WEEK IN DOMAINING # 63

Newsletter - 63 | Aug 18, 2025

WEEK IN DOMAINING

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • Identity Digital and Whois API make the Inc. 5000 list. Read more

  • Two more dot-brands leave Verisign for GoDaddy. Read more

  • GoDaddy Q2 2025 earnings report. Read more

  • First Candidates Receive Conditional Approval for Applicant Support Program. Read more

  • Radix selects Tucows Registry as Back-End Registry Services Provider. Read more

  • For the Fourth Time, Atom .com Joins the Inc. 5000 List. Read more

  • Titan inks deal to offer email services to GoDaddy customers. Read more

  • The DN Journal Report. Read more

  • 35 .ORG Impact Finalists Revealed. Read more

  • Common to host 2025 .Org Impact Awards. Read more

  • Price increase for .XYZ, .LOL, .LAT and more. Read more

  • NameJet/SnapNames July 2025 Aftermarket report led by Ebot .com. Read more

  • Sedo releases three weeks of domain sales led by ZH .com. Read more

  • Hospitals Rush .med: 42,000+ Domains Reserved Before Launch Day. Read more

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BLOGS

  • Google Cautions Businesses Against Generic Keyword Domains by Matt G. Southern. Read blog

  • How Long Can a Domain Name Be? Short Domains vs. Long Domains by Christopher G. Simon. Read blog

  • How Buyers Find Domain Names by Elliot Silver. Read blog

  • Common English Words As Company Brands by Bob Hawkes. Read blog

  • How to Check Domain Expiry Date: Monitoring Methods and Recovery Costs by Evelin Clemens. Read blog

  • How Long Do You Give a Buyer to Pay for a Domain Name? by Elliot Silver. Read blog

  • How to Protect Your Business Name Without a Trademark by Callie Lavit. Read blog

  • Domain Strategy in 2025: Observations from the InterNetX Domain Summit by Michiel Grotenhuis. Read blog

  • How to Price Your Domain Name by Elie Eweka. Read blog

  • Complaint Filed Despite “Voluntary” Rebranding by Ankur Raheja. Read blog

  • Domain Articles Probably Not True by Joe Alagna. Read blog

  • The .ai domain moves beyond the hype to secure its top-tier status by Shani Jensen. Read blog

  • Domain Name Expired? What to Do if You Forgot to Renew Your Domain by Ilona K. Read blog

  • What Is Internet Resilience? by Robert Mitchell. Read blog

PODCAST / INTERVIEW

  • Inside IONOS | Thomas Keller (DENIC). Listen

  • Jeffrey Gabriel’s Vision Behind Saw .com. Read

  • DomainSherpa Review – Last Night in Soho. Watch

  • A New Turn in the Domain Industry: How Startups and Small Brands Are Claiming Their Own TLDs – Sergey Gorbunov, it .com Domains. Read

  • Catching up with Dynadot – DNW Podcast #548. Listen

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW LAUNCH

  • VeloNames - Fractional Channel Strategy for the Domain Ecosystem. Know more

  • Trademark .io - Brand Protection, Built for Founders. Know more

  • dotDB launched Keyword Insights Page. Know more

  • BrandDew - Brandable and Available domain names only. Explore

JOBS

  • Explore openings at Newfold Digital. Know more

  • Find your perfect role at GoDaddy. Know more

  • Grow your career at ICANN. Know more

  • Join Tucows Domains for making the Internet better. Know more

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Keep Domaining. See you next week,

Sarfraz Saleem
Founder | DomainBuddy.in, DNGuide.in
Editor-in-Chief | WEEK IN DOMAINING 

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