Nominet, the registry that manages the .uk extension, announced that the top level domain has passed the 7 million mark in total registrations including one million registrations since July 2007. “We are pleased to see that the .uk registry is growing year on year,” said Phil Kingsland, director of marketing and communications at Nominet. “This, coupled [...]

eNom has recently made two significant changes. First, the domain registrar introduced their redesigned website which provides additional emphasis on their reseller service. Next, they announced a hike in domain registration fees that was directly impacted by Verisign’s October Price Increase announced in March. If you’re going to purchase or renew your domain names, you should [...]

Lifetime Networks, the leader in women’s television and one of the top rated cable networks, has made its first ever digital acquisition by purchasing ParentsClick Network, Inc. ParentsClick Network is a privately held digital media company that has developed an online community application that allows active parents to create their own content-rich websites. Also included in [...]

In the Silent Domain auction for the SES conference, which originally was supposed to end yesterday, the domain “iq.net” was re-listed accidentally, even though it had originally been reported as sold at the Internext for $17,000.00. Participants in the auction were informed about the problem via email a few hours before bidding ended. Recently Moniker/Snapnames [...]

EuroDNS has recently completed the purchase of the domain whois.de. The site, which is to be officially launched on Monday, September 1st in partnership with Sedo, displays a shopping cart/whois query of EuroDNS. While the price has not been disclosed, it is rumored to have been in the six figure range (in Euros). The domain name [...]

WhyPark.com has announced that Stephen Douglas is the company’s new Vice-President of Business Development. Douglas has been an active contributor to the domain industry for a long time. He began investing in domain names in the mid-1990s before moving into a more public role by advising companies such as DomainHop (now DomainSponsor) and GoDaddy. Following this, [...]

For many domainers, the launch of ParkingPanel.com in the fall of ‘06 was a welcome addition to the PPC space. The Oklahoma-based company saw a quick growth spurt with some large domain portfolio owners switching over to their system. Then in February ‘08 the plug was pulled on the Google feed syndication through Ask.com. [...]

Sedo announced today that Sam Nunez, a former Oversee.net executive, has been hired as the new Vice President of Product Management. In this role, Nunez will be in charge of product development, marketing and strategy for the leading domain marketplace. Nunez has a rich history of building successful online products. At Oversee.net, he was in charge [...]

DNN has the inside scoop on a new company with a great concept. ReplyCycle, which is slated to launch at TRAFFIC Brooklyn, provides a service that will generate additional revenue for domain owners from a previously untapped source. No, it has nothing to do with parking, affiliate programs, selling more domains or even domain [...]

With yesterday’s announcement of the Barack Obama and Joe Biden ticket, Domain Name News has launched into full election year campaign coverage. We were at the announcement at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, to see what the Senator from Illinois would tell us about his choice for a new domain name. Obama refused to [...]