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Domain News Headlines

Updated weekly-ish. Older items rotate off — we keep roughly a quarter online. Missed one? Ask the editor.

09-Oct-2026 — ICANN's next WHOIS sunset review kicks off in November — registrars brace for another round of policy ping-pong. Our quick explainer on what actually changed since GDPR.
02-Oct-2026 — Two-letter .ai sales top $120k at the latest private auction, and yes, we still think most "AI-premium" pricing is 2021 crypto-land behavior all over again.
25-Sep-2026 — September expiry-drop report: catch counts down ~8% from August. Full numbers in the drops section.
11-Sep-2026 — Registry price increases announced for several legacy gTLDs effective January 2027. If you're sitting on renewals, our usual advice applies: renew early, renew long.
28-Aug-2026 — The .web gTLD gavotte continues. We've stopped predicting this one and you should too.
14-Aug-2026 — Appraisal corner: a reader's one-word .co sold for 4x our estimate. Congrats to them, humble pie for us.
31-Jul-2026 — Mid-year aftermarket volume figures posted to the directory. Slow H1, per everyone we talk to.

Oct 2026 — Four new pages: the WHOIS guide, the drop cycle explained, a hand-curated tools page, and finally a proper contact page. The 2011 skeleton rejoices.
Mar 2026 — Refreshed the expiry & drop-catch section of Domains 101 ( Registrant redemptions still confuse everyone, us included.)
Jan 2026 — 15th year online. Thank you for the emails, even the angry ones.
Nov 2025 — Pruned ~60 dead links from the directory. If we removed your site by accident, write in.

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Hand-maintained since 2011. Categories with counts. Submit corrections via the editor address at the bottom of the page.

Category	Links	Notes
Registrars & Resellers	38	Accredited and notable resellers, updated after each ICANN contract report
Drop Catching & Expiries	17	Backorder services, drop lists, pending-delete calendars
Appraisal & Valuation	9	Automated and human appraisals — see our caveats before trusting any of them
WHOIS & Research Tools	24	Lookups, history, DNS inspection
Marketplaces & Auctions	31	Aftermarket venues, brokers, private sales boards
Escrow & Legal	11	Escrow services, UDRP/UDRS info pages, lawyers who publish decent guides
ccTLD Resources	29	Registry pages and policies for country codes
Community & Forums	14	The surviving forums and a couple of very old mailing lists
Parking & Monetization	21	Smaller than it used to be. So is this industry segment.
Hosting & DNS	18	For when the domain actually needs a website on it