Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
· Domain RegistrarsGandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) "merged" to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Montefiore Investment acquires domain name registrar Gandi
· Domain RegistrarsPrivate equity firm acquires domain name registrar with 2.5 million domains. Private equity firm Montefiore Investment has acquired domain name registrar Gandi. In a heartfelt blog post, Gandi CEO Stephan Ramoin explained the origins of the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Bad guys get Gandi.net’s password to technical provider, redirect domains
· Domain Registrars751 domain names registered at Gandi were pointed to malware sites. Hackers managed to redirect 751 domain names at domain name registrar Gandi.net to servers spreading malware, the company detailed this week. All of the domain names were on country ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Study Questions if Consumers Want New Top Level Domains
· Domain RegistrarsResearch report shows consumers not keen on new TLDs. A couple weeks ago I received an email from a researcher at The Future Laboratory, a UK-based research and trend forecasting company. The company was preparing a report, sponsored by domain ... Continue Reading9 Comments