Domain Extensions

A regular meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN Board of Directors was held in London, England on 21 June 2014. The Committee engaged in a discussion concerning applications for several adult-oriented …

Following the recent launch of the new internet top-level domain .London and of the buydomains.london website for SMEs to obtain their .london domain names, Ben Crawford, CEO of buydomains.london parent company CentralNic has launched a …

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) prepares to launch “.Gongsi” (“.COM” in Chinese) and “.Wangluo” (“.NET” in Chinese), new Chinese-language top-level domains with IP Mirror. “Gongsi” and “Wangluo” are Chinese phonetic spellings to mean “Company” …

DomainHoldings.com announced the highest New gTLD sale to date. They sold, on behalf of the owner, the domain name Luxury.Estate For $50,000. The seller bought the domain name on the 5th day of EAP with …

.UK domains were launched by Nominet on the 10th of June. Today Nominet announced that these new, short .uk domains have passed the 100,000 registrations milestone, contributing to the biggest-selling month Nominet – the internet …

Namejet had a .Menu auction that featured 32 .menu domain names but none of them sold. 6 of the domains got at least the opening $69 bid but none of them reached the reserve. Proteindiet.menu …

.London says that they are expecting 50,000 applications until one month from now when .london will enter the launch phase. Those who have applied through the ICANN trademark clearing house will also be given priority. …

Google had a presentation on New gTLDs called “Who cares about new domain names? We do. If you want happy users, then you should too.” at the Google I/O in San Francisco. This is how …

With the Launch of the New .BAR New gTLD for Bars and Nightclubs, Domain Company Punto 2012 Commits to an Annual $10,000 Donation to the Meksiko School in Bar, Montenegro, until 2024. .BAR domain was …

Global registry services provider Afilias announced that July 22, 2014, is the sunrise start date for its newest generic top-level domain (gTLD): .BLACK. Following the close of sunrise, general availability is scheduled to commence on …

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.ARCHI started in the General Availability on June 16 and is the first new TLD using the registry system of the KSregistry GmbH as technical framework. Startingdot’s .ARCHI is the new top level domain exclusively …

Radix, the largest new gTLD applicant from Asia, announced the launch of .website, .press and .host with over 50 registrars on board including GoDaddy, Tucows, 1and1 and others. Sunrise for .website, .press and .host is …

The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in London, United Kingdom during the week of 21 of June 2014.  Sixty one (61) GAC Members attended the meetings and eight (8) Observers. The GAC expresses warm thanks to the local host for their support. High Level Governmental Meeting The GAC expressed its sincere appreciation to the United Kingdom for hosting the High Level Governmental Meeting on 23 June 2014. The meeting provided a valuable forum for Ministers and senior officials to emphasise to ICANN a range of important public policy concerns with regard to ICANN and the global internet governance ecosystem. It also enabled all parties to gain a clearer understanding of the role of governments in ICANN processes, including the GAC. 1. GAC‐Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Consultation Group The GAC agreed to proposals from the joint GAC‐GNSO Consultation Group to enable greater cooperation and coordination between GAC and the GNSO, and in particular: o Appointment of a GNSO liaison to the GAC for a one year pilot period, starting next meeting in Los Angeles; o Liaison support through existing GNSO Council policy development process (PDP) liaisons; o A survey of GAC members on possible mechanisms for early awareness of policy issues with public policy implications; o Further analysis of how GAC involvement in PDPs could be managed on a sustainable and workable basis.