Donuts has announced TrueName, a registrant service that automatically blocks registrations of homographs of registered domains. When a customer registers a Donuts TLD such as .guru, .money or .live, Donuts will block registrations of lookalike domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts is removing restrictions on .Place domains
· UncategorizedEveryone will be allowed to register .place domains (again). Domain name company Donuts is making .place a generic domain again. In 2018, the company partnered with Geo.Network to use .place domains in its geofencing platform. Donuts said at ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donuts moves its registry to AWS
· ServicesTop level domain company migrates backend to the cloud. Top level domain name company Donuts announced today that it has migrated its backend registry from on-premises backend infrastructure to the cloud. The company migrated to Amazon's AWS and ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Verisign gets IDN homograph detection patent
· ServicesSystem would help detect homograph attacks shortly after domains are registered. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,836 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for "Identification of visual international domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Donuts hires CMO, signifying upshift in marketing strategy
· ServicesNew CMO brought in as part of a marketing shift. Top level domain name company Donuts has named Mina Neuberg its Chief Marketing Officer. Neuberg comes from Revolution Math, where she was CMO of the online math education service. Before that, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donuts hires new CFO
· UncategorizedFormer Napster CFO joins top level domain name company. Top level domain name company Donuts has hired Randy Haas as its new Chief Financial Officer. Haas was previously CFO of Napster (Rhapsody). Prior to that, he spent 19 years in finance ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Donuts reveals seven new TLD sales up to $125,000
· Domain SalesWireless.energy, Race.news among domains that sold. Last week at NamesCon, new top level domain name company Donuts revealed 7 premium new TLD sales that were previously undisclosed. Here's what the company sold and, based on my research, who ... Continue Reading9 Comments
The interesting connection between the .Org deal and ICANN
· Policy & LawFormer ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé appears to have a connection to the latest big deal in the domain name industry. This morning, Internet Society announced it is selling Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that runs the .org domain name, to Ethos ... Continue Reading43 Comments
Donuts slashing prices on 1.1 million premium domains
· Uncategorized850,000 domains will be dropped to standard prices as part of repricing. New top level domain name company Donuts is cutting prices on 1.1 million premium-priced domains, including moving 850,000 domains from premium tiers to regular prices. I ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Donuts moves back to Bellevue
· ServicesRegistry for hundreds of top level domains returns to its original building. Top level domain name registry Donuts has returned to its former home in Bellevue, Washington. The company had been located down the street in Kirkland, Washington, where ... Continue Reading8 Comments
