Domain Name News

ICANN announced the appointment of Allen Grogan as Chief Contract Compliance Officer, overseeing Contract Compliance and Safeguards. But some really important numbers were revealed in the press release. “The workload of ICANN’s contractual compliance team …

As of December 8, 2014, it will be possible to register a domain name consisting of only one or two alphanumeric character(s) under the .fr. .Fr is the ccTLD of France. The opening will take …

A lot of sales yesterday. There were 3 5-figure and 12 4-figure domain sales. The sale of KorsVodka.com for $750,000 was a fake. Media around the world are attacking the Ebola.com owners (and their mothers…). …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME) announced today it will launch 11 additional Top Level Domains (TLDs) by the end of 2014, bringing its in-market portfolio to 28. “The diverse group of TLDs is expected to appeal …

IoN Magazine (Standing for ‘Internet of Names’) is a new magazine dedicated to the domain name system industry. It provides the latest news, views, reviews, a quintessential guide to ICANN conferences – and occasionally hopes …

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has updated their New gTLD tool at ChineseLandrush.com that helps non-Chinese speakers to understand and invest in Chinese domains. At ChineseLandrush.com, …

Research from 1&1 Internet of 1,000 New York City consumers revealed New Yorker perceptions and expectations for the new .nyc domains. Some Key Findings: 82% of NYC consumers experience frustration when trying to find a …

Yesterday there was a press release, that a few blogs reproduced, that reported that KorsVodka.com sold for $750,000. Was the sale real? Absolutely not! I was originally intrigued by the “last updated” date on whois …

Day three of ICANN51 witnessed the 2186th participant check-in to the Los Angeles meeting. This makes ICANN51 the third most attended event in the past two years. Yesterday’s sessions included ICANN Board meetings with various …

Popcorn Time App, Branded as the “Netflix for Pirates,” lost control of its domain name last Thursday. Time4popcorn.eu was suspended by the EURid registry. According to an email sent by EURid the registry explains that …

Media around the world are attacking the Ebola.com owners (and their mothers…). What do you think? ICANN 51 started On Sunday. Check out the video recap from Monday here. Click here to see domain sale …

This week 2 New gTLDs enter General Availability, 5 New gTLD enters the EAP General Availability and 1 string enters the landrush phase. .Okinawa enters general availability on the 14th of October. Okinawa prefecture is …

Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, addressing attendees at the opening ceremony of ICANN’s 51st public meeting in Los Angeles, declared unwavering support for the United States government’s decision to transfer stewardship of the IANA functions to …

ISNIC, the .is registry, has suspended domains that were used for the website of a known terrorist organisation (Islamic State, ISIS). .IS is the ccTLD of Iceland. The majority of ISNIC’s board made this decision …