Diamond hands: Frank Schilling exits the domain industry

Posted by DomainGang on October 1, 2021, at 3:48 pm

Domain investor and entrepreneur, Frank Schilling, has exited the domain industry officially, after more than two decades in the game. Frank Schilling built a virtual empire consisting of an impressive domain portfolio, several management companies, a registrar and a registry. That last piece of the puzzle has now been reported as sold, with Tucows being […]

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Who won the bidding of the recent UNR TLD auction?

Posted by DomainGang on May 7, 2021, at 12:48 pm

Frank Schilling’s Uni Naming & Registry (UNR) held the biggest no reserve auction of TLDs in a while, with 23 gTLDs on the chopping block at once. The registration and qualification process lasted several weeks and the final auction took place from April 28th-30th. According to UNR, more than 250 businesses and individuals signed up […]

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Frank Schilling’s second big moment

Posted by DomainGang on April 24, 2021, at 4:19 pm

Frank Schilling’s big moment arrived when GoDaddy acquired parts of Uniregistry assets, along with his well-established domain portfolio of several thousand domain names. A year has passed since that sale became public, and Frank Schilling’s second big moment has arrived. The ongoing auction of Uni Naming & Registry, the managing company of 23 gTLDs, has […]

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UNR extends deadline for auction of 23 TLDs

Posted by DomainGang on April 8, 2021, at 6:27 pm

Frank Schilling’s Uni Naming & Registry (UNR) has pushed back the date of the auction by a week, giving the opportunity to potential suitors to sign up. Note: UNR is a premium sponsor of DomainGang. The new date is now April 28th and the public auction involves 23 TLDs: .audio, .blackfriday, .christmas, .click, .country, .diet, […]

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The 25 UNR TLDs will be auctioned with matching #NFT support

Posted by DomainGang on March 31, 2021, at 2:27 pm

Uni Naming & Registry, the company founded by Frank Schilling upon the sale of Uniregistry to GoDaddy, announced an update to its upcoming auction of TLDs in April. UNR will be providing technology that will allow for the use of NFTs that control their namespaces in the Ethereum Name Service on the Ethereum blockchain. In […]

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UNR : Official press release on the upcoming auction of 23 gTLDs

Posted by DomainGang on January 28, 2021, at 8:20 pm

UNR, Uni Naming & Registry, is Frank Schilling‘s holding company of the original Uniregistry gTLDs. Yesterday, it announced the upcoming auction of its top level domains. We covered that announcement yesterday, and today UNR—a DomainGang sponsor—sent out a press release: UNR to Make History with Largest Ever Top Level Domain Name Auction Event on April […]

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UNR to auction off rights to its group of gTLDs

Posted by DomainGang on January 27, 2021, at 9:08 am

Frank Schilling’s UNR company and Registry is auctioning off its entire group of gTLDs. The auction is slated for April 28, 2021, referenced by the company as “a historic TLD auction event.” To qualify for the event registration is available at Auction.link. UNR is managing all of the former Uniregistry gTLDs. The no-reserve auction involves […]

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Frank Schilling : The rise of the #domain name industry

Posted by DomainGang on July 27, 2020, at 9:55 am

Frank Schilling‘s monumental sale of a premium domain name portfolio to GoDaddy, along with the core IP and operational assets of Uniregistry, was finalized not too long ago. Schilling’s timing right as the Coronavirus raised its ugly head was the culmination of several months of negotiations. Uniregistry is now enriching GoDaddy with a thesaurus of […]

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Kanye West : Imma let you finish from a .Country #domain name!

Posted by DomainGang on July 20, 2020, at 7:05 pm

Rapper Kanye West rolled out his presidential nomination petition message from a dot .Country domain name. Said the independent hopeful in a tweet last Saturday: Hi guys please sign up to put me on the ballot in South Carolina at any of these locations You can also sign up at the website kanye2020.country The domain […]

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Uni Naming & Registry : Get the latest deals on .game, .link and .click #domains

Posted by DomainGang on May 21, 2020, at 4:59 pm

Uni Naming & Registry (UNR) is Frank Schilling‘s TLD portfolio managing company. With 250,000 domains registered across 200+ countries and territories, UNR operates a strong portfolio of 20+ extensions representing the diverse interests of businesses and individuals worldwide. We’d like to welcome UNR aboard as a premium sponsor of DomainGang! Among the list of inspiring […]

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UNR : Uni Naming & Registry official launch

Posted by DomainGang on April 9, 2020, at 1:00 pm

Frank Schilling’s new venture is Uni Naming & Registry, as we pointed out last month. Operating from the domains UNR.com and Uniregistry.link, the company’s first official press release just arrived, detailing its formation and officers. Uni’s Registry Steps into Tomorrow as UNR Following GoDaddy’s Acquisition of Uniregistry’s Registrar Business and Other Business Units, UNR is […]

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