A buyer just contacted me and told me that they have been trying for an hour to pay me but they can’t because Paypal is experiencing technical difficulties. I checked some websites and it appears …
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12 Things I Expect To See From Frank Schilling’s New Registrar: Uniregistrar (plus 3 I don’t)
Frank Schilling’s new registrar, Uniregistrar, is set to launch on Monday. Frank Schilling’s new gTLD registry, Uniregistry, had a lot of problems with the .tattoo and .sexy new gTLD launch. It seems that Frank does …
Read More »dnpric.es – Domain name sales database with 300,000+ historic sales from the past 14+ years
“This is the biggest domain name sales database ever built.” It lists 300,000+ historic sales in the past 14+ years. Check the database at http://dnpric.es/. According to the stats page: http://dnpric.es/stats/ The database has 315,461 …
Read More »Go Daddy’s ‘Domains by Proxy’ Hands Over Personal Details of “Pirate” Site Owner
TorrentFreak.com posted an article today about how Go Daddy handed over the personal details of a domain name owner. Responding to an inquiry from the Motion Picture Association (MPA), Go Daddy shared his personal details although …
Read More »9 more New gTLDs were delegated: .BID, .VOTE, .BAR, .KOELN, .OKINAWA etc.
ICANN announced that 9 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 169 new gTLD strings. The 9 new gTLDs are: .KOELN, .BID, .OKINAWA, .VOTE, .VOTO, .BAR, .KRED, .BEST, .OPR (xn--c1avg) – Russian for …
Read More »Sunrise registration results for .domains, .limo, .cab (Uber;Sedo;Gandi;Pairnic;MelbourneIT;ComLaude)
I checked out the zone files from 3 (.domains, .limo, .cab) new gTLDs that completed sunrise and went into general availability (Early Access Program (EAP)) on Wednesday and here are the results. Zone files only …
Read More »Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from Deaccredited Registrar Asadal, Inc. to Gabia, Inc.
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from the deaccredited registrar Asadal, Inc. to Gabia, Inc. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Asadal, Inc. The …
Read More »General Availability Starting Today: .DOMAINS .LIMO .CAB
Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 4 New gTLDs today: .DOMAINS .LIMO .CAB .Domains is targeted to domainers, registrars and maybe registries. This seems like a very small end-user base. The same is …
Read More »4 New gTLD domains sold for $12,500+, 2 for $3,000+ and 24 domains for $1,200+ (uggs.shoes, carousel.photos)
This past week the following 4 New gTLDs entered general availability with EAP: .photos, .shoes, .careers and .recipes. This week 4 New gTLD domain names sold for about $12,500+ in the Early Access Program (EAP): …
Read More »U.S. Department of Commerce Renews Neustar’s Contract For .US
Today, Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded the company the contract to continue administering the .US Top Level Domain (TLD), the official country code domain of the United States. …
Read More »More than 3,500 marks have been added in the Trademark Clearinghouse since the first New gTLDs launched
The Trademark Clearinghouse has published it’s latest stats. So far 26,802 marks have been submitted to the Trademark Clearinghouse as of the 28th of February. The number was 23,024 on the 21st of January that …
Read More »Afilias Official New gTLD Launch Schedule For .Pink, .Red, Blue, .Kim, .Shinsha
To ensure that you have the latest information on the New gTLD launch dates, Afilias has created the release date chart below. This chart is your authoritative source for the Afilias launch dates. Afilias does …
Read More »New gTLD .CLUB Shines During Trademark Sunrise Period
Registrations of .CLUB web addressses come from broad range of verticals, including global sports teams, luxury brands, retail loyalty programs and more. Early Sunrise registrations of the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD) are …
Read More »The Trademark Clearinghouse is running a webinar introducing .CLUB
As more and more Sunrises are launched, the Trademark Clearinghouse wishes to inform Trademark Holders on the different gTLDs launching and the strategy behind them. During the upcoming webinar, they invite Jeffrey Saas, CMO of. …
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