In the lead up to Nominet’s AGM earlier this year I mentioned some of the squabbling. While we may have had a respite, it’s now “open season” once again. The latest news is that some people are pushing a vote of no confidence in the current Nominet board and demanding that an EGM be called.… Continue reading More Nominet Jigs and Reels
Tag: registrars
Tucows Launch New Status Site
Image via Wikipedia While the news from Tucows earlier this week may not have been that positive for their staff, clients will be able to make use of their new status site and twitter service (They’ve also setup a page on Facebook)
Tucows Sells Shares In Afilias
According to an announcement made earlier today, Tucows has sold back its equity stake in Afilias
ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
Stephane has an interesting post on the possible end of domain tasting. While the debate around domain tasting has been going on for quite some time ICANN can be a very slow moving beast. In some ways it moves far too slow, but when you consider the range of different opinions that have to be… Continue reading ICANN Domain Tasting Deadline
ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains
As I’ve mentioned a few times in the past, ICANN takes a dim view of registrars who misbehave. EstDomains cropped up in the news a few times over the last few months, as their head honcho, Vladimir Tsastsin was embroiled in a number of legal issues in Estonia. ICANN finally sent EstDomains a notice of… Continue reading ICANN Culls Registrar and Attempts To Offload Domains
Name.com Picks Up Esoftwiz Domains
Over the last year ICANN has sought expressions of interest a number of times from accredited registrars to take over the domain portfolios of registrars that have lost their accreditation. The most recent bulk transfer was of Esoftwiz’s names to Name.com While Name.com will contact former Esoftwiz clients it’s always hard to know how accurate… Continue reading Name.com Picks Up Esoftwiz Domains
Namesco Ripping Off Registrants
Nominet does not charge registrars anything to retag a domain name (ie. release the domain to another registrar / provider) . I’ve mentioned this previously, but I wasn’t expecting to hear about this kind of money grabbing from companies operating out of Ireland. Unfortunately the acquisition of Register365 by Names.co.uk (part of the Dada group)… Continue reading Namesco Ripping Off Registrants
Nominet Registrar Conference Registration Now Open
Image via Wikipedia Nominet’s annual registrar conference will be held in Wembley Stadium on November 19th 2008. The day’s agenda will cover topics such as marketing UK domains, ENUM, the future of UK domains and will include the presentation of the 2nd annual Domain Name Industry Report. Further details and registration information is available on… Continue reading Nominet Registrar Conference Registration Now Open
Ascio Unveils New Site
For some odd reason a lot of web companies are revamping their sites this year. The latest one I came across is Ascio:
Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes?
Image via Wikipedia Jackie Liu’s post on CircleID raises some very interesting questions, though whether or not any answers will be forthcoming or not is a totally different matter. While a lot of ccTLDs are dropping their wholesale rates others are raising them (or have raised them). The problem, as Liu points out, is that… Continue reading Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes?