Swedish ccTLD registry IIS has sold off its registrar business, .SE Direkt, to a local registrar for an undisclosed sum. The buyer is Loopia, a web hosting company focused on the Swedish market. It will take over in a couple of weeks. IIS said that starting February 12, lasting a few days, its customers’ domains [...] Continue reading →

As I reflect on Namescon I realized that I tend to gravitate towards positivity.  Everyone that have become good friends over the years really have a good positive outlook on life and business.  Regardless of good times or bad times they are happy.  Being around that type of person is just more enjoyable.  I [...] Continue reading →

Today was a sad day, and a tremendous loss – Charlotte (who many of us know as Charlie) has passed away. Brian, Charlie’s husband has been by her side as she went through some very intense medical procedures, and she fought through incredible hardships time and time again. Honestly, I’m at a loss of [...] Continue reading →

Today: Investing in town name domains (Geo domain) / Domain names with only numbers / Different whois services give different results / And more! Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Looking for a LLL.com – Budhet: Up to $15,000.00 –  Do you have a three-letter .com that meets [...] Continue reading →

I am terribly saddened to share the news that Charlotte (Charlie) Gilbert passed away. Charlie recently underwent a double organ transplant at Duke University after battling Pulmonary Hypertension for quite some time, and she suffered some serious complications following her surgery. With Brian firmly by her side supporting her every day, Charlie bravely persevered through [...] Continue reading →

ICANN will hold one of its 2021 public meetings in Seattle, Washington. The organization’s board of directors directed the CEO to start talks with the yet-unnamed venue at its meeting at the weekend. The meeting, ICANN 72, will be the 2012 Annual General meeting and will be held from October 23 to 28. Believe it [...] Continue reading →

ICANN’s board of directors has given the nod to two more country-code TLDs. The eight-year-old nation of South Sudan is finally getting its possibly controversial .ss, while Mauritania is getting the Arabic-script version of its name, موريتانيا. (.xn--mgbah1a3hjkrd), to complement its existing .mr ccTLD. Both TLDs were approved by ICANN after going through the usual, [...] Continue reading →