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Amazon Registry is Hiring

April 15, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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Amazon Registry is hiring.The company has multiple top level domains including .bot .aws and others for a total of 52. While some of them are for internal use, others are distributed.The Seattle based company is currently advertising for software development engineers.They operate as a business unit within the giant that is Amazon:We are a small, fast-paced … [Read more...] about Amazon Registry is Hiring

GoDaddy Enters the Registry Business

April 7, 2020 by Michele Neylon

In what probably came as a surprise to many observers GoDaddy has announced that they are acquiring NeuStar's registry business.The announcement comes quite soon after the web giant's acquisition of Frank Schilling's Uniregistry registrar and marketplace.Both Neustar and GoDaddy made announcements about the acquisition last night.So what exactly have they … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Enters the Registry Business

Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership

April 2, 2020 by Michele Neylon

Centralnic, which is a publicly traded company, is arguably the fastest growing company in the DNS space these days. Sure, GoDaddy and some other companies in the space might be bigger, but Centralnic's growth has been truly impressive.Yesterday they announced a number of changes to their management team.First off, in what might come as a bit of a surprise to … [Read more...] about Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership

COVID 19: What Registrars and Registries are Doing to Help

March 30, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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With the COVID-19 pandemic an ongoing crisis across the globe many businesses are currently closed. Some of them may never open again. While some governments are offering packages of financial assistance the current situation is going to hit many sectors really hard.Against the backdrop of the current pandemic companies in the internet infrastructure have become even more … [Read more...] about COVID 19: What Registrars and Registries are Doing to Help

Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019

January 25, 2020 by Michele Neylon

Radix, who run the registry for domain extensions like .tech and .online, report premium domain sales of $3 million in 2019.The most recent premium domain report from Radix covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 31st December 2019 (H2 2019). Here's a few key data points:$1.67M in revenue; 22% growth over H1 2019 which was at $1.36MClosed 2019 at $3M in Premium Revenue, … [Read more...] about Radix Did $3 Million in Premium Names in 2019

Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

January 16, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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One of the campaigns that has been working against the sale of PIR and the .org registry under the "Save dot Org" moniker is planning to picket ICANN's headquarters in LA.Save Dot Org are planning on picketing the Los Angeles' offices of ICANN on Friday January 24th:Date: Friday, January 24, 2020 Time: 9 am – 11 am Location: ICANN, 12025 Waterfront Dr., Los Angeles, … [Read more...] about Save Dot Org Campaign to Picket ICANN HQ

ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale

November 28, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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This week at the IGF in Berlin one of the hot topics being discussed both in hallways and various sessions is the sale of PIR by ISOC.Yesterday at lunchtime Access Now organised a "town hall" in the hallway where several current and former ISOC board members were in attendance.Several of the ISOC board members spoke at the event and tried to explain their thinking. … [Read more...] about ISOC to Hold Webinar on the PIR Sale

ISOC Sells PIR to Ethos Capital

November 13, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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

New Zealand ccTLD Launches Tender for Registry Backend

October 23, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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

October 7, 2019 by Michele Neylon

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

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