In the devastating wake of Hurricane Irma the Fort Lauderdale, Florida based headquarters of .CLUB Domains, LLC sustained extensive damage. The destructive wrath of Irma tore off a vast portion of the building’s roof destroying …
Read More ».vip, .club, .shop and .ltd domain name extensions get Beijing approval
.vip, .club, .shop and .ltd are the first 4 domain name extensions to receive approval by the Beijing Communications Administration. .VIP is an MMX extenstion, .Shop is managed by GMO Registry, Inc. and .ltd is …
Read More ».Miami produces 2 new promotional videos
.Miami has produced a couple of very interesting videos in order to promote this regional domain name extension. .Miami launched in October 2015 but its numbers are far from impressive. The New gTLD peaked at …
Read More »The 2nd “Brands and Domains” conference is coming up on October 2-3
The 2nd “Brands and Domains” conference will be held on October 2-3 at The Hague, Netherlands. The objectives of the conference according to the organizers are: Inform brands about the existing use cases so that …
Read More »GoDaddy will stop offering all Uniregistry domain names
GoDaddy will stop offering all Uniregistry domain names and extensions on August 29, 2017. A few months back GoDaddy suspended all Uniregistry extensions after the price increases were announced but then reinstated (some and then) …
Read More »Namecheap will discontinue several Uniregistry and XYZ domain extensions
Namecheap announced that it will be discontinuing several of the Uniregistry and XYZ domain name extensions (plus .rich and .luxury) on September 7, 2017. Kudos to Namecheap! The domain name registrar said that it has …
Read More »ICANN report: more hacked domains in legacy gTLDs, more maliciously registered domains in new gTLDs
ICANN announced the publication of the report, “Statistical Analysis of DNS Abuse in gTLDs” [PDF, 2.23 MB]. The study aims to compare rates of these activities between new and legacy gTLDs, as well as employs …
Read More »The Donuts and Rightside brand and trademark protections become one
Donuts successfully completed the acquisition of Rightside and that is good news for registrars and their end customers with Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) programs. From now on companies interested in brand protection will not …
Read More »Donuts gets $110 million credit
Donuts Inc., today announced that it has closed a $110 million credit facility led by Silicon Valley Bank (a division of SVB Financial Group), and with participation from Cadence Bank, N.A., Comerica Bank, Pacific Western Bank, and Umpqua Bank. This debt …
Read More ».Boston launched Community Priority Phase
Today, MMX launched the Community Priority Phase for the new .boston top level domain. This phase gives local nonprofit organizations and government entities a chance to apply for their organization’s .boston domain name by registering …
Read More »Brands keep jumping the New gTLD ship : .HTC
HTC, a mobile phone manufacturer, sent a letter asking The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to terminate the .HTC registry and extension. HTC Corporation is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, …
Read More »Donuts completes successful tender offer for shares of Rightside
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) and Donuts Inc. (“Donuts”) today announced that DTS Sub Inc. (“Purchaser”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Donuts, has successfully completed its tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of …
Read More »Donuts and Rightside announce ICANN consent for the merger
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) and Donuts Inc. today announced that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) gave Rightside and Donuts notice on July 15, 2017 of ICANN’s express consent to the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement (the “Transactions”) among …
Read More »New gTLDs have lost 2.3 million domains in the past 8 weeks
New gTLDs have lost 2.3 million domain names in the past 8 weeks. There are now about 22 million new gtld domain registrations. According to Namestat.org there have been 4.3 million domain names removed from …
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