In an excoriating open letter to auDA management, Scott Long, Chair of auDA’s Constitution Reform Committee, has resigned from a committee that, according to Domain Pulse sources, an auDA Board member inferred members were ‘selected to cause instability and infighting, and possibly to fail, to demonstrate through deflection to DoCA [Department of Communications and the…
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.NZ Registrations Grow Almost 7% In 12 Months As InternetNZ Stalwarts Say Adieu
Registrations of .nz domain names grew by 6.91%, or 33,657, to 702,311 in the 12 months to the end of November according to the final Domain Name Commission’s .NZ Newsletter for 2017. And following a restructure of the organisation where Jordan Carter was appointed InternetNZ Group Chief Executive, it also marks a farewell from longstanding…
What To Do When There Are Problems Transferring Domain Names
Transferring a domain name from one registrar to another should be a relatively straightforward procedure. But there will be times when it doesn’t happen which could be because of a dispute, court order or even a 60-Day Change of Registrant lock. There could even be issues with the terms and conditions from the existing registrar.…
ICANN Facing Budget Cuts as Expected Income Doesn’t Materialise
Lower than expected domain name registrations are forcing ICANN to make significant budgetary cuts, CEO and President Göran Marby explained in his recent post on the ICANN Blog. In the first quarter of 2018 ICANN’s income was $1 million lower than expected and income for the year is expected to remain flat compared to 2017.…
Spend.com Goes Big in Large 6-Figure Sale To Top Weekly Chart
The buyer of spend.com certainly spent some money, with the domain name selling for a very big $275,000 in a sale brokered by Sedo. It was the only reported sale on the Domain Name Journal chart for the week ending 26 November that broke the 6-figure mark. Coming in second was sanda.com which sold for…