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Braden Pollock sells Mogul.com for $1.3M
A startup that built its business on Mogul.club has paid $1.3 million for Mogul.com. The sale is another sign that a company will often buy the exact .com once it has product-market fit and wants broader trust.
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Read the full storyShopify acquires the domain name Shop.com
Shopify has acquired Shop.com from Market America. The price was not disclosed. The deal puts one of the clearest generic commerce domains in the hands of a company whose core business is online selling.
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Slovenia’s .si domain grows more than 15% in wake of Trump’s UN speech
A U.S. government statement about renaming artificial intelligence has set off a speculative rush on Slovenia's .si country-code domain, because SI matches the proposed abbreviation. The surge shows how quickly an external event can shift demand for a namespace, and how much of that demand is speculative.
Domain Name Wire
Domain-maxxing: Mogul upgrades from .club to Mogul.com for $1.3 million
Mogul, a real estate crowdfunding platform, paid $1.3 million in cash for Mogul.com, moving from Mogul.club. The sale is a measure of what an exact-match .com is worth to a company that has outgrown another TLD.
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Leaves.com Launched with Help from Claude
A domain investor who turned down a six-figure offer for Leaves.com has launched an AI-built fall foliage tracker on the name. The project shows how cheap AI development is changing what a domain can be, and what that costs at sale time.
DomainInvesting.com
The 130th oldest domain registrar just got a breach notice
ICANN has issued a breach notice to Netpia, one of the earliest accredited registrars. The notice puts the company's accreditation at risk and shows how the compliance process works for registrars that fall behind.
Domain Name Wire
Web3 and new top level domains – DNW Podcast #605
New top-level domains with web3 names are entering the root while blockchain alt-roots already use the same strings. An ICANN technical study group has examined how the two systems might integrate. The outcome will determine the value of names in both systems.
Domain Name Wire
Domain Investing Tools I Use Daily
A working investor's daily toolset shows how much domain buying now depends on data services for auction evaluation, pricing and offers — not just instinct.
DomainInvesting.com
ICANN heads down under for 2027 AGM
ICANN will hold its 2027 Annual General Meeting in Adelaide, Australia, from October 30 to November 4, 2027.
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy domains now automatically verified with Afternic
GoDaddy-registered domains listed on Afternic now verify automatically through linked accounts, removing the DNS and TXT step for sellers.
Domain Name Wire
Virginia Department of Health sues to recover expired domain, now used for porn
The Virginia Department of Health is suing to recover VirginiaWIC.com after the expired domain began forwarding to a porn site.
Domain Name Wire
D3 launches new TLD pre-order platform Frontier
D3’s Frontier platform will let registrants pre-order names in future TLDs, giving registries early demand data before launch.
Domain Name Wire