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The Domains
Ethereum Proof of Stake Transition
Ethereum (ETH), the largest altcoin and second largest cryptocurrency (based on market cap) will be moving to a proof of stake (POS) model by the end of the year. Over the past few months, ETH has been getting a bad rap due to the rapid rise o...
Discussion
Ethereum Proof of Stake Transition
Ethereum (ETH), the largest altcoin and second largest cryptocurrency (based on market cap) will be moving to a proof of stake (POS) model by the end of the year. Over the past few months, ETH has been getting a bad rap due to the rapid rise o...
Discussion
July 29, 2017, 3:27 am
Domain Name Wire
EFF whitepaper compares registry policies, disses new TLDs
Paper points to questionable rights protection mechanisms in new TLDs. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge have released a whitepaper comparing policies across various domain name registries, and warning domain registrants to be...
Discussion
EFF whitepaper compares registry policies, disses new TLDs
Paper points to questionable rights protection mechanisms in new TLDs. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge have released a whitepaper comparing policies across various domain name registries, and warning domain registrants to be...
Discussion
July 28, 2017, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign announces 10% .net price hike, could hit $14.52 in 2023
Prices keep going up. Verisign (VRSN) announced yesterday that it is increasing the price of .net domain names by 10% on February 1, 2018. The wholesale price of a one-year registration or renewal will jump from $8.20 to $9.02 on that day. The move d...
Discussion
Verisign announces 10% .net price hike, could hit $14.52 in 2023
Prices keep going up. Verisign (VRSN) announced yesterday that it is increasing the price of .net domain names by 10% on February 1, 2018. The wholesale price of a one-year registration or renewal will jump from $8.20 to $9.02 on that day. The move d...
Discussion
July 28, 2017, 11:01 am
The Domains
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of wri...
Discussion
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of wri...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com/.Net domain base increases just 0.68 million in second quarter
Base barely budges but beats Verisign’s expecations. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, released results after the closing bell today. The base of registered domains in .com and .net barely budged, increasing 0.68 mil...
Discussion
.Com/.Net domain base increases just 0.68 million in second quarter
Base barely budges but beats Verisign’s expecations. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, released results after the closing bell today. The base of registered domains in .com and .net barely budged, increasing 0.68 mil...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 8:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ working to make domains available in China again
Domains haven’t been available at Chinese domain registrars since early May. Many Chinese domain name registrars stopped offering .xyz domain names back in May at the behest of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). At th...
Discussion
.XYZ working to make domains available in China again
Domains haven’t been available at Chinese domain registrars since early May. Many Chinese domain name registrars stopped offering .xyz domain names back in May at the behest of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). At th...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts acquisition of Rightside to happen overnight
Rightside should no longer exist as a public company tomorrow morning. The sun has gone into hiding and a mist is falling in Seattle this morning, but executives at Rightside and Donuts won’t be getting much time outside anyway. They’ll b...
Discussion
Donuts acquisition of Rightside to happen overnight
Rightside should no longer exist as a public company tomorrow morning. The sun has gone into hiding and a mist is falling in Seattle this morning, but executives at Rightside and Donuts won’t be getting much time outside anyway. They’ll b...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Track your outbound domain sales with PipeDrive
PipeDrive is a great tool for managing outbound sales efforts. There are lots of tools for managing inbound domain sales leads, such as Uniregistry Market and Efty. But there aren’t any that make it easy to handle outbound sales efforts, and mo...
Discussion
Track your outbound domain sales with PipeDrive
PipeDrive is a great tool for managing outbound sales efforts. There are lots of tools for managing inbound domain sales leads, such as Uniregistry Market and Efty. But there aren’t any that make it easy to handle outbound sales efforts, and mo...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 12:28 pm
The Domains
Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference 24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in ...
Discussion
Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference 24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in ...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 3:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
Discussion
Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 6:16 pm
