Frank Schilling just rolled out Version 1 of his long anticipated registrar under Uniregistry as it went live today. Uniregistrar.com is the name of the registrar but its located at Uniregisty.com. The registrar which was obviously built for the new gTLD's, or as Frank like to call them the new G',  is a bare bone's registrar. Its not glamorous in design and doesn't offer a lot (or any) … [Read more...]

We published a post earlier this morning about the TLD Registry Ltd, and its two new Chinese IDN new gTLD's  Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网). We interviewed  A representative of the registry who predicted that they was a greater than 50% chance that both of these extensions would be in the top 5 of all new gTLD's after its Landrush completed and now the registry announced … [Read more...]

A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name HoldOn.com The domain name has an original registration according DomainTools.com of March 18th 1997 making the domain 14 years old. However Screenshots has results for HoldOn.com going back to 1994. The domain name is owned by a Dharrshinee Naidu of New York. The domain is parked and according to Screenshots has been parked since at … [Read more...]

Arguably it is the extension that kicked this whole new gTLD thing off. On March 18, .BERLIN will launch into the General Availability phase. 777 years after the city was founded, any business, organization or individual can register Internet addresses under .BERLIN. Worldwide, this marks the first time a city receives its own new top-level domain. More than 3.4 million Berliners will be … [Read more...]

Shares of Verisign are now down over 10% in trading today. Shares of the company ended trading on Friday at $54.85 are now trading at $49.17 after touch off of its intraday low of $48.55. Verisign issued a statement today saying that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) announcement of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions would have … [Read more...]

Godaddy.com asked me if I would run a post for a position they are seeking and it sounds like a great job with the title The Domains Partner Manager, which they say carries a six figure salary plus benefits (Medical and Dental Insurance)  and includes possible pre-IPO shares or options. The job doesn't require you to move to Arizona or work out of any of Godaddy.com offices. If none of you … [Read more...]

Heritage Auctions second domain auction is now live. Most names have reserves, which will be made public for everyone to see 7 days before the auction. Some names have no reserve price. Prices range from $100 up to near $1MM. Here are some of the more interesting domain names: LK.com DEC.com (the 5th name ever registered.  September, … [Read more...]