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New Top-Level Domains Are Coming in 2026. Should Your Business Care?
ICANN’s application window for its 2026 round of new top-level domains closed on August 12, 2026. This article covers what the 2026…
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He Turned Down a $1,000 Domain Offer, Then Spent More Losing a UDRP Case
Callum Charnock runs a UK business called LoyalSoldiers.co.uk, selling extreme sports apparel. He wanted the matching .com, LoyalSoldiers.com, which had been registered…
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A Threat Actor Spent $7 Million Buying Expired Domains. Here’s the Business Model.
The moment your domain lapses, it becomes worth money to someone else Every day, roughly 50,400 domains across generic top-level domains expire…
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GoDaddy Removes the $25,000 Cap on Its Domain Appraisal Tool
GoDaddy rolled out an updated version of its GoValue domain appraisal tool starting around August 10, 2026, with the update fully live…
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Verisign’s .com Price Increase: What It Actually Means for Your Renewal
Verisign is raising the wholesale price of a .com domain from $10.26 to $10.97 a year, effective November 1, 2026, a roughly…
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Should Your Business Register a .ai Domain? What It Actually Costs
A .ai domain name is a viable alternative for non-AI businesses facing .com availability limits or international naming constraints, provided they understand…
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The GoDaddy Lawsuit Is About Stock Price. Here’s the Real Lesson
A $4.99-a-year domain registration promotion is now the center of a securities class action lawsuit against a publicly traded company. This highlights…
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The .Com Registrar Market Is Shrinking for Everyone Except Three Companies
The four largest .com registrars by new registrations, GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace, and Hostinger, all posted declines in April 2026 compared to March,…
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Namecheap’s First Outage in 25 Years Is a Good Reason to Ask What Your Own Setup Depends On
Executive Summary & Key Incident Details – Incident Date: Thursday, August 14, 2026 – Provider & Facility: Namecheap, RadiusDC data center (Phoenix)…
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Domain Market Trends: What August’s Numbers Mean for Small Business Owners
August 12, 2026 is a genuine deadline in the domain industry: it’s the cutoff for new top-level domain (TLD) and backend registry…
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