CentralNic said it is to acquire California-based corporate domain registrar Intellectual Property Management Company for $7.6 million. The company said the all-cash deal represents about 2.8x IPMC’s 2021 revenue and about seven times EBITDA. CentralNic already plays in the corporate domain management space — it picked up BrandShelter when it merged with Key-Systems a few [...] Continue reading →

An ICANN volunteer committee says it is close to picking a slate of judges for what amounts to ICANN’s much-delayed “supreme court”, but it’s doing so without knowing the identities of the candidates. The Independent Review Process Community Representatives Group said in a blog post that it expects to wrap up its work — picking [...] Continue reading →

While attempting to place some backorders this morning at DropCatch.com, I encountered an error message. Clicking on the login link brought me to an error message preventing me from logging in to my account: “We’re sorry. An error seems to have occured. Please try again or visit https://www.dropcatch.com to speak with a customer service representative.” [...] Continue reading →

Here's an update on the 2023 ICA Member Meeting coming up in January, including some agenda news and the deadline for discount tickets. [...] Continue reading →

Today: The cheapest escrow service to rent domains / Buying BB, SH, and BP Approved Domains (.COM Only) – Budget: Up to $100.00 ea. / Evaluating CasinoEngine.net / and more… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: [...] Continue reading →

The UDRP has the form of a substantive Policy, but it operates as a "smell test".1 If the evidence smells bad, the panel will likely order a transfer. If it doesn't, the panel won't. An aim of this article is to help improve UDRP panels' sense of smell when it comes to differentiating between domain [...] Continue reading →

Alex Verdea tweeted earlier today that he sold the domain name UseBloom.com for a cool $20,000 USD. He also shared in the tweet that the domain name was only acquired 14 months ago for $17 USD. The domain name has been registered since 2017 and appears to have been owned by industry behemoth HugeDomains.com until [...] Continue reading →