ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. So far 57 domain names have been removed from this list and have been sold or a sale is pending. This week 2 …

Growth in the number of .nl domain names slowed considerably in 2012 and SIDN’s annual report says that this happened because there isn’t as much money to be made from domain name trading now. So was the lack of growth in .nl caused by domainers? I don’t think so. …

ICANN posted today for public comment the proposed agreements for renewal of the Registry Agreement for .INFO and for .BIZ. This proposals are a result of discussions between ICANN/Afilias Limited and ICANN/Neustar, Inc. respectively. After review of …

ICANN posted for public comment the proposed renewal agreements of the .INFO and .BIZ Registries. The new contracts will have a 6 year duration spanning up to 2019. Afilias Limited, the .info registry, and Neustar, the .biz registry, as per …

Highlights • US$10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors • Company strongly positioned to participate in upcoming gTLD auctions • Funds also to be used for launch and marketing of .london • TLDH has largest portfolio …

Nokta Domains announced that it sold 32 domains worth $75,000 in May. Nokta also announced that isleased 18 domains in May. Here is the list of the May domain name sales: 3dCrystal.com $7000 MaleEnhancementProducts.com $5000 UcakBileti.org $4999 Hailer.com $4200 Fitn.com $4000 GlobalExchanges.com $4000 UtilityTrailers.net $3875 GroupPhotography.com $3750 kbw.co.uk $3000 3dCrystals.com …

Sedo send me an email with the subject “Removal of domains with inactive DNS entries from Sedo” telling me that it will remove 486 domains from my account within 7 days unless I use active nameservers: “To ensure that …

Nokta Domains announced that it leased 18 domains in May from $30 to $250 per month. OrangeOil.comwas leased by a termite control company in Los Angeles while Politics.net was leased by multipinions.com. Except for these 2 domains the list mainly has Turkish terms in .com but a couple of .net …

Upon consultation with the Cooperative members, DENIC eG (the .de registry) has decided to introduce aRedemption Grace Period (hereinafter referred to as RGP) for the TLD .de. What does this mean? When a domain contract is terminated, the related .de domain will no …

Here are some of the most notable sales at Sedo during the past week. These are sales that were published after the latest Sedo report was released last Tuesday. Please find below the list of domain names …

This week, 623 transactions (799 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.19 million ($1.26 last week). Only 194 domains (256 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

ParkLogic announced today that it has appointed IP Neighborhood as its exclusive provider of domain name data. ParkLogic founder Michael Gilmour made the official announcement today, at the industry tradeshow TRAFFIC in Las Vegas. “We have …

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) send a letter to ICANN on the 13th of May 2013 regarding the blocking of the term “ISO” within gTLDs for the International Sugar Organization. The International Organization for Standardization …

As of 28 May 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Registrar: AsiaRegister, Inc. (IANA ID#1084) Address: 11/F., …