PALM BEACH, FL – Startups frequently launch with the domain name they can obtain, then pursue the one they ultimately want as the business develops and its resources grow. AI
NEW YORK, NY – They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But what if you own NewYork.com? It is a question I
SWITZERLAND – A Danish renewable energy company that tried repeatedly to buy WindSpace.com has lost its bid to obtain the domain through a cybersquatting complaint, with a WIPO panel finding
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
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has revealed 1,615 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), potentially introducing hundreds of additional Internet address
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 – Call Tracking Metrics has officially rebranded as CTM, adopting the premium three-letter domain CTM.com as its primary web address. The company announced the change on
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 – 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
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
PALM BEACH, FL – When I first saw this DNW headline, I thought I had been accidentally redirected to The Onion or The Babylon Bee. That is how absurd this
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 more than two decades, DNJournal’s weekly Top 20 domain sales chart has served as a conservative barometer of the aftermarket’s highest end. The list
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,
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In a major policy shift that blurs the line between domain names and social-media identities, X (formerly Twitter) has officially launched a Handle Marketplace, allowing paid