After the developments this week we are ready to make an early prediction on which company is going to make the most off the new extensions. By a mile its going to be Godaddy. Godaddy announced this week that the have a market share of 50% of every new domain registration. That's huge. Think about Google and search. What is your perception? Google owns the market, … [Read more...]
Can The Former President Of Monster.com Save The .Jobs Extension (Yes It Already Exists)
Bill Warren the former President of Monster.com, has big plans for the .jobs extension. No this is not one the new proposed gTLD's. The extension already exists. Employ Media LLC was granted the right to manage the .job registry all the way back in April of 2005. You can currently register a .jobs domain for $120 at Godaddy. Warren hopes to launch the DirectEmployers Association, a … [Read more...]
Why The ICA Objected To The Contract To Run The .XXX Extension In 2007 & Still Does
Back In February 2007 the Internet Commerce Association (the"ICA") wrote to ICANN objecting to the contract ICANN was considering entering into the ICM Registry to run the .xxx extension. With the ICM Registry taking the position yesterday, that the Independent Panel's decision mandates that ICANN enters into a contract with them to operate the .xxx registry and that they start offering .xxx … [Read more...]
Will ICANN On Now Approve .XXX? ICM Says Yes; ICANN Seems To Say No
As we wrote about over the weekend the independent panel that reviewed ICANN's handling of the application of ICM Registry to run the .xxx registry, ruled that since ICANN voted to approve the application it should have allowed it to move forward without the additional review it understook. So the question now becomes whether ICANN will follow the report of the panel and approve the ICM … [Read more...]
Report Finds Against ICANN In Denying The .XXX Extension & Charges Them The $475K Cost
Yesterday an independent panel, the International Centre For Dispute Resolution (pdf) found in a 80 page decision, in favor of the ICM Registry against ICANN for its decision to eventually reject the .xxx extension and ruled that ICANN had to pick up all the costs of the independent panel to the tune of $475K and reimburse ICM the fees it paid for the application to the tune of another $241K. (ICM … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines: New gTLD’s Will Cause Only 316 New Cases Of CyberSquatting
A report released tonight by Minds+Machines, (pdf) predicts that the proposed gTLD's will only cause 316 new cases of CyberSquatting and that the cost to trademark holders worldwide will be "less than $.10". How does the authors of the report come to that conclusion? They look at the percentage of UDRP cases coming from .com's, .net and .org against those in the "new" extensions, .info, … [Read more...]
2 Hours On The Panel Its Clear That The New gTLD’s Are Just About The Money
I sat on a panel Friday at the Domainer Mardi Gras with Jeffrey Eckhaus from Demand Media, whose company is expected to apply for at least several new gTLD's, Ken Hansen from Neustar whose company is trying to provide the back end for many of the new gTLD's registries. Mike Rodenbaugh who is an attorney hoping to represent some of the applicants for new gTLD's and who also sits on the ICANN … [Read more...]