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The top 10 .com registrars aren’t growing, but their challengers are
Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the...
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The top 10 .com registrars aren’t growing, but their challengers are
Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the...
Discussion
March 20, 2025, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon is launching three new top level domains next month
The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .s...
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Amazon is launching three new top level domains next month
The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .s...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic launches basic self-brokering
First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very m...
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Afternic launches basic self-brokering
First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very m...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Only one of the top 10 .com domain registrars is growing
Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are s...
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Only one of the top 10 .com domain registrars is growing
Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are s...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 domain names end user bought this week
A furniture company, a sushi restaurant chain, and a guy named Pascal bought domain names. Sedo’s top public domain sales this week was bookwalker.com for $27,000. The buyer might be a Japanese e-book store with this name, but it’s unclea...
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13 domain names end user bought this week
A furniture company, a sushi restaurant chain, and a guy named Pascal bought domain names. Sedo’s top public domain sales this week was bookwalker.com for $27,000. The buyer might be a Japanese e-book store with this name, but it’s unclea...
Discussion
March 18, 2025, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Peeking inside Sedo and InterNetX’s 2025 Global Domain Report
Fascinating stats in this year’s Global Domain Report. Domain name marketplace Sedo and registrar InternetX have published the 2025 Global Domain Report. The report looks at both the primary and secondary markets for domain names. It uses data ...
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Peeking inside Sedo and InterNetX’s 2025 Global Domain Report
Fascinating stats in this year’s Global Domain Report. Domain name marketplace Sedo and registrar InternetX have published the 2025 Global Domain Report. The report looks at both the primary and secondary markets for domain names. It uses data ...
Discussion
March 18, 2025, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vivid Seats discloses it acquired domain name for $17.3 million
Company converts license into domain acquisition. Event ticket seller Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) disclosed a $17.3 million domain name acquisition in its latest annual report. On October 22, 2024, we acquired a domain name that we had previously lice...
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Vivid Seats discloses it acquired domain name for $17.3 million
Company converts license into domain acquisition. Event ticket seller Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) disclosed a $17.3 million domain name acquisition in its latest annual report. On October 22, 2024, we acquired a domain name that we had previously lice...
Discussion
March 17, 2025, 8:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN82 Recap – DNW Podcast #526
What I learned at ICANN82 in Seattle. The domain name industry gathered in Seattle last week for ICANN’s annual community forum. During the show, I caught up on what’s happening with two important topics: Adsense for Domains and new top l...
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ICANN82 Recap – DNW Podcast #526
What I learned at ICANN82 in Seattle. The domain name industry gathered in Seattle last week for ICANN’s annual community forum. During the show, I caught up on what’s happening with two important topics: Adsense for Domains and new top l...
Discussion
March 17, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN plans meetings for Mumbai and Lisbon
Mumbai and Lisbon will host the next two community forums. ICANN has announced the locations for its 2026 and 2027 annual community forum meetings. The community forum, one of three major meetings ICANN holds annually, typically takes place in March....
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ICANN plans meetings for Mumbai and Lisbon
Mumbai and Lisbon will host the next two community forums. ICANN has announced the locations for its 2026 and 2027 annual community forum meetings. The community forum, one of three major meetings ICANN holds annually, typically takes place in March....
Discussion
March 17, 2025, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company says it has a Plan B before filing a Plan B reverse hijacking case
Also, it claims a domain can “degenerate” into a bad faith registration. Just when you think you’ve seen it all: a company literally told a domain broker it had a “Plan B” before filing a Plan B reverse domain name hijac...
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Company says it has a Plan B before filing a Plan B reverse hijacking case
Also, it claims a domain can “degenerate” into a bad faith registration. Just when you think you’ve seen it all: a company literally told a domain broker it had a “Plan B” before filing a Plan B reverse domain name hijac...
Discussion
March 17, 2025, 12:36 pm
