We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking…
Category: Domain Registrars
Godaddy Wins 5 Year Case Against The Oscars (Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS)
According to Variety.com, A federal judge ruled that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) which owns and broadcast the The Oscars award failed to show that GoDaddy (GDDY) acted…
GoDaddy Ranks No. 1 In .IN Domain Name Market Share For With 33% Of Registrar Market
http://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/godaddy-ranks-no-1-in-domain-name-market-share/45089, Godaddy the worlds largest domain name registrar has the highest market share for selling .IN domain names, according to the National Internet Exchange of India (NiXi). .IN is India’s Country Code…
What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor Invoices
What are big brands paying to protect and buy domain names? Well, we have uncovered some invoices released by Wikileaks that give us some clues what domain name registrar MarkMonitor.com charged.
Namecheap Launches Respectourprivacy.com To Save Private Whois Registrations
Namecheap.com, in association with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight For The Future (FFTF), launched the website Respectourprivacy.com to allow people to file a comment with ICANN letting them know they…
GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of…
State of Washington Says Domain Registrations Are Subject To Sales Tax
According to a ruling from the State of Washington this week “Internet domain name registration services are generally subject to retail sales or use tax. This article only addresses the initial sale…