Ill.com got 2019’s Domain Name Journal chart off to a slow start after we started to get use to the six-figure sales topping the charts, often more than one. In…
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Monthly Archives: January 2019
The ICANN Board Working Group on Anti-Harassment was created by the Board in resolution 2019.01.16.01 to oversee a review of the community’s understanding of the existing Community Anti-Harassment Policy and…
Today [28 Jan], ICANN published a recording of a recent discussion on consumer safeguards in the Domain Name System (DNS). The recording, presentation [PDF, 1.0 MB], and supplementary documents are…
Today we have another Q&A, this one with Jean Guillon who has his own consulting company specialising in domain names, Jovenet Consulting. He describes himself as a New gTLD consultant…
At Namescon next week .CLUB has announced they will be launching a big addition to their Names.club platform. Any domain name registrant will be able to list their domains for…
In the final chart of 2018, covering the period 17 December to 6 January, there was a huge 7 figure sale of dxl.com, selling for $1.150 million in a private…
Canada’s ccTLD had its best year ever in 2018, outgrowing its peers around the world, says David Fowler, Vice-President, Marketing and Communications for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority in today’s…
Today’s Q&A sees CentralNic’s CEO Ben Crawford open up on 2018 and look ahead to 2019. Crawford’s major highlight and challenge, all rolled into one, was the merger of CentralNic…
British clothing giant ASOS is seeking ownership of the word “collusion” in domain names according to a cease and desist letter sent to an EFF client. According to a post…
ICANN has several opportunities for community input and participation to announce below. Specific Reviews are led by teams of community volunteers to assess the performance of the ICANN organization and…
Today, ICANN org published two documents regarding ICANN organization’s procedure for the release of two-character labels at the second level. These documents were prepared to provide additional background information for…
In December of 2018, a new leader was welcomed to Public Interest Registry – Jonathon Nevett, a new President and Chief Executive Officer. Jon brings decades of domain expertise to…
Today we have George Pongas, Neustar’s Vice President, Product Management – Registry Services, who looks at 2018 and the year ahead in the latest Domain Pulse Q&A. George discusses the…
It’s the fifth Domain Name Journal chart in a row of top reported domain name sales where at least a pair of six-figure sales have topped the chart. In the…
[news release] Neustar Data Infotech (India) Private Limited, the India based subsidiary of Neustar®, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, today announced the appointment of Nitin Wali…