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Don’t use a funky spelling in your domain name
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company’s CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com dom...
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Don’t use a funky spelling in your domain name
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company’s CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com dom...
Discussion
March 27, 2025, 6:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
OpusDNS builds team and platform as it eyes 2025 launch
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn’t launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year’s NamesCon in Austin and ...
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OpusDNS builds team and platform as it eyes 2025 launch
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn’t launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year’s NamesCon in Austin and ...
Discussion
March 27, 2025, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN releases latest tax return
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit’s total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 millio...
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ICANN releases latest tax return
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit’s total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 millio...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 10:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap changes auction closing times and closeouts
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it’s making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the da...
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Namecheap changes auction closing times and closeouts
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it’s making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the da...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why do registrars sell .com domains for less than the wholesale price?
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is...
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Why do registrars sell .com domains for less than the wholesale price?
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is...
Discussion
March 26, 2025, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Beer, bongs, and ice cubes: domains end users bought this week
An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It’s also possible this ...
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Beer, bongs, and ice cubes: domains end users bought this week
An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It’s also possible this ...
Discussion
March 25, 2025, 7:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Strike the gong, this is reverse domain name hijacking
French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. S...
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Strike the gong, this is reverse domain name hijacking
French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. S...
Discussion
March 25, 2025, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Colombia puts .co domain contract out for bid
Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through...
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Colombia puts .co domain contract out for bid
Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through...
Discussion
March 24, 2025, 4:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Self-brokering at Afternic – DNW Podcast #527
A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses t...
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Self-brokering at Afternic – DNW Podcast #527
A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses t...
Discussion
March 24, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
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
