Brexit closure: .EU Registry drops 48,000 domains today!
EURid, the .EU Registry, is getting rid of approximately 48,000 domains today, linked to British registrants that are no longer able to keep them due to Brexit. The domains were placed “on-hold” last July and today they will be revoked and released to the general public, in batches. Only residents or citizens of the European […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Hexonet doesn’t fear #Brexit as company moves to British #CentralNic
Hexonet, a German Internet services company with offices in Canada, has been acquired by CentralNic. The British Registry will pay up to 10 million British Pounds (GBP) in two installments; the second of which is a 3 million GBP performance bonus due in 2020. It’s evident that the German CEO, Jens Wagner, does not fear […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ICANN approves dot .Brexit as Britain leaves the .EU
ICANN overrode its bureaucratic processes for the first time in 25 years, approving the new gTLD dot .Brexit. The approval process took a mere 21 days, considerably less than the 3 months or more it takes for most new gTLDs to be approved. “The British government applied for the .Brexit gTLD directly, thus opening a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Independent Group : New #British political party’s #domain WHOIS “redacted”
The Independent Group is a new British political party, formed by 7 MPs. As Brexit looms in Great Britain, such movements gain online attention pretty quickly. The new British political party registered the domain TheIndependent.Group, presumably as both TheIndependentGroup.co.uk and TheIndependentGroup.com are already taken. The group’s founders left the Labour Party, and part of their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Leave Means Leave : Dot .EU #domain for #Brexit fans in the UK
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, suffered a humiliating defeat on the confirmation of Brexit. Still, she was able to keep her government intact, but the hot potato remains: Did Great Britain screw up wanting to leave the European Union? There are a lot of fans supporting the UK’s departure from EU, a move that is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brexit.com : Is it too late to sell the “Brexit” domain for big bucks?
Brexit, the scheduled exit of Britain from the European Union, generated a lot of interest this year. Hundreds of domain names with “brexit” as the main keyword were registered; perhaps, thousands. It’s typical for the matching .com to be the most valuable one, and the owner of Brexit.com is offering it for sale via Flippa. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cor blimey! Theresa May, new British PM, mistaken for adult model
As of today, Theresa May is the new British Prime Minister, taking over David Cameron’s spot at 10 Downing Street. With that position comes great responsibility, particularly as Britain faces the onslaught of a Brexit vote. But that’s not the only problem that Ms. May might need to tackle. Domain names are often searched for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Comics : ICANN56 in Helsinki, Finland
Welcome to another edition of Domainer Comics, the open-ended, fun coverage of current domain industry events. If you missed prior installments of the DomainGang comic series, you can catch up here. Today’s DomainGang comic about domains, covers ICANN56 in Helsinki, Finland. We received some leaked pictures from the event. Enjoy! 😀
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN 56 on Brexit : Multi-steakeholder model must go on
ICANN technocrats moved in fast on Monday, to prevent any further manifestation of a domino effect caused by Brexit, from Helsinki, Finland where ICANN56 takes place. The TLD and gTLD global managers announced their commitment to the multi-steakeholder model, regardless of Britain’s decision to depart from the organization. “We remain committed to the global provisions […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brexit domains : Valuable, or a waste of money?
A British referendum led to a surprising 52% of Britons casting vote in favor of a “Brexit” from the European Union. Whether this was a smart move, or a grave mistake remains to be seen. For now, the interest has spread into the domain name sphere, with the owner of Brexit.com seeking to sell his […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market report : China is the big winner of Brexit
China is the 2nd largest economy in the world, and a direct winner of the shocking Brexit. How so? In the past, the European Union failed to pressure China into submission, and any attempts to engage China as an equal financial partner became a fragmented attempt by individual European nations. With the departure of Britain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brexit : Donuts offers to buy Britain’s domain assets for $70 million dollars!
Following the devastating domino effect of Brexit, all British assets are currently valued at millennium-old lows. Seizing this opportunity, Donuts, Inc. has apparently placed a sizable offer to buy Britain’s ccTLD for the sum of $70 million USD. Donuts, Inc. CEO, Paul Stahura, sent a letter to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, this morning, […]
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