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Homes.com promotes .com in Super Bowl
For a short time, I thought Homes.com failed to register a key domain name. Me, watching the Super Bowl at a party yesterday: Hmm, Homes.com is promoting the domain ComIsTheBest.com. Surely, they thought to register that domain. Me, checking on phone...
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Homes.com promotes .com in Super Bowl
For a short time, I thought Homes.com failed to register a key domain name. Me, watching the Super Bowl at a party yesterday: Hmm, Homes.com is promoting the domain ComIsTheBest.com. Surely, they thought to register that domain. Me, checking on phone...
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February 10, 2025, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains’ new biz model – DNW Podcast #521
How Unstoppable Domains has embraced DNS. I’ve interviewed the founders of Unstoppable Domains on two separate occasions, but the most recent was in 2020. A lot has happened in the past five years. On today’s show, Unstoppable Domains fou...
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Unstoppable Domains’ new biz model – DNW Podcast #521
How Unstoppable Domains has embraced DNS. I’ve interviewed the founders of Unstoppable Domains on two separate occasions, but the most recent was in 2020. A lot has happened in the past five years. On today’s show, Unstoppable Domains fou...
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February 10, 2025, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meta demands control of domain registrar’s 35.com domain name
Company wants domain name frozen after registrar fails to make $5.5 million deposit. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is asking a court to give it control of the 35.com domain name. The request comes after ...
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Meta demands control of domain registrar’s 35.com domain name
Company wants domain name frozen after registrar fails to make $5.5 million deposit. Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is asking a court to give it control of the 35.com domain name. The request comes after ...
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February 10, 2025, 12:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
January’s hot domain name stories
Cybersquatting cases, Whois, and .AI were top stories in January. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case – A popular ecommerce si...
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January’s hot domain name stories
Cybersquatting cases, Whois, and .AI were top stories in January. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Noon.com let a domain expire, failed to win it back in cybersquatting case – A popular ecommerce si...
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February 7, 2025, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports earnings, forecasts further drop in domain name base
Registry expects the overall base of .com and .net domains to fall this year. .Com and .net registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings on Thursday. Revenue increased 4.3% to $1.56 billion in 2024, and operating income in...
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Verisign reports earnings, forecasts further drop in domain name base
Registry expects the overall base of .com and .net domains to fall this year. .Com and .net registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q4 and full-year 2024 earnings on Thursday. Revenue increased 4.3% to $1.56 billion in 2024, and operating income in...
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February 7, 2025, 12:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
These keywords are hot in the domain name aftermarket
Yep, artificial intelligence-related domains are still selling like hotcakes. Afternic released a list of the top-selling keywords on its platform in November. The top domains are no surprise, as my, ai, and home remain the top three. However, my and...
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These keywords are hot in the domain name aftermarket
Yep, artificial intelligence-related domains are still selling like hotcakes. Afternic released a list of the top-selling keywords on its platform in November. The top domains are no surprise, as my, ai, and home remain the top three. However, my and...
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February 6, 2025, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com rankings: Hostinger and GMO have a big month
Latest numbers for the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers October 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Hostinger, G...
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Latest .com rankings: Hostinger and GMO have a big month
Latest numbers for the largest .com domain name registrars. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers October 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Hostinger, G...
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February 6, 2025, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
MicroStrategy rebrands as Strategy, (kind of) using Strategy.com
Rebranded company forwards valuable domain name to StrategySoftware.com. Microstrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the software-turned-bitcoin-speculation company, has rebranded as merely Strategy. The rebranded company still promotes its software but has the Bi...
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MicroStrategy rebrands as Strategy, (kind of) using Strategy.com
Rebranded company forwards valuable domain name to StrategySoftware.com. Microstrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the software-turned-bitcoin-speculation company, has rebranded as merely Strategy. The rebranded company still promotes its software but has the Bi...
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February 5, 2025, 6:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement
Ultahost is off to a rocky start with ICANN. One of ICANN’s newest domain name registrars is already in breach of its accreditation agreement, just months after signing it. Today, ICANN notified (pdf) Ultahost, Inc., that it is in breach of the...
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New domain registrar already in breach of accreditation agreement
Ultahost is off to a rocky start with ICANN. One of ICANN’s newest domain name registrars is already in breach of its accreditation agreement, just months after signing it. Today, ICANN notified (pdf) Ultahost, Inc., that it is in breach of the...
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February 5, 2025, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial promoting Airo
Actor Walton Goggins shows how he uses GoDaddy Airo for his online business. Super Bowl ads put GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) on the map, and the company is returning to the game this year after an eight-year hiatus. You won’t find any scantily-clad wom...
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Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial promoting Airo
Actor Walton Goggins shows how he uses GoDaddy Airo for his online business. Super Bowl ads put GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) on the map, and the company is returning to the game this year after an eight-year hiatus. You won’t find any scantily-clad wom...
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February 5, 2025, 4:13 pm
