Afternic had a security issue on Thursday, February 12 when a security researcher contacted the company about a potential issue with a Web API. Afternic claims that no password or credit card information was at …
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Clubhouse: newbies and snake oil salesmen?
What is going on with Clubhouse? Is this good for the domain name community or not? Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio-chat social networking app launched in 2020 by software developers Alpha Exploration Co. It is …
Read More »PIR launches new institute to combat DNS abuse
Public Interest Registry, the .ORG registry, today launched the DNS Abuse Institute as part of its ongoing efforts to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and …
Read More ».Cloud turns 5 today and releases Premium Domain Sales Report
.Cloud turns 5 today and just released its first ever Premium Domain Sales Report. The .cloud top-level domain (TLD) was launched on February 16, 2016, when it opened the door for general availability registrations. 2020 …
Read More »Nominet says campaign can’t appoint board directors without elections
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the …
Read More »BODIS now supports SSL on over 6M host names
BODIS now resolves HTTPS requests for over 6M host names. How It Works: When a visitor arrives to an HTTPS page for the first time, Bodis adds that host name to a queue. Within minutes, …
Read More »Verisign will increase the .com price from $7.85 to $8.39
Verisign announced today in its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results that it plans to increase the price of .com in 2021. Verisign will increase the annual registry-level wholesale fee for each new and …
Read More »VeriSign 2020 report: $1.27 billion revenue in 2020, up 2.7%
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2020. Fourth Quarter Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $320 million for the fourth quarter of …
Read More »GoDaddy adds 1.4 million net customers in 2020
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. “2020 was a really strong year for our business despite the obvious challenges, as our customers proved …
Read More »Endurance Web Presence combines with Web.com to create Newfold Digital
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (“Endurance”) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.0 billion including outstanding indebtedness. …
Read More »Nominet feels the heat and starts making promises
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the …
Read More »Tucows Q4 2020 report: revenue drops to $70.8 million
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “The fourth quarter was a solid finish to a very good year …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 2 domains for $49,776 in January
Mike Mann reported 2 of his domain name sales in January for a total of $49,776. Reported prices started at $9,888 and went up to $39,888. All 2 domains were .com. The average reported domain …
Read More »82.5% of .eu domain names are connected to a web server
In an effort to further understand its customers and maintain the .eu “competitive” edge, EURid has completed the 2nd part of the .eu website categorisation. (You can see the first part here.) In November 2020, …
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