Domain Name News

Two days ago 2 “Donald Trump” related .sucks domain names were registered. The news is not that people think that Donald Trump sucks or that they registered a couple of domain names or that a …

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today announced that founder Bob Parsons has resigned from the GoDaddy board of directors, effective Friday, October 5th, 2018, to devote his full time efforts to the array of businesses he …

Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap, announced that the popular registrar is currently implementing true TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Namecheap will also be implementing U2F (Universal Two-Factor Authentication). Look for TOTP to be …

Donuts is increasing the cost of its Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) service. DPML is brand protection service designed for trademark owners. DPML is a service that allows trademark owners to protect their marks and …

NameSilo announced it has surpassed the 2 million domain milestone. This puts NameSilo in the top 20 of the nearly 3,000 ICANN-accredited registrars in the world. The registrar has added over 170,000 domains under management …

Dominion Registries, the registry of the new extension .HOMES, will be removing the current restrictive Nexus eligibility requirements. Anyone will be able to register or acquire available General Availability (GA) or premium names starting 14 …

NamesCon shared today some announcements and updates as we gear up towards the NamesCon Global 2019 show. .GLOBAL is confirmed as a title show sponsor, and NamesCon will be announcing a new event site for …

Cloudflare is launching a domain name Registrar that according to the company “lets you securely register and manage your domain names with transparent, no-markup pricing that eliminates surprise renewal fees and hidden add-on charges.” The …

The new Constitution of auDA, Australia’s .au domain name administrator and regulator, was approved by members at the Extraordinary General Meeting. Members voted to approve the new constitution which will see a new governance model …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) announced the Group’s unaudited interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2018 (the “period”). Highlights Registrations within the MMX portfolio, excluding those from the acquisition of …

CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC), announced its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018. Mike Turner, Chairman of CentralNic, commented: “Our first half results are most encouraging as CentralNic continues to …

About a month back a well known domain name auction house was auctioning some trademark domains. This is no big news if the domains were expired or dropped. But in this case the domain names …

Verisign made an interesting video on how the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure works. It is mostly directed to a novice level but it is quite interesting to watch. It is meant to be a …

Mike Mann reported selling 10 domain names in August for a total of $126,128. Prices started at $1,288 and went up to $29,888. All 10 domains were .com. The average reported domain sales price was …