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Latest .com rankings: Dynadot surges
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2021. On the mon...
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Latest .com rankings: Dynadot surges
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2021. On the mon...
Discussion
March 8, 2022, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains in court – DNW Podcast #378
A look at recent domain-related court cases and legal aspects of NFTs and fractional domain investing. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today to talk about recent court cases involving domains, such as pocketbook.com and circus.com. We also discuss s...
Discussion
Domains in court – DNW Podcast #378
A look at recent domain-related court cases and legal aspects of NFTs and fractional domain investing. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today to talk about recent court cases involving domains, such as pocketbook.com and circus.com. We also discuss s...
Discussion
March 7, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace reports earnings and predicts slower growth in 2022
No surprise as Squarespace points to slower growth. The problem for public companies that have a great year is that they have higher benchmarks to clear the following year. For website building companies, that means the Covid-induced boom has set a h...
Discussion
Squarespace reports earnings and predicts slower growth in 2022
No surprise as Squarespace points to slower growth. The problem for public companies that have a great year is that they have higher benchmarks to clear the following year. For website building companies, that means the Covid-induced boom has set a h...
Discussion
March 7, 2022, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN and the Global Public Interest
ICANN tries to further define its role at ICANN 73. What is the “Global Public Interest,” and how should ICANN protect it? ICANN 73 has arrived (virtually), and several of its sessions focus on the “Global Public Interest” as ...
Discussion
ICANN and the Global Public Interest
ICANN tries to further define its role at ICANN 73. What is the “Global Public Interest,” and how should ICANN protect it? ICANN 73 has arrived (virtually), and several of its sessions focus on the “Global Public Interest” as ...
Discussion
March 7, 2022, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains in court – DNW Podcast #378
A look at recent domain-related court cases and legal aspects of NFTs and fractional domain investing. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today to talk about recent court cases involving domains, such as pocketbook.com and circus.com. We also discuss s...
Discussion
Domains in court – DNW Podcast #378
A look at recent domain-related court cases and legal aspects of NFTs and fractional domain investing. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today to talk about recent court cases involving domains, such as pocketbook.com and circus.com. We also discuss s...
Discussion
March 6, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
PorkBun moves expiry stream to GoDaddy Auctions
It’s one of at least a dozen registrars that use GoDaddy to auction off expired domains. While reviewing expired domains at GoDaddy this week, I noticed that PorkBun has moved its expiry domains to GoDaddy Auctions. PorkBun is a relatively smal...
Discussion
PorkBun moves expiry stream to GoDaddy Auctions
It’s one of at least a dozen registrars that use GoDaddy to auction off expired domains. While reviewing expired domains at GoDaddy this week, I noticed that PorkBun has moved its expiry domains to GoDaddy Auctions. PorkBun is a relatively smal...
Discussion
March 4, 2022, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN publishes UDRP data and asks for feedback
Cases are up, but so are domain registrations. ICANN has published data about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and asked for community feedback. The report examines the history of UDRP, trends, and opinions from both IP intere...
Discussion
ICANN publishes UDRP data and asks for feedback
Cases are up, but so are domain registrations. ICANN has published data about the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and asked for community feedback. The report examines the history of UDRP, trends, and opinions from both IP intere...
Discussion
March 4, 2022, 1:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy, Namecheap and IONOS partially pull the plug on Russia
GoDaddy is extending services for free and nixing .ru, IONOS and Namecheap kick off Russian customers. Domain name registrars are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) said it is removing Russia’s .ru and...
Discussion
GoDaddy, Namecheap and IONOS partially pull the plug on Russia
GoDaddy is extending services for free and nixing .ru, IONOS and Namecheap kick off Russian customers. Domain name registrars are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) said it is removing Russia’s .ru and...
Discussion
March 3, 2022, 10:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
How domain registrars price your aftermarket domain names
Some markup your prices while others don’t. Yesterday, I wrote about how you price your domains and how these prices might impact buyers psychologically. One reader pointed out that, even if you like to price your domains to end in 111, 99, or ...
Discussion
How domain registrars price your aftermarket domain names
Some markup your prices while others don’t. Yesterday, I wrote about how you price your domains and how these prices might impact buyers psychologically. One reader pointed out that, even if you like to price your domains to end in 111, 99, or ...
Discussion
March 3, 2022, 8:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN denies Ukraine’s request to kick Russia off the internet
ICANN’s role is to coordinate a working internet, not to break it. ICANN has responded to Ukraine’s request to essentially kick Russia off the internet. Unsurprisingly, it denied the request. Earlier this week, Ukraine’s government ...
Discussion
ICANN denies Ukraine’s request to kick Russia off the internet
ICANN’s role is to coordinate a working internet, not to break it. ICANN has responded to Ukraine’s request to essentially kick Russia off the internet. Unsurprisingly, it denied the request. Earlier this week, Ukraine’s government ...
Discussion
March 3, 2022, 5:04 pm
