This announcement has probably taken quite a few people by surprise.. As most domain name insiders know PIR (aka the .org registry) was not only owned by ISOC, but was also one of the biggest sources of funding for ISOC. Earlier today ISOC formally agreed to sell PIR to a new venture capital company called Ethos Capital. Ethos Capital appears to be a relatively new … [Read more...] about ISOC Sells PIR to Ethos Capital
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New Zealand ccTLD Launches Tender for Registry Backend
The .nz domain name registry is exploring options with regards to replacing their backend registry systems. To that end they've launched an "expressions of interest" process. The timeline is laid out below: EventDate and timeIssuance of the request for expressions of interest23 October 2019Briefing opportunities at ICANN66, Montreal2 to 7 November 2019Briefing … [Read more...] about New Zealand ccTLD Launches Tender for Registry Backend
Radix Buys Uno
Radix registry has acquired the .uno TLD. Since its initial launch .uno has been using Neustar's backend, while Radix uses Centralnic. While a backend switch hasn't been announced yet it would be logical for Radix to keep all its domain extension on the one backend provider. The .uno tld currently has just over 16 thousand names with the bulk of them via a single registrar … [Read more...] about Radix Buys Uno
AFRINIC Hiring Head Honcho
AFRINIC is one of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). In very simple terms it looks after the IP address allocations for the Africa region, while RIPE does Europe and the Middle East, ARIN handles North America, LACNIC Latin America and APNIC does Asia Pacific. However the role of an RIR within the broader internet eco system is often a lot bigger than simply … [Read more...] about AFRINIC Hiring Head Honcho
Radix Report Strong Results
The guys over at Radix Registry have been doing very well with their premium domain sales. They released their bi-annual report earlier this week and the results are truly impressive: $1.36M in revenue; at par with H2 2018 .online, .tech and .site were the highest-grossing TLDs with respect to premium sales 80+ names sold with a price tag of $2,500 or more 78% of premium … [Read more...] about Radix Report Strong Results