Paul Graham co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator posted a few things about domain names on X. He only deals with prices. In advising Startups and helping them purchase names he mentioned he ...

Watch out for hotel pirates. NamesCon is about 10 weeks away, and it’s time to secure your hotel room if you’re attending this year’s event in Miami. As is common with conferences, “hotel pirates” are ...

Here’s one way to pitch a domain you registered less than a year ago. Outbounding domain names is challenging. Who do you contact? How do you get their attention? I’ve been told that short and sweet ...

You can now list domains on other marketplaces as long as you price them at least 10% higher. Domain marketplace Atom has loosened and simplified its policy for listing domains on other marketplaces.

Academic researchers investigate considerations when choosing a misspelled brand. The safest thing to do when choosing a ...

ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee is “deeply concerned” about the credibility of the new gTLD program’s Next Round, after a scheme to broaden the geographic spread of applicants has started to ...

ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its annual picks for the Org’s board of directors, with two new fresh faces, both of whom have notable AI policy experience, joining. Constance Bommelaer de ...

AI-related companies and those building tools using AI bought many domains this week. AI, AI, AI. It’s a common theme in this end user domain sales report. And yet…note that the term “AI” is missing ...

Indian national ccTLD registry NIXI is reportedly planning to branch out into new gTLDs, unfortunately it’s picked two strings that are strictly banned under ICANN rules. According to an Economic ...

This new domain registrar has a lot of promise beyond just good prices. Unstoppable Domains, which began as a Web3 naming company, has reinvented itself as an ICANN-accredited registrar. Now, it’s ...

ICANN’s pilot Registration Data Request Service could live on beyond its original shelf life, if new recommendations are approved. The GNSO’s RDRS Standing Committee has reached consensus on six ...

A domainer trying to lay claim to all remaining unregistered single-character .com and .net domain names has had his lawsuit against ICANN thrown out of court for a third time. Bryan Tallman of ...