As of 28 May 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Registrar: AsiaRegister, Inc. (IANA ID#1084) Address: 11/F., …
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Sedo sells 799 domains worth $1.26 million: 3dcity.com 29,500 USD, ChicagoBlues.com 14,750 USD -Week 13/5-19/5
Last week I forgot to do the Sedo sales report. Here it is: This week, 799 transactions (677 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.26 million ($1.15 last week). Only 256 domains (199 last week) were …
Read More ».GD, .TC and .VG TLDs are back online for registrations and transfers
.GD, .TC and .VG TLDS registrations and transfers are back online and available to the public. .gd is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Grenada, .vg is ccTLD for the British Virgin Islands and .tc is the ccTLD for Turks …
Read More »Afilias 4th premium .INFO auction coming at Sedo on May 29 (Wein.info, Musique.info, Physik.info, Futbol.info)
After the first 2 GoDaddy/Afilias auctions (See here the results of the 1st .info auction and the results of the 2nd .info auction) and the Namejet/Afilias auction, the next batch of premium .info domains moves once again to a …
Read More »Flooding The Domain Name Auctions Will Not Get You High Prices!
Flooding the domain name auctions, even if the domains are of top quality, will never produce the best results and the highest prices. These auctions will probably get the highest reseller prices at best. When …
Read More »New gTLD program posts 100 new Initial Evaluation results: 92 applications get a pass (total is 433)
The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. ICANN has ramped up the number of results to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. The total number of passing applications is now 433. ICANN released Initial …
Read More »Aftermarket.com starts offering domain name parking
Aftermarket.com, a domain name marketplace, announced that it will start offering domain name parking as well as being able to sell domains. By parking your domains on the Aftermarket nameservers, Aftermarket claims that you will …
Read More »1st week NameJet results of Tucows domains: Ballerinas.com $9,999, Hashish.com $8,300, Pounds.com $7,900
On May 15th NameJet announced a partnership with Yummy Names (owned by Tucows) to auction an exclusive list of 97 premium domain names. These domains are available exclusively at NameJet. Here are the results of the …
Read More »Afternic Partners With Directi, The Largest Asian Registrar
Afternic announced their partnership with Directi, the largest domain registrar in Asia and seventh-largest registrar in the world. Directi will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner, incorporating Afternic’s vast inventory of premium domains …
Read More »The .info domain flip: is it really possible? (finance.info sold 3 times in 6 months, Asbestos.info $6,750)
Afilias has auctioned off 300+ premium .info domains in the past 6 months and lately a lot of these domains are popping up in auctions or sales reports. I get a lot of questions from …
Read More »Applicant Responses to GAC Advice from the Beijing Communiqué have been made public by ICANN
In the GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) issued advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. My initial response was that this advice will derail the whole process. I don’t …
Read More »Porn.com buys Porn.xxx from ICM Registry
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, announced today that they have struck a deal with one of the most recognized companies in the online adult …
Read More »RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org UDRP complaints denied at WIPO
Both UDRP complaints for the domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org were denied today at the WIPO. The full decisions have not been published yet. More details on a post when the decisions are available to the …
Read More ».eu 2012 annual report: 3.7 million registered domain names and 5.4% annual growth
General Manager of the .eu registry EURid, Marc Van Wesemael, shares his views on changes in the domain market in the .eu 2012 annual report. “2012 was a very productive year for Europe’s top-level domain, …
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