Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn't have the staying power you would have thought it would. The application was submitted on Behalf of Eli Lilley by Fairwind Partners. The second application now showing as being … [Read more...]
DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a "Matter of Conflict of Interest on .AFRICA (DotAfrica) new gTLD Applications regarding Mr. Mike Silber and Mr. Chris Disspain, Members of the ICANN Board and the New gTLD Program Committee's … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .com: touring.com at 20,000 USD · Top ccTLD: buy.me at 115,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: … [Read more...]
After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one's that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is now open for comments until January 7, 2013. You might remember that Nominet raised some £3 million which is over $4.5 Million dollars last year from … [Read more...]
Buy.me Sells For $150K on Sedo.com; Bought In 2008 For $17,500
Buy.Me just sold on Sedo for 115,000 Euro's or almost $150,000 Its another great verb.me domain and a nice price. .Me continues to be a highly brandable domain especially with a great verb in front of it The buyer according to the whois record is a Denis Antsiferov of Russia. The domain sold in the Moniker.com TRAFFIC auction in 2008 by the .Me registry for $17,500. It was the same … [Read more...]
Lawyers Attack Directi (Radix) New gTLD Applications: “They Should Be Disqualified”
We told you the other day about a Boston Law Firm filing comments with ICANN asking them to disqualify Donuts and Demand Media application for new gTLD's Today another law firm Winston & Strawn LLP which has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, in a comment written by Paul McGrady, Esq, to ICANN said that Directi should be disqualified as an applicant under the new gTLD … [Read more...]