The .Rich registry, I-Registry Ltd., has registered 16 .rich domains to a sister company of theirs called i-content Ltd. All domains are parked at Sedo and are for sale. It seems that more registries are following …

Architelos Inc. announced the publication of the third NameSentry NameSpace Quality Report.  The report measures the comparative safety of the Internet’s largest Top Level Domains (TLDs) by measuring the concentration of spam, phishing, botnets, and malware in each …

VeriSign, Inc., the global leader in domain names, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014. First Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $249 million for the …

This is how I backordered the domain name DNSHost.com on Namejet back in 2010 only to win an auction last week! Back in 2010 I sold the similar domain HostDNS.com on Sedo for 6000 Euro …

SedoMLS Network Now Bringing 17 Million Premium Domains to Third Largest Registrar’s Leading Reseller Channel. Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced that Tucows, one of the leading global providers of …

Please be advised that as of 14 April 2014, Namebay SAM (“Namebay”) is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (“RAA”) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) dated 23 September 2009 (“RAA”). These breaches result from: 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. Please refer to the attachment for details regarding these breaches. In addition, Namebay has been deemed noncompliant in the following areas: 1. Failure to notify ICANN of a change to its contact information, as required by Section 5.11 of the RAA; 2. Failure to provide a 

NameJet partners with Rightside Registry to offer these 20 .DANCE premium domain names like music.dance and 1.dance. Each of the domains are priced with low reserves and will sell. The auction starts on the 16th …

Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 5 New gTLDs today: .agency, .bargains, .boutique, .cheap and .zone .Agency seems to have some potential, .cheap is on the wrong side, boutique and .zone seems like …

Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain – today launched the first registration phase, known as the Sunrise Period, for its three new Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). Qualified domain trademark holders …

Frank Schilling made a couple of comments in the past couple of weeks that I think are worth reading if you missed them. The first one was on my post “How To Use: Uniregistry Affiliate …

Jeff Sass, CMO of .Club domains, explains how the new gTLD’s will change the brand marketing landscape and create opportunities for domain investors at DomainFest 2014 held at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in L.A on …

Oversee.net, an innovative technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of websites and mobile apps in travel, retail and consumer finance, today announced that Rook Media, Europe’s largest domain monetization platform, has acquired its …

Escrow4All B.V. has been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD Registry Operators. All new gTLD Registry Operators are required to regularly deposit a backup copy of their TLD registration data …

Please be advised that as of 9 April 2014, Homestead Limited dba Namevault.com (“Namevault”) is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (“RAA”) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) dated 8 August 2013 (“RAA”). Namevault.com was also sent a notice of breach last year. These breaches result from: