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Nominet passes 9 Million Domain Mark

December 20th, 2010 Comments off

Nominet .UK Registry Website

This week the .uk register passed nine million registrations. The 9 millionth domain name, active2011.co.uk, was registered by the Nirvana Spa and Pulse 8 Health & Fitness Club based in Wokingham. 2010 has the .uk registry operator, has seen a net increase of one million domains registered in the last year.

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DiscountVouchers.com Sells for $160,000 USD

October 14th, 2010 Comments off

According to a report by Internet Retailing, the UK website DiscountVouchers.co.uk has purchased the domain name DiscountVouchers.com for 100,000 GBP (appx. $160,000 USD) in order to strengthen their brand. The parent company ASAP Ventures also operates sites like fly.co.uk and carrentals.co.uk.

Simon Terry, of DiscountVouchers.co.uk, said: “Since our launch in May 2009 we have amassed a dedicated consumer following, building a strong and well-recognised brand. The acquisition of DiscountVouchers.com ensures we are able to protect our brand and will allow us to continue to grow our market position.”

[thanks to George Kirikos for the tip]

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DiscountVouchers.com Sells for $160,000 USD

October 14th, 2010 Comments off

According to a report by Internet Retailing, the UK website DiscountVouchers.co.uk has purchased the domain name DiscountVouchers.com for 100,000 GBP (appx. $160,000 USD) in order to strengthen their brand. The parent company ASAP Ventures also operates sites like fly.co.uk and carrentals.co.uk.

Simon Terry, of DiscountVouchers.co.uk, said: “Since our launch in May 2009 we have amassed a dedicated consumer following, building a strong and well-recognised brand. The acquisition of DiscountVouchers.com ensures we are able to protect our brand and will allow us to continue to grow our market position.”

[thanks to George Kirikos for the tip]

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Nominet Considers Release of One and Two Letter Domains

March 9th, 2010 Comments off

Following the course of other TLDs, such as .DE, Nominet has posted a document for their members and registrars proposing the release of single and double character domain names in the third level of the .UK domain (under co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk and .net.uk). The release would exclude some domains that have been registered before the establishing of Nominet as the registry operator in 1996. According to the consultation, Nominet is considering releasing the domains in two phases: A first round for trademark holders, followed by a Dutch Auction (starting with a high price being reduced until a buyer is found, similar to the release of second level .MX domains).

The corresponding consultation runs for three months, from 8 March 2010 until 8 June 2010.  To provide your feedback, you can either complete the online survey or email your answers to shortdomains@nominet.org.uk.

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Three New Members Added In Nominet’s Non-Executive Director Election

July 21st, 2009 Comments off
Nora Nanayakkara

Nora Nanayakkara

Nominet announced last week that three new members - Clive Grace, Nora Nanayakkara, and Jonathan Robinson - were added to the board following an electoral vote.

Nora Nanayakkara is a notable member, having served as Sedo’s Business Development Director since November 2007 as well as being an elected member of Nominet’s Policy Advisory Body (PAB) since June 2008.

Clive Grace has served on a Corporate Governance Audit Committee for the Welsh Assembly Government and has been a member of numerous boards and councils since 1998 when she first chaired the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives.

Jonathan Robinson, the Chief Operating Officer of Netnames, has previously served as a Deputy Chairman on the Internet Council of Registrars (CORE) as well as the Director for NetBenefit. He also currently serves on the Board of Director for Afilias.

Nanayakkara has pledged to help Nominet by focusing on developing a strategy that reflects the realities of the .uk namespace, providing the board with rounded exposure to the wider stakeholder community, and implementing the governance changes needed to ensure that the .uk namespace remains a self-regulated hub for Britain’s online community. For more on Nanayakkara, check out her website at Nanayakkara.co.uk.

In total 455 members voted representing 16.41% of the electorate and 5,754,949 votes were cast which fulfills 63.90% of the possible number of votes.

[via Nominet]

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