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Will .Amazon ever see the light of day? There’s some movement.

Amazon region countries reject $5 million gift card but ICANN pushes forward to help Amazon.com get .Amazon top level domain name. Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) long battle to get rights to run the .Amazon top level domain name might still pay off, but countries that are part of the Amazon region continue to play hardball. On […]

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September 19, 2018 Andrew Allemann Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, nasdaq:amzn, new top level domains, Policy & Law, top story

Breaking: Domain name company Donuts Inc. acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

PE snaps up company that manages nearly 240 top level domain names. Abry Partners, a private equity firm that has completed $77 billion in transactions since it was founded in 1989, is acquiring new top level domain name company Donuts, Inc. Terms of the deal and the expected closing date were not disclosed. Donuts operates […]

September 5, 2018 Andrew Allemann abry partners, new top level domains, topstory

.Best top level domain sold to entrepreneur who wants to make it a cryptocurrency play

Adding crypto to a new TLD? Why not. PeopleBrowsr has sold the top level domain name .best to The Best SAS, a Paris based company led by Cyril Fremont. According to a release, .best will become “a core component of a core component of a decentralized search optimized social network, where participants will be rewarded […]

July 19, 2018 Andrew Allemann new top level domains, peoplebrowsr

Minds + Machines acquires .XXX top level domain operator ICM Registry

New TLD portfolio company adds four domain names to its portfolio. MMX (also known as Minds + Machines) announced today that it is acquiring ICM Registry, which operates the .xxx, .adult, .porn and .sex top level domain names. MMX will pay $10.0 million cash plus 225,000,000 shares, which have a value today of $31.0 million. […]

May 4, 2018 Andrew Allemann icm registry, Minds + Machines, mmx, new top level domains, topstory

The challenges of new TLDs with Tobias Sattler – DNW Podcast #177

A 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 under management and around 10% of these in new TLDs. Tobias talks […]

March 19, 2018 Andrew Allemann domain registrar, new top level domains, Podcasts, tobias sattler, united domains, wes anderson

.App domains are coming: Q&A with Google

You’ll soon be able to register whatever.app. Here’s what you need to know. Google paid $25 million three years ago for rights to run the .App top level domain name and it’s finally ready to offer it to consumers. While the original application said the domain would only be available to verified app developers, Google […]

March 7, 2018 Andrew Allemann new top level domains

Christa Taylor talks domains – DNW Podcast #173

An in-depth discussion on the state of new top level domains. What makes for a good top level domain name? Well, it starts with the ABIC test. Christa Taylor of dotTBA has helped many companies apply for, plan for and/or launch top level domain names. This puts her in a unique position of seeing new […]

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February 19, 2018 Andrew Allemann new top level domains, Podcasts

Meet the man who spent $500k on Home.loans – DNW Podcast #171

Hear why Blake Janover paid $500k for home.loans. Blake Janover just paid $500,000 to buy home.loans, a record price paid for a domain under new top level domain names. Is he crazy? Hear his story and listen to Blake explain his rationale for buying the domain name. Also: Crazy .club price, profitable domain company, UDRP […]

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January 29, 2018 Andrew Allemann home.loans, new top level domains, Podcasts

#4 in 2017: A new TLD death spiral?

This is the seventh in a series covering the top stories on DNW in 2017, as ranked by views. It’s been apparent for years that new top level domains aren’t meeting the expectations applicants had for the domains. A big new TLD cheerleader succumbed to this reality earlier this year. Frank Schilling announced a major […]

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January 4, 2018 Andrew Allemann new top level domains

#8 of 2017: Brands lukewarm to dot-brand domain names

This is the third in a series covering the top stories on DNW in 2017, as ranked by pageviews. The seventh most-viewed story on DNW in 2017 was about McDonald’s bailing on the new top level domain name program. The company had applied to operate .mcd and .mcdonalds. In the summer it informed ICANN that […]

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December 29, 2017 Andrew Allemann buildon.aws, McDonalds, new top level domains

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