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ICANN 85 in Mumbai confirmed the exact timeline for the next round of new domain extensions: applications open April 30 and close August 12, with a new string-swap mechanism and Reveal Day expected by October.
The small web has exploded to 32,000 active sites producing 1,251 daily content updates, signaling a major shift in how people use domain names and what domain investors should be buying in 2026.
Team Internet Group reported a 40% revenue decline to $481.9M in 2025, driven by Google's AdSense for Domains shutdown — providing hard financial proof that domain parking is dead as a business model.
ICANN 85 in Mumbai revealed a new string swap rule allowing gTLD applicants to change their requested domain extension after Reveal Day, plus the full timeline from April 2026 applications through mid-2027 delegation.
How the death of domain parking, AI-powered zero-click search, and the $1.45M workspace.com sale are reshaping which domain names hold real value in 2026.
Saw.com CEO Jeff Gabriel reveals that domain buyers are now choosing .ai over .com even at higher prices, while VC-funded startups have become more ROI-conscious about domain purchases in 2026.
A data-driven framework for identifying which domain name categories are gaining or losing value as AI reshapes the web, based on expert analysis from Domain Name Wire and real market data from Q1 2026.
Analysis of Durable's $125,000 upgrade from .co to .com alongside the latest DNJournal Top 20 sales chart, including Bot.ai's record $1.2M sale and PrivateLLM.com at $250K, revealing why .com still dominates and AI-keyword domains are the hottest commodity in 2026.
Unstoppable Domains grew from 20,000 to 750,000 domains in 13 months using below-cost $5 .com pricing. Now with price increases, we analyze what their strategy means for domain buyers and examine real end-user purchase data from 2026.
A music platform tried to steal splice.ai through UDRP reverse domain name hijacking and failed. Learn what RDNH is, why .ai domains are increasingly targeted, and how to protect your domains from hijacking attempts.