Domain updates
Registrar and registry news
Analysis from our price desk, plus registry and registrar changes that move what a domain costs.
4 Nov 2026
The Afterlife of Expired Domains: How NameJet and SnapNames Sales PerformA feature on the post-sale life of expired domains, focusing on how NameJet and SnapNames names can be used after auction. The article stays with the verified reporting on expired-domain SEO sales and does not add unconfirmed performance claims.
4 Nov 2026
Why UDRP Is Not a Shortcut for Standard Trademark LitigationUDRP panels are designed for clear domain-name abuse, not for resolving broader commercial trademark disagreements. As reported by Domain Name Wire, complaints that try to convert a trademark dispute into a cybersquatting case risk running into the policy’s procedural limits.
15 Oct 2026
Two more registrants file ICANN reconsideration requests over third-level .name domainsDomain Name Wire reported that two more registrants of third-level .name domains have filed reconsideration requests with ICANN. The filings ask the ICANN Board to reverse the decision allowing Verisign to eliminate those domain names.
26 Aug 2026
Renewal, not the first year, decides what a domain costsAcross the registrars we track, the cheapest first year and the cheapest three years are almost never the same company. Our price desk explains why the renewal line is the one to read.
25 Aug 2026
.ae stays the premium extension — and the price spread is the widest we trackThe UAE country extension costs several times a .com at every registrar in our table, and the difference between the cheapest and most expensive seller is larger than for any generic extension we follow.
24 Aug 2026
What a one-dollar domain actually costs over three yearsWe ran every promotional first-year price in our table out to a three-year total. The discount rarely survives the second invoice, and in the new extensions it reverses completely.