Domain Name News

Intercap Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of the new domain name extension, following ICANN’s consent to the change of control. As the first domain ending in the Intercap Holdings portfolio, .inc is being brought to …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of May 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There were 2 common keywords in the 2 …

Everybody is complaining about the Personal Data Regulation (GDPR), where in some cases all personal contact information in WHOIS databases has become hidden. This however will not be the case for Danish domain names (the …

NamesCon Europe ended on Saturday. It was the 10th year of the European domain name conference that was previously known as Domaining Europe. Attendees generously donated 21 domain names that were made available for a …

Mike Mann reported selling 11 domain names in May for a total of $205,440. Prices started at $4,888 and went up to $40,000. All 11 of the sold domains were .com. The average reported domain …

Morgan Freeman, the 81 year old American actor, forgot to renew his domain name morganfreeman.com. The domain name expired and now has a new owner. Morgan Freeman lost his domain name because he did not …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) today announced that a German regional court (LG Bonn) has issued a decision on the injunction proceedings ICANN initiated against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar that …

Friday, May 25, 2018 was the start of a new, shittier, internet. Welcome to domaining 2.0. The version where you don’t have any domain name ownership records! Yes, that is right. No one knows from …

On Fraday, May 25 2018, ICANN filed legal action against German registrar, owned by Tucows, about WHOIS data not being collected because of GDPR. Tucows issued yesterday a statement on the ICANN legal action. The …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) filed on Friday May 25, 2018 (first day of the GDPR enforcement) injunction proceedings against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar that is part of the Tucows …

DomainCostClub.com has informed me about the changes on whois data visibility after the GDPR enforcement today. The DomainCostClub provides domain name owners with whois privacy but they can opt-out if they want their whois data …

The .EU registry announced how they are going to treat whois details and what will be publicly published after GDPR goes into full effect today. Their plan is more sensible than many other registries even …

Epik announced today important account changes related to European Union GDPR Compliance. Beginning on May 25, whois details for EU customers will all be masked using Anonymize that is the free whois privacy offered by …

Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division, sent a letter to Patrick Kane, Senior Vice President, Verisign, Inc., confirming the extension of the current implementation deadlines for the Thick WHOIS Consensus Policy for .COM …