Domain Name News

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

ICANN selected Los Angeles, California for its 3rd 2014 meeting (ICANN 51). The North America meeting is going to be held on 12-17 October 2014. The 2014 Los Angeles ICANN Public meeting is designated as ICANN’s …

Dotster, MyDomain.com & Domain.com which are basically one company are hiking up .com domain name prices by $0.50 based on the .net, .org, .info and .biz price increases that are coming up in the next …

A report released today by Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX) found that billions in ad dollars likely go to waste when corporations with local branches invest in separate digital marketing campaigns with no centrally-controlled brand message. …

The Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) was approved by ICANN on the 18th of May to become the 5th UDRP provider. ICANN just published the agenda of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board …

Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. Each name was listed with No Reserve. The auctions ran from May 3rd to May 10th. Here are some …

This past week 3 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 3 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 66. WellPoint, …

The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 341. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers 350-400. There are …

Here are some of the most notable sales at Sedo during the past week. These are sales that were published after the latest Sedo report was released last Tuesday. Please find below the list of …

Some people say that I complain a lot. Maybe they are right but most of the times I have a reason to complain. I am a very active domainer and developer meaning that I buy …

Some people say that I complain a lot. Maybe they are right but most of the times I have a reason to complain. I am a very active domainer and developer meaning that I buy …