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The interesting connection between the .Org deal and ICANN

Former ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé appears to have a connection to the latest big deal in the domain name industry. This morning, Internet Society announced it is selling Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that runs the .org domain name, to Ethos Capital. Ethos Capital isn’t exactly a household name. In fact, it appears to have […]

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abry partners, Ethos Capital, Fadi Chehad, Policy & Law Uncategorized

Donuts slashes prices on a million domains

Donuts is to overhaul the pricing on 1.1 million registry-reserved “premium” domain names, taking hundreds of thousands out of premium status altogether. The company said today that it has decided to reduce the registration cost of 250,000 ...
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Domain Registries

Donuts moves back to Bellevue

Registry for hundreds of top level domains returns to its original building. Top level domain name registry Donuts has returned to its former home in Bellevue, Washington. The company had been located down the street in Kirkland, Washington, where Rightside was located. Donuts acquired Rightside in 2017 and left its original office in Bellevue to […]

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Bellevue, Kirkland Cloudflare, Domain Registrars, rra, wholesale, xyz.com

Donuts: more M&A, focus on channel

CEO lays out priorities for new top level domain company. Donuts CEO Akram Atallah has provided an update on the top level domain company’s plans through the company’s blog. It’s his first published statement that I’m aware of since Abry Partners bought Donuts and installed him as CEO. In his message, he makes two pronouncements: […]

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akram atallah, topstory

Donuts acquires its 242nd gTLD

Donuts, the registry with the largest stable of new gTLDs, has added its 242nd string to its bow. The company seems to have acquired .contact from, nominally at least, smaller portfolio rival Top Level Spectrum. The ICANN contract for the gTLD was tran...
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Domain Registrars, tls, top level spectrum, whitepages.com .islam, .tr, censorship, Domain Policy, tommy robinson, turkey

.london disaster leads to mixed 2018 for MMX

New gTLD registry MMX, aka Minds + Machines, suffered a huge net loss in 2018, largely due to its disastrous .london contract, even while its operating fundamentals improved. For the year, MMX reported a net loss of $12.6 million, compared to a 2017 pr...
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.london, Domain Registries, dpml, financials, london & partners, LP, Minds + Machines, mmx doggy.style, Domain Hacks, Donuts domains