Company applies for eight dot-brand top level domain names. Tech giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) was one of the largest applicants for new top level domain names in the 2012 expansion round, applying for 76 extensions. It was also one of the biggest ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon dials back top level domain ambitions in 2026 round
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Chinese new TLD applicant appears to have been fake
· UncategorizedWhy did someone create a fake applicant website? A Chinese company that said it applied for over 100 top level domain names was apparently fake. In August, Journey to the West Corporation created a website promoting what it said were 323 primary ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy applies for 77 top level domains
· Domain RegistrarsWorld's biggest domain registrar wants to drastically expand its top level domain portfolio. Domain name registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has applied for 77 top level domain names through its registry subsidiary. The company largely sat out the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Meta applies for .SuperIntelligence, 17 other top level domains
· UncategorizedTech giant wants .superintelligence, .agent, and other TLDs. For many people, the first time they heard the term "super intelligence" was when Donald Trump uttered the term last month. During a speech to the United Nations, Trump said that the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Donald Trump applies for .trump top level domain name
· Policy & LawPresident wants his own top level domain name. U.S. President Donald Trump has applied for his own top level domain name: .trump. ICANN, the organization that oversees the domain name system, opened the door to applications for new top level ... Continue Reading1 Comment
WordPress maker Automattic applies for 16 top level domains including .matt
· UncategorizedList includes founder's name, .matt. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, plans to expand its top level domain name portfolio by as many as 16 domains. The company already operates .blog, which has about 375,000 registrations. (For more ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google applies for 39 top level domain names: .agent, .waymo & more
· UncategorizedCompany will face competitors for some of the domains, including .agent. Google has applied for 39 top level domain names in ICANN's 2026 expansion round. That's far fewer than the 101 it applied for last time, in 2012. From the last batch, two ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, applies for 15 top level domain names
· UncategorizedCompany applies for five "dot brands" plus generic strings, such as .agent, .skill. Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has decided to get into the top level domain name business. The company applied for fifteen top level domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Identity Digital applies for whopping 216 top level domain names
· UncategorizedCompany makes massive investment in new strings, including applications for .agent and .crypto. Identity Digital hopes to add hundreds of top level domain names to its already massive portfolio. The company, which is already the largest registry ... Continue Reading1 Comment
More expired domains, more casino sites
· Expired DomainsSean Markey looks at expired domains that sold in August and are now Back with the August sales numbers from NameJet and SnapNames, with a particular look at why names sold for so much when they weren't even good domain names. This feels more like ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
