After a four month delay, Mexico’s .mx ccTLD is preparing for a September 1 public launch.
Pre-registration for these names can completed at a variety of registrars with an opening price of $1000. The initial price will gradually decrease (like a Dutch auction) from September 1 to October 31 when it will reach only $35 per [...]
Oversee.net has announced that Craig Snyder will be the new General Manager of the company’s Registrar and Aftermarket division (Moniker and SnapNames).
Snyder was the CEO of Internet REIT for the past three years where he rebuilt the company’s senior management ranks. Prior to his position at Internet REIT, he co-founded and was Executive Vice President [...]
ICANN has sent letters with non-renewal notices to three registars – South America Domains (doing business as namefrog.com), Simply Named Inc. (SimplyNamed.com), and Tahoe Domains Inc.
According to the letters, South American Domains lost accreditation for failing to provide “an interactive webpage and a port 43 Whois service providing free public query-based access to up-to-date (i.e., [...]
The Domain Roundtable extended auction ended Tuesday night with little fanfare. An additional 54 domain names sold with a total take of $81,774. From our observations of the auction proceedings, all but one of the domain names that sold went for the proxy bid prices that were entered before the finale of the auction began. [...]