Domain Name News

Afternic and Go Daddy published their combined weekly domain name sales. The total sales for week 1-27-14 to 2-2-14 were $1.954.130 . It seems that some domains from last week were reported once again in …

The real (no EAP) general availability started today for 7 new gTLDs offered by Donuts.co: .holdings, .ventures, .singles, .plumbing, .bike, .guru, .clothing About 19,000 new gTLD domain names were registered in the first few hours …

Sedo just announced today the sale of the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com for $150,000 USD. The domain CornerstoneHomes.com was registered in 1996. Two construction companies with similar names, one from Florida and one from Washington state, …

I checked out the zone files from the 7 new gTLDs that completed sunrise and went into general availability (Early Access Program (EAP) for the first week) and here are the results. I must say …

A one member panel at WIPO denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name StableTable.com today. The Complainant was Hedera AB of Lund, Sweden, represented by Advokatbyrån Gulliksson AB, Sweden. The Respondent was Support Desk, …

Donuts enters general availability for the following new gTLDs today: .camera .equipment .estate .gallery .graphics .lighting .photography. This is the 2nd batch of 7 new gTLDs following last week’s release of .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS …

A UDRP complaint for the domain name insurance.pro was denied at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant was Christopher Copeland, represented by John M. Bray of Moreno & Bray Law Firm, Texas, USA.  Respondent was Michael …

ICANN vice president Cyrus Namazi gave an interview on BBC Television in the UK and described the new gTLD program as, “One of the most profound changes in the history of the internet” and said …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Asadal, Inc. from South Korea on the 30th of January 2014. The registrar holds about 20000 domain names. As of 30 January 2014, Asadal, Inc.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement …

Today, Calzone (www.Calzone.org) launches the first dynamic calendar for tracking the various stages of every new top-level-domain extension. Calzone is a free productivity tool that was designed to help trademark lawyers, marketing managers and business …

The domain names DomainName.guru and DomainNames.guru were registered today for $175 each at registrar Name.com.The 2 domains were part of a poll I ran last week asking how much one would pay for the domains. …

A press release from FairWinds Partners announced the Beyond the Dot 2014 new top-level domain conference that is going to be held on February 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Would you attend a new gTLD …

A few days back Discretion.com was introduced, by Francois Carrillo as an anonymous email service. Then I got an email from Discretion.com. I clicked on the link inside thinking it was a promotional message from Francois …

ICANN‘s Nominating Committee (NomCom) invites interested individuals to submit applications and candidate recommendations from the Internet community for key leadership positions to fulfill ICANN‘s technical and policy coordination role. Interested individuals are invited to submit …