Following last week’s discussion of the significant Whois changes that compliance with the GDPR will require, here are some resources that I hope will help put things into a broader context. Article 29 Working Party December 6 2017 letter to ICANN The Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) is an advisory body established in 1996 under […]
Update: March 6, 2018: Before we dive into Whois changes, I want to go back to something that was mentioned in our initial GDPR post – to whom does the GDPR apply? At the time, we were proceeding on the basis of applicability by citizenship, meaning that the GDPR would apply to EU Citizens. Since that […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent the days since our first GDPR blog post thinking nonstop about the policy’s potential impacts on the domain world. Okay, maybe you have other things to do with your time… But luckily, there are a lot of great minds at work on this issue. This week, I’d like […]
This industry is complicated. Recently, we shed some light on how the domain channel operates, and the unique roles that ICANN, registrars, registries, resellers, and registrants play within this interconnected system. In the world of generic top-level domains, like .COM and .ORG, the channel structure is at least clearly defined, although registration policies and requirements […]
Last updated: March 18, 2026 The domain industry is complex, technical, and sometimes unforgiving. Part of what makes it unique is the multi-level channel involved in creating a domain from scratch to making it viewable on your browser. Unfortunately, the creation and distribution of domains are far from straightforward. They involve multiple parties doing different […]
One of the benefits of being a reseller is that your registrar takes on the task of working within the domain name regulatory environment for you. Occasionally, however, pertinent issues arise and it is our job to inform and engage you. Currently, there is a working group within ICANN responsible for building a regime to […]
Being able to conduct our private online affairs privately is important. If you don’t need any further convincing, jump down to find out why online privacy matters to us, what we’re doing to help protect it and how you can help. Perhaps our opening statement seems weird and anachronistic, seeing as we live in a […]
With the launch of registrant verification, we are continually making improvements to simplify and streamline this new ICANN requirement. We are introducing some new features and fixes to the registrant verification process to make it easier to manage. Our goal is to make this process as seamless as possible by providing you with all the […]
New regulations and procedures as per ICANN’s 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement are now live. Here’s some important information you need to know: Validating a registrant’s email address As a result of these changes, we have introduced a number of features: You can also consult our registrant validation FAQ, located in our knowledge base. Important: Increased data […]
The upcoming launch of new gTLDs has lots of people excited, but there is also a lot of confusion and misperceptions going around. Pre-registration in particular is causing a lot of headaches as it introduces an unofficial step in the process; in reality its just a marketing ploy. The Trademark Clearinghouse is the one and […]
