Monthly Archives: March 2011

Mon 21st March 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
.XXX Pre-Registrations Hit 300,000 - Lots of people interested in .xxx domain names. ICM Registry has received over 300,000 pre-registrations for its new .xxx domain names as of this morning. It has received tens of thousands of pre-registrations in just the past few days. Of course, these pre-registrations don’t necessarily mean .XXX will get 300,000 registrations on the first day. There’s no cost to pre-register. There’s also no guarantee that those who express an interest in a name will get ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
PokerStrategy.com Gets Flushed in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Case - Poker site nailed for reverse domain name hijacking. PokerStrategy.com operator Anachusa Ltd. has lost a UDRP for five clear typos of PokerStrategy.com. Not only that, but a three person panel also found the company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. So how does the owner of PokerStrategy.com lose a case for pokersrategy.com; pokerstategy.com; pokerstratgy.com; pokerstrtegy.com and pokrstrategy.com? It attempts to mislead the UDRP panel. Anachusa Ltd. acquired ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Escrow.com Selected as Top Domain Escrow Company - Once again Escrow.com is top rate domain name escrow provider. Escrow.com is the best domain name escrow service according to a survey of over 1,500 domain industry professionals. 46% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s sixth annual survey said Escrow.com was best. Sedo’s escrow services came in second place with 32%. 1. Escrow.com 46% 2. Sedo 32% 3. Afternic 8% 4. Moniker 7% 5. EscrowDNS 6% Domain name escrow service vary in price and services. Some (including ... read more ...
Sun 20th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
CNN Allows CADNA Representative To Spew Inaccuracies on new gTLD’s - CNN.com published a story by Nao Matsukata a senior policy adviser to the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) and to Alston Bird, LLP. “In a dramatic change of internet policy, ICANN has proposed to approve and implement the roll out of more than 400 new top-level domains within the next few months. Top-level domains are what you see to the right of the dot, such as “com” or “org.””” OK other than his use of the term, RIGHT OF THE DOT (I like that) this is not a dramatic ... read more ...
Sat 19th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Quick Poll: How Many .XXX Registrations Will There Be 1 Year After Launch? - With ICANN approving the .XXX extension yesterday the question now becomes how successful will it be? There are currently 240,000 pre-reservation according to ICM’s site although there is no cost to pre-register a domain. Wholesale pricing will be $60 with retail prices expected to be $70 and up per domain per year. The last extension to roll out was .Co which at least report had over 600,000 registration but that was before the Super Bowl ad. As always make you pick on the right and place any ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
How Could The CEO Of ICANN Not Vote On .XXX? - Yesterday at the ICANN board meeting when the .XXX extension was approved by a 9-3 vote, 4 Board members abstained from voting including the CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom. While one vote either for or against the .XXX extension wouldn’t have changed the outcome, the point of the matter is how can the head of an organization pass on voting on what is probably the most important vote ICANN has taken during the time he has led the organization? While some are willing to give Beckstrom a pass on not voting,  ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
LogicBoxes Passes 5 Million Domain Mark - LogicBoxes a Directi company, announced this week that its now power over 5 million domain names. LogicBoxes powers the back end of many registrars and resellers.  “Over 20% of the world’s ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accredited through our consultancy service” Bhavin Turakhia, CEO Founder of Directi said in its press release that: “I am proud of the fact that Logicboxes now powers 5.46% of the total domain names on the internet. “In a short span of time we have been able ... read more ...
Fri 18th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN
Will Sun.com Hit The Sales Block? Oversee.net Predicts $1 Million – $2 Million; Godaddy $800-$900K - The domain name Sun.com is owned by Oracle which got the domain when they bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. Last Thursday, Oracle, announced in a blog post that it “will decommission Sun.com on June 1, and move the remaining content it deems relevant over to Oracle.com.” As PCworld.com  points out, Oracle  “could, if it chose to do so, sell off the domain name” PCWorld.com reached out to Jeff Kupietzky, CEO of Oversee.net, who said the “domain name could be worth between ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry” - In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted already  on TheDomains.com about how the registry will work. “The approval grants ICM Registry’s .XXX web suffix with the same rights as .com, .net, .co.uk and other TLDs.” “The only difference being that as a sponsored TLD, .XXX domain names will only be available to the adult entertainment industry.” “The ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
ICANN aprova o domínio .xxx exclusivamente para pornografia - O conselho deliberativo do ICANN reuniu-se nessa sexta-feira para decidir o futuro dos TLDs (Top Level Domains), aquelas terminações de domínios que hoje em dia são dominadas pelo .com e pelo .net. Nunca antes na história da internets havia-se criado um TLD específico para pornografia, mas esse momento finalmente chegou: a terminação .xxx finalmente foi aprovada. Bruna Surfistinha aprova essa ideia. Foram muitos meses de discussão oficial antes que o .xxx fosse finalmente aprovado. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension - Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3,  with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolution and the objections some of which were quite lengthy, can be found below. The Board definitely wrestled with the decision but found themselves between a “rock and a hard place” as board member Rita Rodin Johnston described  it. Its been a LONG and EXPENSIVE ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote & A HUGE Party On New gTLD Program At The Jun Singapore Meeting - The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the  Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment period and then vote on the gTLD program in at the ICANN Singapore Meeting on Monday the June 20th 2011. “We are going to have a vote early in the meeting so we ALL can have a party and celebrate” said Chairman Thrush “we are glad to see this time table ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Jobs Operator Says ICANN “Publicly Defamed” It - Employ Media says ICANN “publicly defamed” it in breach notice. .Jobs registry Employ Media has struck back at ICANN after the latter sent it a breach notice. In a letter to ICANN, Employ Media Vice‐President General Counsel Brian Johnson wrote: It goes without saying that all of us here at Employ Media, and indeed many in the international human resource management community, are extremely surprised and disappointed with ICANN’s complete reversal of ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN Approves New .XXX Top Level Domain - ICANN Board approves new .xxx domain name. Today the ICANN Board of Directors authorized the CEO of ICANN to execute the proposed registry agreement for the .xxx sTLD with ICM Registry. ICANN’s Board of Directors didn’t agree with GAC advice on the issue. It’s unclear if Free Speech Coalition will file a lawsuit in an effort to block the implementation. They mustered only a couple dozen protesters yesterday at the ICANN meeting. At least two board members recused ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN Plans to Vote on Final New TLD Guidebook in June - New TLD approval won’t come until June at the earliest. Today the ICANN Board of Directors provided a timeline for approving the new top level domain applicant guidebook. The new planned date for “board consideration” of the guidebook is June 20 at the Singapore meeting. Here’s the timeline: -Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) feedback is expected by March 25. -The final GAC scorecard for constituency comment is expected by April 15 with a public comment ... read more ...
Thu 17th March 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Backorder Price Wars: NameJet.com Lowers Minimum Bid On Pending Delete Domains to $59 - Just weeks after SnapNames.com increase it minimum bid on pending delete domains to $69, Namejet.com just announced it was lowering the minimum bid on pending delete domains to $59. Here is the announcement: “”Ready to save money? NameJet just lowered our minimum bids on all pending delete domain names to $59*! In addition, NameJet has increased its available inventory of pending delete domains by adding TV and CC to our inventory which already includes COM, NET and ORG. Get your backorders in ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Bill To Legalize Internet Gambling Is Introduced Back Into Congress - Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) along with with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced today The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act was introduced in the House today. The bill would establish a federal regulatory and enforcement framework under which Internet gambling operators could obtain licenses authorizing them to accept bets and wagers from individuals in the United States. The legislation comes in response to the enactment of Unlawful Internet Gambling ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Internet: religions et noms de domaine - Internet: religions et noms de domaine Jean-François Mayer17 Mar 2011 Du 13 au 18 mars 2011 s'est déroulée à San Francisco la 40e réunion publique de l'Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), qui a la responsabilité de la gestion du système global de noms et adresses sur Internet. C'est l'occasion d'évoquer la question des noms de domaine dans le champ religieux. © 4.23.2008 Alex Slobodkin - Agence: iStockPhoto. Pour créer un site web, il faut commencer par ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Quick Poll: Will ICANN Approve .XXX Tomorrow? - Well with the GAC report now in the hands of ICANN the only thing left is for ICANN to vote on extension. The Board is meeting at 10am PST tomorrow and will vote on whether to approved .XXX. So its time for your pick. Do you think ICANN will approve .XXX tomorrow? You can vote on the poll on the right and leave any comments below. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Is ICANN Getting Ready To Approve .XXX Over The Objection Of The Government Advisory Counsel (GAC)? - The Government Advisory Council (GAC) gave its report on the .XXX extension to the ICANN board this morning and it sounds like the ICANN board is getting ready to approve the .XXX extension in a vote over the GAC’s objection on Friday Morning. Here is the statement of the GAC and the board from this morning’s session. Read through it and see what you think: “The  GAC has prepared a statement of advice, and iIcan read that to the room now, and read it into the record.” “There is no active ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
We Call Bullshit On The Free Speech Coalition’s Position on .XXX: Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Of .XXX - Last week the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) had a five part series on laying out its argument’s against the .XXX extension entitled “What’s  Wrong With .XXX” which was republished by the “Adult Video News” (AVN) Besides attacking the extension,  all 5 articles had in common theme: The subtitles of the 5 articles were: “.XXX and Child Protection….Bullshit!” “.XXX and Sponsorship Community Support…Bullshit!” “Intellectual Property–Is .XXX good for your brand?….Bullshit!” “IFFOR ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.SX To Compete With .XXX As THE Adult Extension? - Domainincite.com reported today that OpenRegistry.com won the contract to operate the back end services for the .SX registry, the cc-TLD newly assigned to Sint Maarten (the Dutch Side). According to OpenRegistry.com, the plan for the extension may well be to compete with the the proposed .XXX extension in the adult space. “We will be priced well below the cost of the proposed .XXX registry” I was told by the head of OpenRegistry.com. As a ccTLD, the .SX extension will not be subject to ICANN ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
25 Adult Webmasters Protest .XXX during ICANN Meeting - Adult site owners protest at ICANN meeting. About 25 adult webmasters — and one homeless guy who’s been hanging out outside the ICANN meeting all week — joined together to protest the .XXX top level domain name this afternoon in San Francisco. The protest was organized by Free Speech Coalition. Protesters held signs with .XXX inside a ‘no’ symbol and chanted various slogans against the approval of the domain name. Among their complaints: they’ll have to ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
French Open Is Latest To Win .Co Domain Name - French Open organizer awarded domain name by arbitration panel. Fedération Française du Tennis (FFT), organizer of the Grand Slam tournament French Internationals of Roland Garros (French Open), is the latest group to win a .co domain name through a UDRP case. This was an easy case for the tennis organization. The registrant of the domain name sent an email to the Federation that read: Bonjour, I own the domain frenchopen.co, which I recently bought when the ... read more ...
 
Written by The MediaWizard's Blog in EN
Buy a TLD - It’s been quite a while (July 2008) since I blogged about why you should ‘forget domains, buy a tld‘ but inspite of all the drama that surrounds the new extensions process at ICANN, there does seem to be a LOT of movement in this aspect. While it would cost quite a bit ($400,000+) to start your own registry and/or extension, the upside seems to be manifold as shown by the recent success that the .CO registry has achieved ($30 million+ in year 1 revenues). For the more simple minded, ... read more ...