Domain Name News

Afnic, the association responsible for .FR domain names, is publishing its annual review of the .FR ccTLD and presented the figures behind a good performance in 2020. With 3,670,372 names in stock at 31 December …

GoDaddy released today its October 2020 domain name sales report. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for October 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the …

DAN started offering today 2FA authentication for additional account security using a new universal OTP 2FA Authentication integration. The new security layer that can help with keeping your DAN.COM account safe is to enable 2-Factor authentication …

Spamhaus is transforming its Blocklist Removal Center (BRC), an online tool used to check if an IP or domain is listed on any DNS Blocklists (DNSBLs). BRC was first released over a decade ago and …

DAN gave an example of a domain name sale and how DAN’s ‘Lease to Own’ model can help sellers make more money over time. DAN’s Lease to Own model introduced a new markup model last …

Escrow.com issued its latest Domain Name Report: Domain Investment Index: Q4, 2020. It contains data from all the domain name sales at Escrow.com gor the quarter ending December 31st 2020. The Escrow.com Domain Investment Index …

MMX (Minds + Machines) announced ‘The Great Release’ which moves 725k “premium names” to their standard pricing. These are the New gTLD domains that nobody bought and MMX is now using Estibot appraisals to convince …

According to Verisign’s Domain Name Industry Brief, the .com and .net registry, the fourth quarter of 2020 closed with 366.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 4.4 million domain …

Over the years I have received many misdirected emails on websites I am operating or contact form messages from domain names I own. I get these on all extensions but mainly .com, .org and .gr. …

Network Solutions, the domain name registrar of choice for all domain thieves, is introducing new security features. Here is what their announcement said today: “With so many people working remotely, it’s more important than ever …

Peter Sunde provided an update about his domain name registrar application that was denied by ICANN. It turns out that he is actually banned from doing business with ICANN. ICANN will not say when (if …

ISNIC’s Board of Directors approved the CEO’s proposal to increase the annual domain fee of an .is domain name by 2 Euro. .IS is the ccTLD of Iceland. After the increase, the annual fee for …

Peter Sunde, co-creator of Njalla, says that ICANN denied his application to become a domain name registrar. (You can read more about the Njalla privacy domain registration service here.) Peter Sunde was also the co-founder …

Uniregistry is changing its payment processor. Starting on the 1st of March 2021 Uniregistry will be using Tipalti to process payouts. Tipalti is an accounting software financial technology business that provides comprehensive accounts payable and …