One domain industry veteran is selling off his 500-domain portfolio in this week's auction. GoDaddy's first-ever "liquidation" auction kicked off today. The idea is to let domain investors exit or downsize their portfolios. There are about 2,100 ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy auction offers a real-world test of domain liquidation
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What domains Wix and others bought through Afternic
· Domain SalesTwenty-seven end user domain name sales. This week, as Sedo continues its respite from sending sales lists, we're turning to Afternic. I reviewed all Afternic sales over $1,000 reported on Namebio from July 1-15. Here are 27 domains that appear ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain buyer balks at $1,000 price, spends more on losing UDRP
· Policy & LawA $1,000 purchase would have been cheaper and avoided a reverse domain name hijacking finding. A UK man filed a cybersquatting claim that didn't make sense, especially financially. Callum Charnock, who runs a business selling extreme sports ... Continue Reading3 Comments
NamesCon is changing in 2026 – DNW Podcast #599
· PodcastsA look at what to expect at this year's show. Last year, NamesCon moved to Miami for its first conference under new ownership. There were a lot of cool changes to the conference…as well as some things that could be improved. Today, I'm joined by ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace and more
· Domain RegistrarsTop four registrars had month-over-month declines in .com registrations. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Last month’s top domain name stories
· UncategorizedTelegram's domain suspension, the U.S. trying to seize a valuable domain name, and .web were top stories in July. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Telegram's t.me domain suspended, leading to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tucows posts lower domain revenue in Q2
· Domain RegistrarsImpact from large customer loss is mostly over. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported earnings yesterday. The company's domain name business saw revenue decline 4% year over year to $65.0 million. It was up slightly quarter-over-quarter, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Who recently bought .ai domains, and what they sold for previously
· Domain SalesIf only you could turn back the clock five years. Today, Namecheap founder Richard Kirkendall posted 30 .ai domain sales completed on the Spaceship Sellerhub platform. Richard said they were recent sales. Some were already publicly known. A ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawFounder's Reddit post hurt its case, but it would have lost anyway. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Leancode, Inc., maker of the Plugable (misspelling of Pluggable) brand of docking stations, guilty of reverse domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Porkbun hits 4 million domains, adopts DomainAttest
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar has 750,000 domain customers. Domain name registrar Porkbun announced today that it hit four million domains under management. Unlike some registrars that grow mostly through discounted, low-cost TLDs, Porkbun is popular with end ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
