Uniregistry sunset: Domains to move to GoDaddy by April 30th
Uniregistry, the domain registrar, is owned and operated by GoDaddy. The acquisition took place 3 years ago and the company is sunsetting its registrar services. By April 30th, all Uniregistry accounts are moving to GoDaddy, completing a process that began a year ago but which allowed “domainer” accounts to continue operating. Domain parking and selling […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.RIP #domain registry reverses scandalous acquisition by Unethical Capital LLC
In a remarkable reversal of its original decision, Internet overseer, ICANNT, has withdrawn its approval of selling a veteran domain registry, RIP, to Unethical Capital LLC. The one billion plus dollar sale was in limbo since last November, after at least 25 protesters picketed the offices of ICANNT, right before the Covid-19 pandemic. Dozens of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Blows registry to increase #domain fees 10-fold in 2020
It’s “going against the grain” for controversial new gTLD Registry, dot .Blows. The startup funded by MIT and Princeton dropouts announced that they are increasing base fees for domain names in 2020, tenfold. “Coronavirus has caused a lot of collateral damage in the industry, and we aren’t going to just lay down and suck it […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unethical Capital LLC acquired RIP #domain registry in all-cash transaction
PR Domain Wire – San Fransisco / CA – Via Internet News Global hedge fund managers, Unethical Capital LLC, has acquired veteran domain industry underdog registry, RIP. The all-cash transaction was welcomed by financial analysts, all while receiving the blessings of Internet overseer, ICANNT. “We are super happy with this acquisition that places our company […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ to double its domain registration numbers with ingenious “hack”
The XYZ Registry is about to double its domain registration numbers, becoming the first new gTLD Registry with more than 11 million domains. Using an ingenious “hack” that involves Bit Register Overlay Shift (BROS) technology, all .XYZ domains will co-exist in both lower and upper case. “We’re about to bring innovation and revolutionize the domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign : Happy New Year with an 8.8% price increase for domains
Verisign, managers of the .com and .net domains, are starting the new year with an 8.8% increase in prices. On February 1st, dot .net domains will jump industry-wide by that much; the price increase is part of the contract negotiated with ICANN. As a result, expect most domain registrars to match the cost of registering […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain curse: Asian Registry loses entire portfolio on Friday the 13th
The tradition of bad things happening on Friday the 13th continues; a domain registry has lost approximately 185,000 customer domains in a database crash. Domain Registry, Pyon Pong Ta Ming of Kampuchea, announced today that following a complete and irreversible database loss, they are unable to continue serving its customer base. “Vely solly! Domain database […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign thanks Syrian hackers for huge increase in ‘Registry lock’ feature requests
Verisign, managers of the .com and .net TLDs have a lot of thanks to send to the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The alleged perpetrators of a recent DNS hack, temporarily took control of Twitter, NY Times and the Huffington Post UK domains, after accessing the accounts of a Melbourne IT reseller. “We are grateful to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Irresistibly attractive employee fired from Domain Registrar; lands new job at ICM Registry
Maria Ramos is 23; her Hispanic heritage is evident in her curvy looks. She’s a graduate of MIT and due to the current bad economy, she works as tech support at an ICANN-accredited registrar. Or rather, she used to work; as of Monday, Maria will no longer be an employee. “I was given a note, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN approves new dot .Redneck gTLD
It took a lot of negotiations with the West Virginia business bureau and the local mayors but it looks like ICANN did it. Just a few days after Rod Beckstrom announced his departure from ICANN in July of 2012, the ICANN CEO jots yet another successful initiative to his lengthy and girthy resume. The Dot […]
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