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NamesCon is changing in 2026 – DNW Podcast #599

Every conference says it’s evolving; NamesCon is actually doing the work in public.

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Ottawa Domainer Meetup to be Held on August 29th

A domain meetup is a social event the way a trading floor is a social event: it is where information changes hands before money does.

DomainInvesting.com

Registrars

.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace and more

The .com ledger rarely blinks. This month it blinked.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Why GoDaddy's First Ever Liquid Auction Event is Something Special - Upcoming Sale Opens Sorely Needed Fast Track for Converting Domains Into Cash

The domain business has always been better at buying names than converting them into cash. GoDaddy's liquid auction is an admission dressed as innovation.

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Law & policy

Last month’s top domain name stories

Every August, the domain industry counts its scars.

Domain Name Wire

Registrars

Tucows posts lower domain revenue in Q2

The customer that left already left; the revenue line is now just gravity.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Who recently bought .ai domains, and what they sold for previously

The .ai domain boom is now a resale market, and the only thing cheaper than the hype is the original registration cost.

Top sale perform.ai $200,000 46 sales cited

Domain Name Wire

Brand protection

Docking station maker Plugable attempts reverse domain name hijacking

Leancode learned that a brand's strength is not measured by the volume of its founder's Reddit posts.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Another 3L.com no reserve auction on Namepros – ZQU.com

In the domain trade, a no-reserve auction isn't a gamble—it's a calculated surrender of control for the sake of a crowd.

TheDomains.com

Registrars

Porkbun hits 4 million domains, adopts DomainAttest

Four million domains under management says more about trust than raw numbers.

Domain Name Wire

Registrars

Porkbun Hits 4 Million DUM

Four million domains under management is a quiet milestone that says more about the registrar's economics than its marketing.

DomainInvesting.com

Domain sales

More Atom end user domain sales up to $128k

The aftermarket's quietest buyers are doing the loudest work.

Top sale betto.com $128,250 21 sales cited

Domain Name Wire