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…
You Can Bid On The Super Premium Live Domain Auction For The Chinese IDN Online
TLD Registry the company behind the new gTLD for the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as the registry for the new gTLD (中文网) (Dot Chinese Website) will be holding…
Swimsuit.Photos Auction Closes at $3,550 At Godaddy & People Paid $700 To Bid on It
The new gTLD domain name Swimsuit.Photos closed on Friday for $3,550. The domain name was auctioned off by Godaddy.com who had multiple applications for the domain on the 4th day of registrations,…
Verisign Now Down Over 10% Despite Assurances That ICANN’s Move Has No Effect On .com/.net
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…
Canyon.bike Lost In 1st UDRP Decision On A New gTLD Domain Name
Canyon Bicycles GmbH of Koblenz, Germany, just won the first UDRP decision on a new gTLD domain name, canyon.bike (all other decision up to now have been URS cases) The one member…
Verisign Issues Statement On ICANN’s Move & Is Down Over 5% In Pre-market
VeriSign, Inc. VRSN today provided a statement on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) announcement of its intent to transition key Internet domain name functions. Verisign shares are down over 5%…
New gTLD Domain Registrations Pass The 250,000 Mark
According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD domain name registration has now passed the 250,000 mark. .Guru is still leading the pack with almost 45,000 registrations but .Photography is closing in…