Smartcompany.com.au, just covered the story of Glenn Ruscoe, who applied for the .physio domain, which he plans to sell to physiotherapists worldwide. "Ruscoe told SmartCompany "I was reading the newspaper one morning when I heard about the ICANN initiative and I thought, 'That's fantastic', I want one of those for my practice website. I thought no one would do it in our profession and I … [Read more...]
ICANN Batching Starts June 8th Results Announced July 11th
ICANN made the announcement overnight that batching will start on June 8th just after midnight UTC time and close right before midnight June 28th UTC time. The results of batching will be released on July 11, 2012, all times and dates are "target" dates and therefore could be changed. ICANN is moving forward with its Digital Archery Program for batching will be done assigning a secondary … [Read more...]
Donuts Inc. Applies For 307 New gTLD’s & Raises More Than $100 Million
According to a Press Release Donuts Inc, applied for 307 New gTLD's by far the most of any company that has announced so far. At last report ICANN had received over 1,900 new gTLD applications, so Donuts, Inc. would represent around 15% of all applications. The 307 applications means that Donuts spent $60 Million just in application fees payable to ICANN. Donuts Inc. is going to use … [Read more...]
New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 700,000 At UnitedDomains.com
UnitedDomains.com, an ICANN accredited registrar owned by the same parent company that owns Sedo.com and they have been taking pre-registrations on certain expected new gTLD's for over a year. Today the real time counter on their site, clicked over the 700,000 mark in total number of pre-registrations for new gTLD's. Here are the top ten new gTLD's in terms of numbers of pre-registrations … [Read more...]
ICANN Publishes New Version of Applicant gTLD Guidebook
ICANN has released another version of Applicant Guide Book for new gTLD's. ""ICANN has issued today a new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook. The Applicant Guidebook describes the requirements and procedures for submitting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as well as the criteria and procedures for evaluation. For more information about the New gTLD … [Read more...]
New gTLD Applicant For Build, .Construction, and .Expert Expects $7M In Revenue For Each Extension
BusinessWeek.com just published a story on the new gTLD's. ""The story highlights a Commercial builder George Minardos, president and founder of Los Angeles-based Minardos Group, who said he has spent $1.2 million applying for .build, .construction, and .expert." "The money covered $185,000 in application fees, legal, accounting, and marketing expenses, and preparation of the 500-page … [Read more...]
ICM Operator Of .XXX Registry Holding Free Webinar Tomorrow On Impact of New gTLD’s On TM & Brands
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, is hosting a webinar tomorrow "to explore and explain the impact new Internet Top Level Domains (TLD) will have on trademarks and brands." ""ICM Registry, the owner and operator of the .XXX TLD, will walk participants through the importance of gaining control of brands and trademarks online, … [Read more...]