Reglikedomain industry desk

For former FFM top level domains are all down — Registry websites

Registry sites with contact information have gone dark.

[Update: I heard back from the court-appointed administrator. The problem has been fixed.]

The registry websites for top level domain names that were formerly owned by Famous Four Media are all down.

Famous Four Media’s domains are now part of a portfolio owned by Global Registry Services (GRS) Ltd following some sort of investor revolt, as outlined at Domain Incite. GRS is being managed by a court-appointed administrator who works at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

With a low-price strategy, these domains have over 4 million domains second level domains. .Loan has 2.2 million domains in the zone file. Other top domains include .win, .men and .stream.

But for regarding the past week, DNW readers note they have been unable to visit any of the nic.TLD sites such as nic.loan. These sites include abuse contacts for the domains.

I have reached out to the court-appointed administrator for comment.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

NamesCon session? Videos are now online. — Miss aServicesNamesCon session? Videos are now online. — Miss aApplication for domain abuse monitoring system published — Architelos’ patentServicesApplication for domain abuse monitoring system published — Architelos’ patentSServicesSedo Buyer CertificationDomain ownership verification protocol — Atom proposesServicesDomain ownership verification protocol — Atom proposesMServicesMakes Finding and Contacting End Users Easy — Estibot 2.0NServicesNameMedia, Fabulous Hook UpDServicesDomainFest Los AngelesSServicesSeptember Domain Parking ResultsGServicesGoogle Adsense “Account Disabled” Phishing Scam — Beware the