Domain Guides
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ICANN Announces October 7 as the Reveal Date for the 2026 New gTLD Round
ICANN has officially announced the reveal date for the 2026 New gTLD Program round: on October 7 at 18:00 UTC, details of all applications that have passed administrative review wi…
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A Clever Domain Hijack! Musk Snags “dot.com” Ahead of OpenAI’s “Dots” Launch
OpenAI recently made a major announcement regarding “Dots,” a new round-the-clock AI agent designed as a lightweight intelligent assistant. It can be embedded within Ch…
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Top 20 Domain Sales Released: Avive.com Tops the List at $210,000; Short-Character and Brand Domains Share the Spotlight
According to data from Domain.news, the list of the top 20 domain sales for last week (September 21–27, 2026) has been released. Avive.com secured the top spot at $210,000, followe…
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Shopify Acquires SHOP.COM Domain in Deal Estimated at Tens of Millions of Dollars
On September 28, 2026, Market America Worldwide officially announced the completion of the sale of the SHOP.COM domain to Shopify. This marks a pivotal step in the digital strategy…
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relationships.com Leads Last Week’s Sales at $226,000; AI and Emerging Extensions Show Strong Performance
According to the latest data from Domain.News, the top 20 domain name sales for the week of September 14–20 have been released. relationships.com dominated the list, and the total …
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AI Model “Jev” Goes Viral, Sparking a Domain Name Land Grab
On September 15, 2026, TypeSafe AI—founded by former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida—launched “Jev,” a new AI model. It quickly went viral within international develope…
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Top 20 Domain Name Transactions of Last Week: Numeric & Premium Short Domains Maintain Strong Momentum
According to statistics from DomainNews, the Top 20 domain name transaction list for September 7 – September 13 has been released. shturl.cc claimed the top spot with a sale price …
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Domain Name Investment in the Second Half of 2026: Focus on Registration Volume, Transaction Price, or New TLD Lists?
The domain name market intensifies its differentiation in the second half of 2026, and relying on a single indicator can easily lead to misjudgments. Registration volume, transacti…
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A Decade of Success: Domain World Conference 2026 Officially Announced as Hong Kong Event
In 2016, the World Domain Conference in Wuzhen became a landmark event for the domain name industry. Ten years later, the baton is passed on again – Domain World Conference 2026 ha…
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August Domain Name Market Recap: stan.com Leads the Way, AI Domains Sell in Bulk at High Prices
According to domain.news statistics, the top 20 domain name transactions for August 2026 have been released. Premium .com short domains continued their strong performance, leading …
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Domain Market Weekly Report: Stan.com Leads the Way, AI and Short Domains Remain Popular
According to Domain.News statistics, the top 20 domain name transactions last week (August 17-23, 2026) have been released. stan.com topped the list with $750,000, sold on the Lumi…
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A Chinese company has applied for over 100 new top-level domains, covering culture, technology, and commerce
The company, Journey to the West Corporation, recently disclosed that it has submitted applications for more than 100 new gTLDs to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and N…
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Multiple Institutions Launch New gTLD Applications; Several New Top-Level Domains Open for ICANN Application
With the opening of ICANN’s new application window for generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2026, the domain name industry is experiencing a new wave of expansion. Two emergi…
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ICANN’s 2026 round of new gTLD applications has closed, receiving over 1600 applications
After 15 weeks, ICANN’s 2026 round of new general top-level domain (gTLD) applications officially closed at 23:59 UTC on August 12th. A total of over 1600 main applications w…
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Escrow.com 2026 Q2 Domain Market Report: .AI Surges, Transaction Volume Reaches $37.7 Million
Escrow.com released its 2026 Q2 Domain Investment Index Report, showing a strong upward trend in the domain market this quarter, with total transaction volume reaching $160 million…
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Domain Value: When Pieter Levels Spends $400,000 on “House Numbers”
On August 12, 2026, renowned independent developer Pieter Levels (@levelsio) publicly revealed his domain purchase list, totaling nearly $400,000, sparking heated discussions in th…
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Last week’s domain name transaction rankings are out, with .ai domains continuing to drive market activity
According to data from Domain.News, the top 20 domain name transactions from August 3-9, 2026, have been revealed. This round of market activity is quite distinct, with .ai domains…
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July 2026 Domain Name Rankings Released: Generic Words and AI-Related Suffixes Boost Market Value
According to data from Domain-News, the top 20 domain name transactions for July have been released, showing a continued hot market with short, generic word domains remaining at th…
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Heavily Investing in Domain Names: Shopify’s Digital Brand Strategy
Recently, the news of Y Combinator’s $250,000 acquisition of the Folk.com domain name went viral, prompting many entrepreneurs to share their domain investment stories. The i…
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2026 First Half Domain Name Trading Market Review: AI Domains Dominate the List, Generic Word Domains Remain Popular
From January to June 2026, the global domain name trading market was active. According to Domain.News statistics, ai.com topped the list with a record-breaking $70 million, far exc…
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2026 Domain Name Market Status, Structure, and Development Trends
The global domain name market maintained steady growth in 2026, with total domain name registrations exceeding 400 million, a year-on-year increase of over 8%. Market transaction a…
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Dana White’s Expensive Lesson: How the UFC.com Domain Price Soared from $20,000 to $200,000
In the business world, timing is often more important than the amount. UFC President Dana White recently vividly illustrated this truth through an anecdote. According to a post by …
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Ten Years, $135 Million: Verisign Finally Acquires .Web Top-Level Domain
Recently, a major deal in the domain name industry has come to a close: Verisign, a global top-level domain management organization, has officially acquired the operating rights to…
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Neo.ai, bought for $275,000 two months ago, has now secured $100 million in funding
Two months ago, when the domain name Neo.ai sold for $275,000, many questioned whether the deal was worthwhile. Now, the answer is clear—AI security company Neo has officially anno…
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Last week’s Top 20 Domain Name Transactions List Released: xyz and Premium Short Domains Lead the Market
Domain.News’ latest statistics on last week’s domain name transactions, from July 13th to 19th, 2026, show a surge in sales of diverse suffixes and premium industry dom…
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The 2026 China Internet Conference Opens, Empowering New Development of the Digital Industry with Domain Name Infrastructure Resources
The 2026 China Internet Conference, hosted by the Internet Society of China, successfully opened recently at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. As a major internet in…
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June 2026 Domain Name Transaction Ranking: Three-Letter Short Domains Lead the Way, AI Sector Continues to Heat Up
According to Domain.News statistics, the top 20 domain name transactions for June 2026 have been released. Unsurprisingly, mom.com topped the list this month with a transaction pri…
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A Glimpse into the Global Domain Name Industry Conferences in the Second Half of 2026: Don’t Miss Out on Their Value
The second half of 2026 will see a series of major conferences for the global domain name industry, from the European B2B closed-door summit to the ICANN global policy event, and t…
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Weekly Domain Name Sales Rankings Released, Premium .com Domains Highly Sought After
According to Domain.News statistics, the top 20 global domain name sales rankings for June 15-21, 2026 have been released. This week’s high-priced domain names were dominated…
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Last week’s domain name transaction rankings are out! AI-related domains remain in the high-price tier
According to Domain.News’s statistics on the top 20 domain name transactions last week (June 8-14, 2026), high-end domain name transactions remained highly active. AI and gen…
