The Registerfly website has been updated to reflect their loss of ICANN accreditation. You can now see the following on the main page: NOTICE TO CONSUMERS. THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS – THE NON FOR PROFIT ENTITY THAT ADMINISTERS THE INTERNET’S DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM, HAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF THIS… Continue reading RegisterFly Site Finally Updates
Category: registrars
Whois Abused For Publicity?
Whois data has been talked about quite a bit over the last few months. While there maybe valid reasons to hide who owns a domain via a proxy service of some kind outright abuse of the whois objects is a different matter. While checking a domain earlier this evening I came across the oddest whois… Continue reading Whois Abused For Publicity?
Keeping Track of Domain Industry Events
As the domain industry matures the number of domain related industry events grows also. Trying to keep track of them all is time consuming to say the least, so I was delighted when Frank mentioned that he’d setup a new site specifically for this: DN Calendar
IEDR Revising Policy on Personal IE Domains
The IE Domain Registry is currently revising the policy that governs the registration of personal domain names such as “johndoe.ie”. I’ve covered the story in more depth on my main blog.
ICANN Getting Worried About Registries and Registrars?
So far this year has been a very busy year for ICANN. The aftermath of the RegisterFly meltdown is having a very tangible knockon effect, while .travel’s “close call” has also opened up a whole range of questions that might not have been asked otherwise. So what would happen if a registry (not a registrar)… Continue reading ICANN Getting Worried About Registries and Registrars?
Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
The acquistion of SnapNames has provoked some interest in the domain related blogspace. Michael Gilmour points to Frank Schilling, who brings a very different view to the deal and draws parallels with the traditional auction houses. Jay Westerdal follows up his original post with the email that I had mentioned the other day. Of course… Continue reading Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
Travel Registry Gets More Funding
I mentioned recently that Tralliance, who run the .travel registry, were in financial difficulty. According to a statement from Tralliance that recently appeared on CircleID the company has received extra funding from Dancing Bear Investments, Inc. As far as press releases / statements go this one is a classic. It’s so ambiguous you’d have to… Continue reading Travel Registry Gets More Funding
Modern Domainer – Another Magazine For The Domain Industry
It wasn’t that long ago that I mentioned the launch of Domainers’ Magazine. Now it looks like there maybe a new kid on the block – Modern Domainer, which describes itself as: Modern Domainer speaks for the thousands of business professionals who have found ways to monetize domain names. Our magazine publishes six times a… Continue reading Modern Domainer – Another Magazine For The Domain Industry
GoDaddy Swats RegisterFly!
As was suggested a few days ago, GoDaddy have taken over RegisterFly’s domains and customers. Migrating all the data across should prove to be an interesting test for GoDaddy’s staff but, regardless of the technicalities, it signals an end to the limbo in which the domains (and clients) were being held since earlier this year.… Continue reading GoDaddy Swats RegisterFly!
AU Deregulation Bad?
One of the strongest selling points of a regulated ccTLD is security and peace of mind. What that translates into in practice is that there is a slightly higher degree of control over who gets to register domains. In Ireland, for example, the IEDR has been able to vaunt the IE ccTLD due to its… Continue reading AU Deregulation Bad?