Recent content by jmcc

Active content on .uk domain names helps. It is going to be difficult to get over the way that the public in most ccTLD dominated countries (more local ccTLD registrations than gTLD registrations) remember domain names. They don't remember the extension because it is *their* TLD. For the UK...

Given the state of the domain name market, renting often seems like an attempt to monetise domain names that haven't sold and may have no hope of selling for a few years. The .COM has been largely stalled around 156M active registrations for the last few years. Verisign has blamed the downturn...

The WHOIS issue, at ICANN level, is a mess and privacy services and proxies are only a part of the problems. The imposition of GDPR added another layer of obscurity and made the Web less safe. It made it more difficult to identify the owner or contact for compromised websites. The WHOIS service...

Looks like another of Nominet's diversification businesses has taken a bit of a knock. Godaddy has announced that it is taking over MMX and Nominet is providing backend services to some of MMX's new gTLDs. http://domainincite.com/26535-breaking-godaddy-buys-30-new-gtlds-for-over-120-million I...

A strange effect happens when domain name prices are raised. It increases some renewal rates because people think that the money they have sunk into renewing the domain names over the years makes them more valuable. (The Sunk Cost Fallacy.) If the price rise is too steep, it sends the TLD into a...

The voting rights numbers have been published: https://media.nominet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Nominet-UK-Voting-Rights-2021.pdf Regards...jmcc

Early in the EGM, Nominet mentioned that the mergers and acquisitions meant that PDR's voting figure was zeroed. Newfold Digital combined Endurance International Group (owners of PDR and others) and Web.com. Without the mergers and acquisitions of the past few years, (Godaddy's various takeovers...

The vote was close according to a link on Twitter. https://twitter.com/garysmi/status/1374110275398475777/photo/1 52.7% For. 47.3% Against. Here's the Nominet PDF: https://media.nominet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Nominet_EGM_ROV.pdf Regards...jmcc

Passed, apparently. https://www.nominet.uk/nominet-egm-result Regards...jmcc

That would cause a lot of problems for the board and could trigger government intervention as people might suspect the worst. The media would also put Nominet and the board under a microscope. Regards...jmcc

I'm still trying to figure out the implications of some of the bigger players voting 'no'. This EGM seems to have united the membership quite well and that will be noticed by ordinary registrants as well. If the motion is passed, then there might be some fallout for some of the registrars who...

Linx is now in favour of a 'yes' vote. https://www.linx.net/contact/linx-news/statement-concerning-the-forthcoming-nominet-egm/ Looks like there is some momentum now. Regards...jmcc

Does look a bit like an attempt to control the narrative by Nominet. It is also e-mailing members who have already voted. Regards...jmcc

Registration trends. There's a pile-on effect when some trend becomes popular and it generally fades after a year or so. The domain name market is also continually changing and TLDs fall out of favour as endusers shift to other TLDs (.COM users shifting to .ccTLD or similar). Secondary market...

This seems to be a legacy thing with some ccTLD registries. Some of the ccTLD registries started out acting as both registry and registrar and the growing registrars business tended to get a bit upset about competing directly with the registry. Over the years, the registries have tried to get...