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Brand owners big and small are in for a potential surprise December 1, as their 10-year-old .xxx domain blocks expire and registrars bill their customers to convert them into a new annually-renewing GoDaddy service. GoDaddy confirmed to DI today that i...
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November 16, 2021 Kevin Murphy
.adult, adultblock, Domain Registries, mmx, sunrise b
Ebay is cracking down on all things sex starting June 15, 2021. In a letter sent to members, “We have revised our policy on adult articles”, the notice says. “As of June 15, 2021, items that display sexual activity, sexual content, or sexually suggesti...
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May 28, 2021 Raymond Hackney
.adult, eBay
Minds + Machines is moving its four porn-themed gTLDs to a new back-end provider. MMX CEO Toby Hall confirmed to DI today that the company is ditching Afilias, which had been providing registry services for .xxx since 2011. “We’re in the pr...
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September 18, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.adult, back-ends, Domain Registries, icm registry, Minds + Machines, mmx, uniregisty
The first retail prices for MMX’s porn-blocking AdultBlock services have been revealed, and they ain’t cheap. The registrar 101domain yesterday announced that it has started offering AdultBlock and sister service AdultBlock+, and published ...
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August 20, 2019 Kevin Murphy
.adult, 101domain, adultblock, Domain Registrars, Minds + Machines, mmx
MMX has closed the acquisition of porn-focused ICM Registry, after receiving the all-clear from ICANN for the contract transfers. The deal is worth roughly $41 million — $10 million cash and about $31 million in stock. ICM runs .xxx from the 2003...
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June 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.adult, Domain Registries, Minds + Machines, mmx