Southwest Airlines, PayPal and Google were in the news last month. With May in the books, here's a look at what made news in the domain business. These stories were the most-viewed on Domain Name Wire: 1. Southwest Airlines fails to take down ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com is for communism?
· UncategorizedIt's an excuse for not owning the .com. I was reading an article in The Economist about companies trying to appeal to conservative Americans. One of the companies mentioned is RedBalloon, a job site that helps people find jobs at right-leaning ... Continue Reading10 Comments
NamesCon kicks off today. Here’s where to see me
· UncategorizedI'm hosting two sessions today at NamesCon. The annual NamesCon Global event kicks off in Austin this morning. Over 1,000 people have registered for the event, which is being held in conjunction with CloudFest USA. I'm hosting two fireside chats ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Saw.com merges with NameSilo’s NameLot
· UncategorizedCombined company will have technology and brokerage experience. Domain name brokerage Saw.com and NameSilo (CSE: URL) announced today that Saw.com is merging with NameSilo's NameLot. The combination will give Saw.com a technology stack for selling ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
PIR calls for nominations for this year’s (bigger) .ORG Impact Awards
· UncategorizedMore awards and an in-person awards ceremony are on tap this year. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that runs .org, has put out a call for nominations for this year's .ORG Impact Awards. It's the fifth year that PIR will honor ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Esports company tries reverse domain name hijacking
· UncategorizedPanelist rules that Valhallan filed a cybersquatting dispute in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found (pdf) Valhallan, LLC to have tried reverse domain name hijacking. Valhallan, an esports training company, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
CentralNic to buy another £4 million of shares
· UncategorizedCompany continues to return capital to shareholders instead of investing all of it into new acquisitions. CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) announced another share buyback today. The buyback is the second buyback the company has initiated, with its ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Org in 2021: $103M revenue, $62M to ISOC, $16M to Identity Digital
· UncategorizedLet's take a look at PIR's tax return. It's been a couple of years since I last looked at Public Interest Registry's (PIR) tax return. PIR's golden goose is the .org domain name registry, and its primary benefactor is Internet Society (ISOC). ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
auDA: 740,000 .au “direct” registrations after one year
· UncategorizedSecond level registrations now make up about 17% of .au domains. auDA, the organization that manages Australia's .au country code domain name, reported today that there were 740,000 .au "direct" registrations by the end of Q1 this year. That marks ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
April’s top domain stories
· UncategorizedGoDaddy, AI and Epik were top stories on Domain Name Wire last month. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy acquires five more top level domains - GoDaddy acquired .wiki, .tattoo, .ink and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
