.wire

on the record since Aug 16, 2026
AI score
40/ 100

A niche TLD for news and media publications that already brand as a 'wire' (newswire-style outlets, vertical news sites), plus payments and fintech brands riffing on wire transfers, and electrical or hardware businesses as a smaller tail.

AI score 40 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 16, 2026
who it’s for

news and media publications that already brand as a 'wire' (newswire-style outlets, vertical news sites), plus payments and fintech brands riffing on wire transfers, and electrical or hardware businesses as a smaller tail.

OtherCommercetechInfrastructure
applicants
1 on file
OinkadotAnnounced
Aug 15, 2026

One of 25 strings the Oinkadot partnership (Ray King of Porkbun and Todd Han of Dynadot) applied for in the ICANN 2026 round, per Domain Name Wire's exclusive.

history
  1. Oinkadot · first recordedAug 16, 2026
    Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
news & sources
NewsExclusive: Oinkadot applies for 25 top level domains
Aug 15, 2026
A new partnership has applied for 25 top level domain names in this year's ICANN TLD expansion round.
Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
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