This announcement is to inform you of updates to the base New gTLD Registry Agreement (the “Registry Agreement”) which will now be applicable to new gTLDs effective on 31 July 2017. These updates, the result of negotiations between existing new gTLD Registry Operators and ICANN, were approved pursuant to the provisions in the Registry Agreement…
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auDA Chair Faces the Music and Resigns Before Vote to Oust Him
The auDA Chair has faced the music realising his demise was imminent on Monday when a Special General Meeting was to be held to vote on his removal. However he also indicated auDA, the .au policy and regulatory body, will continue on the path of the current management that will continue to alienate many members…
Donuts Completes Rightside Takeover | DomainPulse.com – The Beat on the Domain Name Industry
The 2 Seattle-based new gTLD registries have finalised their merger, with Donuts in effect taking over Rightside. The takeover was finalised Thursday. Together the new Donuts will operate 238 new generic top level domains, making it the largest registry operator by far. The next largest by new gTLDs is Minds + Machines, or MMX, with…
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of writing. Trade Detail After Hours Time (ET) After Hours Price…
New gTLD Registrations Hit Lowest Number In 8 Months
Registrations among new gTLDs aren’t in freefall, but numbers continue to drop as registrations come up for renewal and, for some, following heavily discounted promotions, registrants aren’t renewing. Registrations were 26,770,640 across the 1,226 new gTLDs to have been delegated by ICANN as of 25 July according to nTLDstats.com, the lowest they’ve been since 28…