LogicBoxes is pleased to announce the partnership with I-Content Ltd., based out of Germany, to initiate the implementation of end-to-end Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs .RICH and .ONL. .RICH is a New gTLD extension that caters to a global community of high net worth individuals and the companies that support them. .ONL (the official … [Read more...]
Godaddy 15%+ .LONDON domains registered outside of the UK; US & Germany Are 8%
According to a press release from Godaddy over 15% of .LONDON domains that were registered through GoDaddy came from outside of the UK. 5.9% of all .London domains registered by Godaddy were registered by people in the United States and 1.9 percent were registered by people or businesses in Germany. Stefano Maruzzi, VP of GoDaddy EMEA, says: “These figures show that London is one of the … [Read more...]
Registry Of New gTLD .OOO Predicts 35,000 Sunrise Domains & 1-2 Million Registrations In 6-12 Months
The Registry for the new gTLD ‘.ooo’ (Dot-Triple Letter O) by Ahmedabad-based IT firm Infibeam.com which "is aimed at providing alternate domain registration solutions to those who have failed to locate their brand name or business names on .com domain, has some pretty lofty goals for the extension. The registry is predicting 35,000-40,000 trademark registrations and over the next 6-12 months … [Read more...]
Donuts Beats Amazon To .Video & Wins .Money, .Sale, & .Legal In Private Auctions
In a set of private new gTLD auctions held last week Donuts has won at least 4 of them, beating out Amazon Uniregistry, Minds + Machines for the new gTLD .Video (Google did not apply for .Video, but did apply for .Tube). We should also note their was no new gTLD application submitted for .Videos. If Amazon, Uniregistry or Minds + Machines had applied for the plural .Videos, which arguably is a … [Read more...]
CentralNic Issues Interim Results For 6 Months Ending June 30, 2014
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Key Points: · CentralNic has seen steady growth in its wholesale ("Registry") business, against a background of delays in new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) and early demand levels across the industry falling short of industry expectations. · CentralNic has continued investment in the development … [Read more...]
ICANN: Looks Like 2nd Round Of New gTLD Won’t Open For At Least 4 Years
ICANN released tonight a 27 page report entitled the "New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments Draft Work Plan" (Draft Work Plan) which lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period for the New gTLD Program, taking into account the assessments anticipated in development of the Program." "As of this writing, 404 new gTLDs have been delegated. A total of 1,168 … [Read more...]
Accent Media Limited Win Private Auction For .Tickets Beating Donuts, Famous Four, 2 Others
According to a press release we received overnight, a British company, Accent Media Limited, won the private auction for the new gTLD .Tickets beating Donuts, Famous Four Media, Shubert Internet, Inc., and Afilias. According to the PR, "The company will offer domain names to approved organisations to provide safer online ticket sales with the intention to establish the “.tickets” top-level … [Read more...]