Popular domain industry professional, Mike Robertson, has officially embarked on his long journey to MERGE! 2017 in Orlando, Florida. The path is difficult and the terrain quite inhospitable, but Mike’s a seasoned domainer with years of experience in the industry. “Driving on I-4 from Tampa all the way to Orlando, is daunting, mate!” exclaims Mike […]
Visited Tampa earlier today, and had the opportunity to hang out with the legendary Mike Robertson of DNC Holdings. Mike’s a great host, and showed me around the offices where DirectNic operates. Being curious and all, I asked to see where are the domains physically stored, and nobody knew, but their break room is stocked […]
Sponsored by Directnic* Directnic, the friendly domain registrar with headquarters in Louisiana, is on a Collision conference course! What the heck is that, one might ask. Collision is America’s fastest growing tech conference, and takes place in New Orleans on May 2, 3 and 4. The stats look impressive: More than 20,000 attendees are expected, […]
ICANN’s board has rejected a formal demand that it “take down” the web site RipoffReport.com in what is possibly the strangest Request for Reconsideration case it has considered to date. The almost 20-year-old site hosts reports from consumers about what they consider to be “rip-offs”. It’s seen its fair share of controversy and legal action […]
Peterson promoted from CSO role. A familiar face at domain name conferences has been named president of DNC Holdings. DNC Holdings, which you more likely know by its registrar name Directnic, has promoted Kellie Peterson from the Chief Strategy Officer role. Peterson will be responsible for DNC’s registrar services, aftermarket, monetization and publishing units. Before […]
