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SoxDomains Blog

Practical guides for choosing, registering, and defending international domains, ccTLDs, and new gTLDs.

Announcement archive

Global ccTLD Price Reduction Event

Archived August 2026 notice about planned price reductions across selected country-code domains.

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Future new gTLDs

What the 2026 new gTLD round means for domain buyers

ICANN’s next wave of proposed domain endings is still ahead. Reveal Day, contention, evaluation, and eventual launch will stretch from late 2026 into 2027 and beyond. Here is how buyers should prepare before those strings exist in the root.

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Domain Strategy & Brand Defense

How many domain names should you own? The definitive brand protection strategy guide

Discover how many domain names your business really needs: explore the 4-tier portfolio framework, typosquatting traps, ccTLD regional expansions, 301 redirects, and ROI calculations.

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SSL and Web Security

How does SSL work: encryption, certificates, and TLS explained

SSL and TLS protect everything you type online. Here is how public key cryptography and digital certificates keep your passwords and credit cards safe.

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