An Epic fail by a business publication covering the new gTLD's, the Chicago Grid posted a story entitled "Will the switch from .com to .Chicago benefit businesses? Never mind the entire publication is wrapped with advertising from Dunkin' Donuts and made my eye's bleed. As Taylor Swift said "I knew you were trouble then" Of course there wasn't even a new gTLD application submitted for … [Read more...]
12 Registrar Signup With TLDH; 7 With Minds + Machines; 25 New gTLD To Launch 1Q
The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) announced the company has Registry-Registrar Agreements (“RRA’s”) with an initial twelve ICANN-accredited registrars in the US, Europe and Asia. The Company plans to expand its registrar network in 2014 to complement its own direct sales channel to market through its wholly-owned registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. Of the … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Last Resort Auctions
ICANN has opened a comment period on its Last Resort Auctions "To gather community input regarding the detailed rules and processes for Auctions to resolve string contention sets in the New gTLD Program." "The Auction Rules have been updated since the initial release of the Preliminary Auction Rules on 1 Nov 2013 based on feedback received including during the Auctions Webinar on 7 November … [Read more...]
dotShabaka Chooses Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Aucitons
The newest of the new gTLDs, ‘شبكة.’ (translates to .web in English) announced today that they have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Land Rush auction More recently Pool.com’s auction platform has helped support .sx (the country code of St. Maarten) and CoInternet’s re-launch of .co, which, according to Mr. Schreier, allows businesses and individuals to brand themselves online with … [Read more...]
Godaddy Opens Up Pre-Registrations on 14 Donuts New gTLD’s With 6 Levels Up to $12,569.99 Per Domain
Godaddy.com is now taking Pre-registrations for domain names on 14 of Donuts new gTLD's The new names are .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY, .SINGLES, .CAMERA, .LIGHTING, .PLUMBING, .EQUIPMENT, .GRAPHICS and .HOLDINGS. Godaddy is accepting normal Pre-Registrations starting at $24.99 up to $99.99 which varies by the extension, but the real story is Godaddy … [Read more...]
Demands Media’s Rightside Releases Introductory Video
Demand Media, Inc., proposed spinoff of its new gTLD registry, and registrar business Rightside.co just released an introductory video on its business and the new gTLD's program. The video highlights many of Demand Media, Inc. own gTLD's it applied for including .Ninja … [Read more...]
.Uno Starts Sunrise Period, Runs Until February 6, 2014
Dot Latin LLC, the .UNO Domain Registry, announces today that their 60-Day Sunrise Period starts and runs until February 6, 2014. The Sunrise Period is when trademark owners are eligible to register a domain name containing their owned mark. In order for Trademark Holders to apply for a domain during Sunrise, they must submit an application and obtain validation approval from ICANN’s Trademark … [Read more...]