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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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.PRO
Names New CEO
Who Helped Get .INFO Off the Ground - Another Coup for
.CO - DOMAINfest Europe Releases Preliminary Live
Auction Catalog
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RegistryPro,
operator of the .PRO registry
has
a new CEO. The company has hired Karim
Jiwani, formerly a Senior Director at
Afilias (operator of the .info
registry) to fill the role. Jiwani will be
responsible for all aspects of the .PRO
registry's operations including strategy,
marketing
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Karim
Jiwani
New CEO at RegistryPro
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and
sales, registrar support, expansion and policy.
RegistryPro is also counting on Jiwani to help
them benefit from the unlimited number of new
gTLDs that ICANN plans to start
approving soon. Lucas
Roh, CEO of Hostway Corporation, the
parent company of RegistryPro, said, "Our
registry is poised to grow significantly in the
coming years, as the awareness continues to grow
for .PRO domains and our backend registry
services for other TLDs. We wanted someone that
could expertly grow the registry and take it to
the next level. Karim has proven
experience in the domain industry and is well
respected in the community. With his knowledge
and passion, he is well equipped to take the
company to the next level in providing registry
services to registrars and other TLDs." |
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Jiwani
said "Our industry's landscape will look completely
different in 24 months. I am excited to lead
RegistryPro into the new era of the Internet
naming space." Jiwani brings over 12
years of industry experience to .PRO after being
one of the original board members of
Afilias. Prior to his role as Senior Director,
he served as the Managing Director at EMA
Afilias Ltd.
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Growth has
also been the watchword at another
registry, .CO,
and they continue to make major strides.
Registry operator .CO Internet SAS
just sold
four domains; A.co, K.co,
Z.co and Cloud.co to Amazon
for an undisclosed price. It remains to
be seen how Amazon will use those
domains but if the Internet giant widely
publicizes them it should give .CO a
significant boost in public recognition.
Despite
being available for less than a year,
.CO is already closing in one 1
million registrations and the
outstanding marketing job the company's
executive team has done is considered to
be the new standard for rolling
out a new or newly re-purposed TLD. |
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With the DOMAINfest
Europe conference in Barcelona,
Spain less than three week away,
show organizers have released the
preliminary auction
catalog and opened
pre-bidding for the Moniker/SnapNames
live auction that will be held on July
8. The catalog includes gems like Data.com,
Fares.com, Social.com and Houses.co.uk.
Bidders will be able to participate
either at the show or online from
anywhere in the world.
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(Posted May
18, 2011)
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