The 2nd round of the private new gTLD auctions to resolve contention being run by Applicant Auction takes place this week starting Tuesday and a second participant has stepped forward to publicly say they are participating. Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is participating in private auctions for .GUIDE, .CASA, .网址 (which means web address in Chinese) and .FISHING. Donuts the … [Read more...]
Do We Have Our 1st New gTLD Application Trade? 4 More Applications Withdrawn
Do we have our first new gTLD application trade? Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) withdrew two applications tonight one for .Review which had a prioritization number of 492 and its application for .Science which had a prioritization number of 924, leaving Famous Four as the sole remaining applicant for each of those extensions. Famous Four withdrew its 1st new gTLD application for .Fit … [Read more...]
TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marketing of .london. ""The Board of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), is pleased to announce that the Company has today conditionally placed … [Read more...]
Uniregistry and TLDH Team Up on The New gTLD .Country
According to a press release just out Uniregistry which is headed by Frank Schilling and Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) which both applied for the new gTLD .Country have struck a deal As Uniregistry and TLDH are the only two applicants for the new gTLD .Country the two companies have decided to split the new gTLD to end contention and avoid an ICANN last resort auciton ""Under the … [Read more...]
TLDH Withdrawing 4 New gTLD Applications: .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu
According to a press release we received this morning, The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) issued an update to its new gTLD application with the biggest news out of the release is that it is withdrawing 4 of its new gTLD application TLDH announced that is decided to withdraw its application for .Free; .Sale; .Spa; .Zulu. Those withdrawals are not reflected on … [Read more...]
TLDH (Minds + Machines) Gets Additional $15M In Funding For New gTLD Auctions
According to a press release we were sent today by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), better known to the domain community as Mind + Machines, the Company "has agreed a funding facility to support its participation in a prospective auction in relation to a specific contested gTLD application". "The conditional funding will be provided solely in exchange for a perpetual share in the … [Read more...]
Top Level Domain Holdings: Pleased With ICANN Drawning & Announces Results
In a press release today, The Directors Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) the holding company of Minds + Machines "are delighted to announce the results of ICANN’s Prioritization Draw that concluded Monday evening in Los Angeles." The directors are pleased that three of TLDH’s five geographic applications were in the top third of the Prioritization Draw. Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH … [Read more...]