Domain Name News

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. This week 25 more domains have been sold (whois has not been updated). The total sales value of the …

Demand Media announced that is getting a new look and a new logo. Changes will appear on their corporate website first and then at the consumer sites. Demand Media said: “Our new logo is all …

ICANN’s President and CEO Fadi Chehadé tried to reassure everyone at the CEO Roundtable series that the new gTLD program will continue on the planned timeline. While the topic of the roundtable was not the …

The domain name Helios.net was sold at Sedo for $5,000. Whois has not been updated so the owner is not yet known. Helios is Greek for sun. The interesting part is that the domain dropped on the …

Neustar set up website monitors on over 25 of the top Super Bowl advertisers’ websites, gauging website performance every 10 minutes from Washington, DC and San Francisco. Those sites were: Anheuser Busch Audi Best Buy …

Barack Obama’s “Organizing For Action” filed a cybersquatting complaint at the National Arbitration Forum. The complaint was filed for two domain names: OrganizingForAction.com OrganizingForAction.org The UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint with case …

ICANN is asking for comments on “Closed Generic” gTLD Applications and the comment period opened yesterday 5 February 2013. ICANN is seeking public comment on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific …

Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), the .biz .us and .co registry among other things, announced results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 and provided guidance for 2013. Revenue increased 34% to $831.4 million in …

The New gTLD Program Committee has received correspondence from the community addressing “closed generic” TLDs and understands that members of the community term a “closed generic” TLD as a TLD string that is a generic …

Tumblr, Inc. has filed 9 separate UDRP complaints at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. All complaints were filed in the past 2 weeks and all 9 disputed domains appear to be typos of Tumblr.com. …

ICANN is seeking comments on a revised New gTLD Registry Agreement Including Additional Public Interest Commitments Specification and the comment period opened yesterday 5 February 2013. ICANN is seeking public comment on a revised draft of …

In a letter dated 31st of January 2013 Microsoft asked ICANN to consider requiring applicants for closed generic TLDs to either open the TLD or withdraw for a full refund. Microsoft expressed their concern, similar …

ICANN sent a notice of breach to Israeli registrar Black Ice Domains. As of 5 February 2013, Black Ice Domains, Inc. is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for …

This week, 831 transactions (715 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.63 million ($1.42 last week). Only 257 domains (235 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …