The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go…
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Z.com Sold For $6.8 Million Dollars
GMO Internet, Inc. is a publicly traded company and one of Japan’s largest ISP and operator of the country’s largest domain registrar, today announced they acquired the…
Endurance International (EIGI) Acquires The Assets of BuyDomains.com
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (EIGI), which bought Directi for $110 million ealier this year, has purchased the assets of BuyDomains.com in the according to its financial results for its third quarter…
Arif Develier of Istanbul Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
A one member WIPO panel has found Arif Develier of Istanbul, Turkey, represented by Net Koruma Danışmanlık Hizmetleri, Turkey guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on domain name Develi.com The Complainant…
ICANN’s Haul From Just 7 Last Resort New gTLD Auctions Tops $26 Million
ICANN just released a report showing that it has received over $26 Million dollars from last resort new gTLD auctions. The total amount received by ICANN from the last resort auctions is…
Why Shouldn’t ICANN Terminate Registrars That Have A History of Domain Thefts?
ICANN has terminated domain name registrars accreditation in the past for several issues, many related to non-payment of minimal fees due to ICANN, and record keeping requirements ICANN has sent out a…
TheHill.com: Post On 2016 Presidental Domain Names Doesn’t Even Mention New gTLD’s
TheHill.com just published a post entitled “ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on 2016’s hottest Web address” the artcile goes on to chat about “Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping up…