Aruba plans to expand beyond .cloud. Aruba S.p.A., the registry operator best known for running the .cloud top level domain, is preparing a significant expansion of its domain portfolio. The company confirmed to Domain Name Wire that it submitted applications for 39 top level domains in the latest new TLD round. That total includes both … Read more

Spaceship’s founder called out a fake sales post on X this week. Earlier this week, a user on X posted about a purportedly large domain sale on the marketplace Spaceship. The post claimed that “Tom Adams” had sold thread .pics for $87,000 and included what appeared to be a sales confirmation email as proof. That … Read more

Major domain and hosting company to trim workforce by over 10%. IONOS to reduce staff as company reshapes for AI and cloud growth IONOS (ETR: IOS), a leading European domain name and hosting provider with a global customer base, has announced a planned reduction in its workforce. The company said it will decrease headcount from … Read more

Complainant omitted key parts of pre-dispute correspondence in its filing. A recent UDRP decision examined whether a German building products company attempted reverse domain name hijacking when it challenged the domain name lehmann.com. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel concluded that the complainant’s conduct, including the omission of material pre-dispute correspondence, amounted to attempted … Read more

New site provides registry and registrar data. Chart from nTLDData showing daily zone file changes. Since nTLDStats stopped updating, many domain industry observers and analysts have been searching for a reliable replacement to track top-level domain (TLD) activity. A new resource has now emerged to fill that gap: nTLDData, a project launched by domain registrar … Read more

Board approves changes that would make it difficult, if not impossible, to register generic/dictionary word domains. auDA, the organization responsible for managing Australia’s .au country code domain namespace, has approved a significant change to registration requirements that will affect how many third-level .com.au and .net.au domains are registered. Under the new policy, auDA will remove … Read more

New lawsuit is in rem and in a different district. Oath Research, a company asserting that one of its most valuable domain names was taken from its account at the registrar TrustName, has filed a new lawsuit aimed at recovering that domain. The revised legal strategy shifts the focus from a traditional lawsuit against the … Read more

A law firm, a food company, and a scaffolding lead generator were among the organizations that acquired domain names this week. Sedo’s most notable public sale for the week was h2.com, which sold for $240,000. According to public listings, an investor purchased the domain and has since relisted it with an asking price of $3 … Read more

In keeping with its name, ShortDot applies for short top level domains. ShortDot, a company focused on short top level domains (TLDs), has submitted applications for 40 new TLD strings. True to its brand identity, each proposed extension is limited to three or four characters. This move expands ShortDot’s portfolio and signals the company’s continued … Read more

A cosmetic surgeon, an agricultural equipment company, and a major office furniture brand recently purchased domain names. We’re getting close to caught up on Sedo’s list of end-user domain sales. This roundup covers transactions that were completed last week and highlights the variety of buyers and uses for these domains. Notably, many of the sales … Read more