According to a couple of stories out today State Governments in Australia announced that they are planning on applying for new Top Level internet Domains (gTLD's). The NSW and Victorian governments say they are going to apply for .sydney, .melbourne .victoria and .NSW The state government said both it and the Victorian government viewed the .sydney, .melbourne and .victoria -- and .NSW -- … [Read more...]
And A New Winner For The Most Inaccurate Story On New gTLD’s
The hurriyetdailynews.com which is a daily newspaper out of Turkey just published a story on the new gTLD's and it is my current nomination for the most inaccurate story on the topic I have read anywhere at anytime. The article is entitled "Generic net domain names to be cancelled" According to its website the newspaper is "In the 50th Year as Turkey's English Daily". So here is a few … [Read more...]
How Will ICANN Batch The New gTLD Applications? They Don’t Know, Yet
Kurt Pritz of ICANN, spoke today at the NewDomains.org conference when the question was asked; how will ICANN batch or process applications for the new gTLD's? ICANN previously stated that if more than 500 application were received they would process them in batches, and that no more than 1,000 extension would be delegated in any year, so how any application is batched may decide if a … [Read more...]
UnitedDomains.com Tops 400,000 In New gTLD Pre-Reservations
UnitedDomains.com which just has been taking pre-reservations for new gTLD domain names back in March of this year, just crossed the 400,000 mark. Currently there are 406,000+ new gTLD domain name pre-reservations at United. They are taking pre-reservations in the following new potential gTLD's: .africa .bank .bayern .bcn .berlin .bike .board .bzh .california .cymru .earth .eco .eus .fam … [Read more...]
Next Up: NewDomains.Org Conference in Munich Next Week
Tommorow we start heading out to Munich for the NewDomains.org conference. The conference is expecting around 250+ attendees many of which have never attended a conference on the new gTLD program according to the show orgainzers. As you can see from below its a pretty packed confernece with a lot of the top people in the field coming to chat about the new program Dr. Stephen Crocker the … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Announces New Program For .Brand gTLD Applicants Starting At $25K Per Year
According to a press release today Minds + Machines, announced a new program for brand owners who are considering applying for a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) from ICANN. The program's highlights include: Ability to acquire a gTLD now, then use it as needed, when needed Flexible and innovative pricing commensurate with use - as low as $25,000 per year, up to a maximum of $100,000 per … [Read more...]
The New GuideBook Is Out, The New GuideBook Is Out: ICANN Publishes “Final” gTLD Guidebook
Like in the Steve Martin's Movie the Jerk, where he proclaims the new Phonebook are out, the new Phone book are out; The new gTLD Guide Book is finally out. Yes ICANN has finally published the "final" gTLD Guidebook. You can download the English version here (pdf) ICANN has made it clear that the Guide Book will be an ongoing process which will be amended on the go, will be a work in … [Read more...]