Q2 aftermarket revenue was solid compared to the same quarter a year ago, but Q3 2025 will be hard to beat. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) released its Q2 earnings after the market closed today, reporting steady top-line growth and mixed signals across its core segments. Total revenue reached $1.3 billion, reflecting a 7% increase compared with … Read more
Tucows makes moves that could clear the path to a Ting Fiber sale. Shares of Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) climbed sharply after the company disclosed a set of strategic financial and asset transactions that could simplify or accelerate a potential sale of its Ting Fiber business. Investors reacted quickly to the announcements, lifting the stock price … Read more
Visitors can get prices instantly, and the domains (finally) resolve to GoDaddy’s primary domain. Afternic’s updated Request Price landing page is hosted on GoDaddy.com and shows the price instantly for domains priced under $10,000. Afternic has rolled out notable changes to its “Request Price” landing experience that affect how prospective buyers discover and purchase listed … Read more
Company went after a common Spanish word registered nearly three decades ago. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has ruled that Agencia de Aduanas Pasar Ltda., a logistics firm based in Colombia, engaged in reverse domain name hijacking when it filed a complaint over the domain name pasar. The company conducts business under the … Read more
Second quarter was the fourth-highest for gross payments. Freelancer Limited (ASX: FLN, OTCQX: FRLCY) today released its results for the first half of 2026, highlighting particularly strong performance from its Escrow.com business. The report shows notable growth in payment volumes and expansion into new verticals, even as the company’s flagship Marketplace platform encountered headwinds. Escrow.com … Read more
DNJournal editor Ron Jackson joins me to discuss this year’s top sales so far. With the first half of 2026 now behind us, I invited Ron Jackson, editor and publisher of DNJournal, to join the show and review the domain market’s most notable transactions to date. Ron, who tracks domain sales closely throughout the year, … Read more
More and more of my recent sales have been lease-to-own (LTO) arrangements. Over the past several months lease-to-own transactions have grown to represent a substantial portion of my domain sales. Where previously LTOs were occasional exceptions, they are now common: five of my last six sales were completed via lease-to-own, compared with just three of … Read more
Self-represented complainant could not keep his story straight A panelist at the Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC) has determined that Jeremy Labreche, operating as Addison Electronique Entreprise Inc., attempted reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain addison-electronique.com. The dispute between the parties has been ongoing for some time. The respondent … Read more
Surge in registrations pushes domain base over 400 million for the first time. Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief reports that the global domain name inventory has passed the 400 million mark. At the close of the second quarter of 2026, Verisign recorded 401.6 million registered domain names worldwide, reflecting a notable increase from the … Read more
This month a used car dealer, a freelancing platform, and an AI company for kids were among the end users who purchased domain names. Overview of Recent End-User Domain Purchases While Sedo is the only major domain marketplace that regularly publishes lists of sales, the company is taking a break from reported sales as many … Read more
