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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
Donuts has purchased the unlaunched new gTLD .fan from its struggling owner, just three years after selling it. The company said today that .fan will become its 241st TLD in its portfolio, having inked a deal with Asiamix Digital. Asiamix also runs the...
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June 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries
Donuts has taken its .place gTLD temporarily off the market as it repurposes the space as a restricted zone for “geofencing” related uses. That’s right, the biggest gTLD portfolio play and historically staunch advocate of open gTLDs i...
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May 21, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, eligibility, geofencing, geofrenzy, geonetwork, new gtds, restricted
Inquiries from domain investors are specifically barred under one registry’s take on GDPR compliance. The Austrian ccTLD registry, nic.at, yesterday stopped publishing the personal information of human registrants in its public Whois database, un...
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May 18, 2018 Kevin Murphy
.AT, Domain Registries, gdpr, Nic.at
ICANN has offered new gTLD registries refunds totaling over $6 million after allegedly double-charging them for access to the Trademark Clearinghouse. At the weekend, its board of directors resolved: to provide a refund of $5,000, as soon as practicabl...
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May 16, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, refund, tmch, trademark clearinghouse
Brian Cute unexpectedly resigned as CEO of Public Interest Registry late last week. No reason was given for his departure. In a May 10 press release, the .org registry said that he’d left May 7. He’s been replaced temporarily by board membe...
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May 16, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, public interest registry
ICANN wants your opinion on its plan to allow Verisign to auction off o.com, with a potential impact on the future release of other single-character .com domain names. The organization has published a proposed amendment to the .com registry contract an...
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May 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy
Domain Registries, first place internet, o.com, scdn, single-character
CentralNic appears to be acting as a caretaker for the failing new gTLDs .fan and .fans. IANA records show that a company lawyer took over as administrative contact for the pair late last week. Asiamix Digital, the original registry, is still listed as...
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May 14, 2018 Kevin Murphy
compliance, Domain Registries
Google’s new .App domain extension is off to a huge start. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and add...
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May 6, 2018 Michael Berkens
Domain Registries, Goggle, new domain extensions
Google’s new .App domain extension looks like a big winner. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days...
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May 4, 2018 Michael Berkens
Domain Registries, Early Access Program, new domain extension, new domain extensions