Republican Congressman, Bob Goodlatte, is currently introducing a bill enabling sales taxation on the Internet. In 1997, the federal government decided to limit taxation of Internet activity for a period of time. According to Wikipedia: The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) prohibits taxes on Internet access, which is defined as a service that allows users access [...] Continue reading →

Fashion Metric, the brain child of domain investor and entrepreneur, Morgan Linton, is expanding its manufacturing with a new clothing line. Inspired by the latest popularity of burkini in France, Fashion Metric’s unique and patented sizing algorithms will now embrace this untapped market. “We’re always looking for fresh fashion metrics among the global population, and [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on August 30, 2016.  If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve.  I’m only showing [...] Continue reading →

Back in March, I was honored to write my first employee spotlight (which brought our own Timothy Crosley into the limelight, pun intended). Now, it is my distinct pleasure to share some important information about our one and only Josh Hou. Not only is Josh an outstanding member of our back-end engineering team, he is [...] Continue reading →

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), who administers Canada's .CA ccTLD is currently holding their 2016 Board of Directors election. Industry veteran Frank Michlick is especially well qualified for a board seat but he needs your support to represent our community. [...] Continue reading →

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Race hasn’t been called, but Jones leads with all precincts reporting. It looks like former GoDaddy chief counsel and EVP Christine Jones is headed to Washington. Jones narrowly defeated Andy Biggs in the Republican primary for U.S. Representative District 5 in Arizona yesterday. Jones took 30% of the vote in the four-way race; Biggs had [...] Continue reading →