Verisign recently reported that the number of registered dot-com domain names exceeded 128 million for the first time. With a wholesale price of $7.85 each, this means $1,004,800,000 in annual fees, ...

If you plan to build a website that people can easily access, you must purchase a domain name. These hosting tips will help ...

Fancy owning the domain name Ethereum.com? Better start counting the pennies. According to Bloomberg, the high-value domain has now been listed for sale on the Uniregistry marketplace for "around $10 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It goes without saying that your domain name weighs heavily on the success of your online ...

A domain name is the first perception of your company, your credibility and your brand in today’s online world. Cheap names usually mean cheaper brands. Whether this holds true in your business, ...

While there are an infinite number of possible domain names, each can only be used by one person or company. You might wonder why some domain names are worth $2.00 and others $2 million. According to ...

Security researcher Brian Krebs reported on April 7 that Microsoft has purchased the dangerous domain corp.com to keep it out of the hands of the bad guys. Microsoft is confirming the purchase, but so ...

There was a time when a million bucks was a lot of money for a domain name. That’s exactly what Cool.com went for back in 2000. Today, that’s chump change when you are talking about the most expensive ...

(RFE/RL) -- Today marks the 25th birthday of the "dot com" domain name -- the address that for many people defines the Internet. On March 15, 1985, a U.S. computer maker called Symbolics registered ...

Defunct e-tailer Pets.com announced Monday that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell its domain name and related trademarks to rival PetSmart.com. Along with the valuable Pets.com name ...

If you’ve ever wondered what the peak of capricious financial speculation looks like, a domain-names auction might be a good guess. Imagine, dear reader, sitting in a darkened Las Vegas hotel ...

On 15 March 2025, the first ever officially registered domain name, symbolics.com, turned 40. The website associated with the domain name now features a ‘museum of the Internet’. The domain name ...