See the fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking domain registrars. ICANN has published the latest registrar-by-registrar data for the .com namespace using official data Verisign provides to ICANN. The data is always three months in arrears; the newest data provided is for December 2025. Because December was the end of the year, it provides an interesting look at how […]

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The registrars were late on accreditation payments, and don’t appear to have been active. ICANN has sent termination notices to seven domain name registrars. The organization sent breach notices to HaveaName, Netestate, TopSystem, OpenName, NeuDomain, MisterNic, and InstantNames in February, informing them that they were late on accreditation fees. (InstantNames is not affiliated with Instant […]

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Domain was registered before Complainant existed.  A company that connects college athletes with endorsement deals tried to reverse hijack a domain name, a UDRP panelist has decided. NOCAP Sports, Inc., which uses the domain name nocapsports.io, filed the dispute against the domain name nocapsports.com. The .com is registered to Peter Liberatore in Florida and resolves […]

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Forum expands on its parking platform to get domains in front of buyers. NamePros gets tens of millions of visits from guest users every year. Now, it wants to turn them into domain buyers. The forum has released new features to improve the visibility of domain investors’ names. Visitors can now search for domain names […]

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The draft RFP includes provisions that severely limit the pool of potential operators. In December, the U.S. government published a draft RFP to operate the .us country code domain and requested feedback. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) planned to open the RFP in early 2026 and announce the winner this month. However, it […]

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