Domain Name Wire NEWS

End user domain sales: peptides  141
Two domains were sold to peptide businesses. For this end user sales report, I reviewed Sedo’s sales from mid-January to identify...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 13:57
U.S. defense contractor tries reverse hijacking open.space  109
Panelist rules against defense contractor, but domain registrant decides to change his project’s name. A major U.S. defense contr...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 11:35
New owners of Fyre Festival get FyreFestival.com through lawsuit  110
The group previously lost a cybersquatting dispute over the domain. A company trying to resurrect the doomed Fyre Festival has won the ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 12:31
Needy new TLD applicants might get bigger discount  86
Board considering extra funds to extend bigger discount to all qualified ASP applicants. ICANN plans to offer a steeper discount to new...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 7, 2026 - 11:53
Name.com provides registrant data to UDRP imposter  136
Imposter spoofed UDRP provider to get customer information and lock domain. On today’s DNW Podcast, John Berryhill mentioned a de...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 13:5
What could go wrong? – DNW Podcast #581  109
Learn what can go wrong in a domain transaction, and the steps to take to protect yourself. Most domain transactions go smoothly. When ...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 11:30
Behind the data: Domain registrar growth in 2025  98
Which registrars are growing, and what’s driving it? Last week, I published my monthly look at how domain name registrars are far...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, April 6, 2026 - 9:42
Musician Ivan Cornejo tries to reverse hijack a domain name  141
Panelist admonishes musician’s company and lawyers for filing cybersquatting case. Mexican-American singer and songwriter Ivan Co...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 13:33
March’s top domain name news stories  116
Stories about the state of web3 domain names and two humongous cybersquatting disputes were among the top stories in March. These were ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, April 3, 2026 - 9:26
2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare  138
See the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .co...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 13:2
Seven domain name registrars get the axe  128
The registrars were late on accreditation payments, and don’t appear to have been active. ICANN has sent termination notices to s...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 12:13
College sports endorsement business tries reverse domain name hijacking  119
Domain was registered before Complainant existed.  A company that connects college athletes with endorsement deals tried to reverse hij...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 11:52
NamePros adds domain search functionality, promotes for-sale domains  102
Forum expands on its parking platform to get domains in front of buyers. NamePros gets tens of millions of visits from guest users ever...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 18:53
Can any registries win the contract to operate .US?  114
The draft RFP includes provisions that severely limit the pool of potential operators. In December, the U.S. government published a dra...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 12:41
Australian mining and agriculture company tries reverse domain name hijacking  121
Firm’s name is a common surname in Australia. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has denied (pdf) a cybersqu...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, April 1, 2026 - 11:32

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