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GoDaddy domains now automatically verified with Afternic  199
Domain owners have one fewer step to take if their domains are registered at GoDaddy. Afternic just launched a much-requested feature t...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, September 25, 2026 - 8:45
Virginia Department of Health sues to recover expired domain, now used for porn  171
Domain used for services for pregnant women now forwards to porn site. The Virginia Department of Health has filed a lawsuit to recover...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 17:19
D3 launches new TLD pre-order platform Frontier  139
Company aims to determine demand for TLDs, and help connect early registrants with participating registries. Domain company D3 has laun...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 12:20
Norton antivirus software maker in talks to acquire GoDaddy  194
The Financial Times reports that talks are in the early stages. Gen Digital, the company behind Norton 360 antivirus software, is in ta...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 10:46
NameJet expired domain sales: a bonanza for iGaming  153
A lot of expired domains are bought to send traffic to online casinos. Back with the July SnapNames sales list, and you’re never ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - 13:2
ICANN confirms 1,616 new top level domain applications  153
ICANN collected over $350 million in application fees. ICANN has confirmed the final tally of top level domain name applications for th...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - 8:39
Identity Digital spins out agentic effort, now called Known  168
Company’s Innovation Labs will become a separate company. Domain name company Identity Digital has spun out its nascent agent ide...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 16:38
This week’s end user domain names sales, from iGaming to KYC  173
An iGaming company, a rental property business, and an English-learning platform bought domain names. Sedo sold evolution.co.kr and evo...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 14:52
TLD fight: easyGroup threatens .easy applicant, LFG files lawsuit  186
LFG seeks legal relief and asks ICANN to clarify whether the easyGroup conglomerate broke new TLD rules. EasyGroup has threatened appli...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - 8:25
New TLD applicants impatiently wait for timeline  205
Reveal Day triggers a lot of deadlines, but applicants still don’t know for sure when it will be. One representative of UDRP appl...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, September 21, 2026 - 14:49
It’s a long story: from .web to .epic – DNW Podcast #604  154
Chris Ambler won’t end up running .web, but perhaps .epic. Verisign is introducing .web this year, but the idea for the domain dates ba...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, September 21, 2026 - 11:30
German domain registrar applies for .crew top level domain  159
Domain pitched to sports teams, clubs, sailing crews, etc. INWX Domains GmbH, a domain name registrar based in Berlin, announced that i...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, September 21, 2026 - 8:28
Twente region of the Netherlands to get its own domain  236
The Netherlands will have three local TLDs. Twente, a region in eastern Netherlands, is getting its own top level domain. Dotlocal anno...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, September 18, 2026 - 11:15
Why these “bad” domains sold for big bucks  208
Editor’s note: When you see a nonsensical expired domain sell for lots of money, it’s likely that the buyer purchased it fo...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, September 17, 2026 - 9:34
How to get transfer authorization codes in bulk using Claude  148
No more manual effort thanks to Claude. A good domain registrar will allow you to export your transfer authorization/EPP codes in bulk....
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - 14:6

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