ICANN just opened up the comment period on a the IPC/BC proposal for Improvements and Enhancements to the RPMs for new gTLDs [PDF, 68 KB]. Out of discussions evaluating the merits of…
Category: New gTLD’s
DotFood Starts Its Own Pre-Registration Site For .Food: FoodDomainia.com
According to a press release we received, Dot Food, LLC an applicant for the new gTLD .Food, launched “FoodDomainia.com, a pre- registration and awareness solution for the new .FOOD gTLD”. “By pre-registering…
Just Because Your gTLD Application Escaped GAC Early Warning, It Doesn’t Mean The GAC Won’t Object To It
This week the Governmental Advisory Council (GAC) issued 242 early warnings on new gTLD applications. There seems to be a belief held in the domainer community that if an application didn’t receive…
How many new gTLDs Applications Will Not Be Approved? Dirk Krischenowski of DotBerlin Says More Than 700
In a story posted by Netnames.com, DotBerlin promoter Dirk Krischenowski gave his analysis on how many gTLD applications might not make it. As we know there are over 1,900 applications still alive…
ICANN Issues Details On New gTLD Prioritization Draw For December 17th
ICANN just released details on the Prioritization Draw (“Draw”) that will be held on 17 December 2012 in Los Angeles to assign priority numbers…
Biggest Winners & Losers From GAC Early Warnings: .Gay, .Sex, .DotGreen, Uniregistry, Generic & Professional TLD’s
Reviewing the GAC early warnings issued last night some winners really stick out. New gTLD applications that were generally thought would get a GAC early warning, but did not include .gay, .sex,…
So What Does A GAC Early Warning Really Mean & Where Do Applicants Go From Here
Last night we published the list of the 242 new gTLD’s applications that got hit with a GAC early warning. The GAC is the Governmental Advisory Group to ICANN. So what is…