Alvin Brown considers the impact Whois changes will have on domain sales. Over the last few weeks, a number of industry blogs have shared their insight pertaining to the impact of GDPR, the data protection law set to launch in late May, to the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Domain thoughts: Purple.com, GoDaddy, fast transfer and GDPR
· UncategorizedHere are some things I'm thinking about... I'm amused by some of the reactions to the $900,000 sale of Purple.com. A lot of people are saying that the seller should have held out for more. I suspect that, for most commenters, $900,000 would have a ... Continue Reading25 Comments
The challenges of new TLDs with Tobias Sattler – DNW Podcast #177
· PodcastsA first-hand account of selling new top level domains. What is it like integrating and selling new top level domain names as a registrar? On today’s podcast we talk with Tobias Sattler, the CIO for United Domains, a registrar with 1.6 million domains ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain investors risk being left out of Whois discussion
· Policy & LawBuying and selling domain names might be much harder this year. Major changes are coming to Whois and domain name investors might end up holding the short end of the stick. The impetus for change came not from the community, but from the European ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Redl discusses Whois availability at ICANN 61
· Policy & LawHead of NTIA reiterates United States' position on Whois data. At ICANN 61 in Puerto Rico today, NTIA chief David Redl again called for restraint in changes made to Whois. Redl and the U.S. government are concerned about the effect that limiting ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DENIC to remove all personal info from Public Whois on .De domains
· Policy & LawGermany's .DE domain will show even less information in Whois going forward. Whois information for one of the world's largest country code domain names is about to change. DENIC, the group that runs Germany's .DE domain name, announced changes that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Top 5 Domain Name stories from January
· UncategorizedA GoDaddy test, Home.loans and Whois were featured in popular stories last month. I had a great time finishing out January at NamesCon last week. The conference is a great way to kick off the year. As I do every month, here's a look back at the top ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
U.S. Gov: Whois info must remain available
· Policy & LawNew NTIA chief pushes back on effort to scale back Whois information. David Redl, the new head of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, told an audience at State of the Net 2018 today that Whois data must remain ... Continue Reading10 Comments
WordPress.com and domain names – DNW Podcast #169
· PodcastsKellie Peterson talks about what WordPress.com is seeing as a domain name registrar. WordPress.com operates a domain name registrar with a unique characteristic: almost all of the domain names it registers are for end users that put them to use with a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy to start masking some Whois data through Port 43
· Domain RegistrarsMasking should limit phone calls, texts and emails based on Whois information. GoDaddy sent a notice to customers today notifying them that it will start masking some Whois data when it is requested through Port 43 Whois lookups. Port 43 is often used ... Continue Reading8 Comments