A web3 technology company, two restaurant chains and an industrial vacuum cleaner business bought domain names. Sedo dropped three weeks of domain name sales this week. For my first…

Patent describes method for setting up a domain name registry. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 11,870,750 (pdf) to Identity Digital for Assisted setup of…

Check out what sold over the past two months. NameJet and SnapNames had a couple of slow months to finish the year, at least as far as sales of…

The company says Efty Pay will make domain name transactions easier for both buyers and sellers. Efty is launching a new payments service and rebranding early this year. Big…

Learn how GOAT Foods is building brands on great domain names like chocolate.com. Chocolate.com. Licorice.com. Caramels.com. These are some really sweet domain names, and they’re all owned by one…

Here’s everything that closed at $500 or more. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain name auction ended last Monday. It was New Year’s Day and I wasn’t able to keep…

Company gets $50,000 in statutory damages per domain. Telecommunications company Verizon, through its Verizon Trademark Services LLC affiliate, has been awarded $450,000 in statutory damages against a cybersquatter. The…

Unsurprisingly, the strong brand name mattered. Squarespace acquired Google Domains on September 8, 2023, and we now have an idea of how important the Google brand name was to…

A look back at the holiday month in the domain name business. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month: 1. 14 things you can’t…

ICANN gives registrar mini-extension while it awaits Ombud’s determination. ICANN has delayed fully renewing the accreditation agreement for TAG-Domains after one of the registrar’s leaders made antisemitic remarks. Talal…