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It’s a long story: from .web to .epic – DNW Podcast #604
Thirty years of .web history collapses into a launch year — and the original applicant ends up with a different string entirely.
Domain Name Wire
Read the full storyGerman domain registrar applies for .crew top level domain
A registrar is trying to become a registry, betting that teams, clubs, and sailing crews want a namespace of their own.
Domain Name Wire
.it.com Passes 200,000 Domain Registrations to Set a New All-Time High for Their Category
The record is real; the category is the fine print.
Domain Name Journal
Twente region of the Netherlands to get its own domain
A Dutch region is betting its digital identity on four letters.
Domain Name Wire
Fractionalizing a Domain Name is an “Encumbrance”
A domain can be divided into a thousand shares, but it can only be sold once.
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DomainInvesting.com
Every Sales Negotiation is Different
A domain owner asked for negotiation advice and got the only answer that survives contact with a real buyer: there is no formula.
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Why these “bad” domains sold for big bucks
The domain itself was never the product.
Top sale cirro
Domain Name Wire
How to get transfer authorization codes in bulk using Claude
An EPP code is a departure ticket — and some registrars would rather you never find the counter.
Domain Name Wire
Hindu temple Dharmasthala recovers stolen domain name
Dharmasthala got its domain back the hard way — and the easy way, all at once.
Domain Name Wire
Industry Pioneer Dan Rubin Returns to the Domain Drop Catching Arena With a Completely Rebuilt Version of an Old Favorite - JustDropped.com
Dan Rubin is back in the drop-catching game, and the return of JustDropped.com says as much about the state of expired-domain supply as it does about nostalgia.
Domain Name Journal
Seventeen new end user domain sales up to $60k
A $59,888 sale headlines the week. The seventeen buyers behind it carry the actual signal.
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Domain Name Wire
WIPO panelist makes bonkers decision
A WIPO panel kept quobly.com with its current owner — then a dissenting panelist argued the other way, and that dissent is the part worth reading.
Domain Name Wire