GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), announced they will acquire the registry business of Neustar. The company shares were up 12.96% in regular trading. GDDYGoDaddy Inc.58.82+6.75+12.96% Back when GoDaddy withdrew their appliaction for .home they noted: It was noted that it was withdrawing its applications to focus on its core registrar business, thereby removing competition with competitive … [Read more...]
Neustar new backend provider for .vu
The Office of the Vanuatu Telecommunications, Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR) would like to announce the appointment of Neustar Vanuatu Limited (Neustar) as the new Registry Operator for the .vu country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD). .VU has not seen many sales as there are only 9 recorded by Namebio. Nothing over $2,500 and the top name sold twice, Casino.vu $2,500 … [Read more...]
.NYC Announces Best of the Boroughs Contest Winners
.NYC announced today the winners of first-ever “Best of the Boroughs” NYC contest. "The contest was designed to showcase the small businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs across New York’s 5 boroughs that are prospering from the unique opportunities a .nyc web address affords them. "All of the Best of Boroughs winners will be featured in a citywide .nyc advertising campaign, including a … [Read more...]
A look at how domain stocks did in 2016, if you owned Tucows you were very happy
2016 was a great year for shareholders of Tucows and Neustar, for shareholders of Verisign, Marchex and Sedo parent United Internet ? Not so much. Tucows was the star for 2016 up 67% on the year. Neustar got acquired and the stock finished up close to 40%. Verisign saw their fortunes take a down turn in 2016, all the speculative hand regs based on Chinese whims did not materialize in 2016 … [Read more...]
.US Wants to Sell 1 & 2 Character Domains & Allow Privacy on All .US Registrations
On Thursday, December 15th The .US Registry opened two issues up for requests for public comment. All comment should be emailed to stakeholdercouncil@neustar.us The first issue relates to the potential release of 1 and 2 character .US domains. The second relates to the potential allowance of .US registrants to utilize privacy protection services. The comment period for both requests … [Read more...]
Neustar Owner/Operator of .Co; .US & .Biz Acquired For $33.50 A Share
Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private investment group led by Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approximately $2.9 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, which was unanimously approved by Neustar’s Board of Directors, Neustar’s shareholders will receive $33.50 per share in cash. This represents a … [Read more...]
.US Extension Tops 2 Million Registered Domains For 1st Time After 31 Years
.US has passed two million domain names for the first time since the extension was unched 31 years ago. Yes .US was launched on February 15, 1985; 31 years ago as the first ccTLD. ON the last day of the $.10 sale by the domain name registrar Uniregistry.com, .US domains had a net add of 28,000 domains making the total amount of .US domain registrations at 2,001,216. As of March of … [Read more...]
