While at was at ICANN chatting with Applicants and others in the domain space the question I found myself being asked the most was about .XYZ. .XYZ has been very aggressive pushed the envelope when it became the first to auction off new gTLD domains names through Namejet.com So I reached out to Daniel Negari whose company is going to operate the .XYZ extension (and … [Read more...]
Here Are My First 3 New gTLD Registrations & How you Can Register Your New gTLD’s Now.
At ICANN I had a chance to get a personal tour of MindsandMachines.com new domain registrar site. Mindsandmachines.com which is part of Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH), a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange, applied for 100 or so new gTLD's and recently launched its own domain name registrar site. Not only can you register domain names on five new gTLD's extensions; Casa, … [Read more...]
How Premium New gTLD’s Might Help Sell Your .Com Domains
Many of the new gTLD registries are planning on the old .TV pricing model to sell their premium domain names. Two large applicants Donuts and Minds +Machines who between the two applied for 400 new gTLD strings, have both stated they indent to use the .TV pricing model which sells premium domains instead one for a one time payment in the four, five and even six figures and breaks them down by … [Read more...]
.Luxury Selects Namejet.com/Afternic.com For Sunrise Landrush Auctions & Premium Name Sales
Luxury Partners, LLC, which own the new gTLD .LUXURY has selected NameJet and Afternic to manage the Sunrise, Landrush and Premium Name selection and sales. Godaddy.com which recently purchased Afternic.com, is currently taking pre-registrations of .Luxury domain names starting at $799.99 a year. Here is the rest of the press release: "The .LUXURY gTLD provides a brandable platform to … [Read more...]
If A New gTLD Applicant Used His $185K To Buy Bitcoins Instead His Investment Would be Worth $30 Million
Back in May 2012 when the application period for a new gTLD's closed, the application fee was $185,000 per new gTLD string. At that time the value of a Bitcoin was trading at around $5.00. Instead of applying for a new gTLD string for $185,000 what if the applicant would have bought 37,000 Bitcoins, at $5 each. How much would have that $185,000 investment be worth today? Just about … [Read more...]
GAC Communiqué: Wants To Look At “Public Policy Implications of Holding Auctions to Resolve String Contention”
The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just issued its Buenos Aires Communiqué from the ICANN Meeting and "requests a briefing on the public policy implications of holding auctions to resolve string contention (including community applications)". The GAC considers that new gTLD registry operators should be made aware … [Read more...]
New gTLD .UNO Selects Sedo For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions & Broker Premium Domains
Dot Latin LLC who is the registry for the new gTLD .Uno has selected Sedo, to conduct sunrise and landrush auctions, define a premium list of the extension’s most valuable assets and provide brokerage and additional auctions for its premium domains. Godaddy.com is already accepting pre-registrations for .Uno domain names starting at $39.99 a year Dot Latin established .UNO to … [Read more...]