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 [...]

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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 [...]

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