3 earnings after the market closed today. The company added 1.45 million domains to the combined .com/.net domain base during the quarter. It processed 10.6 million new registrations, compared with 9.3 million in the same quarter a year ago and 10.4 […]...
Company went after singular version of descriptive domain name it owns. Online art marketplace and print-on-demand company Pixels.com, LLC, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which owns the domain metalposters.com (plural), filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domain metalposter.com (singular). You don't have...
Lancer .com leads September's domain sales on NameJet and SnapNames. NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 127 domains for $2,000 or more in September, totaling $743,000. Here are some of the sales that stand out to me. Lancer .com $63,000 – The top sale is a great domain. Lancer is registered in 105 extensions, and […] Post link: Name...
AI company registers or blocks hundreds of names related to its new web browser. The next battlefield for AI market share is the browser. Following the playbook of Google with search, consumer-facing AI companies are launching browsers to improve their stickiness with customers and hoover up more data. Perplexity launched Comet, and then OpenAI ann...
Platform will provide intelligence about other companies' application plans before reveal day. A big point of discussion about the last round of new top level domain expansion was settling contention sets. If more than one applicant applied for the same string, ICANN encouraged them to decide amongst themselves which applicant would get the domain....
Company files cybersquatting claim three years after negotiating to buy domain. A utility metering company attempted to reverse hijack the domain name EDMI.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ruled (pdf). EDMI Limited filed the dispute against the domain name, which is owned by a domain investor in India. The investor a...
A metalworking company, a European travel business, and a marketplace for Muslims bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale of the past week was allin .com for 625,000. It's not clear who bought the domain name. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that were recently completed at Sedo. You can view previous […] Post link: 20 more rec...
These are the correct answers to the latest domain trivia. Thanks to everyone who participated in the latest Domain Name Wire trivia contest. This month's winner was Leanne McMahon, who gets a $500 credit at Spaceship and a one-year Domainer membership at NameBio. Congratulations, Leanne! Here are the questions and answers for the latest contest. [...
Reviewing my domain name sales through mid-October. We're over three-quarters of the way through 2025, so this week on the podcast, I'm going to talk about my sales results thus far. I'll share how many domains I've sold, where I've sold them, where I acquired them, my hold times, and much more. Also: New SnapNames […] Post link: My domain sa...
Band cites parked page ads as proof of targeting. The heavy metal band Slipknot has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) for cybersquatting against the domain name slipknot.com. Slipknot.com was registered in 2001, and the band was formed in the 1990s. Of course, slipknot is also a dictionary term for a type of knot. But […] Post link: Heavy metal b...
Use this tool to become a better domain investor. Understanding what domains end users are buying is critical to being a successful domain name investor. One area of focus is popular keywords. Afternic posts a list of the top 20 keywords in sales every month (albeit several months in arrears). Another good resource is NameBio, […] Post link: ...
It's the second time the Australian company has tried to reverse hijack a domain name. An Australian company that provides male strippers has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for a second time. Last month, a World Intellectual Property Organization panelist ruled that Magic Men Holdings Pty Ltd tried to reverse hijack MagicMen [&#...
Brazilian company claimed the domain infringed on its "Profit" trademark. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has, unsurprisingly, ruled (pdf) that the registrant of the dictionary term profit.com is not cybersquatting with its registration. Profit.com is a platform for financial trading. According to the decision, the domain was acqui...
A maker of iron supplements, a company that sells cocktail dresses, and an Icelandic biotech company bought domain names. Sedo's top sales this week were seo.co.uk and seo.uk for $75,000 each. It appears that an investor bought both of these domains, as they're now listed for sale for $950,000. Here's a list of end user […] Post link: 20 fres...
New marketplace focuses on one word domains. GoDaddy today launched DomainNames.com, a marketplace focusing on what it calls "ultra-premium" domain names. It's one of the few marketplaces to use that description that actively delivers: the domains are single-word .com, single-word .ai, and short numeric domains. The site is designed for domains wor...
Cruise operator relied on mark on the Supplemental Register. A cybersquatting dispute between two sightseeing cruise operators in Miami has resulted in a reverse domain name hijacking decision (pdf). Miami Skyline Cruises, which uses the domain name MiamiSkylineCruises.com, filed the dispute against a rival cruise company that uses the domain name ...
UDRP Panel finds healthcare company tried to reverse hijack the domain prescriptive.com. In one of the most amusing UDRP filings I've ever read, a company with a made-up brand name owner argued that a correctly-spelled version of the word was typosquatting. Healthcare technology company Prescryptive Health uses the domain name prescryptive.com. It ...
New program offers second chance at domains for a reduced price. Last week, I was searching domains on SnapNames when I saw an unusual price and tag next to a domain (see image). The auction was for only $19, and the tag showed I could buy the domain for $39. I reached out to the […] Post link: SnapNames and NameJet roll out "bid or buy" seco...
A CEO behind a new reseller platform argues the industry needs a new competitor. My guest this week is Robbie Birkner, who has spent the better part of the last 25 years in the domain industry. He is now the CEO of North America of OpusDNS, a new domain reseller platform. Birkner explains why companies […] Post link: Domain reseller platforms...
Broadcaster's logo is for a domain name it doesn't own. A regional broadcaster in Germany has been found (pdf) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Mnchen Live TV Fernsehen GmbH, which uses the domain name muenchen.tv, filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domain mnchen.tv (note the umlaut). Christian Reise registered the domain name in 20...
About a quarter of my sales this year are lease-to-own transactions. This year has been a bit slow for me for domain sales. As of October 10, I've sold 27 domains in 2025 (excluding wholesale/liquidation transactions). However, looking back at last year, I was actually a little behind this rate and finished with 41 sales, […] Post link: Lease...
Lawsuit alleges domain was renewed and should not have been auctioned off. A high-profile expired domain auction for blockchain.ai ended today, but the former registrant has filed a lawsuit claiming he renewed the domain. In the lawsuit, Howard Gould stated that he was the domain's registrant as of December 2017. The domain was set to […] Pos...
Domain owner has been fighting since losing a cybersquatting case in 2022. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a ruling that Automobili Lamborghini should get the domain name lambo.com. Lamborghiniwon a dispute it filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name in 2022. [...
Company says it's not too hard to transition to dot-brands. Google Registry published a blog post today promoting the idea that companies should apply for their own dot-brand top level domain name. The post explains that Google uses .google for some of its websites, and provides three lessons learned. First, it says .brand domains can […] Pos...
TPG Telecom Limited files dispute in abuse of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found TPG Telecom Limited, a major Australian telecommunications company, to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against TPG.one. That do...
Italian organization demands transfer of prosecco.com and proseccoDOC.com. Consorzio di Tutela della Denominazione di Origine Controllata Prosecco, an Italian organization that manages and oversees the Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) designation for Prosecco, has filed a lawsuit in an effort to get the domains prosecco.com and proseccoDO...
Congolese organization takes home top prize of $50,000. Public Interest Registry (PIR) held the awards ceremony for its 2025 .Org Impact Awards last night in Washington, D.C. With actor and musician Common at the helm, the organization that manages the .org domain announced $180,000 in donations. PIR named nonprofit Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaise...
Organization that advocates for trademark holders asks Supreme Court to settle circuit split over cybersquatting law. The International Trademark Association (INTA) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to settle a circuit split related to the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). The organization that represents trademark holdershas filed ...
An IT recruiting company, a tax advisory business, and a healthcare technology company bought domain names. Sedo had a much slower sales week than it has had in recent months. It sold 59 domains for $2,000, excluding those with confidentiality. It had been selling closer to 80-100 in a typical week. Hopefully, this is just […] Post link: Whic...
A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers June 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: While not on either top 10 list, Wix edged over […] Post link: The ...
It's the company's second attempt to get the domain name FyreFestival .com. A company that is trying to resurrect the doomed Fyre Festival has asked a court to help it get control of the domain FyreFestival .com. LimeWr Fyre OU, which had its origins in the file-sharing business, negotiated rights to the Fyre Festival marks […] Post link: New...
Company claims domain was re-registered since it was founded in 2009. Boot and accessories company Freebird Life has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Freebird .com, asking a court to transfer the domain to it. The domain freebird .com is very valuable; freegbird is registered in 133 top level domains. When I searched […] P...
Patent describes platform that decides which name to resolve. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,401,618 (pdf) to Freename AG for "Internet infrastructure system and method." Freename is primarily a platform for blockchain-based names, butit has recentlyexpanded intothe traditional DNS space as well. Its patent aims t...
Learn why this domain company has scooped up two competitors. Corporate domain name registrar and brand protection company Com Laude announced two acquisitions in two weeks. First, it acquired FairWinds Partners, a consultancy for brand owners that helped companies apply for 133 domains in the last round of TLD expansion. Then, it announced the pen...
Auto is about more than cars. Afternic has published its list of top keywords in domain sales from July. Here are the rankings, along with where the keyword ranked in the prior month in parentheses. ai (1) my (2) home (3) group (4) health (15) it (7) capital new (6) services (11) us (9) life […] Post link: Top keywords: looking into Auto Dom...
Two acquisitions highlighted the top stories in the domain business last month. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire in September, ranked by views. 1. Private equity firm is buying Namecheap in deal that values company at $1.5 billion – CVC Capital Partners is buying a majority stake in the second largest domain […] Post link:...
Registrar that doesn't take itself too seriously marks another milestone. Domain name registrar PorkBun announced today that it now has over three million domains under management, just about 15 months after it hit the two million mark. Its website reports these domains are registered by over 450,000 customers. Porkbun has grown almost entirely by ...
You're going to pay more for .xxx and other adult-themed domain names. GoDaddy Registry is increasing the wholesale price of its adult-themed top level domain names on November 1. It will charge $95 for each registration, renewal, or transfer of .xxx, .sex, .porn, and .adult domain names. This is a $10 increase from current prices. […] Post l...
New company tried to snag aged domain through UDRP. Can consuming too much caffeine lead to making spurious cybersquatting claims? Perhaps that's what happened with Jiggle LLC in a UDRP it filed against the domain name jiggle.com. Jiggle LLC sells caffeinated gummies at its website jiggle .cafe. It filed the dispute against the valuable jiggle.com ...
Smaller zones see massive increases; .lotto prices to increase $100/year. Identity Digital, the largest top level domain company in terms of TLDs under management, is raising prices on October 6. Standard prices for 231 top level domains will increase between 6% and 220%. The most significant increases are limited to three domains with few registra...
Reseller registrar launches after building buzz at industry conferences. At long last, domain reseller registrar OpusDNS has launched. The company, which sponsored last year's NamesCon and this year's CloudFest, has been building buzz around its new reseller platform. Its hypothesis is that the market is ready for a modern alternative to incumbent ...
Most transactions can be kept confidential without paying a fee. Sedo provides a great service to the domain name community by publishing weekly lists of domain sales over $2,000. This data is helpful for understanding domain sales trends and the current state of the domain market. It is the basis for Domain Name Wire's weekly […] Post link: ...
An industrial parts company, a law firm, and a private equity research platform bought domain names. Before we proceed to this week's list, I would like to mention an anecdotal finding. As I research domains for this list and others, I'm coming across more and more domains being monetized by zero-click ads, which are ads […] Post link: Compan...
Top domain registrar with over 13 million domains is now a member of organization that defends domain registrant rights. Squarespace, one of the largest domain registrars with over 13 million domains, has joined Internet Commerce Association (ICA), the organization announced today. Additionally, Kevin Doerr, Senior Vice President, Head of Domains &...
This entrepreneur spent over $1 million to acquire a great domain for his business. David Ciccarelli knows the power of a great domain. He experienced it firsthand when he rebranded his prior company to a one-word .com. So when he launched his newest venture, a vacation rental business, he knew he needed a great domain. […] Post link: Making ...
A similar-looking IDN might have added to the confusion. A Turkish insurance company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking, and it appears that a look-alike IDN might have been partially responsible for tripping it up. Trkiye Varlik Fonu A.. filed the dispute (pdf) against TurkiyeSigorta.com. Sigorta means insurance in Turkish....
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