An independent report commissioned by ICANN, Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions, has offered a set of concrete recommendations on how to mitigate potential risks of domain name collisions A name collision occurs when an attempt to resolve a name used in a private name space results in a query to the public Domain Name System (DNS). "This report takes an in-depth look at the … [Read more...]
Here Are The .Sexy Brands: Google, Chrysler; BWM; Godaddy; Rolex; Microsoft; Durex; Viagra
I just looked over the zone file for .Sexy to discover the brand holders that registered .Sexy domains. For one observation there are plenty of URS to come in .Sexy domains registered today. Godaddy which doesn't carry .sexy domain names, got Godaddy.sexy. The best brand registration in the extension in our opinion was viagra.sexy The brand that seemed to get the most .sexy domains … [Read more...]
Minds+Machines Wins Private Auction For .Wedding Loses .Green Costing a Net of Over $2.3M
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won won the private auction for the new gTLD .Wedding and lost the auction for .Green The net cost of securing .Wedding after losing .Green was $2,321,300.00 The figure quoted includes funds it will receive from its unsuccessful participation in the auction of the .GREEN domain name as well as a rebate from ICANN for its … [Read more...]
Godaddy Is Not Bringing .Sexy Back; Nor Are 9 Of The Top 10 Registrars
Tomorrow Frank Schilling's Uniregistry is launching their first 2 new gTLD extensions .Sexy and .Tattoo however if you want to register one you won't be able to do it at Godaddy.com Godaddy.com is not carrying Uniregistry strings at the moment, nor is NetworkSolutions.com or Register.com which are part of Web.com (WWWW) or 1and1.com or UnitedDomains.com which are part of the same parent company … [Read more...]
RightoftheDot.com Resolves Contention On New gTLD .One In Single Sealed Bid Auction
RightOfTheDot™, LLC, one of the most well-known domain industry auction Internet consulting and advisement firms, announced today that they and their partner Escrow.com, have facilitated the contention set auction of the new gTLD Web address “.One,” which is expected to be one of the most sought-after new TLD (Top Level Domain) properties on the Internet. The winning bidder for the new … [Read more...]
Your.Tattoo: The 100 Domains Uniregistry Reserved For .Tattoo
The 100 domain names Frank Schilling Uniregistry reserved for its own use are now in the zone file. Most of the domains clearly relate to the operation and promotion of the .Tattoo registry However some of the domains are some of the best brandable domains the registry has like Geta.tattoo, iwanta.tattoo and Your.Tattoo. A few like rent.tattoo; finance.tattoo and lease.tattoo are pretty … [Read more...]
No Privacy or Proxy Registrations For .NYC New gTLD Domain Names
This week during the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference held in Washington, Jeff Neuman of Neustar, laid out some more interesting information about the new .NYC extension which Neustar will be running in cooperation with the city of New York. Domaininvesting.com covered some basic eligibility a few days ago, including that a registrant be an entity, business or resident who has a physical … [Read more...]