Domain Name News

If New gTLD domain names this long are being sold then I guess anything can be sold: fantasysports.world $3,000. “You are a Victim of Domain Name Theft. Now What?” Stupidest Trojan Email I Have Ever …

VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014. Fourth Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $256 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, …

Nominet has been investing significantly to help all .uk owners protect their domains. Following a successful launch to registrars last October, from today, registrants can opt to use two-factor authentication access to Nominet’s Online Services. …

The Domain Name Association (DNA) announced the results of a recent global survey to ascertain Internet users’ attitudes toward new Internet domain-name extensions, such as “.club” and “.global,” that are being released through ICANN’s “New …

I got an email yesterday that made me laugh. I get 10s of email that contain viruses, backdoors and trojans every day. Most are caught by the antivirus or end up in the spam folder. …

Eric Misterovich from Revision Legal published a blog post called “You are a Victim of Domain Name Theft. Now What?”. Here are a few tips suggested by Eric to help you deal with domain name …

Donuts Inc., the world’s largest registry for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs), marked the one-year anniversary of general availability of new Internet identities, reporting that its 150 now live gTLDs are home to more than 1.2 …

ICANN published a video featuring its strategic plan for the years 2016 to 2020. This is an animated look at ICANN’s 5-year Strategic Plan which sets forth five Strategic Objectives and sixteen Strategic Goals, each …

This is the 4th part of my photo post series: NamesCon 2015: Frank Schilling, Shayan Rostam (.xyz), Theo Develegas & The Girls! (photos) 10 Things I Learned About Chinese Domain Names Rick Schwartz Sold Porno.com …

Neustar, Inc. announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014 and provided guidance. Results for Fourth Quarter 2014 Compared to Fourth Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 6% to $252.4 million Marketing Services revenue increased 8% …

This is the 4th part of my photo series from NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas. I enjoyed the conference and got a few photos in the process. I am posting them in a series of …

Uniregistry just launched its new Knowledge Base so that customers can learn about all of the Uniregistry features available, including bulk edit features and more. One of the most interesting questions on the Knowledge Base …

10 Things I Learned About Chinese Domain Names Rick Schwartz Sold Porno.com For $8,888,888 (here are a few details of the sale) Go Daddy Having Big Trouble With Simple Domain Name Registrations Wix.com Kicked Go …

As further indication that the recession is over, Rick Schwartz aka “Domain King” just closed the largest reported domain name sale in 5 years. The domain Porno.com purchased for $42,000 by Schwartz in 1997 from …