GoDaddy has been on an acquisition spree this year, announcing a number of acquisitions in recent months.Today's announcement is that they've acquired Media Temple. Media Temple are a relatively big hosting provider whose focus has always been on serving developers and designers. That GoDaddy should acquire the company while surprising is logical.Media Temple made the … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Acquires MediaTemple
Archives for October 2013
Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1
Telnic, the .tel registry, have informed registrars that the wholesale rate for .tel domain names will be increased by $1 per year from $8 / year to $9/year effective December 1 2013.How are they justifying such a hefty price increase? This increase takes into account inflation rates and the continuing maintenance, development and provision of the Community Telhosting … [Read more...] about Telnic Increasing Wholesale Price by $1
DotGreen Is No More
Kevin reported on this last night.As you can see from the reactions to his post a lot of people are surprised, shocked and even quite upset that the DotGreen application has been withdrawn. It's not the only application for the string, which is why it was withdrawn, but to many people in the ICANN space it was the applicant everyone associated with the string.The … [Read more...] about DotGreen Is No More
New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees
The Domain Name Association, which we mentioned in the past, has announced its membership feesAccording to a slide deck published on the organisation's site the membership fees range from $1000 / year to $50 thousand / year.The membership tiers are:Executive Member - $50 thousand / year Strategic Member - $20 thousand / year Supporting Member - $5 thousand / … [Read more...] about New Domain Name Group Announces Membership Fees
Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped
ICANN's Compliance team have sent a breach notice to registrar Dynamic Dolphin.Why?They've got three issues with them:Legal issues with company officers Failure to comply with the domain transfer policy (IRTP) Not providing registration agreements to registrantsThe first one, however, is probably the "meatiest" of the lot.Scott Richter has a rather … [Read more...] about Registrar Linked To Scott Richter Gets Slapped