ICANN Group Lets Domain Name Expire

The Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) oversees the Internet's domain name system. But an ICANN committee seems to have had trouble looking after its own domain. ICANN's ISPs and Connectivity Providers working group has lost its domain, which apparently expired and was bought by a pay-per-click parking business. The domain ispcp.org was used to conduct ICANN business as far back as 2001, but now displays a Go Daddy parking page and is registered to an email address at virtualclicks.com. (Link via ICANN Watch)

  Posted by RichM September 11, 2006 | Permalink | Newsletter

April 27, 2005

The Planet Confirms ICANN Registrar Status

Dallas web host The Planet has belatedly confirmed that it has been approved as an ICANN-accredited registrar and is selling domains to customers for $5.99. New .com and .net domain names are immediately available, with .org, .info, .biz, and .us to follow soon. The $5.99 domains are only available through Orbit, The Planet's online customer portal, and are not being sold to the general public. The announcement is no surprise to readers of Netcraft, where we noted that The Planet began selling domains on March 22.

"We’re pleased to give customers more control over this dimension of hosting," said Sam Fleitman, VP of Information Systems for The Planet. "By making their domain management easy and integrating it with their entire solution, we’re helping them concentrate their resources and attention."

  Posted by RichM April 27, 2005 | Permalink | Newsletter