As of 25 and 26 April 2013, 3 ICANN accredited registrars are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these 3 …
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Keep your whois details current – Especially keep your admin email domain registered!
I was checking my domain deciding what domains to renew. I usually also check the other extensions in order to make a decision. When deciding to renew or not a .info domain I noticed that …
Read More »ICANN is hosting a 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) webinar
ICANN is hosting a “Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement Overview” webinar in support of the ongoing public comment forum. Webinar Details Date: Monday, 6 May 2013 Time: 15:00-16:30 UTC Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/raa-dt This is …
Read More »Moniker and Snapnames are down
Both Moniker and Snapnames websites are not responding at the moment. I was trying to backorder a domain and when that failed I remembered I wanted to renew some of my expiring domains at Moniker. …
Read More »ICANN sends notice of breach to 3 registrars: Basic Fusion, Inc., A. Telecom S.A., Dotted Ventures, Inc.
As of 23 April 2013, 3 ICANN accredited registrars are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these 3 registrars cure …
Read More »Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement
After an extended period of negotiations, ICANN is posting a Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment. As a result of negotiations that have gone on for nearly 18 months, a new …
Read More »Go Daddy opening a Seattle office and hiring executives from Microsoft, Google, Amazon and eBay
Go Daddy is expanding again with a permanent Seattle-area office in Kirkland or Bellevue, Washington set to open in June. Several new employees are already operating out of a temporary office near Carillon Point in …
Read More ».org Go Daddy Project 94 Results: 27 of 42 domains sold for a total of $88,642 (fs.org $9,250, ts.org $9,065)
From March 18 to April 4, 2013, Go Daddy Auctions offered on an extended 17 day auction 42 rare, valuable one and two character .org domain names. 27 of the total 42 domains were sold …
Read More »Namejet auctions 39 1-2 character .ORG domain names in April – Project 94
Namejet will auction 39 1-2 character .ORG domain names starting April 6 as part of Project 94. In partnership with eNom, NameJet is now offering this exclusive list of Premium .ORG domains for auction. For …
Read More »Name.com using a Failed Login Warning as extra security
I must say that I don’t use Name.com as my primary registrar but I like it more every day since I have been using it for the past 6 months. Yesterday I tried to login …
Read More »Go Daddy’s Project 94 .org auction gets a 1 week silent extension
Go Daddy’s Project 94 .org auction was supposed to end today. Instead auctions end 1 week from now. Go Daddy decided on a 1 week “silent” extension. There has not been any mention anywhere for …
Read More ».ONLINE new gTLD alliance by Directi, Tucows and Namecheap
Today, March 27, 2013, Directi, Tucows and Namecheap formed an alliance to manage the .online registry by producing one single bid. There are three more applicants for the .online new gTLD string: I-REGISTRY Ltd., Niederlassung Deutschland from Germany …
Read More »HEXONET temporarily disables new registrations and transfers for AdamsNames TLDS .GD, .TC and .VG
HEXONET has temporarily disabled new registrations and domain transfers of the AdamsNames ccTLDs “.GD”, “.TC” and “.VG”. Due to unprecedented circumstances explained below, this action is required until further notice. HEXONET Registrar Statement: 1. As …
Read More »Key-Systems introduces the new dd24 dashboard
Key-Systems GmbH (domaindiscount24.com) introduced a new feature in the dd24 login area: the dd24 dashboard. The dashboard provides many important details about your dd24 account at a glance. The dashboard shows you for example if …
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