Tag Archives: registrars

Tue 29th October 2013
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GoDaddy signs the 1st Registry-Registrar Agreement with New gTLD .UNO: Paid Pre-Registrations Start In Nov -                   According to a press release we just received, Dot Latin LLC announced today that the world’s largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web extension dedicated to Spanish-speaking businesses, consumers and individuals online. GoDaddy will be the first domain registrar to offer .UNO pre-registrations for ... read more ...
Mon 28th October 2013
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Host Europe Group Acquisition Domain Name Registrar Domainfactory.com - Host Europe Group announced the successful acquisition of the domain name registrar, Domainfactory, for an undisclosed amount. Domainfactory currently manages 1.1 million domains and serves approximately 173,000 customers. This transaction follows the recent acquisition by Host Europe Group of Telefónica Germany Online Services GmbH, a leading enterprise managed hosting provider. “This acquisition further enhances Host Europe Group’s presence and capabilities in the German mass hosting market ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media to call spinoff Rightside? - Me thinks that DemandMedia *may* have a problem. The guy that owns Rightside.com filed a trademark application more than a year before DemandMedia ,unless im missing something (like a brain ??); CTM-ONLINE – Detailed trade mark information [New basic search] [New advanced search] [Modify Search] [Refine search (Disabled)] [List of results] [Access to file] [Trade mark Detail (Disabled)] [Login to MYPAGE] [Back to MYPAGE (Disabled)] [Save search to my page (Disabled)] ... read more ...
 
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eNom and Name.com pointer 2013 RAA - Demand Media gears up for new TLDs by signing new registrar agreement. Demand Media’s eNom and Name.com domain name registrars have signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the company announced today. That makes four of the top 10 domain name registrars who have signed the new agreement. In addition to Demand Media, other top ten registrars that have signed the agreement include GoDaddy, 11, and Melbourne IT. Signing the new agreement is required ... read more ...
Fri 18th October 2013
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Key-Systems Celebrates 15th Birthday -         In a press release we received today, Key-Systems is celebrating its 15 Birthday Key-Systems, which currently manages more than 3 million web addresses (domains) for more than 70,000 retail/corporate customers and 1,800 resellers worldwide, celebrates its 15th company anniversary in October. Since its foundation in 1998 the Key-Systems GmbH has emerged as one of the leading European companies for the distribution and management of domains and ranks among the 15 largest providers for ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons buys selling agency - GoDaddy founder buys a marketing firm. GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons apprently never wants to be bored. He owns a bunch of motorcycle dealers and has been snapping up real estate in the Phoenix area. His latest purchase: a marketing and advertising firm. Parsons bought Scottsdale firm Martz Agency, which will be renamed Martz Parsons. His many organizations, including Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, Go AZ Motorcycles, Spooky Fast Parts Engineering, YAM Properties, ... read more ...
Tue 15th October 2013
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GoDaddy acquires webhosting association (mt) Media Temple - GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base than GoDaddy, and the two companies will remain distinctly separate. (mt) will continue to focus on a more technical/developer audience and will not take on any of GoDaddy’s branding. GoDaddy says the deal will help ... read more ...
Mon 14th October 2013
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NameBright.com: This is what happens when a domain financier creates a domain registrar - Team at TurnCommerce unveils new domain name registrar with tools for domainers. What would happen if a large domain name investor created a domain registrar from the bottom up? The result would look like NameBright.com. NameBright.com is a new domain name registrar created by the team at TurnCommerce, one of the largest domain portfolio holders with over 1 million domain names. The registrar has the potential to attract some of the top domain investors that require ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt resigns - Richard Rosenblatt resigns as Chairman CEO of Demand Media. There’s been a change at the top of one of the domain name industry’s biggest companies. Demand Media announced today that Richard Rosenblatt has stepped down as Chairman and CEO of the company. Shawn Colo has been named interim President and will be the interim CEO once Rosenblatt’s resignation from that position is effective at the end of this month. Rosenblatt and Colo co-founded the company in ... read more ...
Sat 12th October 2013
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1and1.com New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 3 Million Domain Names -                       It was back on September 22nd  when we posted that 1and1.com, the domain name registration  which has been running television commercials in heavy rotation in the United States t0 promote new gTLD domain names broke the 2 Million pre-registration mark. Tonight 1and1.com blew past the 3 million pre-registration mark some 20 days later. 1and1.com is only accepting 1 domain name registration per domain name so these are 3 million unique domain pre-registrations. As ... read more ...
Wed 9th October 2013
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ICANN Shuts Down Pacman Registrar From New Registrations and Transfers Until At Least Jan 30, 2014 - In a letter sent to Pacnames Ltd. of  Auckland New Zealand ICAN has sent a NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT AND NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OF REGISTRAR’S ABILITY TO CREATE NEW REGISTERED NAMES OR INITIATE INBOUND TRANSFERS OF REGISTERED NAMES The current breach is the third breach for Pacnames within a twelve-month period. Accordingly, Pacnames’ ability to create new Registered Names or initiate inbound transfers of Registered Names is suspended for 90 days pursuant to Section ... read more ...
Wed 2nd October 2013
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Meet Steve Banfield, Demand Media’s new SVP and GM of Registrar Services - Banfield to lead eNom and Name.com. Earlier this week Demand Media announced that it hired Steve Banfield to serve as SVP and GM of Registrar Services. Demand Media owns domain name reseller eNom and consumer registrar Name.com, both of which Banfield will help lead. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because Banfield is new to the domain name industry. His experience with domain names is limited mostly to registering domain names here and there for projects. ... read more ...
 
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Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations - GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain names. In the interview, Irving describes what he sees as the problem with the existing limited number of TLD options. “…there has been what I guess I’ll call a lot of domain name pollution that has happened in the ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy acquires invoicing association Ronin - Domain name registrar has made five acquisitions in fifteen months. GoDaddy announced another acquisition today, although the acquisition isn’t actually new. In April the company quietly acquired invoicing company Ronin and has integrated the technology into its GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping product. The online bookkeeping product comes from GoDaddy’s earlier acquisition of Outright. The acquisition furthers GoDaddy’s plan of being a one-stop-shop for small and ... read more ...
Mon 30th September 2013
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Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association - Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by  the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Registrar Stakeholder Group. “Winning an IIA Dot ie Net Visionary Award means you’re the best at what you do but not in the run-of-the-mill ‘best’ kind of way but in a pretty standout innovative kind of way,” said Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the IIA.” “Neylon ... read more ...
 
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How did a new Kozmo.com get a aged Kozmo.com’s domain name? - Because Kozmo.com never fully expired, the group trying to relaunch the brand had to go to extraordinary measures to get the domain. Kozmo.com, the delivery service that became a poster child for the dot.com boom and bust, is coming back. Sort of. I first scooped this about a year ago after a Los Angeles company, Yummy Foods, LLC, filed for trademarks for the Kozmo name. Now, just this month, the company put up a splash page at Kozmo.com after acquiring the Kozmo.com ... read more ...
Sat 28th September 2013
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Web.com Finally Completes Acquisition Of NetworkSolutions.com - According to an email we received tonight it looks like Web.com (WWWW) has finally completed the acquisition of NetworkSolutions.com Here is the email we got tonight: “I have great news for you! Network Solutions is now a Web.com company, and with that everything just got easier. Not only will you still have access to the Network Solutions products and services you currently enjoy but you will now be able to take advantage of Web.com’s acclaimed Build-it-for-Me products too! Web.com is focused ... read more ...
Wed 25th September 2013
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Wow, United Domains is all in with New TLDs - Want to register a .com at United Domains? You’ll need to poke around the site a bit. We know that new top level domains are a growth opportunity for domain name registrars. But should domain name registrars forgo current registrations in favor of promoting future registrations of new domains like order.pizza and play.games? That’s what United Domains, part of the same family of companies that runs 11 (which is running TV commercials promoting new TLD “pre-reservations”), ... read more ...
 
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Authentic Web wants to make .brand domains easier for corporations - Company will act as domain name registrar and offer the workflows necessary for a corporate environment. Most large companies have a process in place for registering new domain names. This may get more complex when brands secure their own top level domains, such as .ford and .deloitte. Enter Authentic Web. The new company wants to help businesses running closed registries manage the process, including corporate controls, IT, and overall workflow. When employees want ... read more ...
Tue 17th September 2013
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20 domain registrars pointer 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement - Most large domain name registrars have yet to sign the new agreement. Two months after the first five domain registrars signed the new 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement with ICANN, only 15 more have signed on. In fact, two of the registrars that were on the registrar negotiating team for the agreement have yet to sign on, according to the Internic list of domain registrars. Demand Media and Key Systems, both of which were at the negotiating table, haven’t ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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ICANN Sends Breach Notice To A Top 10 Domain Name Registrar, Register.com - ICANN sent a “Breach Notice” to Register.com yesterday giving the domain name registrar until October 2nd, to provide information to ICANN and cure the Breaches or face a possible Registrar termination. Register.com is owned by Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) and is a top 10 domain name registrar in terms of domain name under management. Shares of Web.com traded down just about 4% in trading yesterday Here is the notice “”” Please be advised that as of 11 September 2013, Register.com, Inc. (“Register.com”) ... read more ...
 
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Epik files obvious covering domain leasing and practical currencies for domain names - Patent application describes a virtual currency that may offer tax benefits and ways to improve domain name leasing. Epik founder Rob Monster and SVP John Lawler have filed a patent application titled “System and Method for Domain Leasing, Acquisition and Development Incorporating a Virtual Currency Platform”. You may recall that Epik started a virtual currency called Epik Bucks. These could be used to buy domain names, purchase web design packages, and other ... read more ...
Thu 5th September 2013
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GoDaddy says It’s Go Time: new marketing, softened site - Company debuts new image and simplified user experience. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing program and site enhancements today that are a big step forward from its old marketing approach. A couple years ago the company decided it needed to show that it was a serious tech company. The result was a sort of Jekyll Hyde in its TV commercials showing its tech side…right next to a scantily clad woman. But this time the company is dropping the provocative women altogether. The ... read more ...
 
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2 pointed changes to GoDaddy.com that are a large understanding to a domain industry - GoDaddy drops the .com and the ubiquitous drop down box for domain name search. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing message and site enhancements overnight. There are two subtle changes to GoDaddy.com that are actually a big deal to the new top level domain name and domain investor communities. First, GoDaddy dropped the .com from its logo. It announced this change during a conference for new TLD applicants in March. Although it has been dropping .com from some of ... read more ...
Tue 3rd September 2013
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CentralNic goes public: a demeanour during a numbers - CentralNic went public yesterday. Here are some of the company’s financials. Yesterday CentralNic, a company best known for offering third level domain names similar to ccTLDs, went public. The company plans to use proceeds for a number of purposes, including investing in some new TLD applications (e.g. funding auctions) and building a domain registrar business. Here’s a look at the some of the company’s numbers. Market cap at placing: £32.5 million2012 revenue: ... read more ...