GMO Internet Group company, GMO Registry, Inc. today announced the opening of new geographic top-level domain, .nagoya. In the first stage of the launch, application is open exclusively to trademark holders to protect both trademark …
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New gTLD .wiki selects Namejet for sunrise, landrush and premium auctions
Top Level Design, LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .wiki, has selected NameJet, the leading domain name auction platform, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions and help with future premium auctions. …
Read More ».london asks ICANN to allow name collision terms such as: business, fashion, hotels, soho, thames, transport
The CEO of London & Partners, London’s official promotional agency (and the parent company of Dot London Domains Ltd, the applicant of .london gTLD), Gordon Innes, wrote a letter to ICANN expressing some concerns about …
Read More »General Availability Starting Today: .diamonds .enterprises .tips .voyage
Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 4 New gTLDs today: .diamonds, .enterprises, .tips, .voyage The following 7 New gTLDs are out of the EAP pricing and into the real general availability today: .construction, …
Read More »Marchex 2013 Results: $152.6m revenue, Archeo sells 262 domains in Q4 for $1.6m ($6107 average/domain)
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), a mobile advertising technology company, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2013. “Marchex made significant strides in 2013 as we expanded our Call Analytics …
Read More »2 New gTLD domains sold for $12,500 – 6 domains sold for $3,000+ – 28 domains sold for $1,200+)
This past week the following 7 New gTLDs entered general availability with EAP: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today. So this week another 2 New gTLD domain names were sold for 5 figures …
Read More ».ORG 2013 Report by PIR: 206,542 new domains, 2.6% growth, 40% of registrations are from overseas
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the increased growth of .ORG throughout 2013. The report reveals …
Read More »eNom and Tucows don’t use their official websites for domain name verifications
With the introduction of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) registrars are obligated to send whois verification emails to all domain name registrants. Inaccurate contact data may result in the suspension or termination of a …
Read More »No violation found for Ohio State USG campaign accused of failing to report a ‘malicious’ domain name purchase
The Lantern gave an update on case I was following about an Ohio State Undergraduate Student Government (USG) campaign that was accused of failing to report a campaign expense.The campaign was found not to have …
Read More »Sedo’s 2013 Market Study: 37,241 domains sold for $70.5m (53% of the domains were .com)
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its fiscal year 2013 Annual Domain Market Study, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. An …
Read More »Update on my Go Daddy trademark problem: Go Daddy is protecting me by exposing me
Yep Go Daddy has officially lost it. They actually think that they are protecting me by keeping a trademark New gTLD domain name, I never bought, active. Are you confused? Read on… Yesterday I made …
Read More »Bing: maybe you should pay for the “perfect” domain name (or not)
Bings’s webmaster blog posted an article on whether someone starting a new website should buy that “perfect” domain name. At the beginning of the article Bind acknowledges domaining because “Domains are, essentially, real estate.”. Many …
Read More »45% Of All New gTLD Domain Names Are Registered At Go Daddy (New gTLD Registrar Market Share)
Almost 45% of all New gTLD domain names are registered with Go Daddy, eNom comes second with 8,65%, Network Solutions is third with 8,44%, United Domains is 4th with 7,89% and Name.com is 5th with …
Read More »The 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) – What You Need to Know
Last summer, ICANN announced the 2013 RAA, which was created to foster transparency and accountability in the domain name industry. The RAA is the contract registrars sign with ICANN that outlines the rules they agree …
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