Tom Gilles of NewgTLDSite.com just started an online petition to be sent to ICANN to stop closed generic strings from being awarded and is hoping to get 100,000 signatures. The petition is…
Category: New gTLD’s
ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications
Its seems pretty clear that the New gTLD committee of ICANN doesn’t know what they should do about what is fast becoming one of the biggest issues of the new gTLD program,…
Now We Know Why Apple Didn’t Apply For .App As They Open AppStore.com For Vanity Domains
When the applicants for new gTLD’s were announced by ICANN in what was called the “big reveal” one of the biggest surprises we noted was the absence of an Apple application for…
Fairwinds Chat About What Brands Are Going To Do With Their gTLD’s
There has been a lot of speculation in the domain channel on what exactly big brands are going to do with their new gTLD’s. While many think that brands just applied for…
.Shop Applicant Tells ICANN On String Similarity There are Only 56 Unique Generic Strings
A letter sent by one of the .Shop applicants to ICANN chats about what I see as the next big issue for the ICANN new gTLD process which is String Similarity. The…
If You Get An Objection To Your String, You Have To Pay The Fees Upfront Too
If your are an applicant for a new gTLD and someone files a formal objection to your application, not only does the objector have to pay the fees, but the applicant for…
Enom New gTLD Program Joining Parallels
eNom, a top 5 ICANN accredited registrar, and Parallels, worldwide leader in hosting and cloud service enablement and desktop virtualization, today announced the inclusion of eNom’s new Top Level Domain (TLD) program…