The domain name Shine.co was sold for $80,000, which attracted attention in the domain name circle. "Shine" means "shine", and many international brands and startups use "Shine" as their company names, making it a high-demand brand keyword.
Kennan Davison, CEO of ad tech startup icon, announced on LinkedIn that his company has acquired icon.com for $12 million. The deal is the largest publicly reported domain name transaction this year and the sixth largest in history.
The three-letter domain name TXT.com was recently sold for US$502,400. The buyer adopted a "rent first, then buy" payment method and has now paid the down payment.
InternetNZ, the official registry for New Zealand's country code top-level domain .nz, has announced a price increase for all .nz domains. Effective July 1, 2025.
The domain name, which was supposed to be transferred smoothly due to corporate bankruptcy, became deadlocked during the transaction and was ultimately decided through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
Recently, the domain name C1.ai was sold for $65,000. According to public records, C1.ai was sold for $910 on January 6, 2020. In just five years, its price has increased by 7043%.
According to the latest .com domain name registration data for December 2024 released by ICANN and Verisign, the number of new registrations at GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, fell below 600,000 for the first time.
For the first time since its implementation in 1999, UDRP has undergone a systematic review. WIPO and ICA jointly launched a public consultation to seek a balance between protection and fairness.
The recent UDRP case involving the LIBBS.com domain name attracted attention not only because of the outcome, but also because of the registrant’s unusual defense: citing DeepSeek as evidence of non-infringement.
The Virtuoso.ai domain recently sold for $70,000, joining the list of high-value .ai domain sales in 2025. This highlights investors’ continued confidence in premium .ai domains associated with strong brand keywords.