United States sues to seize Egypt.com domain name

Government says creator of illicit Abacus Market is the ultimate owner of the domain. The United States Government has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to seize the domain name Egypt.com, alleging that it was purchased with illicitly obtained funds. In the suit, the government said that the person who operated the darknet marketplace Abacus Market, which [...]

End user domain sales including a $30k .dev

SkiResort.com sells for $80k; .dev domain banks $30k. I bet many people in the Northern hemisphere wish they were on the ski slopes right now. It’s even hitting around 90 in Seattle today. Well, one of this week’s Sedo sales should cool you off. Also, check out the price tag on cat.dev. Here’s a list [...]

Wholesale .IO registration cost increasing to $56

.IO and four other TLDs will see price increases in January. Renewing .io domain names continues to get more expensive. Identity Digital, the registry that manages the country code domain, just informed domain name registrars that it’s increasing the price on January 19, 2027. It will jump by 12% from $50 to $56. The company [...]