Dan Warner, who many in the domain industry know is a numbers/stats guy, has some interesting thoughts on winners and losers of the new gTLD's in the "sports" category which he recently published. Mr. Warner has done guest posts for TheDomains.com and you can read more about his background and domain experience here. Its an interesting read but you would have to agree with Mr. Warner's basic … [Read more...]
Key-Systems To Offer .HIV Domain At Below Cost To Its Customers & Free To Some Org’s
The German based domain registrar Key-Systems today announced that they will support the charitable work of the dotHIV association within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and fundraising with three distinct activities: Key-Systems will offer their customers the registration of .hiv web addresses (domains) below net cost price. With the start of the .hiv top level domain in winter and before … [Read more...]
Patagonia, Inc. Withdraws Its Application For New gTLD .PATAGONIA
In what I would say is not great shock, Patagonia, Inc, has withdrawn its application to operate the .Patagonia new gTLD. Patagonia, Inc. has been in a well documented battle (and here) with Argentina over its application for .patagonia. Patagonia is geographic area and the application drew early warning GAC objections from both the governments of Argentina and Chile. The ICANN … [Read more...]
Rabbi’s Say ICANN Unequal Treatment Of .Halal Is Not .Kosher
In a letter to ICANN, several Kosher certification organizations, responsible for certification of approximately 63% of kosher ingredients worldwide, objected to the "unequal treatment of the new gTLD applications for .Kosher and .halal The letter was sent on "behalf of leading kosher certification organizations the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU Kosher), STAR-K Kosher … [Read more...]
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google's new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Chehadé President and CEO of ICANN, Jonathan Zuck President of the The Association for Competitive Technology which boosts having over 5,000 small and mid-size … [Read more...]
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, "the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4." "The applicant was contacted to provide documentation of … [Read more...]
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings With GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to "defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC's Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dialogue with the GAC". The dialogue with the GAC is according to the resolution to be held at the ICANN Meeting in Durban which is from July 14 - 18th, … [Read more...]