Here are a few more of my complaints from the same 24 hour span:

enom.com:

Enom will not unlock and send an auth code for an expired domain. Most of the other registrars do this. Again I don’t like it so I don’t use them except for my auctions domains that I transfer out before renewals. Also their reseller accounts don’t allow users to make refills of less than $100 and you can’t make individual purchases. That can easily be fixed. Bari Meyerson send me an email asking me how I am doing and if I need anything from Enom but my reply emails from 2 different email addresses both bounced by the Enom spam/virus server. Bari if you read this please white list my email address…

domainmonster.com:

At domain monster I couldn’t update whois to .us domains. Support was understanding and promised to fix the problem. They did fix it but it took them about 4 days.

hexonet.net:

It took me several hours so I could enter an auction for 7 domains I had backordered. Instead of entering automatically into the auction I had to click on a link in an email and then agree that I wanted to enter the auction. Of course the email message didn’t show up in outlook.com so after several support tickets I learned that I had to open the source code and copy/paste the link. When that didn’t work. I had take out several characters added by outlook and then the link finally worked. Support was not really helpful and didn’t resend the emails to a different email address as I requested. They didn’t care if I made a bid or not. If hadn’t studied programming and knew php I couldn’t have done it. And all that to simply enter an action. MERCY!!!
The next day and after all the auctions were over I was contacted by phone by Christian Heller who was very helpful and offered to help me if anything else goes wrong. He send me his personal email address and we also discussed hexonet domain name pricing and the control panel that they want to upgrade as most of their business is currently fueled by their API.

Related posts:

1. My registrar complaints part 1: register.com, dynadot.com, moniker.com
2. Namejet – Enom whois privacy glitch
3. Go Daddy and Enom are soliciting offers for the 85 .org domains at Project94.org

Here are a few of my complaints from a 24 hour span last week:

register.com:

I tried to transfer away a domain name I won 11 months ago. I wanted to unlock the domain and get the auth code. After agreeing to terms and clicking continue 3-4 times I got this message:

Your request for an Auth Code has been received and your information will be validated for security reasons. If your request is approved, you will receive your Auth Code by email in 4-5 days. To cancel this request, please call one of our Customer Service Representatives at 1.877.318.7563. Thank you.

What do you mean by IF my request is approved and why the hell do I have to wait 4-5 days for???? I had to contact support, contact register.com twice using twitter (the only helpful response) and then send an email to finally get that auth code after 5 days. Thank god I haven’t won a lot of domains in auctions that are registered in register.com. And it is no wonder nobody uses register.com any more. I am sorry but that is the truth and if these people don’t fix these problems soon then they are closing down, sooooon. Thumbs down.

dynadot.com:

Dynadot is a very good and stable registrar that I use lately. One day their very useful invoice function was gone. I was given instructions on how to get an invoice but all I ended up getting was an order receipt that is not the same as an invoice. I complained that my tax office will not accept an order receipt and that I needed a proper invoice with an invoice number. Fortunately the invoice function was back online within 24 hours. Dynadot actually worked on my issue and finally fixed it within an acceptable time frame. That shows that they listen to their customers and proactively respond to customer’s requests. Thumbs up.

moniker.com:

I renewed a domain name by accident. I asked for a refund and they said they can’t do it. It’s their right but I don’t have to like it and I don’t. It’s my fault but they didn’t try to do anything. Instead their website is down all the time not to mention all the other problems I have constantly that have reduced my domains there at 5% of what I used to have. Moniker is a separate article coming soon. It’s the first time in 10+ years that I have asked this. You be the judge of this…

Stay tuned for part 2 tomorrow!

Related posts:

1. Dynadot reveales new Control Panel and new look to mark it’s 10th anniversary – Review
2. Dynadot announces new community forums
3. Dynadot becomes an Afternic DLS Premium partner

Registrar:
USA Webhost, Inc. (IANA #439)
5 Bragdon Lane
Kennebunk, Maine 04043
usacsp.com

ICANN requests that the registrar cure the breaches by 3 June 2013, 15 working days from the date of the letter ICANN send to the affected registrar.

These breaches result from:

• USA Webhost, Inc.:

1. Failure to provide documents and information requested pursuant to an ICANN audit, as required by Section 3.14 of the RAA
2. Failure to maintain registration records, as required by Section 3.4.2 of the RAA
3. Failure to make registration records available upon request by ICANN, as required by Section 3.4.3 of the RAA; and
4. Failure to provide all required Whois data elements, as required by Section 3.3.1 of the RAA

USA Webhost, Inc. must provide proof that USA Webhost is maintaining required accounting records concerning its Registered Name Holders. Concerning payments received, a query or log listing the domain name, date, time, amount, and IP/customer ID for the most recent payment received for the domains (as previously referenced in the audit report) is sufficient to demonstrate compliance. ICANN requests that USA Webhost provide data for the list of domain names in ICANN’s audit email notice to USA Webhost dated 26 April 2013 or you can contact ICANN at complianceaudit@icann.org to obtain the list; and

Provide proof that USA Webhost is providing all required Whois data elements, including USA Webhost’s identity, for all active registered names sponsored by USA Webhost. For a list of the domain names for which ICANN found that USA Webhost was not providing Whois data regarding its identity, please refer to ICANN’s audit email notice to USA Webhost dated 26 April 2013 or you can contact ICANN at complianceaudit@icann.org to obtain the list.

After failure to timely cure the breaches and provide the information requested, ICANN may
commence the registrar termination process.

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2. ICANN sends notice of breach to 3 registrars: DomainSnap, Dattatec.com and Internet Solutions
3. ICANN sends notice of breach to 3 registrars: Basic Fusion, Inc., A. Telecom S.A., Dotted Ventures, Inc.

The average domain name sales price was $1,699 ($2,077 last week).

Highlights of public sales:
Top domain overall: ipark.com at 23,000 USD
Top .com domain: ipark.com at 23,000 USD
Top .net domain: sanity.net at 2,750 USD
Top .org domain: mebel.org at 3,000 USD
Top .info domain: trader.info 3,400 EUR
Top .biz domain: syw.biz at 2,500 USD
Top .us domain: unbound.us at 2,500 USD
Top .xxx domain: none reported
Top ccTLD domain: nav.co at 6,000 USD
Top 1-2 character domain: l.vu at 1,000 USD
Top 3 character domain: ysw.com at 15,000 USD
Top 4 character domain: 4wtc.com at 10,000 USD
Top hyphenated domain: ladys-secret.com at 3,000 USD
Top domain with at least one number: 4wtc.com at 10,000 USD
Top numbers only domain: 4706.com at 888 EUR
Top Greek domain: adelfos.com at 800 USD

Here are the 199 public and reported Sedo sales for the week 6/5 – 12/5 in 2013:

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2. Sedo sells 945 domains worth $1.48 million: uLink.com sells for 20,000 USD and matik.ch for 11,000 EUR – Week 11/12-17/12 2012
3. Sedo sells 1076 domains worth $1.60 million: Torrents.com sells for 84,700 EUR and EatStreet.com for 44,000 USD – Week 15/1-21/1 2013

Following the .ONLINE new gTLD alliance by Directi, Tucows and Namecheap, Tucows TLDs Inc. from CANADA withdrew it’s application for the .ONLINE new gTLD string 2 weeks ago. This week Namecheap Inc. also withdrew it’s application for the .ONLINE string leaving the Directi application to continue on behalf of all three companies. The string received a Prioritization Number of 648 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications. There are now 4 applicants for the .ONLINE new gTLD string.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America withdrew its application for the .GUARDIANLIFE  new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 1421 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 1 more new gTLD application for GUARDIAN. There are no more applicants for the .GUARDIANLIFE new gTLD string.

C.V. TLDcare from the Nederlands withdrew its applications for the .LTD and .INC new gTLD strings. The strings received Prioritization Numbers of 1381 and 1503 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications.

Webdeus Inc. withdrew its application for the .MOVIE new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Number of 592 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications. There are 7 more applicants for the .MOVIE new gTLD string.

Afilias Domains No. 2 Limited withdrew its application for the .MAIL new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Number of 1724 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 20 more new gTLD applications.

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 57 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))

Related posts:

1. 2 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .MAIL and .BLOOMINGDALES (total at 45)
2. 6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .ONLINE, .LLP, .LTD, .INC, .LLC, and .CORP (total at 51)
3. 6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .LOVE, .BOOK, etc. (total at 57)

NameJet is offering 97 individual auctions, each running for three days. The first auctions start May 17 and the final auctions end June 12. The domains cover a wide range of categories from premium .ORG domains (pope.org and rock.org) to GEO domains (usparks.com, Dominicans.com and thecaribbean.com) to premium 3 letter .COM domains (mui.com and bui.com).

Get your backorders in before May 16th so you can participate in these featured auctions. See here the full list of the 97 domains:
ballerinas.com
caving.com
indiachat.com
learnenglish.net
naturalists.com
meyerscapital.com
minis.com
railroad.org
usparks.com
thecaribbean.com
sleepwalker.com
mandarintranslation.com
basketballplayers.com
bridge.net
dominicans.com
drummers.com
greencomputing.com
gravel.net
duong.com
chee.com
parent.org
pounds.com
roomplanner.com
soccerplayers.com
tennisplayers.com
widower.com
recyclingcontainers.com
piano.org
lithograph.com
actresses.com
afghanistan.net
evolution.net
hashish.com
dice.org
budgies.com
blogrolling.com
chin.net
chinesehistory.com
pcfax.com
vintagechina.com
vampires.net
teatimes.com
mui.com
macaws.com
mennonite.com
polarbears.com
cancerdoctor.com
cyclers.com
huie.com
scrambled.com
looper.com
learnmandarin.net
learncantonese.net
thehospital.com
xiong.com
woo.org
studfarm.com
jumper.com
phonecall.net
genova.com
goldendragon.com
economist.net
animaltrainers.com
alligators.com
listener.com
luong.com
moonlighting.com
puppysitters.com
snowboarders.com
tamayo.com
vong.com
swig.com
ussr.com
thetower.com
tsao.com
securitiesdealer.com
shim.com
choy.com
flyfishermen.com
guitarist.net
chun.com
autoracers.com
skihill.com
rock.org
san.net
mathteachers.com
thenightclub.com
thecircus.com
internationalbanking.com
sheikh.com
rattler.com
pope.org
bui.com
chiu.com
hatter.com
horseracers.com
finches.com

Related posts:

1. Namejet auctions 39 1-2 character .ORG domain names in April – Project 94
2. 5 Namejet auctions had a reserve glitch today
3. NameJet offering 68 premium domains including MD.org, TX.org, FL.org and USD.org

The number of domains tradable on the platform rose to 16.6 million as of March 31, 2013 compared with 14.9 million as of December 31, 2012. That is a 11.4% increase.

From this pool, around 4.1 million domains (December 31, 2012: 3.8 million) are parked at Sedo. That is an 8% increase.

Here is what the report says:

The Sedo Holding Group grew its sales revenue by 7.3% during the first three months of the 2013 financial year to reach €36.9 million (previous year: €34.4 million). This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment, which can look back on a successful first quarter due to its internationalization and major customer strategy. The Domain Marketing segment remained confronted by the challenges of a falling market and growing competition, by contrast, as well as new and price-aggressive providers, which is why the revenue decline continued, as expected.
In the Domain Marketing segment, €7.3 million was generated in the period under review, a fall of 14.1% compared with the previous year’s €8.5 million of revenue. The number of domains tradable on the platform rose to 16.6 million as of March 31, 2013 compared with 14.9 million as of December 31, 2012. From this pool, around 4.1 million domains (December 31, 2012: 3.8 million) were available as of the reporting date for marketing in the area of performance-based domain parking. Both revenue and the related earnings decline within Domain Marketing reflect the overall fall in the domain parking market. The domain trading area remained at the previous year’s level, by contrast.
In the Affiliate Marketing segment, on the other hand, revenue reported marked growth of 14.7% during the first three months of 2013, rising from €25.9 million to €29.7 million. The number of partner programs increased by 3.1% to 2,961, and the number of connected websites was up by 0.9% to 566,000. This growth is attributable to the strategy change (expansion of the major customer business and our internationalization drive), which had already been introduced in 2012, as well as specific improvements in the operating business. Further progress was achieved especially in the quality leadership that is important for major customers in this context: significant added value was generated for our customers with our quality review of the Affiliate Marketing technical platform. In parallel with this, we started to develop a new external profile that is set to be launched in the second quarter of 2013. We also achieved major progress with the integration of our Dutch subsidiary Cleafs B.V. that we acquired last year. The migration of Cleafs customers to the modern and efficient affilinet platform will be concluded by the third quarter of this year.
Despite the positive revenue and earnings trends in Affiliate Marketing the effects of the fall in Domain Marketing couldn’t be offset at Group level as expected, which means that overall earnings figures in the period under review were below the previous year’s level. Specifically, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and write-downs on domains (EBITDA) fell from €2.4 million in the previous year to €1.7 million. Equally, earnings before taxes (EBT) were down from €2.2 million in the previous year to €1.5 million. Earnings per share amounted to €0.03, following €0.04 in the previous year.

We are within the scope of our budgets with the revenue and earnings growth trends that we achieved in the first quarter of 2013, and we continue to expect revenue growth of around 10% of the full 2013 year compared with the 2012 financial year (2012 revenue: €132.7 million), and earnings before taxes of between €4.0 million and €5.0 million – driven especially by the Affiliate Marketing business.

Related posts:

1. Sedo’s 2012 report: domain sales down 17.9%, parked domains down 14%, domains for sale down 5%
2. Demand Media Q1 2013 Report: revenue up 17%, registrar revenue grew 9% (Name.com acquisition)
3. Verisign Q1 2013 Report: net 1.99 million more .com/.net, 8.8 million new registrations, 15% revenue growth

pcloud.com 12,000 EUR
ysw.com 15,000 USD
4wtc.com 10,000 USD
24video.com 7,500 USD
nanoprice.com 5,500 USD

Related posts:

1. Sedo latest sales: Medicine.org 75,000 USD, singlebörse.de 30,000 EUR, CapitalBanker.com 11,500 USD, etc.
2. Sedo latest sales: Schokolade.de 63,000 EUR, NikTheGreek.com 4,500 EUR, Canoe.co.uk 3,800 GBP, etc.
3. Sedo latest sales: TEG.com 28,000 USD, PartyDiscount.com 15,000 USD, Chat.us 4,850 USD, etc.

What is rare about the incident is that that name.com gave full disclosure to all their customers and gave updates through their support, name.com blog and social media like  twitter and facebook.

Name.com posted an article on their blog called “We got hacked“. Very few companies have the guts to admit something like that and that at least shows the integrity of Name.com. I am sure that most registrars (and I have a big one in mind) would have denied and hacking incidents. Here is how Name.com handled it:

Many of you received our email or saw online that name.com was hacked. The truth is that it’s one of the more painful admissions that can be made on the Internet. We want you to know that when we say that we “give a shit” we truly mean it. In an effort to maintain the open, honest, and transparent reputation we’ve built for ourselves, we’re going to give you the lowdown on what happened and what we did in response.

Our security team alerted us that unauthorized individuals had accessed our database. After doing some digging we found that the attack seemed to be geared toward a few specific accounts. The hackers had a target and name.com was a means to that end.

The information that was accessed includes usernames, passwords, physical addresses, email, hashed passwords and encrypted credit card data. EPP codes (required for domain name transfers) are not stored in the same place so those were not compromised. For the techies who are wondering, the encryption on the credit card information is 4096 bit RSA. Since the password hashes were compromised we took proactive steps and initiated a site-wide password reset (hence the email, apologies for the inconvenience).

We are genuinely sorry for the annoyance and the scare. We’re taking this incredibly seriously and are doing everything possible to continue to improve the security of our systems. We greatly appreciate the support across the web and over the phones.

Visit the blog post for the comments and the immediate response from Name.com. There is a person claiming that his account was hacked and his domain were stolen but we should wait and see how this turns out.

I have only used Name.com for drop catching and started using it in late 2012. I am now thinking that I should give Name.com a shot as one of my main registrars. I haven’t even checked their renewal prices but their support so far seems excellent. Only full disclosure will keep customers from leaving and maybe get a few new ones! Well done Name.com.

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Interested parties are encouraged to review the Meeting Selection Criteria, which will be used to guide the evaluation of both community-recommended and ICANN-identified meeting locations. Elements such as cost of the meeting for ICANN and the community, convenience to international airports, availability of sufficient hotel guest rooms in or near the venue, meeting facilities, network infrastructure, personal safety of meeting participants, and total level of financial support will be considered by ICANN in making its final selection of a meeting site.

Those interested in submitting a recommendation for a location to host the Meeting, or a proposal for host-level financial support in the region, are encouraged to submit the online Meeting Location Recommendation Form.

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“Strong growth from our owned & operated content and media properties drove our Q1 results, highlighting the unique capabilities of our content discovery, creation and distribution platform. Further, we accelerated our paid content strategy with the acquisition of Creativebug, a premier online destination for arts and crafts instruction, which will provide our large eHow crafts audience with an expanded learning experience. In addition, we signed up over 400 resellers to our new gTLD tools and received more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with new gTLDs,” said Richard Rosenblatt, Chairman and CEO of Demand Media. “We are excited about the distinct long-term growth opportunities for both of our businesses.”

Q1 2013 Financial Summary:

• Content & Media revenue ex-TAC grew 18% year-over-year, driven by 26% Owned & Operated revenue growth, while Network revenue ex-TAC declined 9% due to lower revenue from YouTube Channels.
• Registrar revenue grew 9% year-over-year, due to growth from existing partners and the Q4 2012 acquisition of Name.com.
• Adjusted EBITDA increased 16% year-over-year, driven primarily by the growth in higher margin media content.

“2013 is an investment year for Demand Media and we are pleased to deliver strong Q1 results while investing in both of our businesses,” said Demand Media’s CFO Mel Tang. “Our record Free Cash Flow in the first quarter grew 56% year-over-year and helped fund the acquisition of Creativebug and other new growth initiatives. We believe these investments will help position both of our businesses as leaders in their respective markets, as we continue to make steady progress towards separating our business into two publicly traded companies.”

Business Highlights:

• March 2013 comScore Rankings:
  • On a consolidated basis, Demand Media ranked as the #12 US web property, up from #14 in December 2012.
  • Demand Media’s properties reached more than 126 million unique visitors worldwide.
  • eHow.com ranked as the #10 website in the US and had more than 90 million unique users worldwide, up from #13 in December 2012 with more than 80 million unique users worldwide.
  • Livestrong.com/eHow Health ranked as the #3 Health property in the US.
  • Cracked ranked as the #2 Humor property in the US.

• In March 2013, Demand Media announced its expansion into e-learning with the acquisition of Creativebug, a premier online destination for arts and crafts instruction.
• Demand Media’s Registrar business has received more than two million expressions of interest for domains to be registered with the new gTLDs.
• During Q1 of 2013, Demand Media repurchased approximately 559,000 shares of common stock for $4.8 million under its Board-authorized $50.0 million share repurchase program. To date, the Company has repurchased approximately 4.0 million shares of common stock for $30.8 million.

Q1 2013 Operating Metrics:

• Owned & Operated page views increased 20% year-over-year, driven primarily by strong traffic growth on eHow.com and Livestrong.com. Owned & Operated RPMs increased 5% year-over-year, reflecting higher RPMs on certain of our core properties as well as continued monetization growth from mobile traffic.
• Network page views increased 3% year-over-year to 4.9 billion, due primarily to growth on the IndieClick network, offset somewhat by lower traffic from social media partners. Network RPM ex-TAC decreased 12% year-over-year, reflecting lower revenue associated with less content delivered year-over-year, as we satisfied our final content delivery requirements under the YouTube Channels agreement.
• End of period domains increased 5% year-over-year to 14.0 million, driven by the acquisition of Name.com, as well as organic reseller growth, with average revenue per domain up 3% year-over-year.

Related posts:

1. Demand Media Reports Q4 and 2012 Results:Revenue up 17%, Registrar Revenue up 12%
2. Demand Media reveals new look and logo
3. Demand Media Acquires Creativebug

Here are the results of the 15 domains auctioned on the 5th day:

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day, the 16 domains from the 2nd day, 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day and the 16 domains auctioned on the 4th day.

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

Related posts:

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3. 2nd day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Games.info $11,500, Gold.info $10,099 etc

Here are the 31 domains that were sold:

Related posts:

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3. Moniker and Snapnames are down

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 4th day:

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day, the 16 domains from the 2nd day and the 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day.

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

Related posts:

1. 1st day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: CreditCards.info $9,323, Auto.info $6,800 etc
2. Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction coming at Namejet in May
3. 5th day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Wine.info $13,600, Tickets.info $9,100 etc

“It’s not often you see an operator of Scott’s caliber and experience elect to join the portfolio company he was ‘dropped in’ to assist,” said Blake Irving, who became GoDaddy’s CEO in January. “Scott really kick-started our transformation back in July. He’s helped to develop our strategy and mature our operations – and he shares our passion to change the world for small business. Scott’s decision to join us speaks to both the power of our opportunity at GoDaddy and our people. There’s no better sign of confidence than to join full-time. This absolutely accelerates the phenomenal momentum we’ve created together.”

“It’s pretty simple. I believe in this company and what it can be – this is truly a rare opportunity to build a top-tier Internet company. Blake is an A-plus technology executive, a focused leader and a great guy to boot,” said Scott Wagner. “The overall GoDaddy team is terrific, and we’re building momentum month-to-month. I’m in it for the long haul and energized to be a part of it!”

Since Irving took over as GoDaddy CEO, he has opened offices in Sunnyvale, California and near Seattle, Washington. Irving has also had enormous success with recruiting top-tier tech talent in what is a highly competitive hiring climate. Notable hires include CTO and EVP Platforms Elissa Murphy, who joined from Yahoo! and previously worked at Microsoft; Chief Architect Arnold Blinn, a 17-year Microsoft veteran; SVP International James Carroll, a former executive at Yahoo! and GM at Microsoft; EVP eCommerce Phil Bienert, a former AT&T executive; SVP and GM Hosting Jeff King, who is a 17-year veteran in online commerce, most recently with eBay; SVP Design and User Experience Rick Eames, who worked at both Apple and Microsoft; SVP Vertical Marketing Bob Lund, a former executive with Hewlett Packard; SVP Corporate Development David Popowitz, a former head of Credit Suisse Technology Banking; as well as, VP and GM Site Builder Products Raj Mukherjee, formerly of Google.

Wagner had served KKR for 13 years, working with its portfolio companies as both an advisor and stand-in executive with a particular focus on technology, media and payments. Under his watch as interim CEO from July 2012 to January 2013, GoDaddy launched new products for customers, such as mobile websites and Reseller Hosting and opened an office in Hyderabad, India to serve customers there.

GoDaddy sales hit nearly $1.3 billion last year. The company now serves more than 11 million paying customers worldwide and is the largest Web hosting and domain name registrar on the planet. GoDaddy leverages its award-winning talent and personalized service approach to help small businesses create their digital identity, build websites and harness the power of the Internet.

GoDaddy was honored in the 2012 Fortune magazine’s Best Companies to Work For list and has also been recognized for dozens of other national and local employment awards recently, including Alfred P. Sloan’s Flexible Workplace (6 years) and Valley’s Best Places to Work (9 consecutive years).

GoDaddy has offices throughout Arizona and in Sunnyvale, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Kirkland/Bellevue, Wash.; Washington, D.C. and Hiawatha, Iowa; as well as The Netherlands, India and Singapore.

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ICANN requests that these 3 registrars cure the breaches by 28 and 30 May 2013, 15 working days from the date of the letter ICANN send to the affected registrars.

These breaches result from:

• DomainSnap, LLC:

1. Failure to pay past due accreditation fees pursuant to Section 3.9 of the RAA.

DomainSnap, LLC must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $7,499.38..

• Dattatec.com SRL

1. Failure to take reasonable steps to investigate claimed Whois inaccuracies, as required by Section 3.7.8 of the RAA
2. Failure to maintain registration records as required by Section 3.4.2 of the RAA; and
3. Failure to make registration records available upon request by ICANN, as required by Section 3.4.3 of the RAA.
4. Failure to display a link to ICANN’s Registrant Rights and Responsibilities webpage on Dattatec’s website, as required by Section 3.15 of the RAA
5. Failure to timely pay accreditation fees, as required by Section 3.9 of the RAA.

Dattatec.com SRL must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $5,673.06, clearly display a link to ICANN’s Registrant Rights and Responsibilities webpage on Dattatec’s website; and provide records demonstrating that Dattatec investigated the Whois inaccuracy claims concerning the domain names <uskyokvagmo.com>, <wriemfojr.com>, <rogtocdoht.com>, and <rymloiwumm.com>. This includes copies of Dattatec’s correspondence with the registrants while investigating the Whois inaccuracy claims (including dates and times and means of inquiries, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and postal addresses used) in accordance with Section 3.4 of the RAA.

• Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd.

1. Failure to pay past due accreditation fees pursuant to Section 3.9 of the RAA

Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd. must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $7,863.67.

After failure to timely cure the breaches and provide the information requested, ICANN may
commence the registrar termination process.

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3. ICANN sends notices of breach to 10 registrars

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 3rd day:

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day and the 16 domains from the 2nd day.

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

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Name.com has been giving updates through their twitter and facebook accounts:
“The email you received about the password change is from us and is valid. We had some hackers go after one of our large commercial clients, and we want to take all the precautions possible. In the email (which if you haven’t received you should soon) there is a direct and unique link to change your password. Thank YOU for choosing name.com! As you know we’re always on Facebook and Twitter, so can communicate here, and for some questions we’ll direct you to customercare@name.com. Any other support questions you can direct to support@name.com. Again, thank you.”

Here is the email message in case you haven’t received it yet:

Dear xxxxxx,

We are writing to inform you of a security measure we have taken to protect the integrity of the domain names and information associated with your account.

Name.com recently discovered a security breach where customer account information including usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords and encrypted credit card account information may have been accessed by unauthorized individuals. It appears that the security breach was motivated by an attempt to gain information on a single, large commercial account at Name.com.

Name.com stores your credit card information using strong encryption and the private keys required to access that information are stored physically in a separate remote location that was not compromised. Therefore, we don’t believe that your credit card information was accessed in a usable format. Additionally, your EPP codes (required for domain transfers) were unaffected as they are also stored separately. We have no evidence to suggest that your data has been used for fraudulent activities.

As a response to these developments, and as a precautionary measure, we are requiring that all customers reset their passwords before logging in. If you use your previous Name.com password in other online systems, we also strongly recommend that you change your password in each of those systems as well.

Please click the link below to reset your password:
[link removed]

We take this matter very seriously. We’ve already implemented additional security measures and will continue to work diligently to protect the safety and security of your personal information.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. If you need any additional assistance or have any questions please email customercare@name.com. We’ll continue to be as open and honest with you as possible as additional important information becomes available, so keep your eye out for a blog post or additional emails.

Thanks,
The Name.com Team

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The GoDaddy Global Technology Center is a planned two-story, 150,000 sq. ft. facility. It will provide a creative new space for 1,300 employees, including engineers, developers and customer care representatives. GoDaddy currently employs more than 3,400 people worldwide, with a significant portion of the personnel based in Arizona. GoDaddy’s Tempe expansion creates 300 new jobs to start with room for further growth.

“GoDaddy is well on its way to being the largest platform for small businesses around the world,” said CEO Blake Irving. “GoDaddy is changing people’s lives by helping people turn their dreams and ideas into real businesses – and this new facility is a key piece to making that happen. This location in the heart of the ASU Research Park is a sweet spot; it’s in the hub of the state’s technology corridor and gives us the space we need for the years ahead.”

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer added, “GoDaddy is a true success story. It started out with a handful of people and a dream. Now, GoDaddy is among the largest Valley employers. They are ranked as one of the Valley’s ‘Best Places to Work’ year after year and have expanded each of the 16 years they’ve operated in our state. This is a great example of the type of company we had in mind when we championed legislation two years ago aimed at putting our economy back on the right track. The hard work is paying off and we are proud to have played a role in helping keep GoDaddy firmly rooted in Arizona.”

“Tempe is thrilled to welcome GoDaddy and its talented employees to our community,” said Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell. “They are a great fit for our community, where 20 percent of all jobs are in the technology sector. Tempe is known as a smart, fun and thriving city, and we are happy to welcome GoDaddy into that mix. Tempe and GoDaddy are great partners now and into the future.”

“The ASU Research Park is the perfect location for companies to align with our large number of faculty members at one of the world’s leading research universities,” said ASU Executive Vice President, Treasurer and CFO Morgan R. Olsen. “Collaboration with the ASU Research Park companies offers students the chance to enhance their education and gain skills that can result in jobs for them post-graduation. The ASU Research Park currently houses more than 47 companies and employs 4,600 people. We welcome GoDaddy to our community and believe their presence will be beneficial for all.”

“The fact GoDaddy chose to expand its already prominent Arizona footprint speaks volumes about our competitive business environment and favorable tax structure for corporations,” said Sandra Watson, President and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “The ACA is committed to working with companies around the state, connecting them with every possible resource to help expand operations, invest in Arizona and create quality jobs.”

“As one of the nation’s most recognizable brands, GoDaddy is one of the region’s greatest success stories,” said GPEC President and CEO Barry Broome. “With more than 2,600 employees across 10 locations in Greater Phoenix, including their global headquarters in Scottsdale, they’re one of our most productive economic drivers. We’re proud GoDaddy continues to call Arizona home.”

“This is an extremely important project for Ryan Companies because it continues and strengthens a long-standing business relationship with the ASU Research Park and ASU Foundation as well as begins a new business relationship with GoDaddy,” said Ryan Construction Vice President of Development Molly Ryan Carson. “We are proud to be a part of the continued business growth in Tempe.” Construction on the new GoDaddy facility in the ASU Research Park begins later this month. The center is expected to open in 2014.

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The average domain name sales price was $2,077 ($2,058 last week).

Highlights of public sales:
Top domain overall: moms.com at 252,000 USD
Top .com domain: moms.com at 252,000 USD
Top .net domain: espresso.net at 9,999 USD
Top .org domain: play2win.org at 1,700 USD
Top .info domain: reg.info 2,000 EUR
Top .biz domain: none reported
Top .us domain: jjl.us at 1,000 USD
Top .xxx domain: none reported
Top ccTLD domain: fotograf.de at 89,250 EUR
Top 2 character domain: zn.cn at 16,800 USD
Top 3 character domain: fzo.com at 8,100 USD
Top 4 character domain: moms.com at 252,000 USD
Top hyphenated domain: national-injury-claims.com at 8,000 GBP
Top domain with at least one number: bf4.com at 9,000 USD
Top numbers only domain: 78888.com at 5,000 USD
Top Greek domain: none reported

Here are the 254 public and reported Sedo sales for the week 29/4 – 5/5 in 2013:

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Global Domain Registry Pty from Australia withdrew their applications for the .book  new gTLD string. The string received Prioritization Numbers of 1464 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has no more new gTLD applications. There are 8 applicants for the .BOOK new gTLD string.

Richemont DNS Inc. from Switzerland withdrew it’s application for the .LOVE new gTLD string. The string received a Prioritization Number of 466 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 13 more new gTLD applications. There are 6 applicants for the .LOVE new gTLD string.

Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines) withdraws 4 new gTLD applications: .free, .sale, .spa and .zulu.

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 45 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.)

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2. 4 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .MII, .MITEK, .SAPPHIRE and .CONNECTORS (total at 43)
3. 6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .ONLINE, .LLP, .LTD, .INC, .LLC, and .CORP (total at 51)

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 2nd day:

Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day.

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

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Usually the first 2 quartes of the year have the most UDRP complaints filed but Q1 2013 had the lowest number of complaints of all 2012 quarters.

2013 started with a lot of complaints but it gradually ended up to one of the lowest numbers for March ever.

The average number of domain names per case has gone up significantly reaching more than 3 domain names per case in 2013:

In 2012 75% of the domains were .com while in 2013 the number has dropped to 62%. .Net, .org and .info have seen great increase:

2013
.com    1417    61.64%
.net    327    14.22%
.org    269    11.70%
.info    228    9.92%

2012
.com    3475    74.84%
.net    487    10.49%
.org    322    6.94%
.info    264    5.69%

There has not been a single .xxx UDRP complaint in WIPO in 2013 after 16 complaints in 2012.

In ccTLDs .nl lost first place to .co and that shows the growing popularity of the .co.

2013
ccTLDs    Number of Domain Names
.co    21
.nl    20
.es    15
.au    13
.mx    11

2012
ccTLDs    Number of Domain Names
.nl    103
.au    55
.es    53
.ch    53
.co    47

While the percentage of the denied complaints is pretty much stable, the percentage of cancelled domains has decreased even more:

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center published its 2012 review on “Internet Domain Name Dispute Resolution”. In 2012, trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). This represents an increase of 4.5% over the record established in 2011.

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Here are the results of the 16 domains auctioned on the 1st day:

Here is the complete list of the 79 .info domains with the backorder deadline:

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

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The GAC strongly advised against four gTLDs, none of which TLDH applied for. Another 513 gTLDs were given some kind of advice by the GAC, ranging from serious reservations to desired improvements.

The Company expects to receive refunds totaling $520,000 (£341,304) from ICANN, and to have released to it $144,000 (£94,515) currently set aside in letters of credit for ICANN’s Continued Operations Instrument requirement.

TLDH’s portfolio received relatively few third-party objections, all from rivals for the TLDs in question. TLDH was notified that objections had been filed against only seven of its new gTLD applications, representing 9.7% of the Company’s portfolio: two objections for .music and one each for .购物(“shopping” in Chinese), .gay, .eco, .home, .vip, and .realestate.

TLDH’s operating company, Minds + Machines, is now focused on the upcoming launches of .london, .budapest, .nrw, .gop and .kiwi. The Company is also actively pursuing arrangements with other applicants for new gTLDs.

About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holdings is a publicly-traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.

About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.

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evora.com 94,000 USD
kurzreise.de 33,320 EUR
daswetter.at 15,000 EUR
inthepicture.com 15,000 USD
national-injury-claims.com 8,000 GBP
espresso.net 9,999 USD
fzo.com 8,100 USD
female.tv 7,700 USD
c33.com 5,011 EUR
empirehomes.com 6,000 USD
lapdance.org 5,000 USD
winthemarket.com 5,000 USD

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3. Sedo latest sales: TEG.com 28,000 USD, PartyDiscount.com 15,000 USD, Chat.us 4,850 USD, etc.

ICANN requests that these 3 registrars cure the breaches by 16 and 17 May 2013, 15 working days from the date of the letter ICANN send to the affected registrars.

These breaches result from:

• Elserver SRL:

1. Failure to pay past due accreditation fees pursuant to Section 3.9 of the RAA.
2. Failure to give ICANN written notice within 30 days of any change to Registrar’s contact information, as required by Section 5.11 of the RAA.

Elserver SRL must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $12,971.84 and provide written notice to ICANN of changes to Elserver SRL’s primary contact facsimile and telephone numbers.

• Ground Internet Inc.

1. Failure to pay past due accreditation fees pursuant to Section 3.9 of the RAA.

Ground Internet Inc. must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $25,033.10 and provide written notice to ICANN of changes to A. Telecom S.A.’s contact information.

• DNS:NET Internet Service GmbH

1. Failure to provide documents and information requested pursuant to an ICANN audit, as required by Section 3.14 of the RAA
2. Failure to maintain registration records as required by Section 3.4.2 of the RAA
3. Failure to make registration records available upon request by ICANN, as required by Section 3.4.3 of the RAA.
4. Failure to give ICANN written notice within 30 days of any change to Registrar’s contact information, as required by Section 5.11 of the RAA
5. Failure to pay past due accreditation fees pursuant to Section 3.9 of the RAA

DNS:NET Internet Service GmbH must pay all past due accreditation fees in the amount of $1,314.52, update the data in RADAR to reflect the correct link to DNS:NET’s website and also provide the following documents and information:

• A current certificate of insurance
• Proof that registrar’s public contact details are on registrar’s website
• Proof that registrar is providing a port 43 Whois service providing free public query-based access to up-to-date data
• Payment records for a specific domain name (contact contractualcompliance@icann.org for details)
• Form of Authorization (FOA) or AuthInfo Code documentation for six domain names (contact contractualcompliance@icann.org for details)
• Records reflecting that Registered Name Holders entered into registration agreements concerning 16 domain names (contact contractualcompliance@icann.org for details).

After failure to timely cure the breaches and provide the information requested, ICANN may
commence the registrar termination process.

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“The opening of this regional engagement center is part or our growing effort to establish an ICANN presence in all parts of the globe,” said Fadi Chehadé. “We are not merely saying to people ‘come to us.’ We are going to them. We are reaching out to the Latin American/Caribbean region with representatives who will live and work in the area.”

The ICANN engagement center will be based in the House of the Internet, where several other Internet organizations are located, including: The Internet Society, the Latin American and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LANIC), The Latin American and Caribbean TLD Association (LACTLD) and the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Exchange Association (LAC-IX).

“ICANN´s decision to establish its Engagement Center for Latin America and the Caribbean at the House of the Internet makes us proud and at the same time confirms the value of this initiative that recently celebrated its first anniversary,” said Raúl Echeberría, CEO of LACNIC. “All of the organizations in the house will benefit and be strengthened in the achievement of their own objectives and in the joint work for the sake of the community in Latin America and the Caribbean”.

“I recently visited the House of the Internet,” said ICANN Board Chair, Dr. Stephen Crocker. “This is a fantastic model, where a number of different Internet organizations can coordinate their efforts and even share resources, working together for the benefit of Internet users across the region.”

The Latin American/Caribbean engagement center is the second announced in the last few weeks. During ICANN’s recently concluded public meeting in China, Fadi Chehadé announced that an engagement center would soon be opened in Beijing.

It was during the Beijing meeting that a Multi-stakeholder Steering Committee for the Latin American and Caribbean region presented a 3-year strategic plan aimed at strengthening the Internet critical infrastructure in the region. The committee is made up of regional representatives of Internet users groups, the technical community, the private sector and governments.

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I tried to warn the domain name owner (by sending an email that went, surprise, unanswered) that not only he had let the .biz expire and he was risking losing the .net either by missing a renewal notice or if a thief used the .biz to create the .net registrant email address and steal the domain. A couple of days later I noticed that someone bought the .biz and is now parking it.

In fact ICANN’s GNSO is suggesting as a best practice in the Expired Registration Recovery Policy that registrars should advise registered name holders to provide a secondary email point of contact that is not associated with the domain name itself so that in case of expiration, reminders can be delivered to this secondary email point of contact.

So it is always a good idea to keep your whois details current and especially to keep your admin/owner email address domain name registered and renewed. I renew my admin email domains well in advance, usually for 5-10 years. It is good practice to also renew any nameserver domains you may have as well.

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Period Highlights

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Nominet Registrar Services Ltd (NRS) – the company set up as a wholly-owned Nominet subsidiary to guarantee a distribution channel for .wales and .cymru –  has now submitted its application to become an ICANN- accredited registrar.

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Neustar, Inc. today also announced that Leonard (Len) Kennedy will join the company as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective May 13. In this position, Mr. Kennedy will oversee Neustar’s legal and external affairs efforts, including public policy and government relations. Mr. Kennedy comes to Neustar from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he served as Associate Director and General Counsel and, most recently, as Senior Advisor to the Director. Previously, he served as General Counsel and Chief Government Affairs Officer at Sprint Nextel.

Results for First Quarter 2013 Compared to First Quarter 2012

• Revenue increased 8% to $216.4 million
• Non-NPAC revenue increased 10% to $107.1 million
• Net income decreased 1% to $33.8 million, including the impact of a $10.9 million charge for the loss on debt modification and extinguishment
• Net income per share was flat at $0.50

Non-GAAP Results for First Quarter 2013 Compared to First Quarter 2012

• Adjusted net income increased 23% to $54.1 million, representing a 25% margin
• Adjusted net income per share increased 25% to $0.80

“In the first quarter, we made progress on each of our 2013 priorities,” said Lisa Hook, Neustar’s president and chief executive officer.  “We submitted our proposal for the NPAC contract in early April, and we remain confident in our ability to provide world class service to the communications industry.  In addition, we continued to implement our strategy through targeted investments in our people and platforms, while identifying and executing on significant growth opportunities.”

Paul Lalljie, Neustar’s chief financial officer added, “The 25% increase in first quarter adjusted earnings per share demonstrated strong operating leverage and prudent cost management.  Our first quarter results and leading indicators provide us with the visibility to affirm our full-year guidance.  In addition, we have announced a $250 million share repurchase program that returns significant capital to our shareholders while maintaining our ability to invest in the growth of our business.”

Discussion of First Quarter Results

Consolidated revenue totaled $216.4 million, an 8% increase from $199.6 million in the first quarter of 2012.  This $16.8 million increase included growth in all three of our operating segments.  In particular:

• Carrier Services revenue totaled $132.2 million, a 6% increase from $124.4 million in 2012.  This increase was primarily due to a $7.5 million increase in NPAC Services revenue;
• Enterprise Services revenue totaled $44.8 million, a 13% increase from $39.5 million in 2012.  This increase was due to higher revenue in both Internet Infrastructure and Registry Services; and
• Information Services revenue totaled $39.5 million, a 10% increase from $35.7 million in 2012.  This increase was primarily due to higher revenue in Verification and Analytics Services.

Operating expense totaled $145.6 million, an 8% increase from $135.2 million in the first quarter of 2012.  This increase was primarily due to the expansion of the company’s operations.  In particular, stock-based compensation increased $5.1 million driven by performance-based equity that was granted to a broader employee base.

Cash, cash equivalents and investments totaled $378.2 million as of March 31, 2013, compared to $343.9 million as of December 31, 2012.  The debt refinancing completed in January 2013 resulted in total debt obligations of $623.8 million as of March 31, 2013, compared to $587.3 million as of December 31, 2012.  During the first quarter, the company purchased approximately 551,000 shares of common stock at an average price of $44.38 per share, for a total purchase price of $24.4 million.

Business Outlook for 2013

The company affirmed its guidance for revenue and adjusted net income provided on February 5, 2013:

• Revenue to range from $895 million to $915 million
• Adjusted net income to range from $220 million to $230 million
• Adjusted net income per share to range from $3.28 to $3.43

Conference Call

As announced on April 18, 2013, Neustar will conduct an investor conference call to discuss the company’s results today at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time).  Prior to the call, investors may access the conference call over the Internet via the Investor Relations tab of the company’s website (www.neustar.biz).  Those listening via the Internet should go to the website 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

The conference call is also accessible via telephone by dialing (888) 437-9315 (international callers dial (719) 325-2223) and entering PIN 5300732.  For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available through 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) Thursday, May 9, 2013 by dialing (877) 870-5176 (international callers dial (858) 384-5517) and entering replay PIN 5300732, or by going to the Investor Relations tab of the company’s website (www.neustar.biz).

Neustar will take live questions from securities analysts and institutional portfolio managers; the complete call is open to all other interested parties on a listen-only basis.

This press release, the financial tables and other supplemental information are available on the company’s website under the Investor Relations tab. This includes reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures that may be used periodically by management when discussing the company’s financial results with investors and analysts.

About Neustar, Inc.

Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) is a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analysis to the Internet, telecommunications, information services, financial services, retail, media and advertising sectors. Neustar applies its advanced, secure technologies in location, identification, and evaluation to help its customers promote and protect their businesses.  More information is available at www.neustar.biz.

Related posts:

1. Neustar 2012 Results: Revenue increased 34% and Income increased 26%
2. Verisign Q1 2013 Report: net 1.99 million more .com/.net, 8.8 million new registrations, 15% revenue growth
3. Marchex: $36.2 million revenue in Q1 2013, Archeo: $5.1 million revenue ($1.4 from domain sales)

Archeo announced a couple of days back Q1 2013 domain sales of $1.4 million from 50 domains sold for an average $27,233.

“Momentum across our Call Products drove accelerating growth in the first quarter,” said Russell Horowitz, Chief Executive Officer of Marchex. “Advertisers are spending more marketing dollars going after mobile consumers and they want high returns on that investment. Marchex is well-positioned to fill that need with our suite of products that delivers exceptional mobile advertising performance and measurability.”

Q1 2013 Financial Highlights:

• Revenue was $36.2 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $35.5 million for the same period in 2012.
• GAAP net income applicable to common stockholders was $85,000 for the first quarter of 2013 or $0.00 per diluted share. This compares to a GAAP net loss applicable to common stockholders of $788,000 or $0.02 per diluted share for the same period in 2012. The first quarter 2013 results included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $1.9 million, compared to non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $3.9 million for the same period in 2012.
• Adjusted non-GAAP EPS¹ for the first quarter of 2013 was $0.04, compared to $0.05 for the same period in 2012.
• Adjusted OIBA¹ was $2.2 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $3.3 million for the same period in 2012.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $3.1 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $4.3 million for the same period in 2012.

¹ Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures are included in the financial tables attached to this press release and we encourage investors to examine the reconciling adjustments between the GAAP and non-GAAP measures.

Marchex Q1 and Recent Call-Driven Business Highlights:

• Revenue. Call-driven and other related revenue was $31.1 million for the first quarter of 2013 – a 17 percent increase compared to $26.7 million for the first quarter of 2012.
• Products. Five call analytics and related performance advertising patents filed in the quarter, adding to Marchex’s expanding patent portfolio.
• Customers and Partners. Added more than 40 new national and reseller customers across several categories, such as Auto Services, Financial services, and Home Services. Also added several partners, including Kenshoo and Geary LSF, which will integrate Marchex Call Analytics into their product offering.

Archeo Q1 Highlights:

• Archeo, Inc. (“Archeo”), a division of Marchex, includes non-call driven assets, which consist of domain and directory assets, pay-per-click and reputation management products.
• Archeo revenue was $5.1 million for the first quarter of 2013.
• During the 1st quarter of 2013, Archeo sold a total of 50 domains that yielded $1.4 million.

Share Repurchase Program Update

Marchex purchased 31,000 shares of its outstanding Class B common stock for a total price of$119,000. This brings Marchex’s total shares repurchased under its stock repurchase program to 11.3 million shares, or 30% of its outstanding common stock.

Marchex Guidance

The following forward-looking statements reflect Marchex’s expectations as of May 2, 2013. Marchexanticipates providing updates upon completion of the spin-off.

For Call Driven Revenue, Marchex is forecasting a range of $127-$130 million.

2013 GAAP income (loss) from operations is expected to be ($2.9) million or better, assuming stock-based compensation between $9.0-$11.0 million and amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions between $3.0-$3.5 million. This estimate excludes any prospective gain or loss on sales and disposals of intangible assets or costs related to the separation of Archeo.

For Call Driven Revenue, Marchex is forecasting more than $32 million.

Second quarter GAAP income (loss) from operations is expected to be ($3.2) million or better, assuming stock-based compensation between $2.5-$3.5 million and amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions between $0.8-$1.2 million. This estimate excludes any prospective gain or loss on sales and disposals of intangible assets. In the short-term, the above estimates for our measures of profitability may be impacted further by the timing of investments and costs related to the separation of Archeo.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

Management will hold a conference call, starting at 5:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 2, 2013 to discuss its first quarter ended March 31, 2013 financial results, and other company updates. Access to the live webcast of the conference call will be available online from the Investors section of the Marchex’s website at www.marchex.com. An archived version of the webcast will also be available at the same location, beginning two hours after completion of the call.

About Marchex

Marchex, Inc. delivers customer calls to businesses and analyzes those calls so companies can get the most out of their mobile advertising.

Marchex supports its customers through a unique technology platform that has three primary components: (1) Call Analytics, which powers all of Marchex’s advertising solutions, and allows partners to leverage data and insights that accurately measure the performance of mobile, online and offline call advertising; (2) Digital Call Marketplace, which annually connects hundreds of millions of consumer calls to advertisers from a range of mobile and online sources on a Pay For Call basis; and(3) Local Leads, a white-labeled, full service digital advertising solution for small business resellers that drives quality phone calls and other leads to their small business advertisers.

On November 1, 2012, Marchex announced its intention to pursue separation of its business into two distinct, publicly-traded entities. Upon completion of the proposed tax-free spin-off transaction, Marchex’s existing shareholders would hold interests in: (1) Marchex, a pure play mobile advertising company focused on calls, and (2) Archeo, Inc., a premium domain and advertising marketplace. The spin-off is expected to be completed in 2013.

Marchex is based in Seattle. To learn more, please visit www.marchex.com.

Related posts:

1. Marchex 2012 Report: $6.3 million domains sold, revenue down by $9 million
2. Archeo (Marchex) Q1 Domain Sales: $1.4 million from 50 domains sold for an average $27,233
3. Verisign Q1 2013 Report: net 1.99 million more .com/.net, 8.8 million new registrations, 15% revenue growth

Of course the prices would have been higher if end users were involved which in this case it’s obvious they weren’t. The prices below are reseller prices.

Go Daddy had a 50k USD reserve price on all 1 character .org domains. Namejet got a 60K USD bid on u.org but the reserve was not met. Were the reserve prices chosen by PIR? I would guess so.

Namejet didn’t help much either as it run a competing auction event at the same time the Project 94 auctions were running with several 3 letter .org domains and a few 2 letter .org domains. Some of the top prices were:
md.org $555,650
tx.org $19,100 Reserve Not Met
fl.org $15,333 Reserve Not Met

Go Daddy auctioned off 42 1 and 2 character .org domain names. 27 of 42 domains sold for a total of $88,642. The average sales price for the 27 domains was $3,283.

Namejet/Enom auctioned off 39 1 and 2 character .org domain names. 23 of 39 domains sold for a total of $55,019. The average sales price for the 23 domains was $2,392.

Related posts:

1. .org Namejet Project 94 Results: 23 of 39 domains sold for a total of $55,019 (yo.org $7,806, ur.org $6,006)
2. Namejet auctions 39 1-2 character .ORG domain names in April – Project 94
3. .org Go Daddy Project 94 Results: 27 of 42 domains sold for a total of $88,642 (fs.org $9,250, ts.org $9,065)

The new members – all associations with a strong Internet-oriented vision which are active on a European level – include:

• The Confederation of Computer User Associations (CECUA)
• The European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)
• The European Multi-Channel Online Trade Association (EMOTA)
• The Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB Europe)

“We are pleased to welcome the representatives of these organisations as we believe we can benefit significantly from the extensive experience they have in their fields,” said EURid’s General Manager Marc Van Wesemael. “We look forward to further shifting our focus towards an all-inclusive view of the Internet, while at the same time staying rooted in the strong foundation of technical knowledge that we have built up through our cooperation with the founding members over the years.”

EURid was founded in 2003 by the three organisations running national domain registries for .be (Belgium), .it (Italy) and .se (Sweden). Later, the registries for .cz (the Czech Republic) and .si (Slovenia) became members, as did the European Chapters of the Internet Society (ISOC-ECC) and Business Europe. The Swedish registry ended its membership in April 2013.

“There is great potential at EURid to bring the technical and user sides of the internet closer together. In this, we welcome the fact that EURid is taking the necessary steps to expand its forum and bring in stakeholders from many different organisations and geographical locations.”
Jon Thorallsson, CECUA President

“In the internet marketplace, .eu managed by EURid, is perceived as a recognisable brand, with strong security and user loyalty. As such, EURid presents a qualified and unified forum to work towards harmonisation of online IP and trademark regulation.”
Massimo Cimoli, ECTA Vice Chair

“Europe is taking the lead in online commerce, but trust is still an issue for 57% of users. In our cooperation with EURid we see a lot of potential to work towards a safer marketplace online.”
Susanne Czech, EMOTA Secretary General

“This is a wake-up call to recognise the active role .eu can play in organising online Europe to welcome and at the same time foster global entrepreneurship. The next Zuckerberg will be European. For that to happen we need to be in contact with a broad range of stakeholders and, from this, take the lead. The history of the internet is not over yet.”
Alain Heureux, IAB Europe President

Related posts:

1. EURid will attend “eShow Barcelona” in Spain on 13-14 March 2013
2. EURid publishes .eu identity magazine for Autumn 2012
3. EURid publishes .eu identity magazine for Spring 2013

One of Manwin’s key motivations was to make .XXX pricing lower and more competitive.

Manwin has negotiated a lower price for newly-created .XXX domains created in the month of May 2013. .XXX domains will be made available to registrars at a substantially discounted wholesale price of USD$7.85, which is the current wholesale price of a .com. ICM will run similar price promotions in future years as well.

Furthermore, ICM has agreed to contribute USD$2 for every new .XXX domain name registration created after April 30, 2013. The monthly contribution will be made to a fund designated by Manwin to support the adult entertainment industry. These funds are in addition to ICM’s contributions to IFFOR.

Beyond the financial agreements, Manwin will now permit content from or advertising for .XXX websites on its Tube sites. In addition, Manwin related properties will allow websites hosted on .XXX sites to participate in any of its affiliate and promotional programs generally available to other website operators.

In the agreement ICM also acknowledges that websites hosted on their adult-specific TLDs are not the only responsible and safe adult content websites.

Both parties feel that these arrangements will set precedent for trade and consumer benefit and protection for the online space.

Related posts:

1. Search.xxx – ICM Registry launches a new search engine
2. ICM Registry gives a $75 ad credit for .xxx renewals or registrations – Use all your credits to promote 1 website – Search.xxx ad platform will launch by March 31, 2013
3. .xxx registry puts asking prices on over 1000 reserved domains – Many like pornstar.xxx remain unpriced

Online was the most sold domain name keyword for April with home, free, best and blog following.

These are the top 10 sales from April at Go Daddy auctions:

Related posts:

1. Go Daddy Auctions sold 42,660 domains in March – DreamProducts.com for $40k, TheExchange.com for $36k, etc.
2. Go Daddy Auctions sells 34,132 domains – XE.co sold for $37,500 and ChillerSystems.com sold for $18,000
3. December 2012 Go Daddy Auctions Report – VisitSanFrancisco.com sold for $50k and League.com sold for $40k

Customers looking to take advantage of this limited promotional offer, should contact their usual registrar or one of the many participating registrars at www.icmregistry.com/buy.

“With both Search.xxx and XXX.XXX showcasing and driving traffic to developed .XXX sites, together with the recent launch of the Search.xxx ad platform, there is a growing awareness of the value of the .XXX domain,” said CEO of ICM Registry, Stuart Lawley.

ICM is also making significant moves to protect .XXX participants with its recent applications to operate three additional adult entertainment-related TLDs — .SEX, .PORN and .ADULT. If awarded these new TLDs, ICM Registry will offer an unprecedented “grandfathering” clause and will automatically reserve matching names at no additional cost to those who already have .XXX domains. .XXX registrants can chose to do nothing and the matching names will never be released under the new TLD suffixes. If however, registrants choose to register the new names for use, there will be a nominal fee. This means .XXX domain holders can potentially quadruple their exposure and the value of their holdings, while brand and trademark holders who own or have reserved .XXX domain names are automatically protected and will not have to register or reserve those names in the new TLDs.

Each .XXX website is malware scanned to protect both website operators and consumers. Every .XXX site also comes with a MetaCert electronic Family Safety label making it easier for users, organizations and parents to adjust their browser settings to restrict access to websites that are clearly labeled as potentially adult oriented content.

“Our goal is to serve the adult industry by continually creating new initiatives and platforms that increase the inherent value of each .XXX website,” said Lawley.

Related posts:

1. ICM Registry gives a $75 ad credit for .xxx renewals or registrations – Use all your credits to promote 1 website – Search.xxx ad platform will launch by March 31, 2013
2. Search.xxx – ICM Registry launches a new search engine
3. Hello World

“We are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with NameJet beyond our work in the gTLD space and to welcome them into the Afternic network as a reseller of premium domains,” said Jason Miner, Chief Operating Officer for Afternic. “Our goal is to continue to increase our value to Afternic members by creating more liquidity in the aftermarket. The addition of NameJet to our reseller network increases our reach to new audiences and gives our sellers unprecedented exposure to buyers worldwide.”

Matt Overman, NameJet’s General Manager said of the partnership, “Afternic’s high-quality domain portfolio and incredible Fast Transfer capabilities was a key reason we selected them as a partner. We are committed to providing our expanding customer base with more choices and the best user experience for acquiring premium domains, and Afternic was a natural choice.”

Afternic’s inventory is already being displayed in search results on NameJet.

About Afternic

Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) is the world’s largest domain marketplace, offering millions of currently registered domains for sale through leading registrars worldwide. Through DLS, domains are promoted for sale to millions of active domain buyers worldwide.

Afternic is part of NameMedia, a leader in the acquisition, development and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. The company’s marketplace allows owners of premium domain names to sell domains, and for domain buyers to review the largest available inventory. Through its ownership of one of the largest domain portfolios in the world, its innovative website development platform, and its broad distribution, NameMedia now serves more than 50 million visitors to its network of websites and sells domains to customers in more than 100 countries. Headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, more information is available at www.namemedia.com.

About NameJet

NameJet is a joint venture between Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) and Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW), who together own four leading ICANN-accredited registrars (eNom, Name.com, Network Solutions and Register.com). Launched in 2007 with core auction software and technical infrastructure operating since 2004, NameJet serves domain investors, Fortune 500 companies and their representatives, small- and medium-sized businesses, as well as a diverse and global mix of individual investors. It has processed more than 200,000 domain auctions, establishing itself as a trustworthy and transparent auction platform that is customer-focused and user-friendly. For more information, go to www.namejet.com.

Related posts:

1. NameJet and Afternic Chosen as Platforms to Bring .MENU to Market
2. RRPproxy Offers Resellers Access to the Afternic Marketplace
3. NameJet and Afternic will launch the .BUILD New gTLD

The average domain name sales price was $2,058 ($1,587 last week).

Highlights of public sales:
Top domain overall: yinhang.com at 300,000 USD each
Top .com domain: yinhang.com at 300,000 USD each
Top .net domain: type2diabetes.net at 14,499 USD
Top .org domain: sinks.org at 2,750 USD
Top .info domain: scrubs.info 1,100 USD
Top .biz domain: saws.biz at 1,200 EUR
Top .us domain: tifa.us at 700 EUR
Top .xxx domain: none reported
Top ccTLD domain: dating.co at 30,000 USD
Top 2 character domain: none reported
Top 3 character domain: mmb.com  at 18,500 USD
Top 4 character domain: kbra.com at 40,000 USD
Top hyphenated domain: energie-vergelijken.com at 3,000 EUR
Top domain with at least one number: type2diabetes.net at 14,499 USD
Top numbers only domain: 6510.com at 4,850 USD
Top Greek domain: none reported

Here are the 253 public and reported Sedo sales for the week 22/4 – 28/4 in 2013:

Related posts:

1. Sedo sells 951 domains worth $1.6 million: (hyphen week) juegos-gratis.com sells for 20,000 EUR and deutschland-bewegt-sich.de for 9,900 EUR – Week 20/11-26/11 2012
2. Sedo sells 945 domains worth $1.48 million: uLink.com sells for 20,000 USD and matik.ch for 11,000 EUR – Week 11/12-17/12 2012
3. Sedo sells 928 domains worth $1.7 million: hotelsguide.com sells for 60,000 USD, verzuimmanagement.nl for 12,100 EUR and aff.co for 7,000 USD – Week 27/11-3/12 2012

Webinar Details
Date: Monday, 6 May 2013
Time: 15:00-16:30 UTC
Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/raa-dt

This is an opportunity to learn more about the proposed changes to the RAA that are expected to come about now that the negotiations between ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team have drawn to a close.

ICANN staff and members of the Registrar Negotiating Team will walk you through, and will respond to questions on, the enhancements in the proposed 2013 RAA and the differences from the 2009 RAA that is currently in force for most ICANN-accredited registrars today.

Please join this webinar on Monday, 6 April at 15:00 UTC (duration 90 minutes). The meeting will be run in an Adobe Connect room with a slide presentation. The session will be conducted in English.

Participants will have the opportunity to offer comments and ask questions during the Q&A section. During the course of the webinar, these may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you cannot join the live session, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting.

Please register via email to peg.rettino@icann.org by Friday, 3 May 2013 at 20:00 UTC to receive the dial-in details. If you are not able to obtain the dial-in details prior to the start of the webinar, the dial-in details will be posted in the Notes section of the Adobe Connect room during the webinar.

Related posts:

1. ICANN’s proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) up for public comments
2. Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement
3. Pre-Beijing 46 “ICANN Policy Update” Webinar

The domain name was registered in 1997 and is currently registered with Fabulous and is parked with Above. The domain was originally registered to Evora Enterprises, Inc. and it is possible that the domain expired in 2008 when registered at Network Solutions and was auctioned off at Snapnames.

The domain is in Sedo escrow so the buyer is not yet known.

Here are some possible uses:

• Evora is a Portuguese city
• The “Lotus Evora” is a sports car produced since 2009 by British car manufacturer Lotus. It costs about $75,000 USD.
• Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean popular singer that dies in 2011

Related posts:

1. MyChoco.com sells for 23,000 EUR at Sedo (Sedo also sells AnyDesk.com and Tour.net)
2. Partners.com sold for $125,000 USD – Seller sells the domain at a loss
3. It’s nice to know you sold at the right price

Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH, commented:

We’re very pleased with this arrangement. Working with Uniregistry for .country is pro-competitive and will result in lower prices for consumers and better exposure for .country. Our two organizations have similar visions for .country and we look forward to working with Uniregistry.

Frank Schilling, Founder and Managing Director of Uniregistry, said:

This joint venture is good for us, good for TLDH, good for ICANN, and just terrific for registrants in .country. We look forward to working with TLDH to make .country a vibrant success.

Both Uniregistry and TLDH applied to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) to operate the .country generic top-level domain (“gTLD”); there are no other contenders. Under ICANN rules only one party can operate any given gTLD, and ICANN has encouraged applicants to resolve these conflicts privately. Under the conditional heads of terms for the proposed joint venture, either Uniregistry or TLDH will withdraw its application and, once the surviving applications is approved by ICANN, the authority to operate .country will be transferred to the new joint venture. The transfer will require ICANN approval, which the directors of the Company fully expect to be forthcoming.

Related posts:

1. Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines) announces the appointment of Keith Teare to the Board of TLDH
2. New gTLD Sessions Planned for Beijing (ICANN 46)
3. ICANN creates a New gTLD Funds Investment Policy for the US$355 million of application fees

Keith Teare is the CEO and founder of just.me Inc and a founder at the Palo Alto incubator, Archimedes Labs. Keith has been the founder of a number of successful internet ventures: in 1994 he was CTO and co-founder of The EasyNet Group, one of the first ISP’s in Europe, which was admitted to AIM in 1996 and was subsequently acquired by BSkyB; he was also founder and CEO in 1998 of Palo Alto-based RealNames Corporation, which was responsible for supporting the nascent multi-lingual DNS system run by Verisign, and more recently was co-founder of TechCrunch, which was acquired by AOL in Sept 2010.

Directorships and/or partnerships held by Keith William Teare, aged 58, in the last 5 years are as follows:

Keith Teare has been a director of Cybercafe Limited which was put into Company Voluntary Arrangement on 14/01/1997. CVA was completed on 19 July 2002.

Keith Teare has been a director of Realnames UK Limited which was put into Members Voluntary Liquidation on 30 May 2002.

Keith Teare currently holds no shares in the Company.

About Top Level Domain Holdings Limited
Top Level Domain Holdings is a publicly-traded holding company listed on the London AIM market. The company is focused on the new top-level domain space. Top-level domains, such as .com, run by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and .biz, run by NeuStar (NYSE: NSR), are regulated by ICANN. ICANN has announced plans to expand the number of top-level domains. TLDH intends to make targeted investments in this space, focusing on both infrastructure technologies and specific top-level domains.

About Minds + Machines
Minds + Machines is a registry services provider that works internationally with commercial organisations, cities, not-for-profits, and entrepreneurs to secure and operate new web domains, known as top-level domains (TLDs). Minds and Machines Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Top Level Domains Holdings Limited.

Related posts:

1. Governmental Advisory Committee announces IGO list of 192 organizations protected in new gTLDs
2. 21 new objections filed at WIPO for new gTLD strings including USPS objections for .MAIL
3. Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was moved from the consent agenda to the main agenda at the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board

The proposed final draft of the New gTLD Registry Agreement has been posted for community review and comments. Similar to the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) that was posted for public comment on 22 April 2013, the ICANN community is now able to review and comment on this final draft before it is approved and adopted.

The proposed agreement is the result of several months of negotiations, formal community feedback, and meetings with various stakeholders and communities. Based on the community feedback during the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing, ICANN and the Registry Agreement Negotiating Team brought the proposed terms into a final draft form, ready for community review and comment.

ICANN is seeking public comment on a revised draft of the New gTLD Registry Agreement that will serve as the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators. ICANN has made certain updates and changes to the New gTLD Registry Agreement in response to community feedback on the version of the New gTLD Registry Agreement posted for public comment on 5 February 2013 and discussions of the New gTLD Registry Agreement at the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing, China 7-11 April 2013.

Related posts:

1. ICANN posts revised New gTLD Registry Agreement for review
2. ICANN’s proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) up for public comments
3. Community TLD Applicant Group asks from ICANN a clearer definition of Community TLDs in new gTLD Registry Agreement

Fairwinds Partners’s customers from the US withdrew their applications for the .LLP, .LTD, .INC, .LLC, and .CORP new gTLD strings. The strings received Prioritization Numbers of 221, 312, 348, 714, 941 on the prioritization draw last December.

Following the .ONLINE new gTLD alliance by Directi, Tucows and Namecheap, Tucows TLDs Inc. from CANADA withdrew it’s application for the .ONLINE new gTLD string. The string received a Prioritization Number of 1602 on the prioritization draw last December. The company has 3 more new gTLD applications for .MEDIA, .GROUP and .MARKETING. There are 5 applicants for the .ONLINE new gTLD string. It is possible that the Namecheap or the Directi application for .online will be withdrawn shortly as well.

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 45 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.)

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1. 2 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .MAIL and .BLOOMINGDALES (total at 45)
2. 6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .LOVE, .BOOK, etc. (total at 57)
3. 4 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .MII, .MITEK, .SAPPHIRE and .CONNECTORS (total at 43)

Procter & Gamble was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking as Marchex’s Swash.com was saved in UDRP. Procter & Gamble lied to the WIPO Panel and tried to cheat it’s way into stealing the domain name  Swash.com but the company was outed by the Complainant and the 3 member Panel that denied the complaint.

Procter & Gamble tried to steal the domain name by paying only 5-10K USD in UDRP and lawyer fees but that backfired. The company probably ended up paying a lot more than if it hadn’t filed for that UDRP complaint. I am sure that Marchex understood how desperate Procter & Gamble was for the domain and doubled its price and of course added all the UDRP response cost. Procter & Gamble probably paid mid 6 figures for the domain Swash.com. Lesson learned.

Related posts:

1. Procter & Gamble guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking as Marchex’s Swash.com is saved in UDRP
2. RDNH decision coming soon: eurobaby.com owned by Marchex Sales, Inc gets hit with a UDRP at WIPO
3. Archeo (Marchex) Q1 Domain Sales: $1.4 million from 50 domains sold for an average $27,233