Donuts, the largest applicant for new gTLDs, made a blog post where it published some stats about it’s new gTLD applications so far. They also said that they have 100 Accredited registrars on board but …
Read More »New gTLDs
Amazon.com and it’s perverted sense of reality about .Amazon new gTLD
Amazon.com send a letter to ICANN on the 10th of January 2014 as a follow up to the letter from the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Peru. The letter was regarding the Amazon.com pending …
Read More »16 more New gTLDs went live: .CLUB, .PHOTO, .GIFT, .RED, .LINK, etc.
ICANN announced that on January 18th, 16 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 107 new gTLD strings. The 16 new gTLDs are: .CLUB, .BUILD, .PICS, .PINK, .LUXURY, .PHOTO, .GIFT,.网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese …
Read More »Sedo: “Zournas.guru” – Zournas: “No.thanks!”
Sedo just send me an email with the personalized subject: “Zournas.guru – New Domain Extensions are here” Well, all I could say when I saw the email was: “No.thanks!” Yesterday I posted my New gTLD …
Read More »New gTLD Ranking – Domain name registrations and overall domain investing potential
I created a ranking system for all gTLDs, old and new, so I can place the new gTLDs in this ranking system as they come out. This way I can have a reference as to …
Read More »Trademark Clearinghouse: 23.024 marks submitted from 82 countries
The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) created a dedicated page on which monthly updates on the statistics of the Clearinghouse will be published. So far 23.024 marks have been submitted from 82 countries and 108 jurisdictions. 88,7% …
Read More ».CLUB was delegated today at www.nic.club: Land Rush begins in March and General Availability in May
.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced today that its new “.CLUB” domain has been delegated by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and …
Read More »ICANN Business Constituency: allowing both singular and plural of the same TLD will be an embarrassing mistake
The ICANN Business Constituency sent a letter to the New gTLD Program Committee on December 20th 2013 asking them to reconsider allowing both singular and plural forms of the same TLD string. The ICANN Business …
Read More »Symantec: SSL Certificates are at risk because of New gTLDs like .corp or .secure
Symantec, a computer security, antivirus, backup and SSL provider, wrote an article about the effect that new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will have on SSL certificates. There are already many new gTLDs that have been …
Read More »New gTLD Applicants Respond to Buenos Aires GAC Advice
During ICANN 48 in Buenos Aires, the Governmental Advisory Committee issued further advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. GAC Advice was intended to identify applications that are “problematic,” e.g., that …
Read More »Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH): 24 uncontested new gTLDs on track, 43 private auctions coming up
Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) provided an update on the progress of its uncontested gTLD applications, Minds + Machines’ OPEN Priority Reservation programme and the private auction process. Progress of uncontested TLDH and client …
Read More »8 more New gTLDs went live: .SOCIAL, .AGENCY, .DANCE, .MARKETING etc.
ICANN announced that on January 14th, 8 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 91 new gTLD strings. The 8 new gTLDs are .ZONE, .CHEAP, .MARKETING, .DEMOCRAT, .SOCIAL, .AGENCY, .MODA and .DANCE. Check …
Read More »ICANN’s Infographic for New gTLDs (Trademark Protections)
ICANN’s new infographic provides a high-level explanation of the Rights Protection Mechanisms that Trademark holders and their representatives can use to combat infringement during the Domain Name System expansion. New gTLD Program Rights Protection Mechanisms …
Read More »Sedo Tops Domain Industry Sales Charts in 2013 with Jobs.ca $450k, DJI.com $300k etc.
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, maintained its market leading position in 2013, according to the Top 100 Domain Sales Chart as published by the domain industry publication, DN Journal. With 34 …
Read More »