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CentralNic Grabs Another Client From Verisign
June 17, 2016 @ 4:36 AM.Art switches backend providers. CentralNic Group plc (AIM:CNIC) announced today that it will be the backend registry services provider for the .art top level domain name. .Art operator UK Creative Ideas Limited originally selected Verisign as its backend provider. This isn’t the first time Verisign has lost a top level domain contract to CentralNic. XYZ…
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.sucks Terminates Com Laude As "Gag Order" Row Escalates
June 17, 2016 @ 4:21 AMVox Populi, the .sucks gTLD registry, has terminated the accreditation of brand protection registrar Com Laude as part of an ongoing dispute between the two companies. Com Laude won’t be able to sell defensive .sucks registrations to its clients any more, at least not on its own accreditation, in other words. The London-based registrar is…
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CentralNic Will Be The Backend for UKCI's .art New gTLD
June 17, 2016 @ 2:39 AMCentralNic Group plc (AIM:CNIC), announced that it has contracted with UK Creative Ideas Limited (“UKCI”), the rights holder for the new Top-Level Domain (“TLD”) .ART, to be its exclusive backend registry service provider. .ART will be introduced in a staged launch over the next twelve months. UKCI is a new venture created to bring new…
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Verisign Loses .art Contract to CentralNic
June 17, 2016 @ 2:00 AMCentralNic has been awarded the back-end contract for the forthcoming .art gTLD, usurping Verisign from the role. UK Creative Ideas, which bought .art at a private auction for an undisclosed sum a year ago, appointed the company its “exclusive registry service provider”, CentralNic said. UKCI’s original .art application named Verisign as its back-end, and this…
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.store Makes $1+ Million Until Day 1 (T-shirts.store $25k, Stars.store $10k)
June 16, 2016 @ 2:51 PMRadix announced that their new gTLD .STORE made more than $1 million before close of general availability day 1, earlier this week. This figure includes revenue earned from premium names, sunrise and regural registration fees. .Store started with 10,000 registrations in the first 10 minutes. It closed the 24 hour mark at 25,026 registrations. At…
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101domain Rolls Out New Services & Features
June 16, 2016 @ 8:20 AM101Domain is rolling out new services and features while approaching the one-year anniversary since being acquired by Afilias plc in September 2015. First, they have updated their terms & conditions and are now fully operational under the new corporate name, 101domain GRS Limited. Their ICANN accreditation now lists them under 101domain GRS Limited. They have…
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Efty Launched 2 New Marketplace Themes to Help You Create Your Own Domain Shop
June 15, 2016 @ 11:41 PMEfty launched two brand new marketplace themes which allows you to create your own custom domain shop in minutes. With the new designs you can market your domain name portfolio using a custom domain and sell your domains from a professional looking and responsive marketplace without paying commissions. The first two themes to hit the…
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Efty launches new marketplace themes. Here’s mine!
June 15, 2016 @ 10:18 PMThe idea of offering advertising-free For-Sale landing pages that are built for conversion and enable domain name investors to generate leads from end-users without paying a dollar in commissions has been one of the many drivers behind the success of Efty, the company I co-founded. I’m very excited to share that we just took another important step in building Efty into the one tool that every domainer will love to use!
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Afilias Loses Back-end Deals On Two Chinese gTLDs
June 15, 2016 @ 3:08 PMTLD Registry, the Finnish/Irish registry that runs two Chinese-script gTLDs, has ditched Afilias in favor of a Chinese back-end provider. Afilias said tonight that as of Friday it will no longer be the back-end for .在线 (.xn--3ds443g, “Chinese online”) and .中�-���’ (.xn--fiq228c5hs, “Chinese website”). The company said: Afilias has been directed by TLD Registry to…
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Judge Throws Out DotConnectAfrica's Case Against ZACR
June 15, 2016 @ 11:02 AMSouth African registry ZACR did not engage in a fraudulent conspiracy with ICANN to get its .africa gTLD application approved, a court ruled yesterday. The California judge in the case of DotConnectAfrica vs ICANN and ZACR threw out all of DCA’s claims against ZACR, approving ZACR’s motion to dismiss. The judge said DCA had failed…
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