Remembering Dietmar Stefitz

Today we mourn the passing of our good friend Dietmar Stefitz, a legend in European domaining and a wonderful human being. Dietmar began his career in the textile industry, working as a representative across Europe and Asia. He got into the internet business in 1994, when he launched BemarNet, named for his wife, Beatriz Martinez. […]

Building a Better NamesCon Online for 2021

As we prepare for the next edition of NamesCon Online, we’ve been sifting through attendee feedback from our first-ever all-digital event in September. Responses were overwhelmingly positive: 93% of attendees gave it 4 or 5 stars, and 96% said they’d attend another NamesCon Online event. (Which is good, because NamesCon Online 2021 runs January 27-29; […]

Top 10 Rules for Promoting Domain Name Awareness

The Domain Name Association hosted a breakfast at ICANN54 in Dublin this morning, and shared a great list of “ten commandments” – which we in turn would like to distribute! The DNA is all about bringing awareness to the new domain name extensions, both for businesses and to consumers. So here’s their top tops for upping […]