Namecheap saw 116,000 phishing attacks last year - Domain Incite Bad guys used Namecheap to register domains associated with over 116,000 confirmed phishing attacks in 2025, according to data released by the company this week. Across Namecheap and sister registrar ...

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.io safe for now as Trump puts Chagos deal on ice - Domain Incite The uncertainty surrounding the future of .io domains is set to continue after the UK government froze its plans to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands due to lack of US support. The UK has run out...

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Amazon sells three gTLDs to Identity Digital domainincite.com/31640-amazon... #domains #newgtlds

.radio’s new owners might have a fight on their hands domainincite.com/31635-radios... #domains #icann #newgtlds

WIPO doubles the speed of UDRP cases - Domain Incite The World Intellectual Property Organization has introduced a new, more expensive tier of its UDRP service that can effectively halve the time each case takes to about 30 days. WIPO said last month th...

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Amazon joining GlobalBlock - Domain Incite Amazon Registry is planning to join the GlobalBlock trademark-blocking system, judging by ICANN records. The company has filed a Registry Services Evaluation Process request asking for 33 of its gTLDs...

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Unstoppable buys 10 new registrars - Domain Incite Unstoppable Domains has got 10 new registrar shell companies accredited by ICANN. According to ICANN records, the companies UnstoppableUS1 LLC through UnstoppableUS10 LLC now have their official accre...

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ICANN cleaning house, cans four more registrars - Domain Incite ICANN has withdrawn the accreditations of four more long-defunct registrars, bringing this month's terminations so far to 11. They're all Chinese, though they do not appear to be under common ownershi...

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ICANN to throw millions more at cheapo gTLDs - Domain Incite ICANN wants to increase the number of new gTLD applications it will subsidize from its own coffers, as well as the size of the discounts it will provide. The Applicant Support Program was originally b...

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Introducing Stringtel, my new free new gTLD tool - Domain Incite I've launched Stringtel, a free, industry-first string discovery and risk mitigation tool for new gTLD applicants. Stringtel is designed to help applicants reduce the risk of their chosen gTLD strings...

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GlobalBlock signs the two best deals it will ever get - Domain Incite Trademark-blocking service GlobalBlock has added the world's second and third-largest TLDs to its roster. China's .cn and Germany's .de are now among the hundreds of TLDs, pseudo-TLDs and blockchain n...

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Seven registrars get terminated - Domain Incite ICANN has terminated the accreditations of seven registrars for not paying their fees. Haveaname, InstantNames, MisterNIC, NetEstate, Neudomain, OpenName, and TopSystem -- all under common ownership i...

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GoDaddy launches DomainMaxxing to optimize your domains - Domain Incite GoDaddy has unveiled a suite of new premium product features designed to help its customers realize the full value of their domains in increasingly competitive marketplaces. DomainMaxxing was develope...

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.latino gTLD to launch soon - Domain Incite The long-dormant .latino gTLD is set to launch soon, targeting the global Spanish-speaking diaspora. Registry DISH DBS had originally planned for .latino to be a dot-brand for its Spanish-language sat...

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Amazon readies .pay gTLD - Domain Incite Amazon's gradual trickle of gTLD releases nlooks set to continue this year, with the company publishing plans for .pay this week. But it appears that the space will be strictly controlled at first, wi...

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Nominet reveals first DNS tech funding recipients - Domain Incite Nominet has revealed the five organizations set to receive a share of up to half a million dollars of grants to fund their DNS software projects. The recipients of the "up to £370,000" tranche of fund...

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ICANN hit with tinfoil-hat lawsuit - Domain Incite ICANN has been sued by a Louisiana woman who thinks the Org is surveilling her. Wendy Renee' Carlton (sic) filed a bizarre lawsuit last month claiming she "has experienced persistent and patterned int...

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Unstoppable focuses on proper domains, admits crypto was “craze” - Domain Incite Unstoppable Domains is steering away from so-called "Web 3" blockchain-based naming to focus on the consensus DNS, according to a social media post from the company's CEO. Matt Gould tweeted on Twitte...

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.pn relaunches — you’ll never guess what they say it means - Domain Incite Two years after Nominet took over the management of the Pitcairn Islands' ccTLD, .pn, the domain has modernized and is ready to relaunch, with a predictably inventive take on what the two-letter domai...

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ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting - Domain Incite ICANN currently has no plans to cancel its 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is due to take place in Muscat, Oman, later this year, according to CEO Kurt Lindqvist. Speaking at the public forum at IC...

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China domains dip in 2026 - Domain Incite Both of China's ccTLD saw their domains under management slide in 2026, according to the latest biannual report from the local registry. CNNIC said that .cn names ended the year at 20,768,082, down by...

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Christ, then how old does that make you?!?! :)

ICANN maps out new gTLD timeline - Domain Incite ICANN's 85th public meeting kicked off in Mumbai at the weekend, the last community face-to-face before the next round of new gTLDs kicks off, and the Org took the time to spell out exactly what is ex...

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War disrupts ICANN 85 - Domain Incite It seems a bit tasteless to whine about disrupted flights when the Middle-East is erupting into war; nevertheless, that's the immediate issue facing would-be attendees at this week's public ICANN meet...

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Namecheap abandons fight for .org price caps - Domain Incite Namecheap seems to have thrown in the towel in its long-running fight to get ICANN to cap the prices of .org and .info domain names. The registrar terminated its Independent Review Process complaint a...

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Identity Digital acquires another gTLD - Domain Incite Identity Digital has bulked out its already substantial portfolio of gTLDs, taking over the ICANN registry contract for another 2012-round string earlier this month. The company is now running .onl vi...

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Seven dead registrars on the out - Domain Incite When a registrar stops paying its registry partners, they tend to be cut off relatively quickly. ICANN takes a bit longer. That seems to be what's happening to a collection of accredited registrars un...

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Sav.com owner takes over .radio gTLD - Domain Incite The .radio gTLD appears to have changed hands, with a young registry affiliated with Sav.com taking over the reins. ICANN documentation shows that Digity, a company led by Sav CEO Anthos Chrysanthou, ...

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I'm afraid I haven't talked to Paul in maybe a decade. The last time I saw him in public was November 2024. He seemed a little paranoid to say the least. I hope all is well. static.sched.com/hosted_files...

*This* was the final straw?