Needy new TLD applicants might get bigger discount

Board considering extra funds to extend bigger discount to all qualified ASP applicants. ICANN plans to offer a steeper discount to new top level domain applicants under its Applicant Support Program (ASP). Under the original plan, up to 45 applicants with financial need would receive a 75% discount on evaluation fees, a bid credit for [...]

Implausible Emails and a Two-Letter Domain: Panel Firmly Rejects Fabricated Evidence and Finds RDNH – vol. 6.14

Implausible Emails and a Two-Letter Domain: Panel Firmly Rejects Fabricated Evidence and Finds RDNH This decision is a careful and commendable example of a panel rigorously testing the evidentiary record before drawing inferences of bad faith. Faced with a valuable two-letter Domain Name acquired for nearly USD $800,000, the Panel appropriately anchored its analysis in [...]

Behind the data: Domain registrar growth in 2025

Which registrars are growing, and what’s driving it? Last week, I published my monthly look at how domain name registrars are faring with .com registrations. Since this data covered December 2025 and concluded the year, I think it’s an interesting time to dig into it a bit more. A good starting point is to look [...]

Name.com provides registrant data to UDRP imposter

Imposter spoofed UDRP provider to get customer information and lock domain. On today’s DNW Podcast, John Berryhill mentioned a developing situation with a client’s domain name. You can listen to the entire discussion about the issue starting at 34:00 of today’s show. In a nutshell, name.com sent an email to a customer informing him that [...]