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WordPress introduces 100-year domain registrations
Never worry about renewing your domain again, if you trust Automattic to do it for you. A couple of years after introducing a pre-paid, 100-year hosting package, WordPress.com’s parent company, Automattic, is offering 100-year domain registrati...
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February 12, 2025, 7:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
ICANN’s X (Twitter) account hacked to promote crypto scheme
I hope no one purchased $DNS. You can be excused for doing a double take yesterday if you follow The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) on X. The company’s account was briefly compromised last night to promote a crypto ...
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February 12, 2025, 6:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Do these two things when your Afternic lease-to-own cancels
You need to take these two steps when you receive a cancellation notice. A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Afternic informing me that one of my lease-to-own sales had been canceled because the buyer had failed to make a payment. It was ...
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February 12, 2025, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
15 companies that just bought domains on the domain name aftermarket
Tobacco company Reynolds, a hospice provider, and a roofing business bought domain names this week. Sometimes, it’s difficult to find domains on Sedo’s weekly sales list that were acquired by end users. This week, however, it was easy. Ma...
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February 11, 2025, 6:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
i2Coalition launches Secure Hosting Alliance
New group will focus on improving practices at hosting companies. This week, i2Coalition (Internet Infrastructure Coalition) announced its new Secure Hosting Alliance, which the organization says will “strengthen and improve the hosting and clo...
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February 11, 2025, 4:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Homes.com promotes .com in Super Bowl
For a short time, I thought Homes.com failed to register a key domain name. Me, watching the Super Bowl at a party yesterday: Hmm, Homes.com is promoting the domain ComIsTheBest.com. Surely, they thought to register that domain. Me, checking on phone...
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February 10, 2025, 8:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains’ new biz model – DNW Podcast #521
How Unstoppable Domains has embraced DNS. I’ve interviewed the founders of Unstoppable Domains on two separate occasions, but the most recent was in 2020. A lot has happened in the past five years. On today’s show, Unstoppable Domains fou...
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February 10, 2025, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Meta demands control of domain registrar’s 35.com domain name
Company wants domain name frozen after registrar fails to make $5.5 million deposit. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is asking a court to give it control of the 35.com domain name. The request comes after ...
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February 10, 2025, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
January’s hot domain name stories
Cybersquatting cases, Whois, and .AI were top stories in January. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case – A popular ecommerce si...
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February 7, 2025, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports earnings, forecasts further drop in domain name base
Registry expects the overall base of .com and .net domains to fall this year. .Com and .net registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings on Thursday. Revenue increased 4.3% to $1.56 billion in 2024, and operating income in...
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February 7, 2025, 1:28 pm
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