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Slovenia's .si registry logged 19,541 new domain registrations in one day on October 9, 2026, roughly five times its pre-rush pace. Hostinger data shows Indian buyers (3,174) narrowly outpaced US buyers (3,135) in registrations, with Morocco a distant third.
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NameJet sold 36 domains for $172,097 in September 2026, led by gameone.com at $21,000, while SnapNames sold 57 domains for $248,832, topped by miju.com at $31,056.
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AtomRadar's 2026 survey of 500 US founders found 69% would have considered a more premium domain if installment payment plans had been available, and 78% said such plans make stronger domains easier to acquire.
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Market America has sold the Shop.com domain name to e-commerce platform Shopify, the company announced in a press release. The sale price was not disclosed. Market America bought the domain in 2011; it had previously sold in 2003 for 3.5 million dollars. The sale coincides with Market America relaunching its online business under MarketAmerica.com, a new Shopify-built site, as the company consolidates its brands and shopping technology under its original name.
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InterNetX published an analysis by Simone Catania on the state of domain parking following Google's shutdown of AdSense for Domains on 10 February 2026. The piece notes that Google ended the ad service, not domain parking itself, after concerns that too many parked and redirecting domains were being used to send visitors to scams and malware. Parking remains possible through other ad networks, but on a much smaller scale than before. According to the analysis, whether parking still generates income now depends on each domain's traffic volume, visitor source and commercial intent, and for an average portfolio it no longer covers renewal costs.
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SIDN, the registry operator for .nl and co-developer of the Hello Registry platform, commissioned NielsenIQ to study why domain registration intent among 18 to 29 year olds has fallen sharply since 2023. The survey of more than 500 people found young entrepreneurs often start on social media platforms and only register a domain once their business gains traction. Respondents still valued websites as professional, permanent and independent of platform algorithms, but cited cost, complexity and time as barriers to earlier adoption. SIDN suggests AI-assisted website tools could lower these barriers and eventually boost domain uptake among this group.
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The DNIB Quarterly Report for Q2 2026 says worldwide domain name registrations across all top-level domains reached 401.6 million by the end of June 2026. That figure represents a rise of 9.1 million registrations, or 2.3%, compared with the first quarter, and a year-over-year increase of 29.9 million, or 8.1%. The report also states that .com and .net combined held 179.1 million registrations, up 3.0 million from the previous quarter. As of June 30, 2026, .com alone accounted for 166.6 million names and .net for 12.5 million, according to the report.
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