There is currently “no timeline” to remove the Soviet Union’s ccTLD from the internet, according to ICANN’s new CEO. Asked by yours truly during the Public Forum at ICANN 82 whether retirement ...

Company says it no longer wants one of its domains, but it still has two other dot-brand top level domains. Prudential, the global financial services company, has informed ICANN that it is terminating ...

ICANN is set to kill off its unpopular 60-day transfer lock policy, following a vote at ICANN 82 in Seattle this week. The GNSO Council yesterday voted to accept the final report of its Transfer ...

Judge has ordered domain registrar to pay over $5 million. A cybersquatting legal battle that began over four years ago is set to continue. Leascend Technology Co., Ltd. formerly known as Xiamen ...

A lot of great names were left to expire in January and NameJet cleaned up. Samba.com sold for $143,000 in January 2025. Huba.com $17,527 and Ader.com at $12,022 took the top 3 spots. February 2025 at ...

Samba.com auctioned for over $100,000 in January. Newfold Digital has published sales results on its NameJet and SnapNames platforms for January and February of this year. In January, the two ...

A French leather goods company is trashing its lightly-used dot-brand gTLD. Lancaster has told ICANN that it wants to terminate its Registry Agreement for .lancaster. The company added half a dozen ...

Person in Ukraine registered domain and used it to promote pet monitoring app. Calvin Broadus, more commonly known as Snoop Dogg, has won a cybersquatting dispute he filed against a person in Ukraine.

Budget $400 Per Domain / Including Material Fact and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Evaluation of IssueForecast.com – How would you value this two ...

Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and GX.com led the way at $1,200,000. W sold for $120,000. Coches.es was the top cctld sales at 120,000 Euro, ($131,005). 47 .com sales 28 cctld sales 4 ...

GMO Internet Group is pulling together an all star cast of domain industry veterans to launch a new registrar and marketplace. Taku. The likes of Birgit Berger, Frank Michlick, Christian Voss, Michael ...

AI companies and web3 projects bought domain names this week. Sedo had a huge sales week, closing GX.com for $1.2 million and double.com for $980,000. Remarkably, gx.com sold through a buy now ...