Godaddy has been changing their home page quite a bit over the last couple of months, with one blogger noticing that all references to new gTLD's were dropped altogether from the home page 10 days ago. Look at Godaddy.com today and new gTLD's have taken over the home page, the entire home page above the fold. The fact that Godaddy is pushing hard on the new gTLD's isn't surprising … [Read more...]
.Guru Domains Already For Sale; P*ssy.guru For $20K Anyone?
As the last day of general availability ended yesterday, we know that .Guru was the big winner so far with over 12,000 domain registrations. Not surprisingly just one day after general availability started for new gTLD domain name registrations, new gTLD domain have already started to hit the aftermarket. Over at eBay.com the domain name pussy.guru is priced at at Buy it Now of … [Read more...]
Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s
Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 registrars – including GoDaddy, Web.com, 1&1 and Host Europe, and Rightside affiliates eNom and Name.com have signed registrar agreements with Rightside Registry, … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10’s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN's history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN rules if there is more than one applicant for a particular domain name extension or string otherwise known as a new gTLD,(including those strings found … [Read more...]
European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy
The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is "deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the protection of public policy interests, competition, openness and innovation." "ICANN should implement Auction Rules that are consistent with its Bylaws, … [Read more...]
Day 1 Donuts Trademark Review: Only 12 of 28 Top Brands Bought The Donuts Block (DPML)
According to the WorldtrademarkReview.com, (WTR) only 12 of the 28 top public companies the publication tracked apparently purchased the Donuts’ domain protected marks list (DPML) trademark blocking product. 7 New gTLD strings all by Donuts went live yesterday. .bike, clothing, .guru, .holdings, .plumbing, .singles and .ventures According to the WTR; Apple, Microsoft, Walmart, Samsung, … [Read more...]
.Brussels & .Vlaanderen Pick Pool For Sunrise, Landrush Auctions
The new gTLD's .Brussels and .Vaanderen have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Landrush Auctions. "Today two more international geographical domains, .brussels and .vlaanderen, announce they have selected Pool.com and its auction services platform to help accelerate their introduction to global markets." “Auctions are the best way to resolve contending applications during the … [Read more...]