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Moniker.com Affiliate Summit Online Auction Closes Today

August 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

Moniker.com is holding an online auction through SnapNames.com for the Affiliate Summit Show.
All auctions close at 3:15pm EST through Snapnames, unless extended based on Snapnames normal bidding rules.
You can download the entire list of domains here:

According to moniker these are the top names of the several thousand up for auction:
247Flower.com
AffiliateForum.com
AutoRebates.com
CareerHelpers.com
CashInDaily.com
Clients.com
CreditCheck.us
FinancePlan.com
FindALender.com
FindBestJobs.com
GreatRepairs.com
LongDistanceProvider.com
LowDownPayments.com
Made-In-The-Usa.com
MortgageBanking.com
NameCash.com
NewCarPreview.com
OnlineDiscounts.com
OnlineRegistry.com
OrlandoHotelGuide.com
PcBuy.com
PriceComparison.us
QualifyMe.com
QuickBusinessCredit.com
RealEstateListed.com
RealEstateMortgages.com
RestaurantAffiliates.com
SaleFinder.com
SalesLeadProvider.com
SearchAffiliate.com
SellingTips.com
SmartPhoneGadgets.com
SpamClear.com
SpeakerStore.com
SportAffiliates.net
SuperSaving.com
ThinkAffiliate.com
TrafficForLease.com
TricksToSave.com
VacationDiscount.com
Warrantied.com
WirelessStore.com

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Tags: ICANN · Uncategorized

ICANN on DNS Flaws

August 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release today that it is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS).
ICANN also released an FAQ and an online tool for domain operators to test their domains.
According to ICANN no one organization can implement a fix […]

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Reminder: ICANN Comment Period Closes Sunday

August 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The period for ICANN accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements; those agreements registrars sign with ICANN, governing registrars conduct, is opened until August 4th.  Although ICANN is not clear exactly when the comment period closes if you want to comment you better do it on Sunday.
To comment on the […]

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ICANN Not Enforcing Rules Against Registrar Warehousing Because There Are No Rules

July 6th, 2008 · 8 Comments

One of the leading domain attorneys we all know and love sent me an e-mail today about my Post the other day concerning Domain Registrars which warehouse expired domains of their customers instead of releasing them into a drop or auction.
It seems that Paragraph 3.7.9 of the agreement between ICANN and the Regsitrars that we […]

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Tags: Domain Industry · ICANN

This is Your Chance to Tell ICANN How Registrars Should Act

June 30th, 2008 · 37 Comments

ICANN announced that it is now accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements, those agreements registrars sign with ICANN which in part, govern registrars conduct.
This is the time that you can send a clear message to ICANN that certain practice of registrars should be outlawed and let them know of any instances […]

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Tags: Domain Registrars · ICANN

Maybe Getting that New Domain Extension Won’t be That Easy

June 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Looking at the draft flow chart that ICANN has posted for the process of obtaining new extensions, it looks like it may not be a quick and easy process as the press described.
Certainly you can count next year out.
An extension can be knocked out by if it is “too similar to reserved names or existing […]

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Tags: ICANN · New Extensions

New Extension .CYM: That Wouldn’t Confuse Anyone, Would It?

June 29th, 2008 · 33 Comments

According to an article, New Whales is going for the .CYM extension for a Welsh websites.
South Wales West AM Bethan Jenkins said the ICANN annoucement:
“could, in effect, pave the way for the dotCYM domain name to be used for Welsh website addresses. It’s important that the world has access to everything that Wales has to […]

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Tags: ICANN · New Extensions

How Can A .xxx/.sex Extension Be OK Now?

June 28th, 2008 · 12 Comments

I have read hundreds of stories about ICANN voting to allow the creation of an unlimited amount of domain extensions in the mainstream media.  Each and everyone of these article talks about an adult extension .xxx/.sex or some other version as a foregone conclusion in terms of popularity among users and applicants.
The question is how […]

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Tags: Domain Industry · ICANN · Legal

Fight Against New Extensions

June 27th, 2008 · 37 Comments

This is a Guest Post by Seb

ICANN is opening the door to a huge mess for companies of all size, SMBs to Fortune 500.

Companies were used (should i say forced) to register their company name and brands in all new extensions ICANN would come up with : .eu / .mobi / .asia.

These are nothing but […]

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Tags: ICANN · New Extensions

ICANN Opens Flood Gates To New Extensions

June 26th, 2008 · 77 Comments

ICANN has unimously voted to allow an unlimited amount of new TLD’s, using any combination of letters and numbers, including non-Latin characters.
In CNN article annoucing the decision it states in part:
“””The decision could spell the end for traditional Web addresses ending .com and .org and country names like .jp or .fr with Web sites able […]

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Tags: Domain Industry · Domain Valuation · ICANN