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nTLDData fills gap for top level domain and registrar data
A registrar just turned its back-end data into a public utility — and a quiet marketing asset.
Domain Name Wire
Read the full storyTrustName customer files new lawsuit in Verisign’s home court
A stolen domain is back in court, and the venue says more about Verisign than about the victim.
Domain Name Wire
Cyber.com Sold for 7 Figures via Sedo
Cyber.com just changed hands for seven figures, and the only reason we know is a DNS monitoring report.
1 sale cited
DomainInvesting.com
Antitrust lawsuit filed against Verisign and ICANN over .com pricing
A California plaintiff just did what years of registrar grumbling could not: put the .com pricing machine in front of a judge.
Domain Name Wire
A troubling dissent in a cybersquatting dispute
A cybersquatting case just ended with the trademark owner losing — and a panelist publicly disagreeing with how the majority got there.
Domain Name Wire
August’s top domain name stories
The industry’s real August headline was not a sale—it was a deadline.
Domain Name Wire
nameDesk publishes The 2026 new TLD round, explained
The next new gTLD round now has a manual — and the 2012 lessons are written into it.
TheDomains.com
Discontinuation of third-level .name domains leaves some in a lurch
Verisign is sunsetting the third-level .name tier, and the registrants who built email and websites on it are discovering how little of the namespace they actually controlled.
Domain Name Wire
Sedo end user domain sales up to $75,000
Sedo's latest end-user sales list: unglamorous buyers, quietly functional prices.
Top USD sale trade
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: Squarespace leaps Tucows
The .com order has changed: Squarespace is now the fourth-largest registrar, and Tucows is looking up.
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot Announces KYC Verification for Some TLDs
Dynadot is asking customers to prove who they are. The requirement was not Dynadot's idea.
DomainInvesting.com
Customer sues TrustName over stolen domains
When a registrar loses a domain, the customer's math gets loud: $70,000 a day.
Domain Name Wire