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The top domain name sale of the day was Trove.xyz selling for $37,500.00 at Private. NameBio tracked 606 domain sales $100+ for a reported total of $571,781 with an average price of $943.53 per sale. Compared to the day before, there was an increase of 4% in the number of sales and the total...

David Woroch will take over as CEO. Elliot Noss is handing over the reins at Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX). After 25 years at the company, Noss has left the CEO role but will remain on the board of directors. Noss had been a long-time fixture in the domain name industry and was frequently at domain name...

Registry domain price increases and a domain registration binge were among last month’s top stories. 1. Domain price increases – stories about GoDaddy raising prices on .xxx and Identity Digital raising prices on most of its TLDs were top stories for the month. 2. Heavy metal band Slipknot files...

The top domain name sale of the day was Predik.com selling for $19,988.00 at Spaceship.com. NameBio tracked 581 domain sales $100+ for a reported total of $444,233 with an average price of $764.60 per sale. Compared to the day before, there was a decrease of 2% in the number of sales and the...

The former Soviet Union’s domain traffic is driven by a botnet. Last month, Cloudflare launched a new section in Cloudflare Radar that ranks top level domains by their “DNS Magnitude”, which is a measure of how many unique clients send queries to the TLD. The company made the surprising filing...

Company files with court after becoming aware of lawsuit. Not so fast! That’s the message for heavy metal band Slipknot, which filed an in rem lawsuit against the domain name slipknot.com last month. Yesterday, attorney Jeffrey Neuman entered a notice of appearance on behalf of the domain’s...

The keyword hub is a consistent seller in the aftermarket. Afternic has published a list of the top 20 keywords in aftermarket sales for August. Here’s the list, with the prior month’s ranks in parentheses. ai (1) my (2) group (4) it (6) home (3) bet (18) auto (13) solutions law homes tech best...

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The top domain name sale of the day was Nova.co selling for $160,000.00 at NamePros Lander. NameBio tracked 593 domain sales $100+ for a reported total of $586,249 with an average price of $988.62 per sale. Compared to the day before, there was a decrease of 3% in the number of sales but the...

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A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers July 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: If you’re curious...

Panelist determines complex dispute is about IP licensing, not cybersquatting. A fight over a domain name related to a restaurant in Scotland has resulted in a finding of reverse domain name hijacking (pdf). The somewhat convoluted case involves a restaurant called Laila Edinburgh. The...

The top domain name sale of the day was Told.ai selling for $70,000.00 at Atom.com. NameBio tracked 609 domain sales $100+ for a reported total of $529,474 with an average price of $869.42 per sale. Compared to the day before, there was an increase of 8% in the number of sales but the total...

When you’ve just sold a domain on Afternic, the last thing you want is to be left wondering when you’ll see the funds in your account. That’s where our Transaction Assurance (TA) comes in – a powerful system and dedicated team focused on processing your sales quickly and efficiently. At...

Respondent Cannot Rely Upon Previous Registrant’s Rights Sometimes a Respondent will make an argument that is meritless but nevertheless requires attention by the Panelist. Such was the case here, where the Respondent alleged that the Complaint was a “refiled case” despite the fact that the...