The launch policies for .NYC domain registry were just published by ICANN and they are lengthy. The "Plan has been developed to describe the Launch Program for the .nyc Top Level Domain ("TLD") by The City of New York by and through the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications ("Registry Operator"). Launch Schedule: The following is a brief … [Read more...]
No Privacy or Proxy Registrations For .NYC New gTLD Domain Names
This week during the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference held in Washington, Jeff Neuman of Neustar, laid out some more interesting information about the new .NYC extension which Neustar will be running in cooperation with the city of New York. Domaininvesting.com covered some basic eligibility a few days ago, including that a registrant be an entity, business or resident who has a physical … [Read more...]
.NYC Expects To Go Live in 1st Half of 2014
According to a mailing from the offical site of the .NYC new gTLD domain name extension, mydotnyc.com the city expects that the .NYC extension will go live in the 1st half of 2014. "The City of New York will be one of the first cities in the world to be granted its own domain extension … [Read more...]
75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th, 75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCompany.com to Mashable.com, to the WashingtonPost.com, have covered the story with more being added hourly. We have been telling you for quite a while … [Read more...]
New York Said To Be Guaranteed $3.6 Million For .NYC TLD
According to an article in the New York Times, the city of New York is on the verge of making a deal with a "Virgina based company" that would apply for and operate the gTLD .NYC. According to the story the city would be guaranteed a to received $3.6 Million over the first 5 years. "The Virgina based company would pay all costs of the application and the operation of the registry." The … [Read more...]
New York Is Excited About The New gTLD’s & It’s Upcoming .NYC Extension
The city of New York put out a press release on the new gTLD's and clearly are excited about the prospects of their soon being a .NYC ""Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) announced it will dramatically expand its domain offerings and will begin accepting applications for new domains in January 2012. Once approved, this will allow for the … [Read more...]