DomainSponsor®, the online monetization business of Oversee.net® and organizer of the critically acclaimed DOMAINFest® series of conferences, announced that .CLUB will be the Platinum Sponsor for DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 …
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ICANN signs Nominet to act as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs
ICANN announced that Nominet recently signed an agreement to act as Emergency Back-End Registry Operator (EBERO) for new gTLDs. EBERO service providers offer an additional layer of protection to the Domain Name System (DNS). Should …
Read More »Brand owners unaware that the first New gTLDs have recently launched
Reed Smith, an international law firm, wrote an article on the upcoming explosion in the number of global top-level domains (“gTLDs”). They believe that the vast majority of the public, and even the majority of …
Read More »10,000 .photography domains registered in the first few hours of general availability
The real (no EAP) general availability started yesterday for 7 new gTLDs offered by Donuts: .camera .equipment .estate .gallery .graphics .lighting .photography .photography is leading the 7 New gTLDs with 10475 domain name registrations including …
Read More »What .com domains get to benefit from the New gTLD traffic leakage? (poll)
Part 1 Let’s say a New gTLD domain name (Domainname.Newgtld) is registered, developed and becomes pretty popular. Which .com domain name(s) get to benefit from the traffic leakage? It helps if you have a certain …
Read More ».Vegas Domain Names Available Summer 2014
Owning a .Vegas digital address will soon be a reality for anyone in the world with the recent finalization of the contract between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and Dot Vegas, …
Read More »Domains ibm.ventures and ibm.guru suspended in just 6 days after the URS complaint by IBM
The domain namess ibm.ventures and ibm.guru were suspended yesterday after the URS complaint by IBM. That is just 6 days after the URS complaint by IBM at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of …
Read More »10 more New gTLDs were delegated: .PRODUCTIONS, .VISION, .FOUNDATION, etc.
ICANN announced that on February 11th, 10 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 144 new gTLD strings. The 10 new gTLDs are: .CARDS, .FOUNDATION, .REVIEWS, .FUTBOL, .VISION, .CONDOS, .VILLAS, .PARTS, .PRODUCTIONS, .MAISON. …
Read More »‘Dot Dubai & Expo 2020’ seminar to be held at Dubai on March 12 (featuring .dubai and .abudhabi)
Experts will throw light on generic top level domains (GTLDs) – which represent the biggest revolution since the inception of the Internet – at a one-day seminar titled ‘Dot Dubai & Expo 2020’ (www.azna.com) to …
Read More »General Availability Starting Today: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology, .today
Donuts entered general availability for the following 7 New gTLDs today: .construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today. You can register a (.construction, .contractors, .directory, .kitchen, .land, .technology and .today) domain name using the …
Read More »IBM activates the Donut’s DPML block after filling a URS complaint for ibm.ventures and ibm.guru
IBM filed a URS complaint at the National Arbitration Forum on the 6th of February for 2 domain names: ibm.ventures ibm.guru This was the first URS complaint filled for any New gTLD domain name. Through …
Read More »And the big winner of the first New gTLDs is: ‘Guru.com’
Guru.com, a freelance marketplace, is the big winner from the first New gTLDs roll out in the past couple of weeks that included the .guru New gTLD. Up until now .guru is by far the …
Read More »Sedo and .CLUB Winter Sports Auction on February 19: Skate.club, Skiing.club, IceHockey.club
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, and .CLUB Domains have partnered to offer a Winter Sports Auction of never before released .CLUB domain names. Taking place February 19-26, this auction will include …
Read More »First Ever UDRP Complaint Filed For a New gTLD Domain Name: Canyon.Bike
The first ever UDRP complaint for a New gTLD domain name was filed today, February 11th, at WIPO. The UDRP complaint with WIPO Case Number D2014-0206 was filed by Canyon Bicycles GmbH, a German bicycle …
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