Shows returning to Ice Palace in Miami. Organizers of the NamesCon and CloudFest conferences have revealed that the events will take place November 11-12 this year. The shows are returning to Miami, which is no surprise. But it is a bit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NamesCon and CloudFest USA set 2026 dates and venue
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14 Sedo end user domain name sales
· Domain SalesA Morse code translation site, an indie gaming studio, and an AI-powered video generation tool bought domain names. Sedo has published its sales reports from the holiday break. For this post, I dug into end user sales that were completed by ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WIPO handles record number of domain disputes in 2025
· Policy & LawCases have been nearly flat in the past few years at the largest UDRP service. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published data about its domain name caseload in 2025. The organization is the most popular venue for disputes ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Four interesting domain names in the wild
· UncategorizedThese three new top level domains and a .com popped out to me. Over the holidays, I saw a lot of non-.com domains in the wild, as well as a great .com domain. Let's start with one I saw while walking around the Capitol Hill area of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN nukes another small domain name registrar
· Domain RegistrarsHong Kong registrar loses its accreditation. Another day, another domain registrar losing its accreditation. Yesterday, ICANN notified (pdf) 0101 Internet, Inc., a Hong Kong-based registrar, that it is being terminated. The notice came a day ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This week’s end user domain name sales at Sedo
· Domain SalesAn LLM company, an online Tennis store, and a custom rug business bought domain names. Sedo's weekly sales lists are back! The list below covers the most recent list published by Sedo this week. The top public sale of the week was midnight.com, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Atom launching AtomEdge with discounts for domain investors
· Domain RegistrarsNew registrar will offer at-cost domains and commission reductions to customers with at least 100 domains. As it prepares to launch its domain registrar to the public, Atom has announced a new program offering discounts to domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New TLD Kickstarter campaign reaches its goal
· UncategorizedCampaign surpasses €80,000 fundraising goal. A nonprofit that turned to Kickstarter to raise funds for its new top level domain ambitions has met its fundraising goal. dotMeow Foundation, a Belgian nonprofit that aims to promote social ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Netflix wins KPop Demon Hunters domain name
· Policy & LawGerman man registered the domain name three days after Netflix released the hit movie. Netflix has convinced (pdf) a World Intellectual Property Organization panel to award it the domain name KPopDemonHunters.com. The studio and streaming ... Continue Reading2 Comments
He could have had the domain for $709. Instead, he lost a UDRP
· Policy & LawA UDRP Complainant turned down an inexpensive settlement offer, only to lose the case. A New York-area business owner has a reason to kick himself after turning down a settlement offer in a cybersquatting dispute. Kyle Kantor of Good Ground ... Continue Reading6 Comments
