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 year and offers fresh perspectives, in-depth analyses … [Read more...] about 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. As I mentioned yesterday, the RegisterFly site … [Read more...] about 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 positive results in a recent McAfee siteadvisor survey. The same study gave a very … [Read more...] about AU Deregulation Bad?
Yet Another RegisterFly Update
According to a recent post on the ICANN blog Kevin Medina, head of RegisterFly, is being held in contempt of court: The Court held Registerfly and Kevin Medina personally to be in contempt of the Court’s earlier Preliminary Injunction Order. So the Court has has ordered Kevin Medina and RegisterFly to publish on its website, within 48 hours, a notice telling people about the … [Read more...] about Yet Another RegisterFly Update
GoDaddy To Buy Registerfly?
Jay Westerdal suggests that GoDaddy maybe buying part of RegisterFly. Anyone who has been folllowing the domain industry in recent months would be aware of the RegisterFly meltdown, which has caused issues for thousands of registrants worldwide. There will be mixed feelings surrounding this type of acquisition, but it is surely preferable to the limbo that many of … [Read more...] about GoDaddy To Buy Registerfly?
Tralliance in Trouble – .travel could die
It looks like 2007 is going to be an awkward year for the domain world. Earlier we had the collapse of RegisterFly, now we have the strong possibility of the .travel domain going bust. The .travel domain has always been an oddity. The idea behind it is fairly obvious, but when you combine the strict rules, price and length of the domain it becomes apparent why it has been … [Read more...] about Tralliance in Trouble – .travel could die
Will you drop your .eu domain?
Will you be renewing your .eu domain? Even if you renew it for year two, will you bother for year 3? How many .eu domains are going to be dropped this year? It's an interesting question. At its height .eu had over 2.6 million domains active, though that has already dropped to 2.3 million and is still dropping.... … [Read more...] about Will you drop your .eu domain?
EU Domain Release Dates
Unlike with .com domains .eu actually lets you know when a domain is due for release ie. when it will be available for registration again. For example: % % WHOIS xxxxxxxxxx Domain: xxxxxxxxxxx Status: SUSPENDED(QUARANTINE) Registered: Sat Apr 22 2006 Available: Sat Jun 9 2007 I've removed the actual domain name from the whois output as it belonged to a client, … [Read more...] about EU Domain Release Dates
More Price Changes – NZ Drops Price!
Christopher Ambler reports a price drop announcement from the New Zealand nic. Since Verisign's announcement a few weeks ago a lot of the registries have been following their "example" and announcing price increases. NB: All price increases are at the registrar level and may or may not be passed on to regisrants … [Read more...] about More Price Changes – NZ Drops Price!
.tv relaunch
Demand Media and Verisign have joined forces to promote the .tv name space. The media company, which now owns both eNom and Bulk Register, will be joining forces with Verisign to promote the usage of the .tv namespace for multimedia and user generated content (alla web 2.0) The campaign will be kicking off towards the beginning of May. Further info … [Read more...] about .tv relaunch