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The Forward, a historic pillar of Jewish-American journalism, has announced the acquisition of the premium web domains Yiddish.com and Yiddish.org. The domains were donated by Elie Hirschfeld, a New York-based real estate developer and philanthropist who serves as president of Hirschfeld Properties and founder of the Hirschfeld Foundation. Rachel F...
Company terminates its one dot-brand top level domain. Redstone Haute Couture Co., Ltd., a Chinese fashion company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating its .redstone top level domain name contract. The company owns a number of fashion brands, including GIADA, CURIEL, Gabriele Colangelo, Colombo, and YI. Under the .redstone top level domain, t...
MyCeleste.xyz – Squarespace customer (Portugal) Forward-thinking developers use .xyz to showcase solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Manufacturing platform Amper.xyz enhances factory operations with AI and real-time insights. AI deployment platform Fleek.xyz aims to redefine cloud infrastructure with decentralized solutions. ...
How Google's changes will impact domain monetization. Above.com has played an integral role in domain name monetization since the early days of parking. It has navigated many changes in monetization, and sees both challenges and opportunities in Googles recent changes to its parking business. On todays show, Above.com and Trillion founder David War...
(Sponsored) Freename has launched a game-changing platform that bridges the gap between Web3 and traditional domains. Debuting on April 7, 2025, the Freename Aftermarket is the first unified marketplace where blockchain and standard domain names are traded togetheroffering a seamless experience across both ecosystems. A Unified Hub for Brands and D...
What happens when a cybersquatting lawsuit is filed against a registry-owned premium domain name? A law firm has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a single-letter .law domain, and the outcome could have implications for registry-owned premium domain names. The X-Law Group, PC, a law firm in California, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against x.law and...
The acquisition of a business due to bankruptcy is a straightforward process: a court order describes the assets that must be transferred via the liquidation. In the case of InlandBoatClub.com the business folded and two years ago the assets' transfer to the new owner was agreed upon. Except that the domain wasn't transferred. Not smartly, […...
Last week, Spaceship's new SellerHub opened for third party beta testing. Participants were limited to larger portfolio operators. Yesterday, CEO Richard Kirkendall announced the launch date for anyone interested in using the platform: For those that have been asking, Sellerhub will be open to everyone in public beta in just over a week on April [&...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Remember January 20, 2025, about a thousand years ago, when Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States? Remember how the dais at the Capitol rotunda was stacked with tech bros including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook, each of whom had authorized million-dollar donations to the Trump […] The po...
C1.ai was picked up for $900 at Whois.ai back in 2020. The domain name sold today at Spaceship for $65,000. C1 is defined by the ability to understand longer, complex clauses (and gather implicit meaning), to express yourself relatively fluently without much searching for words, to flexibly account for the social context/register, and the ability [...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Nearly two decades ago, my local newspaper at the time, Newsday, ran a front-page story in its Money & Careers section titled A Domain Name Is Born. The article spotlighted a fascinating emerging trend: forward-thinking parents reserving web addresses for their newborns – sometimes before the child was even bor...
Greetings and jubilations, my domainer brothers and sisters, on this glorious Easter Sunday! I, Father Domainicus, arrive bearing eulogies and full to my ears with a sacrificial lamb meal. Today we celebrate the resurrection of the Domain Spirit, but not without solemn remembrance of the truths we have lost along the way. Let us bow […] The p...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
What a difference a couple years makes for niches in domaining. The uptick in Bet related names has been substantial the past couple years. YYBet.com closed at $70,003. The auction was at DropCatch. Back in 2021 the domain name closed at $1,583 at GoDaddy auctions.
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is pleased to announce the release of the Initial Report of the WIPO-ICA UDRP Review Project Team, developed in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Read the Report Submit Your Feedback(Stakeholder Feedback Open Through June 27, 2025) The Initial Report is the result of a ne...
Once again AI is a top the Afternic keyword chart. AI was first with My second and Bet third. This is the exact same as January 2025. Other familiar keywords like Group, Tech and Home are also in the top 10. A look back at January 2025 We released Februarys keyword chart yesterday, take a […] The post Afternics top keywords for February 2025 ...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Richard Kirkendall posted on X that Virtuoso.ai sold for $70,000 on Spaceship's seller hub. The new platform seems to be off to a good start as Richard has been posting some impressive .ai sales there the past few days. I think it's a great price for a keyword we do not see mentioned often. DotDB.com […] The post Virtuoso.ai sells for $70,000...
Sedo, our kind sponsor, is holding a week-long auction, featuring keyword domain names from April 17-24, 2025. These domains consist of single or two words primarily, in a variety of TLDs and ccTLDs. A total of 162 domain names are included in the Sedo auction with each domain having its own reserve price. From that […] The post Seven with Se...
In this XYZ Quarterly well cover five tips for creating a strong first impression with your website. Well also provide a recap of XYZs Q1 2025 activity. The emerging technologies that we cover continue to evolve. The content below offers ideas for inspiration, showcasing .xyz community members implementing these innovative concepts. The examples of...
The domain Libbs.com existed in 2008 but dropped and was acquired via DropCatch for $765 dollars in 2022. Libbs.com was resold for $1,000 dollars this year, according to notes in the UDRP filed by Libbs Farmaceutica Ltda, a Brazilian company that claimed it has rights to the LIBBS mark going back to 1961. The Chinese […] The post Own the LiBB...
Earlier this weekthe ICA hosted a webinar on the upcoming changes to thedomain name transfer policya critical topic for registrars, registrants, and the broader domain name community. Moderated by ICA General CounselZak Muscovitch, the panel featured four leading voices in domain policy and registrar operations: Roger Carney(GoDaddy) Owen Smigelski...
GoDaddy had fewer than 600,000 new .com registrations in December. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers December 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: Some registrars had many more registrations in December than in prior months. This is likely due to bulk [R...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Richard Kirkendall posted some recent .ai domain sales that sold on the SellerHub platform at Spaceship. These were all $45K or $50K sales. A few recent .ai sales fully negotiated and sold via Spaceship's SellerHub sales platform. pax ai – 45,000 usd survive ai – 50,000 usd coworker ai – 45,000 usd remark ai – […] ...
Spaceship has rolled out the beta version of its Seller Hub platform, available to customers at Spaceship.com. The domain registrar enabled the Seller Hub to select accounts, looking for participation of large domain portfolios. Our first take at the Spaceship Seller Hub is positive, taking into consideration the fact that it's under development an...
For as long as Ive known the platform, Atom.com has relied on an Expert Review Process to evaluate domain names submitted by prospective sellers. This process, led by a group of experienced Atom sellers, helped accelerate the onboarding of domain names if they received enough positive votes. That review system is now coming to an […]Catchy.co...
"Communication error" between registrar and registry results in major outage. Zoom has seemingly blamed GoDaddy Registry, which manages the .us namespace, for an outage yesterday that impacted its zoom.us domain. Its official incident report states: On April 16, between 2:25 P.M. ET and 4:12 P.M. ET, the domain zoom.us was not available due to a [&...
Panelist shuns attempt to grab two letter domain name through cybersquatting claim. An expert witness attempted to reverse hijack the domain name ew.uk, a Nominet Dispute Resolution Service panelist has determined. John Chapman, an IT service engineer who is also a part-time expert witness in legal cases, filed the dispute against domain investor A...
Greenfield.xyz – United Domains customer – (Germany) Forward-thinking investment firms use .xyz domains to highlight their role in shaping innovation. VC firm Infinite.xyz backs decentralized networks and deep tech innovation, from Ethereum to Tesla. Denmark-based VC firm PSV.xyz fosters innovation and impactful ventures in Denmark. San...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL The domain name industry is experiencing a surge in high-value sales this year, likely driven by renewed corporate spending confidence and increased demand for premium digital assets. Industry data and market activity suggest that 2025 could be one of the most active and lucrative years ever recorded in the secondary...
Google has operated its search engine on many different domain names. Of course, Google.com is the companys primary domain name and the one that is most commonly referenced. Google also operates its search platform on many different local domain names throughout the world. Canadians might visit Google.ca, French citizens might navigate to Google.fr...
Overhead costs are increasing as the company grabs fewer expired domains. Every month, I look at the latest data that Verisign files with ICANN, which shows .com activity at each registrar. In recent months, there has been a notable drop in activity at TurnCommerce, the company that operates DropCatch.com. In addition to offering domain dropcatchin...
Escrow.com released its Domain Investment Index report for the fourth quarter (Q4/2024) of last year. This important quarterly report takes the pulse of the domain industry's metrics and trends. Escrow.com is the leading licensed online escrow service used for premium domain transactions. In Q4/2024, Escrow.com processed $92 million in domain sales...
March saw the lowest number of requests for private Whois data via ICANN's Registration Data Request Service since the system launched in late 2023. ICANN's latest stats show that there were just 91 requests last month, compared to February's 143 and the previous low, from last November, of 103. The dip can probably attributed at […] The post...
I was having an intense call with one of our potential clients yesterday. The person I was talking with represents one of the biggest corporations in Turkiye and they now consider acquiring their exact match domain with .com (rather than .com.tr). Since it was quite a long conversation and we were going through lots ofContinue reading
A screwup by MarkMonitor and GoDaddy was responsible for a two-hour outage affecting Zoom's videoconferencing services yesterday, according to the company. The widely used services were offline between 1825 and 2012 UTC yesterday because GoDaddy Registry, apparently acting under MarkMonitor's instructions, shut down the zoom.us domain. Screenshots ...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
19 solid domain sales blossomed and took places on our Year to Date Top Sales Chart - an extraordinarily high number for a single reporting period. The most beautiful rose in that sales garden was a $699,999 eye-catcher, That sale is one of the five biggest publicly reported sales so far in 2025.
The ultra-premium domain Windsurf.com was acquired by Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium. The company moved to using the domain Windsurft.ai that began forwarding to Windsurf.com sometime in March. Reflex Publishing, Inc. were the sellers of Windsurf.com, in yet another "under the radar" domain trans...
Armenia becomes the second country to mirror its ccTLD, .AM, on the blockchain, using the technology provided by WebUnited. Any .AM domain can now be mirrored on the blockchain, unlocking Web3 features without altering the name, workflow, or DNS setupbringing seamless Web3 access to ccTLDs while preserving full Web2 functionality. "With WebUnited's...
Two aged domains, Breed.com and Fungus.com, changed hands in recent days, after their previous registrant sold them. Florida based First Place Internet appears to have sold the two domains to different buyers: Fungus.com was acquired by domain investor Brent Oxley, as the landing page suggests. Fungus.com was registered in 1995. Meanwhile, Breed.co...
Freename launched their own marketplace last week and have not put out an official release. The marketplace will include both Web3 and conventional DNS domains. Full release: Freename is transforming the domain industry with the debut of the first universal marketplace that seamlessly integrates both traditional and decentralized domain names. Offi...
Tow truck company inadvertently let domain name expire in 2021. I've written about lots of reverse domain name hijacking cases this week, and more are to come. A UDRP panelist has found S & S Towing Inc. to have tried reverse hijacking the domain name sstowing.com. The company previously owned the domain name, but it […] Post link: Towing...
CaliforniaDirt.xyz – Squarespace customer (United States) The .xyz community is home to brands and independent retailers that embody innovation. New York-based jewelry brand MAMA.xyz creates handmade jewelry with recycled materials and everyday inspiration. British clothing brand Sundays.xyz features stylish crochet beanies to make your wint...
Snoop wins another cybersquatting case. Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Dogg, has taken down more cybersquatters. About a month ago, the entertainer won a cybersquatting dispute against SnoopDoggBush .com. Bush is the name of his 13th album, which was released in 2015. The registrant was using it in a rather unusual way. Later in the month, […] Pos...
I regularly see people discuss the possibility of domain registrar front running. In fact, I've written about this topic before. By and large, I cant imagine any reputable domain registrars doing this today for many reasons. Front-running accusations often stem from someone searching for a domain name at a registrar, seeing that its available, choo...
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