ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar

ICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that’s part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations in a dwindling number of country code domain names as it […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 21, 2023 11:47 am

Starboard calls for GoDaddy to cut costs

Large GoDaddy investor says company should cut costs and not pin hopes on a return of revenue growth. Activist investor Starboard Value, which owns 7.8% of outstanding GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) stock, has called for change at the company. In a letter to the company and board (pdf), Starboard noted that GoDaddy is significantly missing its […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 12, 2023 11:15 am

Squarespace completes Google Domains acquisition

Google Domains no longer offers new registrations; customers continue to use Google Domains until transition. Website-building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) has completed its acquisition of Google Domains (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for $180 million. The company announced the surprising acquisition in June. Many competing registrars in the domain business were surprised by the announcement, and it appears […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 8, 2023 11:55 am

.Com rankings: Gname moves up a spot

Gname jumps a spot on the total domains under management chart. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2023. Gname continues to surge, passing CentralNic for the #9 spot on the total .com-under-management chart. Note that the rankings include multiple registrar accreditations […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 8, 2023 9:03 am

Namecheap has given away 500,000 free .me domains

A project started in 2014 has seen Namecheap give away 500,000 .me domains to university students in the Anglophone world. The offer, started in 2014 at nc.me, is for the first year’s registration and is for students to create “online portfolios, resumes, blogs and other personal websites”. Registrants authenticate themselves by having email addresses associated […]

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Kevin Murphy No Comments September 6, 2023 2:27 pm

Epik had another terrible month in May

Registrants continued to abandon Epik in droves in the wake of its financial mismanagement scandal in May, the latest gTLD registry transaction reports show. Total domains under management dropped by 46,624 to end the month at 511,028, compared to its peak of 808,160 in August 2022, before the news of the crisis first started to […]

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Kevin Murphy No Comments September 6, 2023 1:57 pm

Namecheap .me giveaway hits 500,000 free domains

Registrar gives free .me domains to students with .edu email addresses. Domain registrar Namecheap has now given away a half million free .me domain names to students as part of its Namecheap for Education program, the company announced this week. The program, started in 2014, offers students, educators, and others with a .edu email address […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 6, 2023 1:42 pm

CentralNic rebrands as Team Internet

CentralNic adopts the name of a company it acquired in 2019. CentralNic, a rollup of domain name and online advertising companies, has changed its name to Team Internet Group. It’s a name the company already had in its stable. It bought a domain monetization company called Team Internet in 2019. (If you’re unfamiliar with that […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 4, 2023 12:22 pm

A brief history of 100 year internet service plans

WordPress announced a 100-year plan. Two previous long-term online services plans didn’t last. Last week, WordPress (Automattic) announced a new 100-year product. It includes a domain name, hosting, and support for 100 years, all for a one-time fee of $38,000. At first, I thought it might be some sort of meme or joke, so I […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments August 29, 2023 9:44 am

WordPress gains 44,000 domains from Google Domains (so far)

WordPress.com will pay for up to one million domain transfers. On August 1, WordPress.com announced that it is offering free transfers for anyone who had their domains at Google Domains. WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg told Domain Name Wire today that 44,000 free transfers have occurred so far. In June, Google announced it was selling its domains […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments August 23, 2023 12:33 pm