ICANN has announced that it has awarded $9 million in the first round of its Grants Program to 21 organizations around the world to support projects related to the Internet's unique identifier systems, including the Domain Name System (DNS)
Once a niche choice for tech startups, .ai is now firmly in the global spotlight. From investor activity to end-user adoption, market signals point to a sustained rise in both demand and value.
Since its launch in 2001, the top-level domain .aero is now facing a major change. The US registry SITA INC USA has notified its partner companies that the ownership of the .aero domain will be transferred to a new operator.
Two short and memorable brand domain names: art.ci and cloud.ci, have recently been successfully traded through DN.com. The specific transaction price is confidential at the request of the relevant parties.
A recent UDRP case involvingNolaElectric.comended in a rare but significant outcome: the panel at WIPO denied the complaint and found the case to constituteReverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH).
According to a report published by the Australian Financial Review (AFR) on June 3, US real estate giant CoStar Group has acquired the domain name Homes.com.au for more than $22 million (A$34 million).
Following the launch of three new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) .free, .hot and .spot this year, Amazon plans to launch two previously unused gTLDs: .talk and .fast in August 2025.
Premium domain BRB.com has sold for a seven-figure sum. Domain investor James Booth shared the news and confirmed the transaction amount was over $1 million.
In the past two weeks, many high-priced domain names have been sold intensively. The strong transaction data not only boosted industry confidence, but also injected new momentum into the domain name market.
Recently, Nintendo of America Inc. ruled to transfer NintendoSwitch2.com to the complaining party in a dispute with a Chinese individual regarding the domain name nintendoswitch2.com.