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Porn.com buys Porn.xxx from ICM Registry

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ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, announced today that they have struck a deal with one of the most recognized companies in the online adult content industry, PimpRoll, for the coveted Porn.xxx domain.

The price was not disclosed but given the sale of gay.xxx at $500,000 and the current prices on premium .xxx domains that ICM Registry is currently selling, I wouldn’t be surprised if the price was in mid 6 figures. Girls.xxx is for sale for $220,000 and fuck.xxx for $165,000 at the ICM Registry website. Porn.xxx was not in this list of prized domains because probably ICM believed that it was worth a lot more than $220k.

PimpRoll, the entertainment giant with significant, high profile presence in the .com adult content industry, following their reported $9.5 million dollar acquisition of Porn.com a few years ago is now creating a .XXX destination that marries PimpRoll’s high quality content and safe payment options with the ever growing world of the .XXX community.

PimpRoll plans to roll out Porn.xxx as a full tube site with the same high-quality content that has helped it become a leader in the .com adult entertainment arena. The decision to launch Porn.xxx puts PimpRoll among a growing list of content providers that are helping grow the Internet’s hottest top-level domain.

“PimpRoll is a company that has always made bold moves to better our brands and improve the user experience for our audience” said Phil Bradbury, Vice President of PimpRoll. “The .XXX domain market has been a controversial one in the eyes of some, but as responsible business owners we have done our own due diligence and believe there is value in expanding our presence with the launch of Porn.xxx for the benefit of adult entertainment consumers and our marketing partners as well.”

Adult industry attorney Corey D. Silverstein whose office represents PimpRoll was equally pleased with this deal. “This deal is a perfect example of how two companies can collectively engage in a transaction that makes them both stronger, in the present and in the future.” Silverstein said. “Both companies have demonstrated a tremendous amount of foresight and entrepreneurship in completing this transaction.”

“Porn.xxx is an important and influential domain within the adult industry and our friends at PimpRoll recognize the power it can bring to develop a content-rich site on this new domain. As the operators of Porn.com, they have exemplified best practices within the online adult content industry and were the obvious best fit for Porn.xxx.” said Steve Winyard, Vice President of ICM Registry.

PimpRoll’s decision to participate in the .XXX TLD comes shortly after ICANN announced their upcoming rollout of a slew of new generic TLDs. By securing Porn.xxx now PimpRoll will also automatically qualify for Porn.sex, Porn.porn and Porn.adult under ICM’s “Grandfathering Program” should ICM be successful in gaining those new TLDs from ICANN.

Porn.xxx will now be searchable through ICM Registry’s adult content only search engine, Search.xxx. Search.xxx offers a clean user interface and intuitive keyword searches. Search.xxx, which uses the same technology as usual mainstream search engines but is for adult content only, allows you to set your language preference and your sexual orientation preference, as well as to control the “look and feel” of your style preference.

More on PimpRoll

Since 2001 PimpRoll has made its mark in the world of adult entertainment by continually developing innovative products while simultaneously demonstrating the highest ethical standards. The company continues to operate hundreds of lucrative pay sites, an industry leading affiliate marketing program and several other key products in a fully integrated empire of digital traffic monetization.

Recently PimpRoll released the game-changing HostedTube.com affiliate tool allowing tens of thousands of new tube sites to be built by affiliates over the course of only a few months. Later the company announced the creation of TrafficForce.com, a state of the art source for premium traffic, free of any of the difficulties associated with third-party digital property brokerage. Content producers have also benefited greatly from the work done by PimpRoll with the launch of PaidPerView.com, a system that allows publishers to display their own content across a wide range of networked PimpRoll sites in return for direct payments on a per video view basis along with additional indirect monetization via traffic leads sent from advertising displayed on the site video pages. Now PimpRoll is continuing their long history of successful evolution by taking over the Porn.XXX web address as well.
More on ICM Registry

ICM Registry, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is the registry operator for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain as approved by ICANN in 2011.  ICM Registry provides the management and supporting infrastructure for this extension offered via registrars around the world.

RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org UDRP complaints denied at WIPO

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Both UDRP complaints for the domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org were denied today at the WIPO. The full decisions have not been published yet. More details on a post when the decisions are available to the public.

Ron Paul split the original UDRP complaint for the domains RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org into 2 separate complaints, one for each domain name.

Ron Paul originally filed a cybersquatting UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The original complaint with case number D2013-0278 was filed for two domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org but now only has RonPaul.com in it. One of the two domains in the complaint had to be removed because the 2 domains are owned by different entities. UDRP complaints can’t be filed against more than one respondents.

The 2 domain names are owned by 2 different companies that are both based in Panama.

 

.eu 2012 annual report: 3.7 million registered domain names and 5.4% annual growth

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General Manager of the .eu registry EURid, Marc Van Wesemael, shares his views on changes in the domain market in the .eu 2012 annual report.

“2012 was a very productive year for Europe’s top-level domain, despite the challenges faced by the industry,” said Mr Van Wesemael. “The domain market grew more slowly in 2012 than in previous years, probably as a result of the financial crisis that is raging worldwide.”

EURid’s annual report outlines key achievements from 2012, showcases inspirational .eu websites and presents the .eu General Manager’s comments on the road ahead.

2012 in summary

.eu completed 2012 with 3.7 million registered domain names and 5.4% annual growth..Eu has a 81% registration renewals rate. Germany is by far the country with the most .eu domain name registrations with more than 1 million domains.

Other highlights noted in the annual report include:

The full report is available for download at http://link.eurid.eu/reports.

ICANN selects Los Angeles for the ICANN 51 meeting held on 12-17 October 2014

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ICANN selected Los Angeles, California for its 3rd 2014 meeting (ICANN 51). The North America meeting is going to be held on 12-17 October 2014. The 2014 Los Angeles ICANN Public meeting is designated as ICANN’s 2014 Annual Meeting.

ICANN just published the agenda of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board that was held last Saturday and said that it completed a thorough review of all available meeting venues in North America and found the one in Los Angeles, California to be the most suitable.

Three times a year ICANN hosts a Public meeting in a different geographic region (as defined in the ICANN Bylaws) of the world. ICANN 51, scheduled for 12-17 October 2014, is to occur in the North America geographic region. Staff identified available and suitable locations, and conducted a thorough analysis of those venues to ensure that they meet the Meeting Selection Criteria. Based on that analysis, Staff recommended that ICANN 51 be held in Los Angeles, California. The Board reviewed Staff’s recommendation for hosting the meeting in Los Angeles, California and determined that the proposal met the significant factors of the Meeting Selection Criteria used to guide site selection. The process for selection of this site does not call for public consultation, as the staff assessment of the feasibility of any site is the primary consideration.

Meeting locations for the March 2014 in Singapore (ICANN 49) and June 2014 in London (ICANN 50) meetings were approved by the Board on 20 December 2012.

For comparative information, the meeting facilities and production budget of the Singapore meeting is not to exceed US$885,000, the meeting facilities and production budget of the London meeting is not to exceed US$734,000; and the Los Angeles meeting has a meeting facilities and production budget not to exceed US$568,000. These numbers are exclusive of other meeting-related costs. There will be a financial impact on ICANN in hosting the meeting and providing travel support as necessary, as well as on the community in incurring costs to travel to the meeting. But such impact would be faced regardless of the location of the meeting.

Dotster, MyDomain.com & Domain.com hiking up .com renewal prices to earn $300k more per year

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Dotster, MyDomain.com & Domain.com which are basically one company are hiking up .com domain name prices by $0.50 based on the .net, .org, .info and .biz price increases that are coming up in the next months. They are trying to take advantage of the .com non-increase to earn about $300,000 more per year on domain name renewals and registrations.

I got an email the other day from domain.com:

Due to recent registry price increases and in order to continue to provide you the excellent service you expect, we will be raising the renewal price of the following domain extensions by $0.50/year starting July 1, 2013:
• .COM
• .NET
• .ORG
• .BIZ
• .US
• .INFO

The problem is that not all domain extensions are getting a price increase this year and the ones that do get it, are not getting the same price increase and on the same dates. Here are the upcoming price increases:

I ran the latest domain name count that dotster/mydomain.com/domain.com has under management and found out that by increasing all extensions by $0.50 the company will lose a few bucks on .net, org, .info and .biz but will get mega returns on the .com renewals and registrations:

 # of Domains Price increase Real price increase Net profit/domain Profit
.com 598166 0,5 0 0,5 299083
.net 93206 0,5 0,51 -0,01 -932,06
.org 68786 0,5 0,74 -0,24 -16508,64
.info 15963 0,5 0,74 -0,24 -3831,12
.biz 73 0,5 0,78 -0,28 -20,44
.us 0,5 0 0,5
277790,74

I couldn’t find any data on the .us domains registered with Dotster but it seems that the company is looking to make about $300,000 more per year if you also count the new .com registrations, the .us renewals/registrations and by increasing the price of .info and .biz 2 months in advance. And that is just by making this unjustified and arbitrary price increase.

If all domain name registrars did the same that would cost about 50 million USD per year to the consumers:

 # of Domains Price increase Real price increase Net profit/domain Profit
.com 108607629 0,5 0 0,5 54303815
.net 15037725 0,5 0,51 -0,01 -150377,3
.org 10270428 0,5 0,74 -0,24 -2464903
.info 6640417 0,5 0,74 -0,24 -1593700
.biz 2337011 0,5 0,78 -0,28 -654363,1
.us 1744583 0,5 0 0,5 872291,5
50312763

I don’t have any domains at this company (except maybe a couple of domains won at auctions) and I don’t expect to have any more in the years to come. Have a nice day.

Marchex Report: Corporations with Local Branches Likely To Lose Billions Each Year in Digital Ads

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A report released today by Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) found that billions in ad dollars likely go to waste when corporations with local branches invest in separate digital marketing campaigns with no centrally-controlled brand message.

The report, titled “National Brands, Local Growth,” noted that this lack of marketing coordination creates unhealthy competition among those working for the same brand – a systemic inefficiency that drives up the cost of advertising. National advertisers spent $42.5 billion on local media advertising in 2012, according to BIA/Kelsey, a media research firm. That number is expected to increase more than 20% by 2017.

“In digital media, national brands and the local businesses that represent them are often running separate, uncoordinated advertising campaigns. But this approach doesn’t work when you’re dealing with a constantly evolving and fragmented landscape,” said John Busby, Senior Vice President of the Marchex Institute and author of the report. “That’s why advertising coordination is key. It drives down marketing costs and equitably distributes leads among local branches.”

The Marchex Institute, the research and insights team at Marchex, examined phone call data from more than 10,000 digital campaigns across more than 40 small business categories. The team also conducted dozens of hours of interviews with local businesses.

The analysis found:

  • Coordination significantly lowers marketing costs. Competing locally can double the cost of acquiring customers.
  • Consumers prefer human connections. Consumers prefer phone calls over digital interactions for most local service-based businesses. The data found that when consumers were given the choice of a form fill or a phone call, consumers opted to call 81% to 89% of the time.
  • Local businesses are overwhelmed. Agents and representatives want to spend more on digital advertising aimed at customer acquisition, but are not prepared to handle the inherent complexities of digital media.

“When corporations and their local branches cooperate in advertising, local representatives can focus on what they do best – turn new prospects into lifelong customers,” Mr. Busby said.

Mr. Busby will be speaking about this topic and Marchex’s solution for national advertisers with local branches today at the OMMA Mobile conference during Internet Week in New York City.

Download the full report here: www.marchex.com/localgrowth.

The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) approved by ICANN to become the 5th UDRP provider

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The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was approved by ICANN on the 18th of May to become the 5th UDRP provider. ICANN just published the agenda of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board that was held last Saturday.

ICANN had received a proposal from the Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) in September 2010 to be recognized as one of the official dispute resolution providers under the UDRP. In October 2010 ICANN had requested comments to be submitted on the ACDR proposal and then again ICANN requested comments this March on a a revised version of the proposal. Several comments were submitted and most of the comments were against adding a new UDRP provider, and the official ICANN report reflects that, but that didn’t stop ICANN to do what was planned: to approve the ACDR proposal. Comments were made by George Kirikos, Nat Cohen, Kristina Rosette, Phil Corwin of ICA, Morgan Linton, Kathryne Badura, Steve DelBianco, H SAJM. I asked for a 1 week comment extension period but my request was not considered.

ACDR has produced a further revised proposal addressing a final issue raised in the 1 March 2013 public comment forum but this version has not yet been made available to the public. ICANN prepared a briefing paper and that will also be publicly posted. ICANN claims that the revised ACDR proposal meets the suggested elements as set forth in Information Concerning Approval Process for Dispute Resolution Service Providers.

The Board approved the application of ACDR to become a UDRP provider, and advised the President and CEO, through the General Counsel’s Office, to enter into discussions with ACDR regarding the process for ACDR’s provision of UDRP services.

ICANN also said that the approval of the first UDRP provider located in the Middle East enhances ICANN’s accountability to the Internet community as a whole, enhancing choice for UDRP complainants. Here is how ICANN and ACDR handled the public comments:

“Some of the comments in opposition addressed issues such as the level of fees, which is fully within the ACDR’s purview. Other commenters suggested that ICANN develop contracts with each of its UDRP providers as a means to require uniformity among providers. Contracts have never been required of UDRP providers. On the issue of uniformity among providers, however, the ACDR’s proposal does two things: first, highlighted areas where risk of non-uniform conduct was perceived (such as issues with commencement dates and definitions of writings) have been modified; second, the proposal now includes an affirmative recognition that if ICANN imposes further requirements on providers, the ACDR will follow those requirements; third, the ACDR has revised a specific portion of its Supplemental Rules that was highlighted by commenters as a potential risk to uniformity. This is a positive advancement and helps address concerns of ICANN’s ability to, in the future, identify areas where uniformity of action is of its obligation to abide by ICANN modifications that could enhance uniformity among providers.”

The ACDR is jointly established by the Arab Intellectual Property Mediation and Arbitration Society (AIPMAS) and the Arab Society for Intellectual Property (ASIP), with headquarters in Amman, Jordan and additional offices in other Arab Countries. Both the AIPMAS (established in 1987) and ASIP promote the activities of the Arab Center of Mediation and Arbitration, established in 2003, active in resolving conflicts related to intellectual property through international arbitrators. The ACDR will be the first Approved UDRP Dispute Resolution Service Provider headquartered in an Arab state.

The current 4 active UDRP providers are:

Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre
National Arbitration Forum
The Czech Arbitration Court Arbitration Center for Internet Disputes
WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization

Report of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: 79 domains sold for $239,317 (wine.info $13,600)

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Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. Each name was listed with No Reserve. The auctions ran from May 3rd to May 10th.

Here are some quick stats:

  • The 79 domains sold for a total of $239,317
  • All 79 domains listed were sold
  • The average sales value was $3,029
  • The mean sales value was $2,500
  • 21 domains had a value up of up to $999
  • 55 domains had a value between $1,000 and $9,999
  • 3 domains got a $10,000+ price

The 3rd auction had fewer domains but better quality and that resulted in a higher average and mean domain name prices. Here is a quick comparison of the 3 auctions so far.

1st Auction 2nd Auction 3rd Auction
Domains Sold 103 131 79
Total Value $279,502 $264,280 $239,317
Average Price $2,714 $2,017 $3,029
Mean Price $1,365 $810 $2,500

See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction.

Here are the results of the 79 domains sold in the 3rd auction:

wine.info $13,600
games.info $11,500
gold.info $10,099
creditcards.info $9,323
tickets.info $9,100
hosting.info $8,532
shop.info $8,500
trip.info $7,210
auto.info $6,800
jobs.info $6,800
game.info $6,301
casinos.info $6,000
herpes.info $5,800
hiv.info $5,400
immigration.info $5,300
hepatitis.info $4,988
mortgage.info $4,600
job.info $4,466
impotence.info $4,000
golf.info $3,802
books.info $3,800
mortgages.info $3,600
lottery.info $3,488
gifts.info $3,369
furniture.info $3,360
schools.info $3,300
work.info $3,212
pain.info $3,200
auction.info $3,105
match.info $3,101
new.info $3,100
pension.info $3,000
vacation.info $3,000
maps.info $2,900
stocks.info $2,718
jesus.info $2,611
soccer.info $2,511
bargains.info $2,510
baseball.info $2,500
restaurant.info $2,400
trucks.info $2,111
storage.info $2,050
hypnosis.info $2,025
calendar.info $1,999
energie.info $1,925
god.info $1,900
yachts.info $1,601
shops.info $1,588
space.info $1,530
retirement.info $1,500
ideas.info $1,400
more.info $1,400
boxoffice.info $1,200
general.info $1,100
optician.info $1,100
asbestos.info $1,040
genetics.info $1,019
bachelor.info $1,010
gems.info $840
rheumatism.info $760
bollywood.info $731
stemcells.info $730
kings.info $600
can.info $500
galaxy.info $498
aviation.info $468
prize.info $460
quote.info $460
relocation.info $410
byte.info $398
springbreak.info $383
only.info $350
resources.info $308
matrix.info $286
optometry.info $210
whitehouse.info $170
flute.info $131
cellularphone.info $110
usopen.info $110

3 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .KIEHLS (L’Oréal), .ANTHEM, .BOOK (total at 66)

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This past week 3 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 3 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 66.

WellPoint, Inc. from the US withdrew its application for the .ANTHEM new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 1838 on the prioritization draw last December. The company had 1 more new gTLD application for CAREMORE but that application was withdrawn as well. There are no more applicants for the .ANTHEM new gTLD string.

L’Oréal from France withdrew its application for the .KIEHLS  new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 554 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 12 more new gTLD applications. There are no more applicants for the .KIEHLS new gTLD string.

NU DOT CO LLC from the US withdrew its application for the .BOOK  new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 357 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 12 more new gTLD applications. There are 7 more applicants for the .BOOK new gTLD string including Amazon.

The applicants that withdraw an application are eligible for a 70% refund of the application fees to ICANN. Each withdrawn application, is entitled to a refund of 70% of the $185,000 application fee that is or $130,000, since these fall “[a]fter posting of applications until posting of Initial Evaluation results,” as described in section 1.5.1 of the Applicant Guidebook.

The new gTLD application withdrawal and refund request process may take between 2-4 weeks to complete.

The other 63 applications that have withdrawn are:

  • GLEAN (Lifestyle Domain Holdings, Inc.)
  • GMBH (GMBH Registry, LLC)
  • EST (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • KSB (KSB Aktiengesellschaft)
  • HILTON (HLT Stakis IP Limited)
  • CIALIS (Eli Lilly and Company)
  • SWISS (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.)
  • ANSONS (CBM Creative Brands Marken GmbH)
  • AND (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • CHATR (Rogers Communications Partnership)
  • CAREMORE (WellPoint, Inc.)
  • SKOLKOVO (Fund for Development of the Center for Elaboration and Commercialization of New Technologies)
  • ARE (Charleston Road Registry Inc.)
  • THEHARTFORD (Hartford Fire Insurance Company)
  • GMC (General Motors LLC)
  • CADILLAC (General Motors LLC)
  • CHEVROLET (General Motors LLC)
  • TRANSFORMERS (Hasbro International, Inc.)
  • CHARTIS (American International Group, Inc.)
  • HEINZ (ProMark Brands Inc.)
  • KETCHUP (ProMark Brands Inc.)
  • OLYMPUS (Olympus Corporation)
  • HOME (Go Daddy East, LLC)
  • CASA (Go Daddy East, LLC)
  • GLOBALX (GlobalX Information Pty Limited)
  • MED (DocCheck AG)
  • INSURANCE (Progressive Casualty Insurance Company)
  • OVERHEIDNL (Ministery of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)
  • APP (Dot App LLC)
  • GUARDIANMEDIA (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • GDN (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • 盛貿飯店 (Shangri‐La International Hotel Management Limited)
  • SVR (SVR GROUP)
  • HEART (The American Heart Association, Inc.)
  • STROKE (The American Heart Association, Inc.)
  • 欧莱雅 (L’Oréal)
  • BUY (PVT Registry, LLC)
  • GUARDIAN (Guardian News and Media Limited)
  • 普利司通 (Bridgestone Corporation)
  • MII (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • MITEK (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • SAPPHIRE (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • CONNECTORS (MiTek USA, Inc.)
  • MAIL (1&1 Mail & Media GmbH)
  • BLOOMINGDALES (Macys, Inc.)
  • LLP
  • LTD
  • INC
  • LLC
  • CORP
  • ONLINE (Tucows TLDs Inc.)
  • BOOK (Global Domain Registry Pty)
  • LOVE (Richemont DNS Inc.)
  • free (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
  • sale (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
  • spa (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
  • zulu (Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines))
  • ONLINE (Namecheap Inc.)
  • GUARDIANLIFE  (The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America)
  • LTD (C.V. TLDcare)
  • INC (C.V. TLDcare)
  • MOVIE (Webdeus Inc.)
  • MAIL (Afilias Domains No. 2 Limited)

New gTLD program posts 50 new Initial Evaluation results: 41 applications get a pass (total is 341)

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The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 341. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers 350-400. There are 41 applications in this set that received a passing score. This takes the total number of IDN applications receiving a passing score to 341 out of 400. (there are a few withdrawn applications in these 400 applications) ICANN will continue to post IE results weekly, ramping up to 100 results per week by June.

3 new gTLD applications have failed to pass IE and are “Eligible for Extended Evaluation”:

48    العليان    Olayan Investments Company Establishment    LI
Contact name: Mike Rodenbaugh
Contact email: OGtld1@rodenbaugh.com
Application ID: 1-1017-64718
Evaluation phase: IE Complete
IE Result: Eligible for Extended Evaluation

125    MCKINSEY    McKinsey Holdings, Inc.    US
Contact name: Gretchen Olive
Contact email: mckinsey@cscinfo.com
Application ID: 1-1782-78035
Evaluation phase: IE Complete
IE Result: Eligible for Extended Evaluation

318    OLAYANGROUP    Olayan Investments Company Establishment    LI
Contact name: Mike Rodenbaugh
Contact email: OGtld1@rodenbaugh.com
Application ID: 1-1017-54910
Evaluation phase: IE Complete
IE Result: Eligible for Extended Evaluation

For some applications Initial Evaluation results were not yet available for one or more possible reasons such as: pending change requests, clarifying questions, or follow-up with applicants regarding missing information. The results for these applications will be published as soon as the relevant processes are completed.

To view Initial Evaluation results for applications with priority numbers 1 through 350, go to the Current Application Status page of the new gTLD microsite. Then click on the Quick Search “IE Result – Pass”. Clicking on the result will take you to the Initial Evaluation report for that application.

There are three possible outcomes of Initial Evaluation: Pass, Eligible for Extended Evaluation, or Ineligible for Further Review.

  • Pass – The evaluation panels determined that the application is consistent with the requirements in the Applicant Guidebook and can advance to the next phase of the Program.
  • Eligible for Extended Evaluation – The Financial, Technical/Operational, Registry Services, or Geographic Names evaluation panels determined that the application did not provide sufficient information to award a passing score. The application is eligible for extended evaluation.
  • Ineligible for Further Review – The DNS Stability, String Similarity, Background Screening, and/or Geographic Names evaluation panels determined that the application did not meet the relevant criteria in the Applicant Guidebook, and the application is ineligible for further review.

As communicated previously, ICANN is releasing Initial Evaluation results in priority order, in increments of 30 per week, with plans to increase to 100 per week. ICANN anticipates having Initial Evaluation results for all applications published by the end of August 2013.