When new TLDs were being introduced one of the arguments in their favour is that they’d offer more choices to registrants. Earlier today the .art registry made a rather odd announcement: https://twitter.com/Art_Domains/status/1346502397644972039 Apparently they’re now offering “3rd level domains” What now? According to the blog post: ART’s third-level domains provide an inexpensive and easy-to-use entrée… Continue reading What is .art Playing at?
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Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Domain industry veteran Kelly Hardy is now Head of Policy for Centralnic’s Registry Services division. The announcement was made at the end of last week and it sounds like she’ll be covering both ICANN’s GNSO, the ccNSO as well as several other Internet governance fora: Kelly will head up CentralNic’s Policy Consultancy, helping both ccTLD… Continue reading Kelly Hardy Joins CentralNic as Policy Chief
Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership
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… Continue reading Centralnic and its Companies Reshuffle Leadership
Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
Centralnic has acquired yet another domain company. This time round it’s German domain parking company Team Internet, which is probably better known under the name of its domain parking brand “Parking Crew“. The London based company has been snapping up companies on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of years, though this… Continue reading Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
Centralnic Swallows IWantMyName
Centralnic has been on an acquisition trail for the last couple of years and has been happily gobbling up as much as possible. Earlier today it was announced that they’ve just acquired New Zealand based IWantMyName (Ideegeo). The deal is valued at £2.75 million and it looks like it’s already closed, as the IWantMyName site… Continue reading Centralnic Swallows IWantMyName
Centralnic Acquires Hexonet / 1API
Centralnic has announced that it is acquiring Hexonet, which also owns 1API. The deal, which was announced today, will see Centralnic pay up to €10 million to acquire the German and Canadian based company. As a company focussed on domains there is of course a lot of recurring revenue: Like CentralNic, Hexonet has a high… Continue reading Centralnic Acquires Hexonet / 1API
Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry
The .blog registry informed their registrars earlier today that they’re switching their backend to Centralnic from Nominet (There’s also a blog post that’s public here). The change will probably take place in August, though an exact date hasn’t been announced. Since prior to its launch the .blog registry has been using Nominet as their registry… Continue reading Nominet Loses dotBlog Registry
Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
Centralnic’s merger with KeyDrive SA, parent company to Key Systems, was officially announced this morning. The deal will see Centralnic acquire KeyDrive’s entire share capital for a total of $36.5 35.8 million. KeyDrive is the parent company of Key Systems, RRP Proxy and Moniker, as well as corporate registrar Brand Shelter. While the companies, with the… Continue reading Centralnic Acquiring Key Systems for $35.8 Million
Centralnic Sunsetting Several SLD Extensions
Centralnic has announced that they will be “sunsetting” several of their SLD based extensions. The impacted extensions are: .AR.COM .GB.COM .HU.COM .KR.COM .QC.COM .NO.COM .SE.COM .UY.COM From April 29th 2016 (today) no new registrations or renewals will be permitted in any of the impacted extensions. The domains will “go dark” on April 30 2017. I’ve… Continue reading Centralnic Sunsetting Several SLD Extensions
Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]
Nominet has published the video recording of their AGM from earlier this week. https://youtu.be/3IRuUNhp7pg Nominet’s staff got quite a few questions about the organisations finances and plans. What makes some of these exchanges quite intriguing is that not all of those asking questions were registrars, some are also deeply involved in the registry business too.… Continue reading Nominet AGM 2016 [Video]