The upcoming RIPE meeting will be held online, which isn’t exactly “news” at this stage in 2020! The event will run from October 27th – 30th and will be using the Meetecho platform. The event will be free to attend. [...] Continue reading →

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on September 21, 2020. 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 where [...] Continue reading →

Two-factor users should no longer get errors when submitting domains through Domain Listing Service. They fixed the glitch. GoDaddy has fixed an annoying issue with its Domain Listing Service. Domain Listing Service allows GoDaddy customers to list domain names on the Afternic network from within their GoDaddy accounts. Customers can also have the system add [...] Continue reading →

Nominet is holding its AGM today. As expected the event is being held online and is being streamed. A short time ago Nominet’s CEO announced that they were closing the member forum with immediate effect. So the only online space where Nominet members, staff and board [...] Continue reading →

I’m officially a dork; after listening to 300 episodes of the Civil War podcast, 250 episodes of The American Revolution podcast, around 50 British history podcast, I’ve moved on to the history of World War II podcast. None of these podcasts are finished with the story, and most started recording years ago. I’m trying [...] Continue reading →

Owners told a newspaper they turned down a $145,000 offer for the domain name. TikToks.com, soon to be owned by Bytedance. In June, the Herald Sun published an article about two Melbourne teens who have had success with online businesses. The article stated: And about six months ago, the pair purchased the domain name TikToks.com for [...] Continue reading →

As I’ve said many times before, we have an amazing community in the Domaining world. While the industry sometimes gets a bad rap from the outside, anyone I know who has taken the time to get to know the movers and shakers better on the inside knows this is a [...] Continue reading →