India’s DOMAINX Conference is Back! After 6 Successful Events Followed By a 6-Year Hiatus the Curtain is Going Back Up in New Delhi

India's DomainX conference ran annually from 2014-2019 before the Covid pandemic finally brought the train to an abrupt halt. Thankfully, those days are behind us now and the DomainX curtain will rise again when the show returns to New Delhi August 30 & 31. As was the case with previous DomainX events, guests will hear [...]

By |August 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|

AI-related companies are buying lots of domains

AI-related companies and those building tools using AI bought many domains this week. AI, AI, AI. It’s a common theme in this end user domain sales report. And yet…note that the term “AI” is missing from nearly all of the domains. AI-based companies don’t always have to include AI in their names and domains. One [...]

By |August 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|

New research reveals which misspelled brand names work best

Academic researchers investigate considerations when choosing a misspelled brand. The safest thing to do when choosing a brand is to choose one that’s spelled correctly. But as Domain Name Wire readers know, many companies choose alternative spellings when selecting a brand. This can be because the domain they want isn’t obtainable, or when there are [...]

By |August 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|

Shipping company tries reverse hijacking domain name

Domain name was originally registered as part of an alliance that later broke down. A UDRP panel has found reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over the domain name SladeGlobal.com. Slade Shipping, Inc., filed the dispute against Nex Venture / Slade Shipping Far East Pte. Ltd. The dispute arose out of a breakdown in [...]

By |August 20th, 2025|Uncategorized|