.Org registry to donate $105,000 to organizations using .org domains. Public Interest Registry, the registry that operates .org and other charitable domain names, has announced the return of the .ORG Impact Awards for a fourth year. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
PIR acquires 4 charitable top level domains, announces RSP contract bidding
· UncategorizedNon-profit expands its TLD portfolio and announces bidding for backend registry services. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that manages .org, has acquired four top level domain names in two transactions. First, the non-profit ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
PIR announces winners of 2021 .Org Impact Awards
· UncategorizedPIR crowns annual winners and donates cash to worthy causes. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind the .org top level domain, announced the winners of its third annual .Org Impact Awards today. A record of 633 organizations and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.ORG Impact Awards draw record number of nominations
· UncategorizedPIR receives over 600 nominations for this year's awards. Public Interest Registry (PIR) received a record number of nominations for this year's .ORG Impact Awards, the organization announced this week. 633 organizations applied for the awards, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The problem with selling .org domains to Chinese entities
· Domain SalesHave a .org domain targeted to the Chinese market? Read on. Do you own .org domains intended for Chinese buyers, such as Pinyin domains? If so, you should be aware of restrictions and trends that make aftermarket sales unlikely. The chart below ... Continue Reading2 Comments
2020 in Review: .Org sale
· UncategorizedA top story this year was the sale of .org falling through. This is the third in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. One of my predictions for 2020 was that Ethos Capital's deal to acquire Public ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
· UncategorizedPublic Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Org registry names finalists for Impact Awards
· UncategorizedKiva, a local chapter of The Salvation Army, and Rainforest Alliance are among this year's finalists. Public Interest Registry has named the finalists for this year's .Org Impact Awards. The winners will be announced over a ten-day period beginning ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Org launches new registrant rights/appeal mechanism
· Policy & Law.Org registrants now get multiple appeals if their domains are suspended. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the registry for .org domain names, has unveiled a new appeals process for .org registrants who believe the registry unfairly suspended their ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Fadi Chehadé is now co-CEO of Ethos Capital
· Policy & LawFormer ICANN CEO is now a co-CEO of the private equity firm that tried to buy .org. Former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé is currently listed as the co-CEO of Ethos Capital on the firm's website. Ethos Capital tried to buy Public Interest Registry, the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
