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Registrars

Interesting Verisign data about domain usage and renewal rates

Verisign's renewal data makes vibe coding look less like a fad and more like a durable demand signal.

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Law & policy

The Internet Commerce Association Brought the Domain Industry to Broadway With Special Event in New York City

A trade association's Broadway reception is less about theater and more about legislative leverage.

Top sale ai.com $70,000,000 3 sales cited

Domain Name Journal

Domain sales

Full-time domain investing – DNW Podcast #588

Going full-time in domains is the easy dream; staying full-time is the market's real test.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Atom domain appraisals review: strong supporting data provides reasonable appraisals

An appraisal is a story a marketplace tells itself about price, and Atom's story is unusually well-documented.

Top sale makematter.com $15,000 7 sales cited

Domain Name Wire

Brand protection

Network Solutions duped by fake UDRP notice

A forged UDRP notice turned a registrar's abuse process into a liability.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

GoDaddy’s appraisal tool struggles to keep up, but has uses

GoDaddy's appraisal tool is a blunt instrument, but even a blunt instrument has its uses.

Top sale makematter.com $15,000 8 sales cited

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Human.com Sold via Media Options

A one-word .com just changed hands, and the only detail confirmed is that everyone is smiling.

DomainInvesting.com

Domain sales

End user domain sales: Atom Edition

Atom is now doing what Sedo has done for years: publishing end-user sales data with enough detail to be useful.

Top sale cryptoway.com $21,750 22 sales cited

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

Estibot review: Strong on some domains, weak on others

Estibot can price a jewel, but it fumbles the junkyard inventory.

Top sale bar.com $1,000,000 12 sales cited

Domain Name Wire

Registrars

Dynadot hits 10 million domains

Ten million names under management, and none of them are there to prop up the house.

TheDomains.com

Brand protection

Insurance company AXA loses second cybersquatting dispute against axa.org

A second UDRP complaint doesn't buy AXA a second chance — it buys a permanent record of defeat.

Domain Name Wire

Domain sales

OpusDNS acquires fruits.co domain sales platform

Two young resale businesses just merged, and the consolidation signal outweighs the fruit metaphor.

Domain Name Wire