Andre Forrester

Husband & father. Strategic sales, marketing, project management pro in the digital & fintech industry. Love to share positivity & news from the domain space.

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ICANN's 2026 new gTLD round is closed, but the official list of applied-for strings hasn't been made public yet. Applicants have been sharing their own, so I sorted the 735 disclosed strings into 13 categories.

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Join me at CloudFest 2026 for a face-to-face discussion about hashtag#domainnames. It’s happening March 23-26 at Europa-Park in Germany—here’s a special link for you to register for free https://t.co/oIbEKO2num hashtag#CloudFest

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Global domain registrations exceeded 378 million by Q3 2025. (https://t.co/NBXZFuO4C2)
Two structural shifts are shaping 2026: 1) IDENTITY VERIFICATION is moving from optional to foundational. 2) ICANN is REOPENING the TOP-LEVEL NAMESPACE. After a 13-year hiatus.

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ICANN’s new Registration Data Policy is now live — key changes: “Organization” field = legal ownership, less data collected, more privacy compliance.
👉 https://t.co/MrfOasB93i?

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Big sales keep coming: https://t.co/rENtaMYXRc sold for $795K, https://t.co/zGgNtCnDZU & other AI domains fetch strong prices, and https://t.co/Br71QQ4sIy goes for $115K.
👉 https://t.co/PvCvtCeoG1?

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CVC Capital Partners is set to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap, valuing the registrar at $1.5B. Richard Kirkendall stays on as CEO.
👉 https://t.co/o3D0OIOIuX

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This week in domain news 🧐: Dharmesh Shah licenses .ai for $700K; Planet Money explores https://t.co/3RPBmc4J1W’s million-dollar story; .com registrations peak; Sedo reports 14 AI-related sales; Team Internet lays off 200 due to AdSense changes.

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Exploring Blockchain & Domains: Companies now offer alt-root "domains" (e.g., andre.ETH) not tied to ICANN's Root Servers. These simplify crypto wallet addresses like domain names do for IPs but many challenges still exist. https://t.co/HAcXiEoZGz #Crypto #Domains

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.ai TLD management will be changing hands from the government of Anguilla to Identity Digital who manage other TLDs such as .bio and .news: https://t.co/kfVCLYZKqS

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The largest .COM domain registrars to start 2025: 1) GoDaddy 2) NameCheap 3) Tucows ......... https://t.co/fUp6x7OLwK

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https://t.co/lMgMxOZDaT The fee to apply for your own Top Level Domain will be $227,000. In the last round in 2012, 1,400 new TLDs were applied for.

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https://t.co/JiQCCi8Wi4 Domain Name sales this week include https://t.co/irVgFubdC3 ($9k), https://t.co/bk3SrHHuUS (5.7 EU) and https://t.co/Pxbt4FAQUv ($5.2).

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@NebraLtd When can we expect the next shipping update? Thanks

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@cubeintel When will you be releasing your next monthly report? Thanks.

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Google Continues To Embrace “Not-Com” Domain Names, Promoting .new https://t.co/xOkIE0MwGy

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How expired domain names can redirect you to malicious websites https://t.co/QsUst94SyW

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More and more companies are using new TLDs - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News https://t.co/XsXqFCqMxh

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This is a very intriguing move that will impact the internet landscape for yesterday to come. GoDaddy goes vertical with Neustar registry acquisition https://t.co/eWTb2H1fbv

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What problem could Watson hello you solve? IBM plans to inject Watson platform with its Project Debater NLP technology | ZDNet https://t.co/77u4HuIHyD

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Exciting to see brands like Canon using their branded domain extensions: Canon to Launch New 'Camera Cloud Platform' Called https://t.co/n2Q31cJXLL https://t.co/MpEk1UCbvW