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2025’s biggest .com gainers: Namecheap, Hostinger, Cloudflare

See the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; the newest data provided is for December 2025. Because December was the end of the year, it provides an interesting look at how [...]

Can any registries win the contract to operate .US?

The draft RFP includes provisions that severely limit the pool of potential operators. In December, the U.S. government published a draft RFP to operate the .us country code domain and requested feedback. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) planned to open the RFP in early 2026 and announce the winner this month. However, it [...]

End user domain name sales up to $50,000

Businesses bought these domain names at Sedo over the past week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was zmo.com for $95,000. The buyer is not yet known. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that were recently completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. AllCalls.com $49,999 – AllCalls.io is a [...]

Australian mining and agriculture company tries reverse domain name hijacking

Firm’s name is a common surname in Australia. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has denied (pdf) a cybersquatting complaint against the domain name hancock.com.au. The majority of the panel also found that this was a case of reverse domain name hijacking. Hancock Prospecting Pty Limited filed the dispute against Domain Invest Pty Ltd. [...]