.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced today it has signed its Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international organization responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS). .Club is Listed … [Read more...]
1and1.com Starts Selling Preregistrations For .Bike; .Singles; .Holdings; .Clothing
Accrding to a press release we received today 1and1.com has started selling pre-registrations on the new TLDs including: .BIKE .SINGLES .HOLDINGS .CLOTHING "These pre-registrations are on an exclusive first-come, first-serve basis, which means no other 1&1 customers are able to pre-register a domain option that has been previously chosen by another party.:" "On the specific launch … [Read more...]
National Association Of Realtors: Do Not To Pay Preregister .Realtor Domains They Will Be Free
In a blog post today on Realtor.org, the National Association of Realtors is warning its members and I guess anyone else who about thinking about preregistering a domain name in the new gTLD .Realtor not to bother doing it at Godaddy or anyone traditional domain name registrar: "Domain sellers such as GoDaddy are beginning to promote a list of top level domains which will … [Read more...]
Godaddy Goes All In On The New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com appears to have gone all in on the new gTLD's. Gone from the front page of Godaddy is the drop down menu listing the different domain extension that are available for registration, replaced by a huge ad for preregistrations of just 4 new gTLD's, .Uno, .Luxury, .Build, and … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Much Will The Highest .College/.XYZ Sell For On Namejet.com?
This week Namejet.com started an auction fro 40 .college/.XYZ new gTLD domain names. These are the first new gTLD's to go up for sale anywhere in the world. Today's quick poll questions is not which domain will sell for the most, but what will be the the highest price that any one of these domain will sell for. Again to be clear, we are not asking what the total amount of the auction will … [Read more...]
Verisign Publishes 2nd Part of 4 Part Series On Why Domain Blocking Of New gTLD’s Isn’t Good Enough
Verisign just released the second in a four part series of why ICANN's effort to fix the potential collision issue caused by the release of new gTLD's, by blocking domain registrations, isn't good enough to fix the potential problems Here is the second post of the promised four part series: For several years, DNS-OARC has been collecting DNS query data “from busy and interesting DNS name … [Read more...]
NameJet.com To Auction .XYZ & .College Domain Names Starting This Month
NameJet and XYZ.COM announced they have partnered "in a groundbreaking advanced auction format prior to the release of the TLD to the open market in 2014." "Forty premium .XYZ and .COLLEGE domain names will be offered in this first-of-its-kind advance auction, where the highest bidder purchases an option to acquire the domain at the winning price, taking possession of the domain when it … [Read more...]