news Facebook bought a registrar

[Arpit131]

Facebook has acquired a domain name registrar, according to its point person in ICANN.

Facebook domain manager Susan Kawaguchi said on tonight’s GNSO Council teleconference, as a matter of disclosure, that Facebook recently acquired a registrar.

Multiple sources say the registrar is RegistrarSEC LLC.
RegistrarSEC is led by one of the long-gone founders of brand protection registrar MarkMonitor, Faisal Shah, and Chris Bura, founder of Alldomains.com.

Facebook is one of MarkMonitor’s most prominent clients.
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Update on 4/19/2016:
Facebook, under Chinese court threat, transfers Instagram.com to its new registrar

 

[briguy]

Wonder if that is why, I received a email from Facebook stating that I can no longer use my facebook email address as a redirect...maybe just a coincidence?

 

[brindle123]

Maybe FB will bring domains to the masses. If everyone on FB started getting into domains we would be sitting on a gold mine.

 

[bludex]

Like http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...th-lawsuit-for-taking-over-facebook-fan-page/ wouldn't have happened with a domain name.

 

[IRON-MAN]

Domaining industry is getting very close to the turning point. The POND turns into the SEA.