Nevett completes co-founder exodus from Donuts. Jon Nevett, one of four co-founders of top level domain name Donuts, has stepped down. He was the last remaining founder in a full-time role at the company. He will remain an advisor to the ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Donuts loses appeal in .Web case
· Policy & LawCourt of Appeals agrees that covenant not to sue is valid. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District has ruled against top level domain name company Donuts over the .Web domain name. Donuts was one of the applicants for the .web ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Akram Atallah to lead top level domain company Donuts
· UncategorizedAtallah moves from senior ICANN role to contracted party Donuts. New top level domain name company Donuts has named Akram Atallah as its new CEO. The news was first reported on DomainIncite yesterday. Atallah was President of ICANN's Global Domains ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Breaking: Domain name company Donuts Inc. acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners
· ServicesPE snaps up company that manages nearly 240 top level domain names. Abry Partners, a private equity firm that has completed $77 billion in transactions since it was founded in 1989, is acquiring new top level domain name company Donuts, Inc. Terms of ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Donuts acquires .Fan after registry fails
· UncategorizedDonuts, one of the original applicants for .fan, acquires it from failing registry. The owner of .fan and .fans has failed, and Donuts was more than happy to pick up .fan--a domain name it originally applied for. Donuts announced today that it has ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Donuts acquires BudURL, rebrands as BL.INK
· UncategorizedAcquisition will increase awareness and use of new top level domain names. Domain name registry Donuts has acquired link management company BudURL and rebranded it as BL.INK. Donuts quietly completed the acquisition of the Austin, TX company last ... Continue Reading3 Comments
John Pollard: How to grow the usage of domain names – DNW Podcast #188
· PodcastsDonuts is investing in businesses that can help grow the importance of domains and the DNS. How can we increase the importance and usage of domain names? As EVP of Registry at Donuts, John Pollard is tasked with finding new and innovative ways to grow ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Vacation.rentals domain name sells for record $500,300
· Domain SalesSale of vacation.rentals eclipses home.loans sale. A vacation rental company has paid $500,300 to acquire the domain name vacation.rentals from registry Donuts in an all-cash transaction. This is the highest publicly reported sale of a second level ... Continue Reading36 Comments
Donuts acquires .Travel domain name
· UncategorizedDonuts acquires a sponsored top level domain name for the travel industry. Top level domain name company Donuts announced today that it has acquired the .travel top level domain name from Tralliance Registry Management Company. It is the 239th top ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Donuts is shutting down HotKeys next week
· Domain ParkingParking company gets the axe. Donuts is shuttering domain parking company HotKeys next week, the company announced in an email to clients today. The new top level domain company acquired HotKeys when it bought Rightside last year. The service ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment