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Archives for July 2020

Atari First Global Brand to Activate .gay

July 30, 2020 by Michele Neylon

While the launch of the .gay top level domain may have been delayed due to COVID-19 the team over there has been working away behind the scenes.Several household names have either activated or are in the process of launching sites and other services using some of the first .gay domain names.But the one that caught my eye was Atari.They're a global brand, so it'll be … [Read more...] about Atari First Global Brand to Activate .gay

One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data

July 10, 2020 by Michele Neylon

It looks like the merger and acquisition activity in the hosting and domain market isn't slowing down. Multiple European and international hosting and domain name groups have been quietly, and not so quietly, expanding via acquisitions in the last few months. While announcements of mergers and acquisitions in the middle of a global pandemic might sound a little strange you need … [Read more...] about One.com Acquires GratisDNS / Larsen Data

IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically

July 9, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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While the economy might be suffering many of the domain name registries have been reporting their statistics for the second quarter of 2020 and most have seen increases in registrations. The move to online, as has been noted just about everywhere, has been much bigger than anyone could have predicted.Domain name registrations are always going to be a mixed bag, so while … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically

Me Domains to Hike up Prices 10%

July 8, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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The .me domain registry will be hiking up their wholesale prices in 2021.From February 2021 .me domain names will increase in price by 10% with the wholesale price increasing from €10 to €11 per domain year for creates, renews and transfers.While many domain registries have and will continue to update their pricing any price increase at the moment is not going to be … [Read more...] about Me Domains to Hike up Prices 10%

RIPE Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair

July 2, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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RIPE has announced the appointment of both a new Chair and a Vice Chair. It's the first time that the selection of Chair has been carried out by the RIPE Community, as explained by RIPE in today's announcement:This is the first time that the RIPE Chair has been selected by the community according to an established procedure. For the first 25 years, RIPE was chaired by Rob … [Read more...] about RIPE Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair

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