Domain News
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CentralNic massively expands share buyback program
Company now plans to spend up to £34 on shares. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) plans to return a lot more capital…
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Epik is off the ICANN naughty step
Epik is no longer in breach of its ICANN registrar accreditation agreement, but it remains to be seen whether its…
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Epik cures breach but questions remain
Breaches cured but registrar still needs ICANN’s approval for change of control. Last Friday, before the long holiday weekend in…
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Identity Digital is gobbling up Verisign’s back-end business
Verisign appears to be getting out of the new gTLD back-end registry services business, with Identity Digital taking over most…
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ICANN enters into .net contract extension with Verisign
ICANN greenlights massive price increases for .net domains in contract renewal. On Thursday, ICANN executed a renewal of a contract…
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ICANN says they are continuing to provide support for registrants impacted by Epik Inc.
ICANN made another statement with regards to Epik. In a post titled, “ICANN continues support for registrants impacted by Epik…
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NameJet and SnapNames May monthly report: SEO Edition
Sean Markey explains why these domains sold for what they did. A tad late this month, but I’ve got a…
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Afternic’s “Get your hopes up” Center
Take a break from Afternic’s Lead Center this holiday weekend. How many will close? It’s been a little over three…
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o.com auction likely a damp squib after Overstock rebrand
Verisign’s long-planned auction of the single-character domain o.com is looking even less likely, with its most motivated bidder completely rebranding…
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End user domain sales that fell through the cracks
A video game payments company, a translation site, and a group opposed to advances in AI bought domain names. Each…
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Identity Digital to make 50k premiums available next month
Ai.pro, vr.hospital, and vip.chat will be available in July. Domain name registry Identity Digital will make about 50,000 previously reserved…
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The story behind WetPaint.com which expired and closed at $74,000
WetPaint.com was the big number yesterday closing at $74,000. The story behind WetPaint.com is pretty interesting. Wetpaint was named by…
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ICANN actually CHANGES Verisign’s .net contract after public comments
ICANN has decided to make a change to the upcoming new version of Verisign’s .net registry agreement in response to…
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GoDaddy takes over .health
GoDaddy Registry has added .health to its growing stable of TLDs. According to ICANN records, the company has taken over…
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Estate of Uzi Nissan says Nissan.com is stolen
Estate of Nissan Uzi alleges the domain was transferred to another account at his registrar. Uzi Nissan is famous for…