The money.com.au domain name sold last year (apparently), and reported this week, in what is probably the biggest reported sale to date of a .au domain name, selling for A$400,000…
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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Lawyers for DomainTools and .NZ’s Domain Name Commission (DNCL) slugged it out for another round in the US courts recently as DomainTools appealed a preliminary injunction that prevented them from…
The opportunity for .uk registrants with third level domain names to get the second level equivalent has now closed. All remaining domain names will be made available to the public…
[news release] ICANN is honoured to announce the recipient of the 2019 Multistakeholder Ethos Award is long-time member of the ICANN community, Kurt Pritz. The selection panel of representatives from…
Afilias announced Monday it was acquiring the .global new gTLD from Cloud Names to add to its stable. It will be Afilias’ 22nd new gTLD and add 48,650 domain names…
Second level .au registrations are coming later this year and last week auDA, the .au policy and regulatory body, announced the cut-off dates determining which priority category an existing third…
[news release] ICANN will hold its 65th Public Meeting in the Palmeraie Conference Center Marrakech from 24-27 June 2019. This meeting is ICANN‘s fourth Policy Forum, focused solely on policy…
[news release] ICANN and India’s National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) today [18 June] announced a joint collaboration on research and engagement activities that will foster innovation in…
CIRA has added another tool to its growing portfolio of cybersecurity solutions with the introduction of D-Zone Cybersecurity Awareness Training. CIRA, the Canadian ccTLD registry manager, has partnered with Beauceron…
The .club registry has reduced the prices of some of their premium domain names, part of their twice a year adjustments to their premium domain name inventory available through registrars….
New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission is seeking input to review how dispute resolution services for .nz are handled. They’re asking interested parties to tell them what type of dispute services…
In a hastily put together announcement, auDA have announced their Chair Chris Leptos resigned on 18 June. It’s an announcement that doesn’t do any more than check the required boxes…
Block.one, a publisher of software blockchain technologies, has splurged a mammoth $30 million on the voice.com domain name in a sale brokered by GoDaddy. The domain name’s new owner says…
EURid have announced they are the first European TLD registry that registered for the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) back in 2011. Since then EURid, the registry for .eu…
A couple of 6-figure domain names topped the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 26 May, with free.games easily coming out top selling for…