Who is more dick? Dicker of course. The guy that doesn’t pay the money he owes for years, then says he will pay (after first saying he will not!) and then fails to pay again. …
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Vimeo is now a separate, publicly-traded company
Vimeo, an all-in-one video software solution, began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “VMEO.” As a result of the spin-off, IAC’s interest in Vimeo is now held directly by IAC shareholders, and Vimeo is a …
Read More »IRP panel dismisses Afilias’ claims to reverse .WEB auction and award .WEB to Afilias
Verisign released the following announcement today: On Thursday, May 20, a final decision was issued in the Independent Review Process (IRP) brought by Afilias against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), rejecting …
Read More »Afternic adds 2-step verification
Afternic said today that “In direct response to customer requests, we’re giving you another way to add security to your Afternic account.” “Direct” as in 10 years too late. Please Afternic and GoDaddy, no more …
Read More ».MUSIC signs registry agreement with ICANN
DotMusic Limited, the Cyprus company formed to own and operate the new .MUSIC community-based top-level domain name (TLD), announced it has signed its .MUSIC Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and …
Read More »Efty releases 3 ugly landing pages!
Efty just released 3 ugly landing pages for some domain names, mainly the ultra-premium names in your portfolio, you just wish to HODL until that perfect end-user, with the matching budget, comes knocking! “Efty is …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 9 domains for $141,440 in April
Mike Mann reported 9 of his domain name sales in April 2021 for a total of $141,440. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $29,888. Mike sold 9 .com domains. The average reported …
Read More »Internet Society sends “An Open Letter to the Government of Canada”
The Internet Society, Tucows and many others sent an open letter to the government of Canada, challenging policies and regulations that affect the open Internet in Canada. Read the letter here: An Open Letter to …
Read More »MMX 2020 results: Brokered and AdultBlock revenue decreases, New gTLD renewal rates plummet
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2020. MMX admitted the the AdultBlock revenue decreased in 2020 by $0.4m to $0.5m. So this dubious business model …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: April 2021
This is a great report to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 …
Read More »EURid Q1 2021 report: registrations decreased slightly to 3,681,337
EURid released its Q1 2021 progress report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Highlights include: 186,488 new domain name registrations recorded; Ireland tops the list of countries for registration growth at +9.3%; An average renewal …
Read More »The world map using domain name registration volume!
Nominet each year visualizes the size and influence of the different national registries – those running country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) – in The Online World map using the domain name registration volume. The …
Read More »Dan.com is automating domain percentage price changes
Dan.com shared that they are creating new advanced bulk editing tools that among other things will be automating percentage price changes in a domain name portfolio or a subset of the portfolio. With the new …
Read More ».London moves from Nominet to CentralNic
CentralNic has been awarded a project by Dot London Domains Limited, a subsidiary of London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London. London & Partners operates the .London top-level domain (TLD). London …
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