ICANN's 2026 round of new top-level domains now has a shape. On Reveal Day, October 7, the organization published 1,615 applications from 481 applicants, out of 1,663 submitted before the window shut on August 12. The two-week window to swap a primary string for a backup closed on October 21. On November 17, String Confirmation Day, ICANN publishes the final list and the … [Read more...] about New gTLD 2026 Round Draws 1,615 Applications With .agent the Most Contested String at 13 Applicants
Herzliya.org Brings a Coastal City Domain to Life Through Local Guides
A city domain becomes more persuasive when readers can already see what belongs on it. Herzliya.org has that advantage: a clear geographic name supported by an English-language website covering the place behind the address. Its recent articles move from the beaches into neighbourhoods, practical travel questions and local places to eat. For someone considering the domain as a … [Read more...] about Herzliya.org Brings a Coastal City Domain to Life Through Local Guides
What Makes a Geographic Domain Worth Developing
A geographic domain becomes interesting when the place behind it can support a useful publication or service. Recognition helps, but the name alone does not establish a business. The stronger development case joins a clear geographic identity with recurring visitor needs, enough material to publish and a realistic way to reach the people who care about that place. Begin by … [Read more...] about What Makes a Geographic Domain Worth Developing
Five Domains I Would Build Next and Why
I own about 500 domain names. Most days I think about them as inventory. Every so often I flip it around and ask a different question: if I had to stop selling and start building, which ones would I pick up first? The answer has stayed fairly stable for a few months now. Five names keep coming back, because each one sits on a market that is already spending money and each one … [Read more...] about Five Domains I Would Build Next and Why
HomePremise.com Is the Name for the Home That Became a Business Premises
A home office used to mean a spare desk in a corner of the guest room. Today about a quarter of all paid workdays in the US happen at home, roughly three times the level before the pandemic, and that share has held through every return-to-office push since. For tens of millions of people the home is a place of business, whatever the lease or the mortgage papers say. Lawyers, … [Read more...] about HomePremise.com Is the Name for the Home That Became a Business Premises
RefurbishedContainers.com Names the Category Between a Used Box and a Finished Room
A used shipping container is one of the cheapest structures money can buy. A 20-foot box retired from ocean service goes for a couple of thousand dollars in most markets. The trouble starts the day it lands in the garden. It's a steel shell with a plywood floor that has carried who knows what, doors built for forklifts, and walls that sweat the moment the weather turns … [Read more...] about RefurbishedContainers.com Names the Category Between a Used Box and a Finished Room
Chambery.org Offers a Lasting Digital Identity for the Historic Heart of Savoy
The appeal of Chambery.org begins with the kind of city it names. Chambéry has an identity that extends from the former seat of the Dukes of Savoy into the streets, courtyards and daily life of a modern French city. For a buyer, that creates a richer proposition than a domain tied to one attraction or one seasonal activity. The address can support a publication about a living … [Read more...] about Chambery.org Offers a Lasting Digital Identity for the Historic Heart of Savoy
Trani.org Is a Five Letter Address for an Adriatic Destination With Character
A cathedral beside the sea is a rather good starting point for a destination brand. Trani has that, along with a harbor, pale stone architecture and the layered streets of a historic Adriatic city. Trani.org captures the place in five letters before the extension. For a buyer considering a city guide, a hospitality platform or a cultural publication, this is the central … [Read more...] about Trani.org Is a Five Letter Address for an Adriatic Destination With Character
Perigord.org Brings the Richness of a French Region Into One Memorable Domain
Some place names arrive with an atmosphere already attached. Périgord is one of them: old stone villages, country markets, river landscapes and a food culture that can become the reason for a journey all by itself. Perigord.org gives a buyer a remarkably direct way to build around that identity. The name is the destination, without an added travel verb, a promotional adjective … [Read more...] about Perigord.org Brings the Richness of a French Region Into One Memorable Domain
DNIB Q3 2026 Report Counts 411.6 Million Registered Domain Names After 33 Million Were Added in a Year
The internet ended September 2026 with 411.6 million registered domain names across all top-level domains, according to the Domain Name Industry Brief published by Verisign's DNIB.com. That's 9.9 million more than at the end of June, a 2.5% gain in one quarter, and 33 million more than a year earlier, up 8.7%. Three years ago, at the end of the third quarter of 2022, the count … [Read more...] about DNIB Q3 2026 Report Counts 411.6 Million Registered Domain Names After 33 Million Were Added in a Year