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ICANN cleans up more deadbeat domain name registrars

Five registrars receive breach notices for failure to pay accreditation fees. ICANN sent breach notices to five domain name registrars yesterday. The primary breach listed on each notice is for failure to pay accredited fees. It appears many of the registrars are years behind on payments and have been unresponsive to prior ICANN communications. For [...]

D3 plans next Dominion conference for Las Vegas in April

Conference promises hands-on support for buying and selling fractionalized domain names. D3, a company connecting real-world domain names to web3 technology, will hold its next Dominion conference in Las Vegas on April 29-30. The conference will be at Resorts World. The most recent Dominion was held in January 2025. At that time, D3 was still [...]

Escrow.com releases Domain Investment Indexes for Q3 and Q4

Domain transaction value increased in each of the last two quarters of 2025. Escrow.com’s parent company Freelancer (OTCMKTS: FLNCF) reported earnings last week. Today, Escrow.com published its Q3 and Q4 Domain Investment Indexes, providing more color on how domain name sales are performing. .Ai domains remain a standout, hitting USD $10.3 million in transactions in [...]

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Sot.com

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Sot.com led the way at $46,000. ToolFinder.com was second at $25,250 and InsureHero.com third at $15,995. No cctlds or other tlds had any five figure sales this week. No .ai sales. 37 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency     [...]

How PopSockets broke the VC-backed consumer hardware mold

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Dominic-Madori Davis [...]

His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.

Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination.  Watch as founder and former CEO [...]