The Internet Society has announced significant updates to the leadership of the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages the .ORG top-level domain. In a May 22 statement, the nonprofit confirmed the appointment of Seun Ojedeji to the PIR Board of Directors, along with the reappointment of current members Lena Beck Rørvig and Mike Silber. These three board members will begin new three-year terms in June 2025. [Read more…]
A new global survey commissioned by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) reveals strong interest from marketers in using generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to strengthen online brand identity. But it also highlights a disconnect: a large share of marketing professionals still don’t fully understand what gTLDs are or how to apply for them. [Read more…]
In a comprehensive new report, the Digital Citizens Alliance is calling on regulators and industry leaders to confront a growing crisis in digital secondary markets—one that includes everything from ticket scalping to real estate flipping to domain name speculation. The report finds that a small number of domain investors, known as “domainers,” have turned the internet’s address system into a high-stakes speculative marketplace, leaving small businesses and nonprofits scrambling for access. [Read more…]
EnCirca, an ICANN-accredited domain registrar founded in 2001, has announced its upcoming rollout of tokenized domain names and Web3 digital identity services. This initiative, developed in collaboration with D3’s Doma Protocol and MyPublicWallet, positions EnCirca as the first ICANN-compliant registrar to offer customers an on-chain, Web3 experience without requiring technical expertise or cryptocurrency. [Read more…]
AR.IO has announced that users can now purchase credits for ArNS, its decentralized domain name and web hosting system, using credit cards. This marks a major shift for the platform, which until now allowed payments only through cryptocurrencies like $AR, $MATIC, $SOL, and $ETH. [Read more…]
NameSilo Technologies Corp. wrapped up 2024 with its most profitable year on record. The company reported annual revenues of $55.23 million, marking a 12.8% increase over 2023. This is the seventh straight year of revenue growth for the domain registrar, which now manages more than 5.71 million active domains across 160 countries. [Read more…]