Tucows is the largest registrar to date to support the initiative. Tucows, the largest wholesale domain name registrar, has said it will vote in favor of an initiative to replace five of Nominet's board members. Nominet is a non-profit that runs ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Nominet (.UK) could be forced to change its focus after vote next week
· Policy & LawMany members want Nominet to be boring again. Three years ago, I wrote about ICANN's budget crisis and what I thought the heart of the matter was. I wrote: ICANN should be a boring organization but it hired people who want to make a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Nominet considers auctioning expiring .uk domain names
· Expired Domains.Uk registry plans to bring more clarity to expired domain process and possibly auction domains. Nominet, the registry for .uk domain names, is considering introducing an auction model for expiring domain names. The registry asked for feedback ... Continue Reading4 Comments
The world according to country code domains
· UncategorizedHere's what the world would look like if ccTLD registrations were all that mattered. What would the world look like if countries were scaled according to registrations of their country code domains? .UK registry Nominet has published its "The ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Nominet considers publishing domain name drop lists
· Expired DomainsGroup wants to add sunshine to the domain-dropping process. .UK domain name registry Nominet is considering publishing drop lists of domain names that are about to be deleted and released. The organization is asking for feedback on the idea and two ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
41,000 .UK domains registered in first week
· Services41,000 .uk domains registered during massive drop of second level domains. Over 41,000 second level .uk domain names were registered last week, the first week they were available to people that didn't have a matching third-level .uk domain. Back in ... Continue Reading14 Comments
.Blog jumps from Nominet to CentralNic
· ServicesCentralNic wins another registry contract. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is switching backend registry providers for its .blog top level domain name. The company has used Nominet since the launch but will switch to CentralNic (London ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.UK grandfathering ends in 3 months
· UncategorizedTime is running out to register matching domain names. People and companies that want to secure the second-level .UK equivalent of their third-level .uk domain have three months left to do so. That's when the clock runs out on a grandfathering plan. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Nominet opens Washington D.C. office, plans to hire 30
· ServicesNorth America business will focus on security. Nominet, the company that runs the .uk domain name registry, has opened a U.S. office in Washington, D.C. The office is currently stationed in a WeWork location, but Nominet CEO Russell Haworth told ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Minds + Machines outsources to Nominet, deals registrar accounts to Uniregistry
· Domain RegistrarsCompany trims focus to wholesaling top level domain names. Top level domain name company Minds + Machines is dismantling its "end to end" domain name operation to focus on wholesaling its new TLDs through the registrar channel. While this might seem ... Continue Reading4 Comments
