Verisign the registry for the .TV registry is apparently taking back any expired new Two letter (LL.TV) .TV domain names as well as any two numbered (NN>TV) domain names.
Recently a domainer that had a back order on a two letter .Tv domain and a two numbered domain received this notice from Verisign:
“Thank you for contacting Verisign Support. I reached out to our Operations team to determine where they were in their investigation. They have a resolution for the issue prepared. However, the business team has concluded that both 13.TV and GM.TV will be placed into Reserved status upon their deletion.
They will not be able to be registered by any registrar once that takes effect.
They are reserving these domains at the registry level for use in specialized promotions aimed at generating significant brand awareness and adoption of the .tv tld.
I do apologize for the inconvenience, I know you wanted to register these names.””
You can now see that the domain names have in fact been taken back from the whois:
Domain Name: 13.TV
Domain ID: 108626603
Updated Date: 2013-12-25T04:04:39Z
Creation Date: 2013-12-25T04:04:39Z
Expiration Date: 2023-12-25T04:04:39Z
Sponsoring Registrar: .TV RESERVED DOMAINS
Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 9998
Domain Status: SERVER-UPDATE-PROHIBITED
Name Server: No nameserver
DNSSEC: Unsigned delegation
Could Verisign do the same thing with a two letter expired or a two numbered .net expired domain name?
What would stop them?
Modern day Gestapo.
This is what happens with the Government (ICANN) has too much power.
Mike
As .tv is a ccTLD Verisign would have a lot more flexibility in how they do things and wouldn’t be restricted in the same way as they are for gTLDs.
As for .net – you’d need to check their contract with ICANN to see if it’s covered or not. I *suspect* they’d have to submit an RSEP if they wanted to change something which isn’t covered by the current contract ..
Michele
Neustar is also doing that with double digit or letter .US domains.
Hello MHB,
R. E. = ” Could Verisign do the same thing with a two letter expired or a two numbered .net expired domain name?
What would stop them? ”
Glad you asked this question above, because its something all gTLD speculators need to look at. The obvious answer to your question lies in the supporting Extensions usership pedigree. If your extension is utilized by the Big Dog corporate powers the registrars will not attempt this.
.COM usership adoption by the Big Dog Multinationals are obvious untouchables No worries. Other gTLD wannabes and other extensions without the .COMs user base BEWARWE !
Supports our contention of the coming flight to the Safety and permanence of the .COM Franchise Business Model. Thanks for bringing this point up.
Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)
that doesnt make any sense Jeff.
I’m in the process of trying to transfer a 3 letter .TV from ENOM to another registrar because they are charging $49.99 for .TV re-newals and ENOM won’t let me…They say it’s because the domain has been designated a PREMIUM name and cannot be transferred EVER…It’s Criminal…