Cloudflare enters top 10 registrars for .com

A look at the top 10 .com registrars for both new monthly registrations and total domains under management. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers August 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Cloudflare entered the monthly top 10 list for the first [...]

By |December 4th, 2025|Uncategorized|

German shopping comparison business attempts reverse domain name hijacking

Panelist found no evidence of targeting. A German company that provides product and service comparison services has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Check24 GmbH filed the dispute (pdf) against the domain name check24.co.uk. Under Nominet’s Domain Resolution Service (DRS), a Complainant must show that it has rights in a mark that’s [...]

By |December 4th, 2025|Uncategorized|

November’s top domain news stories

An end of an era at Tucows and fallout from AdSense for Domains were top stories last month. These were the top five posts on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views: 1. Slipknot.com owner shows up to defend domain against Slipknot band – After the band filed an in rem lawsuit, the owner [...]

By |December 4th, 2025|Uncategorized|