“Lowest Price Guaranteed!” $48 .com registrar canned
ICANN has terminated its second registrar of the week, ending the accreditation of Hong Kong-based 0101 Internet for non-payment of fees and other infractions. The registrar, not to be confused…
Com Laude ditches brand as $450 million deal closes
Com Laude is to become MarkMonitor following the closure of the acquisition announced last September. While the purchase price has not been disclosed, the combined MarkMonitor reckons the business is…
No RDAP? No accreditation
ICANN has terminated its contract with another registrar after the company failed to implement RDAP, the Whois replacement protocol. US-based Brennercom will be de-accredited January 28, according to a published…
Fifth-largest gTLD not dead after all
ICANN has assured users of its zone file distribution service that the .top gTLD is not dead, after an unspecified snafu earlier this week suggested it was. On Wednesday, users…
Half of registrar’s domains are abusive, ICANN says
A fast-growing registrar seems to be experiencing its growth spurt due to extremely high levels of DNS abuse, including phishing, according to the latest public breach notice from ICANN Compliance.…
Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board
Community lifer Becky Burr has joined Public Interest Registry as senior policy advisor, the company announced today. Burr, who at the US government was instrumental in the formation of ICANN…
Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out
There’s been a wave of withdrawals of new gTLD applications over the last couple of months after ICANN gave 15 companies their final notice that it was time to ask…
.goo terminated as search engine closes down
The .goo gTLD is among a pair of dot-brand gTLDs to recently self-terminate. goo was a 1990s-style search portal focused on the Japanese market and owned by local incumbent telco…
GoDaddy to offer domain blocking to people who don’t have trademarks
GoDaddy’s registry arm wants to offer registrants the ability to block others from registering their brands in other TLDs, even if they don’t own a registered trademark. In what could…
Happy new year expected for domain industry, says ICANN
ICANN’s revenue for 2026 is expected to be significantly above its earlier predictions, and it isn’t just because the Org cranked up its registry and registrar fees last year. The…