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DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
I didn't slow down and think when buying a product online yesterday. I fell for a fake website. If you read this blog, you're among the 99.9% most savvy when it comes to domain names. You are also likely quite good at spotting online scams. I don't say this to flatter Domain Name Wire readers. […] Post link: I fell for a fake online store. I ...
CSV.domains is a new free tool that allows you to manage your domains listed for sale on a number of marketplaces. For now, Sedo, Afternic, and Spaceship are supported; using the CSV.domains tool you can seamlessly manage your domain portfolios, editing pricing, lander types, and more. Most important: data is handled within your browser and […...
I saw some good advice shared on X that should be considered by domain investors who have ongoing Lease to Own deals: If you've sold a domain on an LTO deal, check how it's currently being used and make sure it's not being used for anything sketchy. pic.twitter.com/gkdNWPBMEH — ARIYAS (@domainretail) August 15, 2025 […]Catc...
A leadership training company, the maker of an AI development app, and a job board bought domain names. It's time to look at another of Sedo's sales lists published this week. This one covers the week to August 3. Sedo's biggest sale of the week was ZH.com, which broker Dave Evanson sold for $1 million. […] Post link: 16 summertime end user d...
Nominet has revealed the names of just two candidates who are standing in its non-executive director election this year. Rob Golding of Astutium is on the ballot again, this time challenging incumbent Kieren McCarthy, who is standing for re-election for a second three-year term. Golding stood last year and came a very close third place […] Th...
Three organizations have been given ICANN's approval to apply for new gTLDs next year at a deeply discounted rate. All three are non-profit or nongovernmental organizations, ICANN said. Two come from the Asia-Pacific region and one comes from Europe. The identities of the applicants have not and will not be disclosed — to publish their [̷...
New gTLD applicants could face more of a threat from blockchain-based alternative naming systems next year than perhaps they first thought. ICANN is coming under pressure to give additional rights to the owners of top-level strings that act like TLDs on blockchains, potentially adding friction — and six figures of extra costs — to appli...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
Big .ai sales continue to light up the domain aftermarket. We just learned about yet another one - a sale of Law.ai that is one of the three highest .ai sales ever reported. The deal was closed by Sedo's Mark "Mr. Premium" Ghoriafi, who had already posted three of the year's Top 20 sales to date before his latest win.
TopDomains posted a trio of .dev sales on X. Aspire.dev at $25,988, Imagine.dev at $17,999 and Atoms.dev at $9,888. TopDomains went on to mention that according to Namecheap .dev is the extension with the highest renewal rate. Congrats to TopDomains AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow […] The post...
The domain name CDROM.com, originally registered in 1992, expired and dropped yesterday. Here is the final live WHOIS record before the domain was deleted: First, a concise history of the CDROM (written properly as CD-ROM.) The CD-ROM, or Compact Disc Read-Only Memory, is an optical storage medium based on the same format as the audio […] The...
SEDA.xyz – Squarespace customer (Switzerland) Blockchain infrastructure innovators use .xyz domains to develop and share decentralized data solutions. Layer-2 blockchain Atlas.xyz aims to deliver low-cost, reliable solutions for verifiable finance. Decentralized storage platform Walrus.xyz launches with scalable data recovery and verificatio...
Valuable domain was registered well before Complainant existed. A vape refills company has lost an attempt to reverse hijack the valuable domain name Munchies.com. Munchies, LLC filed the dispute against the domain name originally registered in 1998. The company was assigned a trademark for "munchies" for "Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) com...
FJN.com is once again in a DropCatch auction, despite having being sold twice so far on the platform. Caught in March as the world's newest dropped LLL .com domain, FJN.com sold for $18,563 dollars at the time. The auction did not repeat soon after, an indication that the winner paid for the domain. The subsequent […] The post FJN.com once ag...
Munchies LLC, owner of a 2020 US trademark for "MUNCHIES" & e-liquid products went after the domain Munchies.com, alleging bad faith registration due to its $500,000 asking price. The Respondent, who registered the domain in June 1998, did not reply to the Complaint! Despite that, the sole panelist found munchies to be a common dictionary [R...
Regions Bank, a U.S. financial institution with trademark rights in REGIONS since 1995, pursued the domain Regions.org after discovering it was used in phishing emails impersonating the bank. The domain, registered in 2001 and held under privacy, displayed banking-related PPC links and a for sale notice, while also sending fake security alert messa...
Domain trivia is back for another month! Want to take home a bunch of prizes like Kemal Goksu did last month? Now's your chance! The August DNW trivia contest is now open. Just answer 10 questions correctly, and you'll be eligible to win this prize basket: $150 to spend anywhere on domains (sent via PayPal) […] Post link: Now live: August dom...
With sales in the domain aftermarket riding a summer-long hot streak, solid sales continue to be posted across a wide swath of TLDs. However, if you are looking at the high end of the market as reflected by our bi-weekly all-extension Top 20 Sales Chart, it's a different story. Every position on the elite list except one is either a .com or a .ai d...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
Jeffrey Gabriels Vision Behind Saw.com Saw.com has launched a new website, I reached out to Saw.com co-founder Jeffrey Gabriel to get some details on the new site and his vision for the future. Q1) You recently launched a new Saw.com. What features should existing and new users be most excited about? When we set out […] The post Saw.com launc...
Join us next week, for our virtual Mid-Year Social onWednesday, August 20th! Its a fun opportunity to connect with fellow members, share updates, catch up on industry news, or chat about upcoming conferences, including our Member Meeting in Vegas! The post Mid-Year ICA Member Summer Social appeared first on InternetCommerce.org.
If you havent gotten your ticket for the ICA Annual Member Meeting yet, nows the time!Prices will increase this Saturday, August 16th, so lock in the current rate today! >>Get Your Ticket Here<< The ICA Annual Member Meeting will take placeJanuary 1517, 2026atPark MGM in Las Vegasnew venue, same amazing energy! In the upcoming weeks...
Lonza Ltd, a Swiss life sciences giant with trademarks dating back to 1913, went after lonzs.com, alleging the single-letter swap from "a" to "s" was deliberate typosquatting. The Hong Kong-based Respondent countered that the April 2018 registration was one of 17 random five-letter domains acquired in bulk, most being invented strings with no link ...
Take a look at the top expired domain sales on NameJet and SnapNames last month. Newfold Digital's domain auction platforms, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 96 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These sales totaled $518,000. These are some of the domains that stand out to me: eBot.com $39,500 – Bots are hot. […] Post link: E...
Spaceship and its SellerHub platform continues to deliver sizable sales of .AI domains. CEO Richard Kirkendall shared a fresh list of .AI domains that were sold on the platform: Detector.ai $68,000 Bankruptcy.ai $65,000 Documentation.ai $60,000 ito.ai $48,000 These sales report arrived with an estimated $60,000 in fee savings over competitor Af...
iamabc.xyz Squarespace customer (United States) The .xyz community includes a wide range of professionals using .xyz domains to highlight their creative work, research, and career endeavors. Content marketer and writer Allaire Conte showcases her portfolio on Allaire.xyz. Author and researcher Nadia Asparouhova uses Nadia.xyz to showcase her proj...
Texas company didn't respond to allegations, but passes "fair use" test. A company that rents Humvees in Texas is not cybersquatting, a UDRP panel has ruled. Padre Island Combat Cruiser Rentals lets anyone rent a Humvee for as little as $150 per hour. It promotes its business using the domain HumveeRentals.com. That caught the attention […] P...
Earlier, this week, I hand registered six domain names. I checked on one landing page yesterday, and the correct landing page didn't resolve. Likely due to a distraction, these domain names didn't get added to my seller account, so an unintended landing page was shown rather than the BIN lander I wanted. I am sure […]Catchy.com
Canaan Creative, maker of Avalon Bitcoin mining machines, lost a UDRP it filed for AvalonFinance.xyz against US-based Venus Li. While the domain was found confusingly similar to AVALON, the Panel held the Respondent had legitimate interests: Choosing Avalon from Arthurian legend for a CeDeFi lending platform and showing independent use with no evid...
AI and crypto businesses buy domain names at Sedo. After a short summer vacation, Sedo published three weeks' worth of sales reports this week. For this post, let's look at sales from Sedo's last report in July. You can view previous lists like this here. Sandstone.ai $24,495 – The buyers have built a coming soon […] Post link: 11 recen...
Ceremony will honor organizations with up to a $50,000 donation. Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit behind .org domain names, has announced that rapper, actor, and philanthropist Common will host the 2025 .Org Impact Awards ceremony. The ceremony on October 7 will recognize organizations in seven different categories: Community Building Qualit...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Sales Amount postino.com Namejet Expiry $32,000 jord.com Namejet Expiry $30,000 onelight.com Namejet Expiry $8,666 naturalcosmetics.com Namejet Expiry $7,750 aupa.com Namejet Expiry $7,250 hitmusic.com Namejet Expiry $7,250 greenmountains.com Namejet Expiry $6,769 sandiego-art.org Namejet Expiry $6,000 zon...
Over the weekend, I received a $1,000 offer for a $1,997-priced domain name via Afternic. After a bit of negotiating, I agreed to sell the domain name for $1,500 on Sunday and the buyer agreed but has not yet paid. Yesterday afternoon, I agreed to sell a different domain name via Afternic for $2,500, and […]Catchy.com
Four years ago this month we first told you about an ambitious new project launched by domain industry pioneer and successful serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia. Titan was Bhavin's vision for a service designed to revolutionize business email. Since then, Titan has flourished, propelled by one major partnership after another, including the bigge...
Companies show lower (but still impressive) growth in the latest list of fast-growing private companies. Two DNS companies made the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, which measures fast-growing private companies in the United States. Top level domain company Identity Digital made the list for the fifth year in a row. It came in at #4,214 with […] Post lin...
Trial with GoDaddy lifted email revenue 76% and improved NPS 65%. Email company Titan has signed a deal with GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) that will put Titan's email platform in front of GoDaddy customers in emerging markets, including India and Brazil. Titan is built for the micro-SMB segment, which includes many one- and two-person companies, but [R...
The company sold arch.com during the last quarter. Paging company Spok Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) sold a domain name last quarter for a gain of $701,000, the company revealed in its latest quarterly filing with the SEC. While the company did not disclose the domain name, signs point to arch.com, a domain that has a […] Post link: Spok Holdi...
Medistry reported that it has surpassed 40,000 pre-registrations for the upcoming .med domain extension. This milestone reflects growing anticipation among medical professionals, health organizations, and digital health innovators. Several globally recognized registrars have already completed the technical and contractual steps to offer .med domain...
July 2025 Highlights 112 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered* Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .xyz, .Security, and .Game Examples: EV.xyz**, Eve.Security, and Tree.Game Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .xyz, .LOL, and .Lat Highest .xyz premium sale(s): $2,500/year MSRP Realestate.xyz GS.xyz** AT.xyz** NA.xyz** Club.xyz EV.xyz** Hi...
It is helpful to see what domain names are being used by companies that are growing and receiving funding. One way to do this is to read articles about fundraising on publications like TechCrunch and The Verge. There are many fundraising rounds that are shared in press releases and redistributed in industry-specific publications and not […]Ca...
A look at the biggest domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers April 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Squarespace continues to show year-over-year growth after lapping its acquisition of Google Domains. IONOS showed strong monthly resul...
Sedo released three weeks of sales data and ZH.com led all domain name sales at $1M. Siam.com sold for $100K. MCC.com sold for $90,999. Domain sales for the week ending 7/27 Domain name Price Currency .COM chilidog.com …
Big report from Sedo today with three weeks of domain sales data. The top sale from the past 3 weeks was ZH.com at $1M. Siam.com sold for $100,000. 7/27 Report Domain name Price Currency .COM chilidog.com 49500 USD designlibrary.com 19888 USD hoteltec.com 14888 USD […] The post Sedo releases three weeks of domain sales led by ZH.co...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Lounge.ai sold for $23,999 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on August 12, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, premium sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Do...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain ZH.com sold for $1,000,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is a delayed domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on August 5, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, premium sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Doma...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Chilidog.com sold for $49,500 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is a delayed domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on July 29, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, premium sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Do...
Premier Farnell Corp., owner of the NEWARK trademark and long-time operator of newark.com, filed a complaint over nework.us, registered in 2023 by Qianya Wang and used for a startup selling smartboards and webcams. The Complainant argued the domain was a typographical variation of its mark and constituted typosquatting, while the Respondent, repres...
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