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, bad press, and global brand confusion, the automaker continues to operate from NissanUSA.com while Nissan.com remains in the hands of the estate of one man: Uzi Nissan. And remarkably, the story is still evolving. Even after Uzi passed away in 2020, even after hackers tried to steal the … [Read more...]
Breaking Down the Q3 2025 Domain Name Industry Brief: What the Latest Data Means
RESTON, VA - Every quarter, Verisign releases its Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) - a data-packed snapshot of the global domain landscape. The Q3 2025 report just dropped, revealing how domain registrations, renewals, and growth trends are shifting across .com, .net, country-code extensions, and hundreds of new generic TLDs. For professionals running digital projects from startups and online stores to marketers, web developers, and SEO specialists, these numbers are more … [Read more...]
“Ultra-Premium” Invite-Only Domain Marketplace Unveiled by GoDaddy
TEMPE, AZ - GoDaddy has launched a new, invite-only marketplace for high-value domain names at the incredible web address: DomainNames.com, positioning it as a curated showroom for one-word .com and .ai domains, rare two-letter names, and short numerics typically valued in the six-figures and up. The rollout follows industry teasers earlier this month and formal launch coverage this past week. This is a distinct, curated tier within GoDaddy’s aftermarket universe-separate … [Read more...]
WHOIS Data Shrinks: GoDaddy’s Latest Move Reflects Post-GDPR Privacy Trend
PALM BEACH, FL - The public face of domain ownership is disappearing - and GoDaddy's latest announcement is just the latest proof. In an email sent to resellers today, GoDaddy announced it will no longer collect or display Administrative, Billing, or Technical contact details for most domains. The move, effective August 21, 2025, is part of a broader alignment with ICANN’s evolving Registration Data Policy (RDP) and reflects a clear trend in the domain industry: WHOIS records … [Read more...]