A discussion about using domain suspensions to censor online speech. Human rights organization Article 19 recently published a report titled “Damming a River to Catch a Fish” that examines how governments and other actors are increasingly using the Domain Name System (DNS) to restrict access to online content. The report documents methods and trends in … Read more

Entrepreneur files claim against domain registered before his trademarks An Indian entrepreneur and fund manager has been found to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain CEOAthlete.com. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel concluded that the complaint lacked a reasonable prospect of success because the domain predated the complainant’s … Read more

Fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars in .com ICANN has released its latest registrar-by-registrar snapshot of the .com namespace, based on official data Verisign supplies to ICANN. The statistics are reported three months in arrears; the newest set covers activity through February 2026. Key takeaways from the February data: Unstoppable Domains added roughly 639,000 net new … Read more

This marketplace’s domain appraisal tool doesn’t give a strong reason to rely on it. Graen’s domain appraisals show short and long-term price suggestions. This review is part of Domain Name Wire’s series evaluating automated domain appraisal tools. Update: After we published this review, Graen went dark; we removed the site link from this article. Graen … Read more

An insurance company, a business that sells truck liners, and a social media platform bought domain names. It was a quiet week for domain sales at Sedo, likely influenced by the holiday at the start of the week in the US and other countries. Despite the slow pace, a handful of notable end-user purchases closed, … Read more

U.S. President’s war means meeting will be relocated once again. ICANN has announced that its October Annual General Meeting will be held in Bali, Indonesia, after plans to meet in Oman were abandoned due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. This marks the second consecutive year the organization has been forced to shift … Read more

WIPO panel finds reverse domain name hijacking in dispute over domain acquired during .app early access A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist has determined that Norman Ortiz, CEO of app-building platform iGenApps, engaged in reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) in a dispute over the domain com.app. The decision addresses how the domain was acquired … Read more

San Francisco startup alleges terminated employee won’t give it access to its domain name. System Two Security, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company that raised a $7 million seed round in 2024, has filed a lawsuit claiming a former employee is withholding control of the company’s domain name. The company operated its site and corporate email … Read more

AI-powered domain appraisal system claims to be based on 20 years of auction data, but doesn’t show its work. Humbleworth provides three valuations for each domain. This review is part of a series comparing automated domain appraisal tools. Humbleworth is a lesser-known appraisal service that uses AI to produce three separate valuations for each domain: … Read more

Here’s what we found after evaluating 15 domain appraisal systems. Over the past few weeks, Andrew Allemann and Mike Cyger tested 11 domain appraisal platforms in depth and sampled four additional tools. Their goal was to see which systems provide useful, defensible valuations and which tend to produce inconsistent or misleading results. The eleven services … Read more