Daniel Zhang 张志 @ Xinnet 新网 on the China domain aftermarket & IDNs

Daniel runs Xinnet’s domain business unit. Xinnet, in business 23 years, is among the 20 domain name registrars by volume in the world, and one of the largest in China.  They claim over 16,000 channel partners and more than 1 million enterprise/SMB customers.

I’m looking to hire a Partner Manager (Americas, Europe. South Asia) over at TLD Registry.

I’m looking to hire a Partner Manager (Americas, Europe. South Asia) over at TLD Registry, home of the essential new Chinese TLDs, and a global leader in the Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) industry. I seek an outgoing, self­-starting and flexible person willing to be the “CEO of their area of responsibility” and take charge withContinue reading “I’m looking to hire a Partner Manager (Americas, Europe. South Asia) over at TLD Registry.”

DomainSherpas, IDN Email Developments + Investing in Chinese IDNs

I always get a charge out of listening to the Domain Sherpas. This week’s show was no exception. I take stock in the unique perspectives on domain industry news and trends provided by the guest “Sherpas,” even if I don’t always agree. At about 54 minutes into the video there is welcome discussion about recent andContinue reading “DomainSherpas, IDN Email Developments + Investing in Chinese IDNs”

“Today, the internet changed for the better for around half of Earth’s internet users.”

“Non-English “IDN” email addresses are finally working!” This is big news. Get educated via a blog post from one of my clients, TLD Registry, operator of the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) new top level domains.    

Zone file size of the average new open gTLD in 2016.

Many new gTLD applicants and others have their fingers crossed that ICANN’s new gTLD program will lurch forward over the coming months, resulting in a controlled explosion of new gTLDs that will offer registrants new options to connect with Internet users and lead them to the content that they expect. I’m sure some applicants areContinue reading “Zone file size of the average new open gTLD in 2016.”

Support the growth and development of the Internet domain name industry.

For many of us in the domain name industry it seems that ICANN’s new gTLD program has been moving along slower than a snail on tranquilizers for the past few years.  That’s all about to change as we seem to be on the cusp of dozens, if not hundreds of new gTLDs hitting the streetsContinue reading “Support the growth and development of the Internet domain name industry.”