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In the past week (June 16 to June 22), 476 (520 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $0.9 million ($1m last week). Only 145 (177 last week) domains from …

Sometimes I get some comment that I think is priceless. I think that all people should read these comments and share them with the world. Yes, I am kidding about the sharing part… Here is …

I was avoiding Moniker for the most part of the past month. I had renewed all my June domains before their system change so I thought to remain calm by not logging into my account. …

.ARCHI started in the General Availability on June 16 and is the first new TLD using the registry system of the KSregistry GmbH as technical framework. Startingdot’s .ARCHI is the new top level domain exclusively …

Compared to last week’s sales, things cooled a bit on the sales-front this week at Flippa. But this week marks the arrival of new Flippa Exclusive Premium Domains: Scene.com, SUVs.com, Puddles.com and DessertRecipes.com. Movie.info is another …

Double report today as one of the past 2 weeks was a bit weak in sales. There were 16 domains sold in the first 3 Donuts EAP days for .events, .dating, .partners, .productions, .community, .cards, …

Radix, the largest new gTLD applicant from Asia, announced the launch of .website, .press and .host with over 50 registrars on board including GoDaddy, Tucows, 1and1 and others. Sunrise for .website, .press and .host is …

The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) met in London, United Kingdom during the week of 21 of June 2014.  Sixty one (61) GAC Members attended the meetings and eight (8) Observers. The GAC expresses warm thanks to the local host for their support. High Level Governmental Meeting The GAC expressed its sincere appreciation to the United Kingdom for hosting the High Level Governmental Meeting on 23 June 2014. The meeting provided a valuable forum for Ministers and senior officials to emphasise to ICANN a range of important public policy concerns with regard to ICANN and the global internet governance ecosystem. It also enabled all parties to gain a clearer understanding of the role of governments in ICANN processes, including the GAC. 1. GAC‐Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Consultation Group The GAC agreed to proposals from the joint GAC‐GNSO Consultation Group to enable greater cooperation and coordination between GAC and the GNSO, and in particular: o Appointment of a GNSO liaison to the GAC for a one year pilot period, starting next meeting in Los Angeles; o Liaison support through existing GNSO Council policy development process (PDP) liaisons; o A survey of GAC members on possible mechanisms for early awareness of policy issues with public policy implications; o Further analysis of how GAC involvement in PDPs could be managed on a sustainable and workable basis. Related Articles: ICANN To Give Governmental Advisory …

A survey of more than 3,000 Australians has found .au domain name registrations are on the rise, with 76% of all domain name holders choosing .au, an increase of 2% on last year. The survey …

Wix.com Ltd. (Nasdaq: WIX), a leading global web development platform, announced today that it is partnering with Google on the open beta launch of its new domain registration service, Google Domains. The product enables businesses …