MIAMI, FL – GoDaddy Chief Executive Officer Aman Bhutani will deliver a keynote at NamesCon Global in Miami, organizers announced in an October 16 email to attendees and subscribers. The
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A push by President Donald Trump to replace the term “Artificial Intelligence” with “Super Intelligence” is creating an unexpected surge in demand for Slovenia’s .SI country-code domain.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – This evening I was reading DN Journal’s recent profile of veteran domain investor Yoni Belousov when I found myself asking a fairly simple question: What
The iconic Nashville.com domain name has been sold after more than two decades under the ownership of the Castello Brothers. Here’s what we know about the historic geo-domain transaction, and the major details that remain undisclosed.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – EstiBot has launched SoldNames.com, a free database combining historical domain sales with live domain auctions, adding another piece to a growing collection of tools that
MIAMI, FL – Rick Schwartz’s Beanstalk Challenge has succeeded at one thing beyond dispute: getting valuable domain names developed. In roughly six months, dozens of premium domains that previously sat
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – More than a decade ago, the Internet was supposedly about to change forever. ICANN opened the floodgates to hundreds of new generic top-level domains, or
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The latest DNJournal Year-to-Date Top 100 Domain Sales Chart, reflecting publicly reported transactions through July 5, 2026, shows a domain aftermarket being shaped by two
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In the world of premium domain names, the headlines usually belong to the domains themselves. A one-word .com sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars
For years, conventional wisdom has suggested that the best domains are those with an obvious meaning - names that instantly tell people what a business does or clearly identify a product, service, or industry. It's advice I've shared myself. Then I looked at the latest DN Journal domain sales report. Among the week's top reported sales were Kiven.com ($94,888) and Balaena.com ($89,000). Neither is a name that most people would instantly recognize or associate with a particular business. Neither immediately tells you what the business is about. Yet buyers were willing to spend nearly six figures to acquire them.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – When ICANN approved hundreds of new top-level domains in 2012, supporters predicted a fundamental shift in how businesses would use the internet. Companies applied for
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Google’s latest advertising policy update may not have been intended for the domain industry, but domain investors and brand owners should probably pay attention. In
VILNIUS, LT – A dispute involving the former Smartproxy brand is drawing attention to a lesson that extends far beyond the proxy industry: companies that rebrand may never truly leave
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Every time a major domain sales report is released, investors naturally look to the top of the chart for clues about where the market is
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – While conducting valuation research for a client, I compiled a dataset of comparable three-letter .com domain sales that revealed some interesting patterns worth sharing. Three-letter
PALM BEACH, FL – The latest Global Domain Report, published by InterNetX in collaboration with Sedo, is over 100 pages long and packed with charts, data, and industry commentary. It
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – When the domain Icon.com was reported to have sold for $12 million, it quickly became one of the most talked-about transactions in the domain industry.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For years, debates about domain value have largely revolved around traffic mechanics – rankings, keywords, backlinks, and click-through rates. But artificial intelligence is quietly changing
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – If you type Nissan.com today, December 2025, you still won’t end up on Nissan Motor’s website. After 25+ years of lawsuits, filings, injunctions, offers, counters,
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States government has begun directing Internet traffic from the long useed Defense.gov – the primary digital home of the Department of Defense for more than
NEW YORK, NY – The domain industry saw a notable identity shift recently with the announcement that Prime Loyalty has officially rebranded to URLs.com, a move that, in my view,
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – For more than two decades, the domain-name market has largely moved in step with Google’s search systems. Investors based valuations on keyword demand, search volume,