A six-figure sale one week, the doghouse the next. In the previous week unit.com sold for $115,000, but in the week ending 24 March, the top selling domain was mychoco.com…
Read More
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Nominet have publish the shortlist for this year’s Nominet Internet Awards from an all-time high number of entries.
Purpose (Brief): ICANN is seeking public comment on a revised draft of the New gTLD Registry Agreement that will serve as the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and…
It’s a lesson in registering the key domain names relating to your business. Down under a trio of feminists from Melbourne calling themselves the Australian Cat Ladies have registered the…
Unit.com was the top selling domain name in the week ending 17 March, selling for a very handy $115,000 through Domain Holdings/Zenchi.net.
The policies for registering, renewing, deactivating and changing Whois information for .AL domain names is changing as of 1 May and will be performed by registrars authorised by the Albanian…
Abstract: There is a perception that .com domain names are international. However, what does it mean to be an international domain name? And how are conflicts concerning .com domain names…
[news release] Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, today announced their Premium Spring Auction. The online auction showcases some of the…
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) just told ICANN that we strongly oppose an Initial Report that proposes to effectively reduce the time that a registrant has to respond to a…
Verisign reported revenues of $236 million for the first quarter of 2013 as 1.99 million new .com and .net domain name registrations were added to the base, an increase of…
[news release] A new phishing survey released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) at its conference in Buenos Aires this week reveals that phishers are breaking into hosting providers with…
ICANN has formally announced they will be opening a hub office in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul their President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé announced today.
[news release] Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released its Fourth Quarter, 2012 State of the…
Purpose (Brief): To solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings.
The National Arbitration Forum (NAF) announced yesterday that domain name disputes lodged with it in 2012 passed 20,000 for the year, while the number of cases dropped to 2060 from…