The fTLD Registry announced on Twitter today that it has settle contention with Donuts and Radix the only other applicants for the new gTLD .Insurance and will be operating the very valuable string. The fTLD Registry also announced that On September 25, 2014, "fTLD registry was granted the right to operate the new gTLD .Bank", although the application from the other applicant Radix has not … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Cruise.Discount and Cruises.Discount Sells For $10,000
The new gTLD's Cruise.Discount and Cruises.Discount just sold in an auction on the site FreeMarket.com The pair of new gTLD domain names were sold together in one lot for $10,005. Here is how the description on the auction listing read: "Cruise.Discount Cruises.Discount I don't have to tell you on how profitable the Cruise Industry is and how much Companies love Cruise Domains. Every … [Read more...]
Name.Space is looking for your help to take on ICANN
Name.Space starts fund raising campaign to take on ICANN There is a campaign running on Rally.org to help Name.space take on ICANN. On the home page of their campaign it explains what the battle is all about, it seems like Name.space has been running an alternate route and feels like it has claim to .nyc, .sex and a whole host of other extensions. The company is looking to raise $75,000 and … [Read more...]
Bob Olea: “Any Domain Seized, Not Owned By Defendant Will Be Returned”
Good news for anyone who had domain names seized by Verisign as part of an ongoing case who are not related to the defendant in that case. The court appointed receiver Bob Olea sent me an email yesterday to the effect that domain that were not owned by the defendant of the case will be returned to their owners. We wrote about around 5,000 domain names that we seized by Verisign related to a … [Read more...]
FC Barcelona Loses Attempt To Grab The Domain Name: FCB.email
FC Barcelona just lost its attempt to score the domain name FCB.email away from Joerg Lindemer of Neuenburg, Germany in a Uniform Rapid Suspension proceeding (URS). The Football Association Premier League Limited did much better winning a UDRP on the new gTLD premierleague.club, (here is the link to that case) Here are the highlights of the FC Barcelona case in which the Examiner was Piotr … [Read more...]
CENTR – Myth & Fact: New gTLDs, Registries & Registrars
The Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries (CENTR) commissioned a study to look at the impact of new gtlds in the sales and the registar- registry relationships. Introduction: In August of 2014, CENTR commissioned Architelos to conduct a study documenting the new gTLD sales channel and registry-registrar dynamic. The goal of the study was to review the most prevalent beliefs and … [Read more...]
1st Official New gTLD Registry Purchase As Radix Acquires .Tech
Radix a new gTLD registry announce today that is has acquire the new gTLD .Tech The ICANN auction for .Tech was held last month with the winning bid of $6,760,000 being placed by dot Tech LLC, which is owned by the same principals of the company the operate the .UNO registry. The other applicants for .Tech were Donuts, Uniregistry, Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds + Machines) and Google … [Read more...]