ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar C I Host, Inc. on the 1st of March 2013. CI Host website at cihost.com does not resolve, there are no working telephone …
Read More »Not everything is about .COM
.COM is king but not everything is about .com. There are still many opportunities in other gTLDs and ccTLDs. I had an intense 24 hours in domaining and my day didn’t involve too much of …
Read More »EURid will attend “eShow Barcelona” in Spain on 13-14 March 2013
EURid, the .eu registry, will attend eShow Barcelona in Spain on 13-14 March 2013 to promote .eu as a valuable online asset to more than 8 000 e-commerce professionals and to further raise the top-level …
Read More »Objection Period for New gTLDs Closing 13 March 2013
Objections to new gTLD strings must be submitted by 13 March 2013 at 23:59:59 UTC in order to be considered by Dispute Resolution Service Providers (DRSPs). The objection process is intended to afford businesses, individuals, …
Read More »ICANN seeking comments for the “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution” to serve as a UDRP provider
ICANN is seeking for comments on the revised proposal of the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to serve as a UDRP dispute resolution service provider. “Arab Center for Dispute Resolution’s Proposal to Serve as …
Read More »Go Daddy Auctions sells 34,132 domains – XE.co sold for $37,500 and ChillerSystems.com sold for $18,000
Go Daddy sold 34,132 domains in February 2013. That is less than the 35,803 domains that were sold in January but February was 3 days shorter. 54% (52% in January) of the sales were from auctions, …
Read More »ICANN terminates “Power Brand Center Corp.” registrar accreditation after failing to pay accreditation fees
ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Power Brand Center Corp. on the 28th of February 2013. Power Brand Center Corp.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned …
Read More »Tucows Announces $10 Million Stock Buyback Program
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program (the “Share Repurchase”) to repurchase from time to time up to $10 million of its common stock …
Read More »EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names 2012
The 2012 World report on IDNs deployment was presented during the UNESCO WSIS + 10 event in Paris on the 26th of February. “EURid-UNESCO World report on Internationalised Domain Names deployment 2012” is available and you …
Read More ».org 2012 Report: total domains up 4.3%, net gain 416,301 registrations to reach 10.1 million
Public Interest Registry, the .org registry, released a report revealing continued growth of the .ORG domain name. Some of the key findings of the report include the following: New .ORG registrations increased by 11.9 percent …
Read More »Marchex 2012 Report: $6.3 million domains sold, revenue down by $9 million
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) reported yesterday its results for the quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2012. Full Year 2012 Consolidated Financial Results Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $138.3 million, …
Read More »Did the buyer of the domain Mobile.xxx also buy Mobil.xxx or not?
ICM Registry announced on the 4th of February the sale of the domain name Mobile.xxx to a European mobile experts SGM Media GmbH, the “SexGoesMobile” company. The domain was sold for $160,000 and ICM Registry …
Read More ».eu Registrar Satisfaction Survey 2012 Results (infographic)
EURid, the .eu registry, announced today the results of the latest registrar satisfaction survey. The most important finding of the survey is that 94% of the registrars that took part were either satisfied or extremely …
Read More »Nominet delays “Direct.uk”: looking for a revised proposal
Nominet announced today, 27 February 2013, that following its Board meeting yesterday, it will not proceeding with their original proposal on ‘direct.uk’ but will respond to feedback by looking at whether a revised proposal will …
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