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Neustar, Inc. has decided to destroy whois for .biz and .us domain names without even an announcement. That is probably because what they did is against ICANN rules. Domain name whois at port 43 is …

.Shop domain names turn one year old and as .shop celebrates its first anniversary, we take a look if the $41.5 million price tag paid by the registry was really worth it. It seems that …

This is a fundamental mistake in domain name investing and even experienced domainers do this mistake even without realizing it. Some people think that the simple the fact of owning many domain names will sooner …

I bought a .com domain name for $1,500 using the BIN price at Afternic on the 28th of August. The domain name was then refunded 2 days later with little to no explanation as to …

Rick Schwartz, the Domain King, is constantly buying but also dropping domain names all the time. He shared a list of his purchases and also tweeted today that he dropped 100 domains from 1997 saving …

Rick Schwartz talked about his 2017 domain name purchases on Twitter. Rick Schwartz said: “So far in 2017 I invested in 49 #Domains Total of $44k. Average $895 per #domain. (Plus Hand Regs)” I asked …

Plan Bee LLC, the company operating the .build top-level domain, has been suspended in California. The Beverly Hills based company has been suspended by the California Secretary of State AND the Franchise Tax Board. The …

A comment left by a reader claims that a small but important detail in the bankruptcy law could have helped Grandma Heidi Powell keep her rightfully owned domain name. Is it possible that Heidi Powell …

The latest update on the HeidiPowell.com domain name case is that the motion for a stay by Grandma Heidi was denied on the August 30. “I’m sad to report that the same judge who decided …

GoDaddy will stop offering all Uniregistry domain names and extensions on August 29, 2017. A few months back GoDaddy suspended all Uniregistry extensions after the price increases were announced but then reinstated (some and then) …

Mike Mann talked on Facebook about his 150,000 .Com domain repricing project and the difficulties he is having. “My 150,000 .Com domain repricing project is working sort of but not really. I buy new ones …

Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap, wrote an article about suspending the domain name DailyStormer.lol. The article called “Inciting Violence vs Freedom of Speech” was written (and later edited) the Namecheap CEO can be summarized in …

Namecheap announced that it will be discontinuing several of the Uniregistry and XYZ domain name extensions (plus .rich and .luxury) on September 7, 2017. Kudos to Namecheap! The domain name registrar said that it has …

George Kirikos has been arguing about the New gTLD sunrise success with the ICANN community and the GNSO Working Group. In my opinion his views are 100% correct and his suggested procedure could save all …