Namecheap’s Spaceship raised its fees. It won’t be the last company to do so. Last week, Spaceship changed its commission for domain sales from 5% to 10%. The change came after a very brief test of charging the buyer a 5% commission on top of the seller’s commission. Many domain investors are understandably frustrated about […]

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Solutions is a perennial seller in the domain aftermarket. Afternic recently published a list of the top keywords in domains sold on its platform in December. Here’s the list, with the previous month’s rank in parentheses: ai (1) my (2) it (11) group (5) home (3) us (19) life (2) shop (15) global capital auto […]

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GigaLaw’s latest report shows a slight decline in UDRP decisions in 2025. The total number of decisions under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2025 fell slightly from the year before. GigaLaw’s Domain Name Dispute Digest tallied the numbers across all five UDRP providers and found that decisions dropped 0.9% to 8,476 […]

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Once Ting is sold, Tucows plans to use cash to build and buy platform businesses. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings last week and set out its strategy going forward. It was the first earnings report under new CEO David Woroch. As for earnings, the company reported a 7% year-over-year revenue increase […]

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Higher thresholds mean fewer sellers will receive tax form. Last year, Afternic created a bit of chaos when it sent out 1099-Ks. It was the first year of a lowered threshold for sending these forms. Anyone who sold $5,000 or more worth of domain names, regardless of the number of domains, received a 1099-K. At […]

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