GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. GoDaddy announced the price of the registry business of Neustar Inc. acquisition for $218.0 million in cash, with expected …
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2019 report: Domain market grows – Registrar consolidation increases
CENTR has published the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2019 . The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European …
Read More »I lost 3 done deals in 3 days!
I was in negotiations to sell 3 domain names to different buyers. I think all buyers were from the US. I reached an agreement with the buyers on all 3 domains but I eventually lost …
Read More »LXME rebrands to LMX.com (Liquid Market Exchange)
LXME, Giuseppe Graziano’s Liquid Domain Market Exchange that launched in September 2018, is rebranding today to LMX.com, which stands for Liquid Market Exchange. “The purpose of LMX is to create a safe environment in which …
Read More »NamesCon Europe postponed to 2021
You probably saw this coming, but NamesCon Europe 2020 is postponed to 2021. “Since every country is still fighting the coronavirus, we can’t predict what travel will look like this summer, so we are aiming …
Read More »Breaking: ICANN board withholds consent for a change of control of PIR and .org
Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. What I find really interesting is that “The entire …
Read More »ICANN independence: ICANN’s new excuse for allowing the .org transfer
An array of useful idiots have started vomiting “rebellious” posts and articles around the web supporting the new excuse that NoEthos publicists invented for ICANN. This new “argument” will be used to allow the .org …
Read More »What is the point of temporarily waiving domain restoration fees?
Radix joined Verisign and some other registries in temporarily waiving off the domain name restoration fees. I don’t understand what is the point of temporarily waiving a fee that was totally unnecessary to begin with …
Read More »Namesilo’s March 2020 domain name registration report
Namesilo published its March 2020 domain name registration report. Here are some of the details published:
Read More »CentralNic 2019 report: revenue up 95% to USD 109.2m
CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC) announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019. Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, commented: “I am delighted to report CentralNic Group enjoyed another record year in 2019, …
Read More »Verisign Q1 2020 reports an operating margin of 66%
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Verisign had an operating margin of 66%. I guess that is not enough for Verisign or the corrupted ICANN so they will …
Read More »Most abused domain extensions and registrars (Spamhaus Botnet Threats)
Spamhaus released its botnet threat update for Q1 2020. Among other botnet related details, Spamhaus announced the most abused domain extensions and domain registrars associated with botnets. Here is what the Spamhaus wrote: Most abused …
Read More »Donuts migrates backend operations to Amazon Web Services
Donuts Inc. has announced its migration of backend operations to the cloud. Donuts’ registry now operates on Amazon Web Services and is probably the first major registry backend operator to migrate an existing on-premises backend …
Read More »Google ignores many businesses and gives them ZERO ad credits
In early April Google made an announcement that it will be helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) stay in touch with their customers during this challenging time with the coronavirus and covid-19 by giving them …
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