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Domain Name Wire
What will Göran Marby’s legacy at ICANN be?
ICANN has become weaker over the past four years. As he approaches four years as CEO of ICANN, what will Göran Marby’s legacy be? Five years from now, when people question why domain names are so much more expensive than they used to be, t...
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What will Göran Marby’s legacy at ICANN be?
ICANN has become weaker over the past four years. As he approaches four years as CEO of ICANN, what will Göran Marby’s legacy be? Five years from now, when people question why domain names are so much more expensive than they used to be, t...
Discussion
April 9, 2020, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ethos Capital clarifies .org promises as decision nears
Company clarifies commitments as decision date nears. It appears that Ethos Capital, the company trying to acquire .org registry Public Interest Registry, and ICANN are closely negotiating to make a decision on the deal this month. Today, Ethos annou...
Discussion
Ethos Capital clarifies .org promises as decision nears
Company clarifies commitments as decision date nears. It appears that Ethos Capital, the company trying to acquire .org registry Public Interest Registry, and ICANN are closely negotiating to make a decision on the deal this month. Today, Ethos annou...
Discussion
April 9, 2020, 3:22 pm
The Domains
Is the future of NamesCon virtual?
So I was talking with another domainer yesterday about acquisitions and aftermarket prices. He shifted the conversation with the following statement, “Boy guess I have attended my last Namescon.” I asked him forever? He said yes and that ...
Discussion
Is the future of NamesCon virtual?
So I was talking with another domainer yesterday about acquisitions and aftermarket prices. He shifted the conversation with the following statement, “Boy guess I have attended my last Namescon.” I asked him forever? He said yes and that ...
Discussion
April 9, 2020, 3:13 pm
The Domains
Uni’s Registry Steps into Tomorrow as UNR
Uniregistry announces plans for their registry business moving forward. The company put out a press release to let everyone know what the future holds. First off a rebrand, Uni Naming & Registry (UNR). The business is focused on expansion. So it ...
Discussion
Uni’s Registry Steps into Tomorrow as UNR
Uniregistry announces plans for their registry business moving forward. The company put out a press release to let everyone know what the future holds. First off a rebrand, Uni Naming & Registry (UNR). The business is focused on expansion. So it ...
Discussion
April 9, 2020, 1:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mailchimp has a funny name for its domain parking pages
It’s offering free domains, but not if you use the “standard domain squatter holding page”. Mailchimp, the marketing platform best know for email marketing, launched a free new website builder last year. Now, in response to the Covi...
Discussion
Mailchimp has a funny name for its domain parking pages
It’s offering free domains, but not if you use the “standard domain squatter holding page”. Mailchimp, the marketing platform best know for email marketing, launched a free new website builder last year. Now, in response to the Covi...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 6:49 pm
The Domains
It looks like Notion.com has been acquired
Notion.com was registered back in October of 1997. The domain name looks to have been sold according to some new data. It looks like Notion.com was bought by the productivity app Notion.so. Notion.com is now forwarding to Notion.s...
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It looks like Notion.com has been acquired
Notion.com was registered back in October of 1997. The domain name looks to have been sold according to some new data. It looks like Notion.com was bought by the productivity app Notion.so. Notion.com is now forwarding to Notion.s...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 6:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Making sense of Godaddy acquiring Neustar’s registry business
What GoDaddy and Neustar get out of the deal. On Monday, GoDaddy announced it is acquiring Neustar’s domain name registry business and renaming it GoDaddy Registry. After long resisting vertical integration, GoDaddy decided it was time to own a...
Discussion
Making sense of Godaddy acquiring Neustar’s registry business
What GoDaddy and Neustar get out of the deal. On Monday, GoDaddy announced it is acquiring Neustar’s domain name registry business and renaming it GoDaddy Registry. After long resisting vertical integration, GoDaddy decided it was time to own a...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
84.com just sold for 8-figure yuan
A Chinese domain marketplace reports that 84.com sold for at least $1.5 million. Domain marketplace Le.cn reported on April 7 that 84.com was sold for 8-figure yuan or approximately $1.5 to $15 million. According to the news story, the buyer used the...
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84.com just sold for 8-figure yuan
A Chinese domain marketplace reports that 84.com sold for at least $1.5 million. Domain marketplace Le.cn reported on April 7 that 84.com was sold for 8-figure yuan or approximately $1.5 to $15 million. According to the news story, the buyer used the...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top ten domain name registrars, ranked by .com
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers December 2019. Wix landed in the top ten list for new .com registrati...
Discussion
Top ten domain name registrars, ranked by .com
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers December 2019. Wix landed in the top ten list for new .com registrati...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
This letter to ICANN’s board is powerful
It’s time for ICANN to stop the charades and rediscover its bottom-up mandate. ICANN granted price increases to Verisign for .com domain names last month. It announced the decision on a Friday during the pandemic news flurry, just one day after...
Discussion
This letter to ICANN’s board is powerful
It’s time for ICANN to stop the charades and rediscover its bottom-up mandate. ICANN granted price increases to Verisign for .com domain names last month. It announced the decision on a Friday during the pandemic news flurry, just one day after...
Discussion
April 7, 2020, 8:34 pm
