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Frank Schilling to Auction 130 Acres of Land in Malibu

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The New York Post published a real estate article that caught my attention. The article discussed an upcoming online auction of 130 acres of undeveloped land in Malibu, California. The land is owned by none other than domain industry veteran, Frank Schilling.

According to the article, the 130 acres of land is divided amongst three parcels. The buyer would be able to build one large home on the land or subdivide for multiple single family homes. It looks like an enviable location for someone looking for a large lot of developable land on the California coast.

Tucows Acquihires UNR Registry Platform and Team

According to a morning press release from Tucows, the company has acquired the UNR registry platform and has hired 10 employees from UNR. As you may recall, UNR is the registry spin-off that Frank Schilling founded and retained when he sold most of his businesses to GoDaddy in 2020.

In the press release, it seems that the acquihire component of the deal was as important, or possibly more important, than the technology that was acquired:

With over 150 years of combined experience, these expert engineers and business leaders will be vital additions to Tucows’ expanding team.

Frank Schilling Plans Development in Cayman

For those of you wondering what Frank Schilling is up to these days after seemingly exiting the domain industry, the video below offers more information. No, this isn’t just about the flowing mane Frank has grown since I last saw him a couple of years ago. In addition to this development, Frank has reportedly acquired 300 acres of land on Cayman Brac in the Cayman Islands.

According to an article Cayman Compass, Frank has become a major landowner in the Cayman Islands. “In a relatively short period of time he has become one of the biggest landowners on the Sister Islands,” the article shares. The article has more information about Frank’s real estate endeavor and his plans for this Cayman development, as does the video below:

Frank Schilling Comments on His Upcoming gTLD Auctions

Uni Naming & Registry (UNR) is a domain name registry operator and backend services provider founded by Frank Schilling. The company was split off from other domain industry assets when GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry and Name Administration from Frank in early 2020. UNR has continued to operate a mix of its own domain name extensions and extensions owned by other companies.

Late yesterday, I noticed a recently launched website on Auction.Link announcing a major no-reserve auction for domain name extensions that are owned and operated by UNR. The company published a press release (below) with more details about the auction. In total, the company is selling 23 domain name endings, including:

GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.

Last week, Finlead first highlighted a big corporate name change involving Uniregistry and GoDaddy. It looks like the new corporate registrar name for domain names registered at Uniregistry is GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. This comes on the heels of GoDaddy’s acquisition of Frank Schilling’s company, which includes Uniregistry and Name Administration.

FrankSchilling.com Goes Up for Sale

If you know of someone named Frank Schilling, now might be a good time to let him know that FrankSchilling.com is now for sale. The FrankSchilling.com domain name is now listed for sale with a Uni / GoDaddy purchase inquiry landing page.

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