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Understanding the European domain name market

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:45:44 +0000

Europe’s domain market is very different than other parts of the world. The European domain market has always fascinated me. Living in North America, I usually see .com domains in advertisements, on billboards, or on the sides of service vans. It’s much different in Europe: in most countries, you’re more likely to see a country […]

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Nominet sets February date for major .UK changes

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:41:20 +0000

A new domain transfer process is among the changes. Nominet, the organization that oversees the United Kingdom’s .uk namespace, is making what it calls “the biggest changes to the operation of the .UK registry in Nominet’s 30 years of management.” Last week, it set February 9, 2027, as the implementation date for its “.UK Standardization” […]

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Domain investor gets RDNH win over four letter domain name

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:25:40 +0000

Panel faults financial services company for weak case and for continuing after learning the registrant’s identity. Domain name investment company Blue Nova has successfully defended its domain name inyo.com in a UDRP dispute. A three-person panel found that Inyo, Inc., a financial services firm, tried to reverse hijack the domain name by filing the case. […]

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Who is buying .si domain names?

Andrew Allemann — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:35:48 +0000

Domain investors are responsible for nearly every transaction this year, and one is responsible for over 40% of transactions. Slovenia’s .si country code domain has suddenly become popular with domain investors. Some think the ccTLD could be used as short for “superintelligence”, an artificial intelligence term. While there has been talk about this for some […]

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ICANN sends breach notice to TrustName

Andrew Allemann — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:44:12 +0000

Registrar for “sensitive niches” has not been handling DNS abuse properly, ICANN says. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to domain name registrar Fewmoretaps OU, d/b/a TrustName.com, today. TrustName’s website bills itself as the “most trusted independent domain registrar for privacy-conscious individuals and businesses in sensitive niches. Count on us to be your “bulletproof” domain […]

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