Namejet released it’s auction sales report for February 2013. Only domain names that were sold for over $2,000 are listed, Namejet was unable to provide a list of domains that sold for lower amounts. The …
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EURid publishes .eu identity magazine for Spring 2013
EURid just published “.eu identity” magazine for Spring 2013. The latest issue has some interesting articles such as the one where Digital strategist, William Deckers, reveals five unique advantages that Internet businesses have over their …
Read More »Updated Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Procedure and Rules
An updated version of the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) Procedure [PDF, 168 KB] and the URS Rules are now available for download. Last month ICANN apointed the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) as the first URS provider. …
Read More »Sears files UDRP complaint for 96 domain names at NAF
Sears filed a UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The complaint was filed for 96 domain names, all relating to Sears or Sears services such as: searcad.com …
Read More »ICANN’s new Expired Registration Recovery Policy in effect by 31 August 2013
ICANN announced the implementation of the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (“ERRP”). All ICANN-accredited registrars and gTLD registries are required to comply with the Expired Registration Recovery Policy by no later than 31 August 2013. This …
Read More »Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was moved from the consent agenda to the main agenda at the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board
ICANN just published the Approved Board Resolutions for the Special Meeting of the ICANN Board that was held on the 28th of February. “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve as UDRP Provider” was …
Read More »UDRP complaint for WeKnowMemes.com denied by 3 member panel while UrbanHome.com gets transferred
UDRP complaint for WeKnowMemes.com was denied by 3 member panel at WIPO while the domain UrbanHome.com was transferred as the owner didn’t ask for a 3 member panel and got a crazy decision in return. …
Read More »ICANN String Similarity Results for IDN Strings
In an announcement on 26 February 2013, ICANN published a list of string similarity contention sets wherein two or more applied-for gTLD strings are identical or so nearly resemble one another visually that they are …
Read More »NameJet and Afternic Chosen as Platforms to Bring .MENU to Market
WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet, the leading domain name auction platform, and Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, …
Read More »Sedo latest sales: WeddingInsurance.com 50,000 USD, Nellcote.com 9,500 USD, BabyShop.cn 6,800 USD, etc.
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 domain names …
Read More »ICANN terminates “C I Host, Inc.” registrar accreditation because it has no website, no office and doesn’t pay accreditation fees
ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar C I Host, Inc. on the 1st of March 2013. CI Host website at cihost.com does not resolve, there are no working telephone …
Read More »Not everything is about .COM
.COM is king but not everything is about .com. There are still many opportunities in other gTLDs and ccTLDs. I had an intense 24 hours in domaining and my day didn’t involve too much of …
Read More »EURid will attend “eShow Barcelona” in Spain on 13-14 March 2013
EURid, the .eu registry, will attend eShow Barcelona in Spain on 13-14 March 2013 to promote .eu as a valuable online asset to more than 8 000 e-commerce professionals and to further raise the top-level …
Read More »Objection Period for New gTLDs Closing 13 March 2013
Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC in order to be considered by Dispute Resolution Service Providers (DRSPs). The objection process is intended to afford businesses, individuals, …
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