ICANN is posting for public comment the proposed agreement for renewal of the 2005 Registry Agreement for .JOBS which is set to expire on 5 May 2015. This proposal is a result of discussions between …

ICANN shared some data about the considerable progress made to deploy Internationalized Domain Names in the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone file. In 2010, hostnames used in the DNS were limited to a subset …

The .Paris registry announced that the .paris has been successful with 12,000 purchased domain names so far. “A week after the public opening , the new web address Paris has already surpassed the 12,000 websites …

Some people have no shame. I got an inquiry again today from the guy that offered me $2,000 and I started the escrow transaction and then 2 days later he said he could only afford …

Only 8,16% of all 70k registered .guru domains have been renewed so far, 2 months before a lot of domains start expiring. As expected EAP renewal rate is higher. Of course most people wait until …

TLD Registry Ltd, the exclusive owner/operator of the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, today announced a partnership agreement with Internet advising and consulting firm, RightoftheDot, LLC (ROTD). “ROTD …

fTLD Registry Services, LLC announced an agreement with Symantec Corporation to provide verification services for the “.bank” and “.insurance” generic top-level domains. In this role, Symantec will add a layer of protection to the new …

I made the first post today of what will be a series of articles with some of my domain name sales. The first post has 100 .info domain sales I have made over the past …

I am listing today 100 .info domain names that I have sold in the past 10 years. I started buying .info domains in Land rush 2 back in July 2002. At that time I spend …

Namejet updated its terms of use on the 3rd of December and it was mainly done to add a couple of new features. The 2 new features are a “Buy Now” indicator that domain names …

This week 6 New gTLDs enter General Availability, no New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 0 strings enter the landrush phase. 4 Donuts New gTLDs are out of EAP and enter the real …

CentralNic plc announced today that it has sold a number of premium domain names for US$2.5 million, satisfied in cash. CentralNic said that the release of new Top-Level Domains has been slower than anticipated. The …

If anyone has send me an email in the past few months and has not received a reply please email me again. The email was probably caught by the anti-spam software. Thanks. Chinese Domaining Masterclass …

In the past week 509 (566 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 million ($1.2m last week). Only 143 (190 last week) domains from the 509 were reported by Sedo. …