Domain Incite https://domainincite.com Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:30:54 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/domainincite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Domain Incite https://domainincite.com 32 32 200573764 Verisign will kill off 37 Kevins (and 22,000 others), complaint claims https://domainincite.com/31787-verisign-will-kill-off-37-kevins-and-22000-others-complaint-claims https://domainincite.com/31787-verisign-will-kill-off-37-kevins-and-22000-others-complaint-claims#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:28:57 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31787 Verisign’s plans to shut down a bunch of legacy services in the .name gTLD has been challenged by a registrant who believes he will lose his domains and email addresses if the registry goes ahead. Doytchin Spiridonov, who works for Bulgarian registrar Dom.bg, has filed a Request for Reconsideration with ICANN, asking it to reverse […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31787-verisign-will-kill-off-37-kevins-and-22000-others-complaint-claims/feed 0 31787 Google names the dates for .fly launch https://domainincite.com/31784-google-names-the-dates-for-fly-launch https://domainincite.com/31784-google-names-the-dates-for-fly-launch#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:52:23 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31784 Google seems to have accelerated its launch plans for .fly, one of the 2012-round gTLDs it’s been sitting on for over a decade. The company’s registry division has notified ICANN that it plans to open its mandatory sunrise period for .fly on September 1 and keep it open until November 9. General availability for the […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31784-google-names-the-dates-for-fly-launch/feed 0 31784 Harassment down, bitchiness up at ICANN https://domainincite.com/31782-harassment-down-bitchiness-up-at-icann https://domainincite.com/31782-harassment-down-bitchiness-up-at-icann#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:24:01 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31782 ICANN’s Ombuds dealt with 50% more cases in its last-reported year, with most of the growth attributable to community members who just can’t seem to get along. In a recently published annual report (pdf), covering the period to the end of June 2025 (yes, it really is published a whole year after the fact), the […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31782-harassment-down-bitchiness-up-at-icann/feed 0 31782 A free, ethical new gTLD? Shurely shome mishtake https://domainincite.com/31779-a-free-ethical-new-gtld-shurely-shome-mishtake https://domainincite.com/31779-a-free-ethical-new-gtld-shurely-shome-mishtake#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:43:40 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31779 Another new gTLD applicant has revealed its plans, this time for a namespace where domains are given away for free and the enemy is Big Tech. The Human-Centered Computing Foundation, a non-profit founded in Colorado last November, says it plans to apply for .self in the current ongoing ICANN application round. It says it has […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31779-a-free-ethical-new-gtld-shurely-shome-mishtake/feed 0 31779 Blacknight acquired by Your.Online https://domainincite.com/31770-blacknight-acquired-by-your-online https://domainincite.com/31770-blacknight-acquired-by-your-online#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:12:50 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31770 Blacknight Solutions, Ireland’s first ICANN-accredited registrar, has been bought by Your.Online for an undisclosed sum. The registrar joins dozens of brands, mainly but not exclusively in the hosting space, under the Your.Online umbrella. Your.Online describes itself as a “group of founder-led digital service providers”, and as such Blacknight founders Michele Neylon and Paul Kelly are […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31770-blacknight-acquired-by-your-online/feed 0 31770 “Bulletproof” registrar gets an ICANN bollocking https://domainincite.com/31772-bulletproof-registrar-gets-an-icann-bollocking https://domainincite.com/31772-bulletproof-registrar-gets-an-icann-bollocking#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:12:22 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31772 ICANN has slapped an intensely privacy-focused registrar that compares its stance on takedowns to Elon Musks with a lengthy breach-of-contract notice, claiming that the company is disregarding legitimate abuse reports for no good reason. Estonia-based Fewmoretaps, which changed its brand to Trustname.com not long after its accreditation was approved in early 2024, has been friendly […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31772-bulletproof-registrar-gets-an-icann-bollocking/feed 0 31772 Team Internet says domains business sale imminent https://domainincite.com/31774-team-internet-says-domains-business-sale-imminent https://domainincite.com/31774-team-internet-says-domains-business-sale-imminent#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:11:48 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31774 Team Internet expects to be able to announce the sale of its domains business in the next several weeks, coming at the end of a turbulent 2025 that saw revenue, and its share price, tumble. The company — home to registry and registrar brands including CentralNic, BrandShelter, Moniker and domaindiscount24 — said of its Domains, […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31774-team-internet-says-domains-business-sale-imminent/feed 0 31774 Two-letter domain auction raises half a billion (dong) https://domainincite.com/31776-two-letter-domain-auction-raises-half-a-billion-dong https://domainincite.com/31776-two-letter-domain-auction-raises-half-a-billion-dong#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:11:08 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31776 Vietnam’s domain registry reportedly raised VND 557 million selling 31 two-character .vn domains at auction late last month. That works out to about an average of about $685 per successfully sold domain, not a lot for a two-character name even in a relatively unknown (in the west) ccTLD. The auction was led by ok.vn, which […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31776-two-letter-domain-auction-raises-half-a-billion-dong/feed 0 31776 Another country jumps on the .ai bandwagon https://domainincite.com/31763-another-country-jumps-on-the-ai-bandwagon https://domainincite.com/31763-another-country-jumps-on-the-ai-bandwagon#respond Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:45:04 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31763 Another Asian registry has added a .ai option at the third level of its ccTLD, seeking to capitalize on the growth of the artificial intelligence industry. PANDI, the registry for Indonesia’s .id domains, said that it is launching .ai.id domain names this month. The launch is coming in phases, with a trademarks-only sunrise period currently […]

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]]> https://domainincite.com/31763-another-country-jumps-on-the-ai-bandwagon/feed 0 31763 ICANN lays out new rules for navel-gazing https://domainincite.com/31759-icann-lays-out-new-rules-for-navel-gazing https://domainincite.com/31759-icann-lays-out-new-rules-for-navel-gazing#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:27:06 +0000 https://domainincite.com/?p=31759 ICANN is set to cut back on the amount of navel-gazing it carries out, dramatically scaling back how often it reviews its own structure and performance. The community’s unashamedly meta “Review of Reviews” has produced fruit on schedule, with a set of principles set to be opened for discussion at the ICANN 86 meeting in […]

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