L'Oréal which is one of the largest brand applicants for new gTLD's just withdrew its application for the its matching new gTLD brand .LOREAL L'Oréal which applied for 14 new gTLD has now withdrawn 3 applications. L'Oréal previously withdrew its application for .KIEHLS and the IDN of .欧莱雅 This marked the 73rd withdrawn new gTLD application with ICANN L'Oréal still has these 11 new gTLD … [Read more...]
So How Much Is A 2 Letter or Number .Co Domain Worth?
With yesterday's announcement that the .CO registry had put up for sale some 1,100 2 character domain names, including 2 letter .co and 2 number .co domains, I got a few email's from domain investors asking me what I thought they were worth. I think we can all agree with it comes to a two letter .com they are worth at least $100K and as we know can sell for as much as FB.com which sold for a … [Read more...]
.CLUB DOMAINS WINS The New gTLD .CLUB “IN HISTORIC FIRST PRIVATE AUCTION”
.Club Domains, LLC announced today they have won the rights to the new generic top level domain (gTLD) name .CLUB The .CLUB name was obtained in the first private auction to be completed since ICANN began the new gTLD process. The other applicants for .Club that participated in the private auction was Donuts and the Merchant Law Group LLP. This appears to be the second new gTLD private … [Read more...]
ICA Tells ICANN The Draft Of RAA Agreement Is “Deficient in Scope”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) submitted comments to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) website, on the current draft statement of Registrants' Rights and Responsibilities (RRR) calling it "deficient in scope". "We prefer the alternate version proposed to ICANN by the Non Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) and propose that a modified … [Read more...]
The CEO Of Blacknight Elected Chair of Registrar Stakeholder Group of ICANN
Michele Neylon the CEO of the ICANN accredited domain name registrar, Blackight, has been elected Chair of The Registrar Stakeholder Group of ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), becoming the first European to hold such position. "The Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) is one of several Stakeholder Groups within the ICANN community and is the representative body of … [Read more...]
Microsoft Files UDRP To Gain Control Of Even More Xbox One Domains
Microsoft has filed a third UDRP attempting to gain control of more Xboxone domain names this time on the following domains: xboxone.co xboxone.me xboxoneforum.net xboxonewiki.com xboxonehelp.com xboxonecheat.com xboxoneblog.com All of the domain names were registered on the same day, May 21, 2013 the day that Microsoft announced the name fo their next generation gambling system by a … [Read more...]
1st Private Auction May Be Complete As Donuts Withdraws Its 1st New gTLD Application: .Vote
Donuts has withdrawn its 1st new gTLD of the 307 applications it filed with ICANN. This certainly could be the result of a private auction which are underway this week. There is only one other applicant for the new gTLD .Vote and that company application, under the name of Monolith Registry LLC was filed by Afilias which operates the .info TLD. Donuts application which is now withdrawn is … [Read more...]