Konstantinos Zournas

I studied Computer Engineering and Computer Science in London, UK and I am now living in Athens, Greece. I went online in 1995, started coding in 1996 and began buying domain names and creating websites in 2000. I started the OnlineDomain.com blog in 2012.

Pool.com Doing Scheduled Maintenance June 14-15

Pool.com will be doing scheduled maintenance on June 14-15 so their website is going to be offline for 24 hours. Any closing auctions, or auctions scheduled to begin, will be postponed by 24 hours. Here is their notice: Between 20:00 GMT (4:00 PM EDT) on …

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Microsoft sends letter to ICANN about Google’s Dotless Domain to its .search gTLD

Microsoft sent a letter to ICANN about Google’s Proposed Dotless Domain to its .search gTLD.Microsoft expressed its continuing concern over Google’s proposed amendment  to run its gTLD application for .search as a “dotless” domain, as Microsoft strongly urges ICANN to follow the advice of the SSAC and ensure that dotless domains are only used in the private space. Microsoft said that “Google’s proposed amendment would interfere …

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Pocket Domain dropped 700+ .info domains from its Alfena registrar

Pocket Domain dropped 700+ .info domains from its Alfena registrar a few weeks back. Most of thedomains were registered during the 2003-2009 period. Most of the domains were owned by PocketDomain that used to run a small backorder service calledDropCatcher.Info (or DropCatcher.org). PocketDomain runs a few registrars like Alfena and PocketDomain. …

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Sedo Rolls Out Updates to the Buyer Control Panel But…

Sedo rolled out some updates to the “Buyer Control Panel” but this feels more like a bug fix than an update. Sedo’s goal was to make buying a domain name easier, so they just made some updates to theirBuyer Control Panel. Customers now have a more intuitive interface …

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.CO Registry Lists 1100 2-Character Premium Domain Names for Sale at GoDaddy

Effective immediately, the .CO Registry is listing its portfolio of two-character premium .CO domainnames for sale with GoDaddy.  The two-character .CO domain names are now available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket, and soon-to-be via the domain availability check on the front of the website, making these premium digital assets widely available to GoDaddy’s customer …

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ICANN accepts 9 items of the GAC’s Beijing advice on new gTLDs

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) met on 4 June 2013 and adopted a resolution accepting nine items of the GAC‘s Beijing advice with respect to New gTLD applications. The Resolution addresses most though not all of the GAC‘s non-Safeguard Advice and does not address any of the Safeguard Advice in Annex …

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