WEEK IN DOMAINING # 61

Newsletter - 61 | Jul 17, 2025

July 17, 2025

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BrandBucket Acquires Novanym. Read more
ICANN’s Organizational Objectives for Fiscal Year 2026. Read more
Liquid Market Report for Q2 2025 come in at $23.7M. Read more
ICANN Announces NextGen@ICANN84 Participants. Read more
Lovable Becomes “Unicorn” on a .Dev Domain Name. Read more
ICANN Seeks Feedback on FY26–30 North America Regional Plan. Read more
OS .ai Acquired by Perplexity. Read more
BlueHost and HostGator to send expired domains to NameJet/SnapNames. Read more
ICANN Announces Publication of Continuous Improvement Program Framework. Read more
DreamHost Is Giving Away Human-Made Sites for Free. Read more
Sedo weekly domain sales led by Crypto .bot. Read more
ICANN Announces Dispute Resolution Service Providers for the Next Round. Read more
Dynadot May 2025 Aftermarket sales report led by Gorillas .io. Read more

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How to Choose the Best Domain Name for a Blog by Evelin Clemens. Read blog
The Rise of Micro-Brands: Visibility Fuels Growth by Eshan Pancholi. Read blog
.Now Domain Extension Has A Great Week — What Now? by Bob Hawkes. Read blog
Are Your Parked Domains Putting Your Brand at Risk? by Natalie Brownell. Read blog
ChatGPT Recommendations Potentially Influenced By Hacked Sites by Matt G. Southern. Read blog
Self-Brokerage Just Got Better: Lease to Own, Seen Status, and Upgrades by Prakash Sadarangani. Read blog
What Is a WHOIS Lookup? How Does It Work for Domain Research? by Thom Davies. Read blog
The Real Reason I’m Finally Building OnlineBusiness .com by Michael Santiago. Read blog
Premium Domain Flipping: The Technical Investor's Guide for 2025 by Aleksandra Vukovic. Read blog
Chair’s Blog: June Board Workshop and ICANN83 Recap by Tripti Sinha. Read blog
Best Domain Name Strategies for Startups on a Budget by Achet Walling. Read blog
How Choice of Reputation Blocklists Affects DNS Abuse Metrics by Carlos Hernandez Ganan. Read blog

IONOS Inside | InterNetX Domain Summit 2025. Listen
From selling shoes to selling domains – DNW Podcast #543. Listen
DomainSherpa Review – It’s A Jungle Out There. Watch
Domain Name Investing with Industry Veteran Adel AlTerkait : The Middle East & Beyond. Watch

ICANN Launching the New Five-Year ICANN Strategic Plan. Know more
Atom has started accepting .now domains. Know more
GoDaddy releases enhancements to Afternic self-brokering. Know more
Atom launches new semantic search tool. Know more
Unstoppable Domains Domainer Club. Know more
Afnic published 2024 global domain name market observatory report. Know more
Spark Namer - Generate the perfect domain name for your app using AI. Know more