.US domain names have became subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy. Actually ICANN site on the URS specifically says that .US domain names are not subject to the URS Technically…
Author: Michael Berkens
Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.
.Wedding Winds Up With 1,254 Domain Registrations After It’s First Day Of General Availability
Minds + Machines launched .Wedding into general availability yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise…
Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site Using A New gTLD
Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to…
.Flowers Gets 24K+ Registrations; But Over 98% Are Registered By North Sound Names
Uniregistry launched .Flowers into general availability yesterday and ended the day with 24,194 registrations according to ntldstats.com However it appears that North Sound Names, owned by the principal of Uniregistry, registered over…
FastCompany Covers The New gTLD’s: Highlights Coffee.Club
Fast Company just gave some love to the new gTLD program with a using Coffee.club as one of the success stories “Instead of having only a few meaningless TLDs like .com, .net,…
EnCirca announces $39 Price For Matching .XXX, .Porn & .Adult Domains
The domain registrar EnCirca just published a press release with a very catchy title; “Here Comes More X-Rated Domains” EnCirca announced during the month of April, they are offering a $39 package covering…
ICANN Publishes Its Tax Return; Spends $46M In Salaries; $17M In Travel; Has $300M In Cash/Stocks
ICANN just published its tax return, Form 990, for the year ending June 30, 2014. ICANN Revenue decreased from the year earlier to $127 Million from $236 Million. However salaries & compensation…