Konstantinos Zournas, Author at OnlineDomain.com

Companies send letter to ICANN to avoid string contention set for .GED and .GEA

Two new gTLD applicants, GED Domains LLC and GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, have send a joint statement to ICANN explaining the reasons why the .GED and .GEA gTLD strings should not be placed in string contention …

Melbourne IT 2012 Report: 5% revenue decrease, Net profit after tax down 16%

MELBOURNE, Australia – 26 February 2013 – Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) today announced its full year results for the year ending 31 December 2012, reporting an 5% year-on-year decrease in revenue to $170.6 million and …

Wages.com sells for $41,000 – $40k+ seems to be a sweet spot at Namejet

Wages.com sold for $41,000 at Namejet today. The auction had 353 bids from 309 bidders. There were 7 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. The domain name was sold by Tucows.com. $40k+ seems to be a …

ICANN unveils Trademark Clearinghouse

On 26 March 2013, ICANN will unveil a global repository for trademark data, the first of its kind in the domain name space. The Trademark Clearinghouse will enable companies and individuals to protect their trademarks, …

FairWinds criticizing GM’s decision to withdraw new gTLDs while it’s client does the same

FairWinds Partners consulting firm has written a blog post criticizing General Motors’ decision to withdraw three of its five new gTLD applications. GM withdrew 2 new gTLD applications last week and another one the week …

StubHub Inc. files UDRP complaint for 123 domain names at WIPO

StubHub Inc., that is owned by Ebay, filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The complaint was filed for 123 domain names, all relating to StubHub. All are StubHub.com typos such …

4 new gTLDs withdrawn including .CADILLAC, .CHEVROLET and .TRANSFORMERS

This past week 4 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. All 4 were brand new gTLDs. General Motors LLC withdrew 2 more gTLDs after …

There are still problems on the road to a multilingual Internet

Ambitions to create a genuinely multilingual Internet are being frustrated by technical gridlocks and the solid dominance of Latin script and the English language. Internet domains offering content in local languages and scripts need to …

How to avoid any WordPress character encoding problems in your blog

A few days back I wrote how I almost lost my blog while it was hosted on WordPress hosting at Go Daddy. I was lucky and got all my files, and within a few hours …

.biz 10% price increase coming on September 1st 2013

Today, February 22 2013, Neustar Inc. announced to all of the .biz accredited registrars and ICANN that they will be increasing the annual wholesale .BIZ domain registry fee, effective September 1, 2013, following the required …

ICM Registry sells 3 .xxx domains including Vids.xxx for $10,230

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. So far 54 domain names have been removed from this list and have been sold or a sale is …

DomainNameSales.com (Internet Traffic) New Escrow.com Intergration

DomainNameSales.com has added a new “Escrow Integration” tab in the “Settings” section at Internet Traffic accounts. This allows DNS to integrate with Escrow.com for quicker, easier closing with your buyers. The New “Escrow Integration” tab …

ICANN Terminates “Bargin Register” Registrar Accreditation After Failing to Keep Accurate Whois

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Bargin Register, Inc. on the 20th of February 2013. Bargin Register, Inc.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names …

Pre-Beijing 46 “ICANN Policy Update” Webinar

ICANN meetings are held three times each year in different regions of the globe to enable attendees from around the world to participate in person. ICANN 46 is being held on 7-11 April 2013 at …