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I got an email from a well known domain name spammer you all probably know: Simonas. I guess most people in domaining have received emails from him. Yes, he is a spammer as he will …

Namejet released it’s June 2016 domain name auctions report that includes less 3L .com than the previous months but still has a few numeric domains. Namejet sold 127 (167 domains in May) domains in June …

Sedo has completely cut me off after I wrote 2 articles last week about Sedo’s declining numbers in number of sold domains and criticizing many of the issues they have for years and their lack …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced that its Board of Directors, after careful consideration and in consultation with its independent financial and legal advisors, has rejected the unsolicited proposal from Donuts Inc. to acquire Rightside’s …

Nominet, the .UK registry, released an annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) in 2015. A total of 728 complaints were made to Nominet in 2015, just two more …

Afnic, the .fr ccTLD registry, produced its 2015 annual report. Afnic operates both the .fr ccTLD and 13 New gTLDs. Afnic’s main achievements and commitments in 2015 Finalization of the opening of the registration of …

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, and ChopChop.domains is releasing the last installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. Here are the previous 9 installments: the number 7 …

In February of this year Donuts announced its newly minted “trusted notifier” program with the Motion Picture Association of America (“MPAA”). It was the first arrangement of its kind in the domain name industry made …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.88 MB] the findings from its Phase 2 Global Consumer Research Survey. The key findings are listed below. Conducted by Nielsen, the study measured …

Heather Dopson, a community builder at GoDaddy, and Joe Styler, the aftermarket product manager at GoDaddy, chatted about the basics of buying Expired Domains on GoDaddy’s auctions. They talked about the timeline of when and …