ICANN has delayed ESTDomains de-accreditation because the troubled registrar submitted documents to ICANN indicating that CEO Vladimir Tsastsin was removed as CEO on June 25. Read the rest of this entry »

With the recent demise of ESTDomains due to alleged sketchy behavior, where are all the spammers going? They seem to be headed for OnlineNIC because they are the friendliest registrar to phishers and spam. Read the rest of this entry »

ESTDomains has lost its accreditation after CEO Vladimir Tsastsin was convicted various cyber-crime charges, according to the Washington Post. Read the rest of this entry »

The dollar is up 26 percent on the euro in just the last four months and some economists are speculating on the possibility of reaching parity ($1 = €1). Read the rest of this entry »

Bus to Tahoe

Right now we are on the way back from our company off-site and I am staring out the window at the beautiful Sierra Nevada and blue skies that seem to extend forever. Read the rest of this entry »

Today I received an e-mail asking if one of my generic, two word .ORG domains was for sale. The potential buyer was a representative of the non-profit that lost the domain and was professing that the non-profit couldn’t afford the price listed on Sedo. They went on to cast doubt that anyone would EVER pay that much for the domain. Read the rest of this entry »

I have become such a fan of DN blogs like Seven Mile, Domain Name Wire, and Elliot’s Blog that I’ve decided to throw my muckraking hat into the ring. Read the rest of this entry »