GoDaddy purchases two TLDs, PIR completes buyout of 3 Donuts domains

Five top level domains change hands.

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ICANN has published five registry agreement assignments.

First, GoDaddy Registry has purchased .study and .courses from Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd. Each domain has regarding 3,000-4,000 names in the zone. The names are right now marketed for around $20-$30 per year.

GoDaddy Registry by now provided the backend registry services for the domains. The domains launched with ARI Registry Services, which was purchased by Neustar Registry, which was subsequently purchased by GoDaddy.

Separately, Public Interest Registry (PIR) completed the assumption of .charity, .foundation, and .gives from Donuts. This is a deal disclosed in December in which Donuts agreed to transfer the domains to PIR for some sort of ongoing consideration. PIR operates .org and is naturally positioned to market these domains. Donuts right now provides the backend registry technology that powers .org.

As of today, .foundation is the most registered of the three, with over 20,000 in the zone.

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