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 …
Read More »German court denies GDPR injunction against EPAG (Tucows)
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 …
Read More »Welcome to domaining 2.0 – The version where you don’t have any domain ownership records!
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 …
Read More »Tucows issues statement on ICANN GDPR legal action
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 …
Read More »ICANN filed legal action against German registrar about WHOIS data (Too stupid, too late.)
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 …
Read More »DomainCostClub provides domain owners with whois privacy but they can opt-out
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 …
Read More »Here is what .EU is doing about GDPR (more sensible than many other registries)
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 …
Read More »Epik will hide whois for all EU customers unless they opt-in to no-masking (non-EU customers will not be affected)
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 …
Read More »Thick WHOIS for .COM and .NET is officially delayed until 2020
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 …
Read More »Namesilo makes WHOIS Privacy default for new domain registrations but you can opt-in to disable it
Namesilo is taking some steps to improve the default privacy settings to help customers better protect their personal information but they are also providing opt-in to disabling WHOIS privacy. Namesilo is making these changes as …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales