Tag: Domain name

Donuts is no More – Rebrands as “Identity Digital”

Donuts is rebranding. The company which runs around 300 domain name extensions acquired Afilias back in 2020. They’re now going to rename the entire thing “Identity Digital“, which is using the domain Identity.Digital Here’s the new logo: At one level I can understand that they’d want to come up with a new brand identity for… Continue reading Donuts is no More – Rebrands as “Identity Digital”

Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

Nominet has unilaterally decided to suspend all its Russian registrars. As far as I can tell there’s no legal obligation on Nominet to take action against registrars based in Russia, but they’ve decided to suspend them. However they’re also claiming that they don’t want to impact existing registrations. With the Russian registrars suspended there’s no… Continue reading Nominet Suspends Russian Registrars

The New Owners of .HipHop Go Public

If you’re “into” ICANN policy stuff you’ll probably be aware of the ongoing spat between ICANN and a company that had bought one of Frank Schilling’s domain extensions. A very very brief recap. Schilling decided to divest himself of his interests in domain registries. So he decided to auction off most of the domain name… Continue reading The New Owners of .HipHop Go Public

.US Town Hall 2021

The .us ccTLD registry has a stakeholder council which holds a “town hall” annually. This year’s meeting will be held on November 4th at 1200 Eastern. The town hall will cover updates on what’s been going on with .us and their plans for the future. As it’s a “town hall” format there’s usually the option… Continue reading .US Town Hall 2021

EURid Wins Bid to Keep Registry Contract

EURid has won the tender bid to operate the .eu domain for a further 5 years until 2027. The official announcement was made by the Belgium based company on Monday, though they’d informally announced that they had the winning bid at the Web Awards last Friday night. “We feel honoured to have been chosen to… Continue reading EURid Wins Bid to Keep Registry Contract

Spanish ccTLD on Track to hit 2 Million Registrations

The .es domain registry for Spain is on track to hit the two million domains registered mark. They’ll probably break the two million mark this side of Christmas if my calculations are correct. In common with many other country code domain name operators, the .es registry offers multiple extensions though the data clearly shows that… Continue reading Spanish ccTLD on Track to hit 2 Million Registrations

.Club Registry DNS Goes Down

The DNS for the entire .club domain extension is currently offline, or at least appears to be. While some DNS servers might be still serving old data from their cache the actual DNS servers for the domain are not working correctly. The .club registry are apparently aware of the issue, but no details of what… Continue reading .Club Registry DNS Goes Down

Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates

Nordic Domain Days was one of the many events that was cancelled due to the global pandemic. The event, which started out colocated with Internetdagarna, is coming back as an in person event in Stockholm and is now going it alone. Splitting away from the bigger conference it was part of means that the organisers… Continue reading Nordic Domain Days Announce 2022 Dates

Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open

The nomination period for non-executive directors to the Nominet Board opened yesterday. The Nominet Board is made up of appointees and member elected representatives. The number of positions up for election in any given year tends to vary. This year there are two positions up for election due to members’ terms. While both Non-Executive Directors… Continue reading Nominations for Nominet Board Elections Open

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