Weather report: Frank Schilling upset over timing of Uniregistrar launch

Frank Schilling, founder of Uniregistry, appeared slightly dejected on Wednesday morning, after weather reports for the Caymans predicted some unsavory conditions. “We’re getting rain on Thursday and Friday, and all the sunny weather will coincide... [More]

Page Howe livid over loss of gTLD domains to the Registry

Domain investor, Page Howe, was visibly dejected today, after announcing the loss of gTLD domains to the Registry, Donuts, Inc. Apparently, three full weeks after Page registered those domains at eNom, he received an email notifying him of a “mistake”: “im... [More]

Shock, horror! On the Internet, all the good company names are taken

The tech sector in San Francisco is booming, and two thirds of all the office space is used by technology corporations. That constant growth has led to a less obvious revelation: all the good company names are long gone. With more than 112 million dot... [More]

Awww, so cute! ICANN video wants you to be Dot friends! Awww!

ICANN has produced a new, animated video explaining how the Internet is quickly expanding, with 1300 new top level domains. The 53 second long movie – couldn’t they make it to a full minute – promotes ICANN’s position on increased... [More]

From the “WTF Sedo” department: Domain scam attempts to trick seller into buying back domain

A very active domain investor and entrepreneur, alerted us to the following domain scam that he came across not once, not twice, but three times at Sedo. The same trick might be in effect in other domain sale venues as well. Here’s how the domain... [More]

Ban #bossy: Facebook leads new campaign to empower girls

Facebook is assisting with the launch of a new campaign, called “Ban #Bossy“. The focus of the campaign is gender bias; when boys are assertive they are referred to as “leaders“. Meanwhile, girls are typically branded as being “bossy.” Words... [More]

Verisign rolls out “epic video” for its DDoS protection services

Verisign, masters of the dot .com and dot .net TLDs, offer network-related services designed to deliver protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. “Combine innovative, patented mitigation technology, a globally deployed network... [More]

Convergence Monday: EscrowHill joins forces with JohnBerryHill

EscrowHill, the affordable domain escrow service founded by Andee Hill, announced its immediate merger with John Berryhill‘s law offices. This mega-merger forms a new entity, called Hill Ventures Ltd., to operate solely from the Dutch Antilles, and... [More]

Frank’s Pricing: It will be *awesome*

Many of you are probably wondering by now: What will Frank’s pricing be? Will it be competitive? Will be complex, with a number of tiers that will make your billing statement complicated? Let’s face it. Everyone likes simple, because it works... [More]

Classified Ventures: Cars .com to be sold for $3 billion dollars

Cars.com and its underlying business is on the proverbial chopping block, for $3 billion dollars. You read the figure right: $3 billion dollars, not million. Billion. And why not; after all, Cars.com reportedly generates between $400 million to $500 million... [More]

Father Domainicus: Blessed be Brother Frank’s fabulous feat!

Greetings and salutations, my domainer brothers and sisters; this is Father Domainicus, on a splendorous sunny Sunday – at least, here in the state of Florida where the Domain Church is headquartered. I bring you some magnificent news today, and... [More]

Uniregistry: Ready for Registrar launch next week

Uniregistry is ready for the launch of its domain Registrar, which will occur sometime next week; the work is done and extensive testing is taking place. The launch will not happen tomorrow Monday, as initially projected. Frank Schilling of Uniregistry... [More]