Stock gets a lift after index announces its inclusion. The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that domain name company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) will join the S&P 500…

Unstoppable Domains and Blockchain.com announced they will apply for .blockchain. .Blockchain is sure to be one of the most-applied-for top level domain names in the next round of ICANN…

Popular creator platform takes another stab at a rebrand. Email marketing platform ConverKit has acquired the domain name kit.com ahead of a rebrand to Kit. The platform hopes to…

A shopping list app, a musical instruments company and a real estate business bought domain names. I’m taking a few minutes out of the NamesCon conference to do this…

GoDaddy, a cybersquatting lawsuit, and Squarespace made the news in May. Here’s a look back at the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by pageviews. 1….

Textron Innovations, the company that owns the Beechcraft brand of airplanes, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domains…

Organization wants to eliminate private auctions in next round of new top level domain name expansion. In the 2012 round of new top level domain name expansion, ICANN encouraged…

Another NameFind auction takes place this month, with more possibly on the horizon. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is planning another auction of its NameFind inventory following a successful auction in…

Patent covers the lifecycle of a domain name that is connected to a blockchain address. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,003,615 to Verisign (NASDAQ:…

Atom announces new products to expand sales reach. Atom (formerly Squadhelp) announced several new features and programs today under the umbrella of AtomConnect. One is the Atom Distribution Network,…