Company reports declining domain name revenue. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released its latest quarterly results today. The company’s Domains segment reported a 2% decline in revenue year over year, bringing domain revenue to $64.1 million. The Wholesale and Value-Added Services subsegments saw revenue decreases, while the retail division posted a modest increase. Despite the revenue contraction, … Read more

Low-cost searches and pay-per-email pricing make outbound prospecting accessible. Many domain investors rely on outbound outreach to sell domain names. While Ihaven’t done extensive outbound campaigns myself, I have experimented with tools that help identify potential buyers and contacts. A recent addition to this space is NameMaxi’s Outbound tool. It offers an affordable way to … Read more

Domain was part of a consolidated cybersquatting case decided last month. A resident of Greece has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a UDRP decision that ordered transfer of the domain merit.bet. The complaint, filed in federal court, challenges a World Intellectual Property Organization panel’s decision in a consolidated cybersquatting proceeding. The plaintiff, Andreous Theoklis, … Read more

See how Notify.domains tracked a domain as it went through an auction. Notify.domains has tracked 39 changes on this domain as it went through auction and relisting. Last month I interviewed Mike Cyger about his new service, Notify.domains. The platform watches domain names across more than 150 attributes and alerts users to changes that could … Read more

A Claude skills management platform, a Polish bedding company, and a live streaming business bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was adam.net for €45,000. The domain currently points to AWS nameservers but does not yet resolve; it’s unclear whether an individual or an organization purchased it. Below is a curated list of … Read more

Alan Shiflett will join; Jeremiah Johnston steps down. Alan Shiflett, left, at Nordic Domain Days in 2025. He has joined the ICA board. Braden Pollock, another member of the board, is on the right. The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has announced two changes to its board of directors that reflect both continuity and transition within … Read more

A soccer club, a prediction market maker, and a window coverings company bought domain names. Mergers and rebrands often require new domain names, and this week’s top public sale on Sedo reflects that trend. The headline sale stemmed from a merger, but it involved an unusual combination of four different organizations joining under a single … Read more

Company that uses legally.co filed claim against legally.io. It previously lost a case against legally.com. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has determined that Legally Co. LLC, which operates the domain legally.co, attempted reverse domain name hijacking in a complaint against legally.io. This marks Legally Co’s second appearance before WIPO. In 2018 it lost … Read more

.com price increases and new identity rules for .de dominated last month’s headlines. Here are the five most-read stories on Domain Name Wire from last month, listed by page views: 1. Verisign raising wholesale .com prices – Verisign announced a wholesale price increase for .com domains to $10.97 effective November 1. If you manage .com … Read more

A dentist tried to use UDRP to take down a gripe site about an alleged affair. It backfired. When a Huntington Beach, California dentist became involved in a personal scandal, a local man published a public gripe site to express his complaint. The respondent, Daniel Kim, created the site NexenDentalStudioInsights.com after learning that his wife … Read more