GoDaddy and Identity Digital will now be eligible to bid on contract. Today, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Request for Proposals for the administration of the .us top level domain. The government ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Can any registries win the contract to operate .US?
· UncategorizedThe draft RFP includes provisions that severely limit the pool of potential operators. In December, the U.S. government published a draft RFP to operate the .us country code domain and requested feedback. The National Telecommunications and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
U.S. government begins process to open bidding for .us registry
· UncategorizedNTIA issues draft RFP and outlines two-phase selection process to pick winner by April. The U.S. government will open a Request for Proposal next year to select a registry operator for the .us top level domain. The government currently contracts ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Spammers feast on .us Whois data
· Policy & LawRegistering a .us domain has become untenable for consumers due to fully-public Whois information. For years, spamming and cold-calling operations thrived on Whois data. Whenever a new domain was registered, they'd relentlessly contact the new ... Continue Reading3 Comments
U.S. Gov considers Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawWhois information would still be easy to obtain on a limited basis. Nearly all domain name ownership data has been redacted from public Whois in the wake of privacy regulations such as GDPR. But one top level domain name remains an outlier: ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Colorado explains its expensive move to a .gov domain
· UncategorizedThe state needs another $2 million to fully transition to a .gov domain name. The Colorado Sun posted an interesting look at Colorado's government switching from a .us domain to colorado.gov. Many states are making this switch, and the article ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Lawmakers push for Whois privacy on .us domains
· Policy & Law10 Democrats ask NTIA to add Whois privacy to .us domain names. While Whois records in most top level domains are now private, .us remains an outlier: the U.S. government specifically forbids Whois privacy on .us domain registrations. It has ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Reminder: there’s no Whois privacy for .us domain names
· Policy & LawDon't expect to remain private if you register a .us domain name. Last July, Chaya Raichik registered the domain name LibsofTikTok.com to go along with her Libs of TikTok Twitter account. In October, she apparently decided to protect her brand ... Continue Reading20 Comments
.US and domain sales review – DNW Podcast #347
· PodcastsRon Jackson reviews the market for .us domains and we discuss the top 10 domain sales so far this year. This week I catch up with Ron Jackson of DNJournal. Ron launched a new site dedicated to spreading the word about .us domain names. We talk ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Marketing a Teenage TLD
· Uncategorized[Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post by Lori Anne Wardi of Neustar] Hi, my name is Lori Anne Wardi and I’m a domain junkie. I’ve been buying, selling, studying, developing, dreaming about, promoting and preaching the bible of domain names since ... Continue Reading24 Comments
