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I know everyone says that new gTLDs bring more choice to the end users but it seems to me that end-users need to learn a lot more about domain names in general before jumping on …

Afternic and Go Daddy published their combined weekly domain name sales. The total sales for week 1-27-14 to 2-2-14 were $1.954.130 . It seems that some domains from last week were reported once again in …

The real (no EAP) general availability started today for 7 new gTLDs offered by Donuts.co: .holdings, .ventures, .singles, .plumbing, .bike, .guru, .clothing About 19,000 new gTLD domain names were registered in the first few hours …

Sedo just announced today the sale of the domain name CornerstoneHomes.com for $150,000 USD. The domain CornerstoneHomes.com was registered in 1996. Two construction companies with similar names, one from Florida and one from Washington state, …

I checked out the zone files from the 7 new gTLDs that completed sunrise and went into general availability (Early Access Program (EAP) for the first week) and here are the results. I must say …

A one member panel at WIPO denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name StableTable.com today. The Complainant was Hedera AB of Lund, Sweden, represented by Advokatbyrån Gulliksson AB, Sweden. The Respondent was Support Desk, …

Donuts enters general availability for the following new gTLDs today: .camera .equipment .estate .gallery .graphics .lighting .photography. This is the 2nd batch of 7 new gTLDs following last week’s release of .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS …

A UDRP complaint for the domain name insurance.pro was denied at the National Arbitration Forum. Complainant was Christopher Copeland, represented by John M. Bray of Moreno & Bray Law Firm, Texas, USA.  Respondent was Michael …

ICANN vice president Cyrus Namazi gave an interview on BBC Television in the UK and described the new gTLD program as, “One of the most profound changes in the history of the internet” and said …

ICANN sent a notice of termination of registrar accreditation agreement for the registrar Asadal, Inc. from South Korea on the 30th of January 2014. The registrar holds about 20000 domain names. As of 30 January 2014, Asadal, Inc.’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement …