ICANN is seeking for comments on the revised proposal of the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to serve as a UDRP dispute resolution service provider. “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve as …
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 34,132 domains – XE.co sold for $37,500 and ChillerSystems.com sold for $18,000
Go Daddy sold 34,132 domains in February 2013. That is less than the 35,803 domains that were sold in January but February was 3 days shorter. 54% (52% in January) of the sales were from auctions, …
Read More »ICANN terminates “Power Brand Center Corp.” registrar accreditation after failing to pay accreditation fees
ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Power Brand Center Corp. on the 28th of February 2013. Power Brand Center Corp.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned …
Read More »Tucows Announces $10 Million Stock Buyback Program
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program (the “Share Repurchase”) to repurchase from time to time up to $10 million of its common stock …
Read More »EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names 2012
The 2012 World report on IDNs deployment was presented during the UNESCO WSIS + 10 event in Paris on the 26th of February. “EURid-UNESCO World report on Internationalised Domain Names deployment 2012” is available and you …
Read More ».org 2012 Report: total domains up 4.3%, net gain 416,301 registrations to reach 10.1 million
Public Interest Registry, the .org registry, released a report revealing continued growth of the .ORG domain name. Some of the key findings of the report include the following: New .ORG registrations increased by 11.9 percent …
Read More »Marchex 2012 Report: $6.3 million domains sold, revenue down by $9 million
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) reported yesterday its results for the quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2012. Full Year 2012 Consolidated Financial Results Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $138.3 million, …
Read More »Did the buyer of the domain Mobile.xxx also buy Mobil.xxx or not?
ICM Registry announced on the 4th of February the sale of the domain name Mobile.xxx to a European mobile experts SGM Media GmbH, the “SexGoesMobile” company. The domain was sold for $160,000 and ICM Registry …
Read More ».eu Registrar Satisfaction Survey 2012 Results (infographic)
EURid, the .eu registry, announced today the results of the latest registrar satisfaction survey. The most important finding of the survey is that 94% of the registrars that took part were either satisfied or extremely …
Read More »Nominet delays “Direct.uk”: looking for a revised proposal
Nominet announced today, 27 February 2013, that following its Board meeting yesterday, it will not proceeding with their original proposal on ‘direct.uk’ but will respond to feedback by looking at whether a revised proposal will …
Read More »Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) headed to be the 5th UDRP provider?
ICANN published the Agenda for the “ICANN Special Board Meeting” that is being held on the 28th of February. Included in the “consent agenda” is the topic “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve …
Read More ».info price increases by 10% to $8.16 on September 1st 2013
Yesterday, February 26 2013, Afilias Limited send a notice to ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .INFO domain registry fee to $8.16 (including the ICANN fee), effective September 1, 2013, following the required …
Read More »My 4-figure domain name purchases at auctions in 2012
Here is a list of my 4 figure domain name purchases at drop/expired auctions in 2012. I also buy domains from other venues like Sedo or Buy Domains and directly from the domain name owners …
Read More »Ron Paul splits original UDRP complaint for RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org into 2 separate complaints
Ron Paul split the original UDRP complaint for the domains RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org into 2 separate complaints, one for each domain name. Ron Paul originally filed a cybersquatting UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization …
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