Monthly Archives: August 2013

Wed 28th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End … - As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others. May of the comments simply endorsed the letter of NTAG to ICANN submitted during the comment period, while others siply asked for the comment period to be extended Here are some of the more interesting submitted comments: The Afnic/CORE consortium, the registry service provider for the .paris TLD. submitted this comment on behalf of the City of Paris, applicant ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
As Comment Period On New gTLD Name Collisions Come To An End, Comments Flood Into ICANN - As the comment period for the Name Collision report comes to an end there were plenty of comments submitted by applicants and others. May of the comments simply endorsed the letter of NTAG to ICANN submitted during the comment period, while others siply asked for the comment period to be extended Here are some of the more interesting submitted comments: The Afnic/CORE consortium, the registry service provider for the .paris TLD. submitted this comment on behalf of the City of Paris, applicant for ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Newest On Name Collision: 20% Uncalculated Risk New gTLD’s Can … -

Hi Berkens,

Do we remember when .COM was about to be released?

Everything about it done internal news, inhabitant news, and general news.

The news about your new gTLD is usually creation your blog.

j/k

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Nouveaux gTLDs : que sont donc les Conseils de Gouvernance ? -

Les Conseils de Gouvernance réunissent les intéressés qui souhaitent participer au développement de nouveaux Registres. Ils représentent un avantage certain flow les utilisateurs, mais pas seulement…

Via: journaldunet.com

 
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ICANN Newest On Name Collision: 20% Uncalculated Risk New gTLD’s Can “Begin Contracting” But Puts Exection Of Contract On Hold - ICANN issued this statement on name collision report last night and the effect it will have in contracting: “ICANN has solicited community comment on the mitigation steps outlined in the staff recommendation paper, with a comment close date of 27 August 2013 23:59 UTC. Pending receipt of community feedback on the staff mitigation proposals, ICANN intends to proceed with New gTLD applications as follows: Low Risk – Eligible applicants will be invited to begin contracting and may proceed through ... read more ...
 
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Besuchen Sie Key-Systems auf der dmexco 2013 - Die Key-Systems GmbH, ein international tätiges IT-Unternehmen, wird auf der Marketing-Messe dmexco (18./19. September 2013 in Köln) mit ihrem Corporate Domain-Portal BrandShelter vertreten sein. BrandShelter unterstützt seine Kunden beim Schutz ihrer Firmennamen, Marken und Warenzeichen im Internet. Das Team wird über die richtige Strategie im Umgang mit den neuen Internet-Endungen (Top Level Domains, TLDs) informieren, die ab Herbst 2013 schrittweise verfügbar werden. Schwerpunkte des diesjährigen ... read more ...
 
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China DDoS attack shows not all TLD servers equally secure - The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that took down a portion of China's Internet over the weekend demonstrates that the strength of the global network varies greatly across domains. Servers running China's ".cn" top level domain (TLD) came under attack Sunday starting at about 2 a.m. Eastern time. The China Internet Network Information Center, which runs the TLD servers, confirmed the attack and apologized to affected users. The organization said it was working to "enhance ... read more ...
 
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Verisign wins conflict opposite .ecom tip turn domain name - Panelist says .ecom may rise to the level of being “deceptive” compared to .com. Verisign has killed off eCommerce Inc.’s application for the .ecom top level domain name by winning a string similarity objection. Verisign, which acts as the registry for .com domain names, said it was probable that internet users would be confused by web addresses ending in .com and .ecom. It also said it is worried that registrants of .ecom domains might be confused, thinking ... read more ...
 
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How The New York Times could have prevented yesterday’s conflict for only $50 - Adding Registry Lock service to a domain name prevents unauthorized name server changes. Yesterday the nameservers for The New York Times’ NYTimes.com domain name were altered, allegedly by the Syrian Electronic Army, which led to some internet users not being able to access the company’s website. The New York Times could have easily prevented this from happening at a cost of under $50 a month. All it needed to do was add a product called Registry Lock to its ... read more ...
 
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Marchex’s Archeo auctioning off 71 domains in SnapNames auction - Archeo runs month long auction on SnapNames platform. Marchex’s soon-to-be spin-off Archeo just started an auction on SnapNames that will run for a month. The auction includes 71 domain names and shows both the breadth and quality of Archeo’s portfolio. That said, I think most of these domains names will sell better through negotiation than through an auction. Three domains have seven figure reserves: Decals.com, Locksmiths.com, and Peliculas (movies in Spanish, ... read more ...
 
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25 finish user domain name sales during Afternic - Here are 25 domain name sales to end users at Afternic last week. Let’s start this week’s Afternic end user sales report with a look at FAB.net. I tweeted about this $39,000 sale by Frank Schilling on Monday. (You do follow Domain Name Wire on Twitter, right?) The domain’s whois is protected by privacy. But just a couple weeks ago someone in Santa Monica bought Fab.us for $8,995. Is it the same person? What are their plans? It’s hard to say, although I’m ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to start constrictive routine on “uncalculated risk” strings - Applicants can start the contract process but can’t sign agreements yet. ICANN has released an update on how it’s handling potential name collisions with new top level domain names as it relates to contracting. The group will move forward with the contracting process even on strings that fall into the “uncalculated risk” bucket – but it won’t execute the contracts just yet. ICANN anticipates it will take 3-6 months to further study the potential effects ... read more ...
 
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A dozen finish user domain name sales during Sedo final week - End users ranging from a pest control company to a lender bought domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo sold $1.7 million worth of domain names last week. It’s a higher-than-usual total, thanks in part to at least one undisclosed sale. Here are a dozen end user domain names sales that were among the 646 domain names sold. French financial firm MeilleurTaux bought meilleureassurance.com for 14,995 EUR. Brand protection and intellectual property company Kallard Group ... read more ...
Tue 27th August 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICANN Approves $200 Million Dollar Budget For 2014; 306 Employees & Still No … - ICANN just approved  its 2014 budget which is coming in at over $200,000,000 in revenue. The budget anticipates ICANN staff growing to over 300 people but the real kicker, in our opinion is that ICANN still has virtually no revenue allocated coming in from the “Last Resort” New gTLD auctions. We have noted in past years that ICANN has not allocated any revenue coming in for auction of new gTLD strings where there is more than one applicant although the Guidebook that ICANN have produced, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Approves $200 Million Dollar Budget For 2014; 306 Employees & Still No Revenue From New gTLD Auctions - ICANN just approved  its 2014 budget which is coming in at over $200,000,000 in revenue. The budget anticipates ICANN staff growing to over 300 people but the real kicker, in our opinion is that ICANN still has virtually no revenue allocated coming in from the “Last Resort” New gTLD auctions. We have noted in past years that ICANN has not allocated any revenue coming in for auction of new gTLD strings where there is more than one applicant although the Guidebook that ICANN have produced, call ... read more ...
 
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9 Things You Need to Consider When Choosing a Registrar Solutions Partner … - The ICANN board has passed a resolution approving the renewal of .INFO, .ORG and .BIZ Registry agreements with the clause on cross — ownership (aka Vertical Integration) removed. What this means is that these Registries will now be allowed to own, part or whole, of a Registrar business. This will enable them to sell their TLD directly to end customers and also establish a reseller chain thus allowing much greater control and flexibility over sales channels. This resolution effectively ... read more ...
 
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Dog Days Of Summer? Fourth $50K+ Domain Sale Of The Day, As 22 Year Old Domain DPC.com Sells For $60K - August is usually referred to as the dog days of summer ,where not much is happening in business and typically domain sales slow up. However we can now report the 4th closed sale of a domain name today of $50,000 or more, as Sedo.com which is on fire this wee,k just reported the domain name DPC.com sold for $60,000. The domain name DPC.com was owned by  Clover Technologies Group of Ottawa, IL and has an original registration date of all the way back to 1991, July 25th 1991 to be exact. The oldest ... read more ...
 
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Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Name Administration’s Sale Of Fab.Net For $39,000 - Afternic.com just reported fits weekly domain sales for the week of 8/19/13 – 8/25/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,108,62 All sales were led by a Net, in this case Fab.net which was sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration’s For $39,000. All .com sales were led by a Tucows.com owned domain DreamLover.com which sold for $19,200 Here are the reportable sales: <![CDATA[]]>  Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Sells Deco.com For $100,000; Fork.com For $50,000 - In its second $100,000 sale reported today, Sedo.com has sold the domain name Deco.com for $100,000. Earlier today we reported that Godaddy.com sold OPS.com through a Sedo MLS listing for $100,000. Neither of these two sales is included in this weeks Sedo.com report. The seller of Deco.com was  BlackHawk Industrial of  Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The domain is currently going to a placeholder for Domaine.Fr a French registrar indicating that the buyer may well be a french company. The domain name Deco.com ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Totals $1.7 Million on Only 646 Transactions - Sedo just reported that 646 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling last week totaling  $1.7 Million It appears there was another big sale last week based on those numbers, I’m trying to see if I can get any more information. Afternic.com last week reported that it sold a domain for $500,000 but it could not release the domain This amounts to $45m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 43% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Top .coms: growersedge.com ... read more ...
 
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Ataque DDoS en China muestra que no todos los servidores TLD son seguros - distribuir ataques de denegación de servicio (DDoS), que provocaron la caída de una parte de la Internet en China durante el fin de semana demuestra que la fuerza de la red global es muy variable entre dominios. servidores que ejecutan dominio de nivel superior (TLD). cn de China fueron atacados el domingo. El Centro de Información de Internet de China Network, responsable del funcionamiento de los servidores de dominio de nivel superior, confirmó el ataque y pidió disculpas a los usuarios ... read more ...
 
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Ataque DDoS en China muestra que no todos los servidores TLD … - distribuir ataques de denegación de servicio (DDoS), que provocaron la caída de una parte de la Internet en China durante el fin de semana demuestra que la fuerza de la red global es muy variable entre dominios. servidores que ejecutan dominio de nivel superior (TLD). cn de China fueron atacados el domingo. El Centro de Información de Internet de China Network, responsable del funcionamiento de los servidores de dominio de nivel superior, confirmó el ataque y pidió disculpas a los usuarios ... read more ...
 
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Ataque DDoS na China mostra que nem todos os servidores TLD estão seguros - O ataque distribuído de negação de serviço (DDoS) que derrubou uma parte da Internet na China no final de semana demonstra que a força da rede global varia muito entre os domínios. Os servidores que executam o Top Level Domain (TLD) .cn na China foram atacados no domingo. O China Internet Network Information Center, responsável por rodar os servidores TLD, confirmou o ataque e pediu desculpas aos usuários afetados. A organização disse que estava trabalhando para "melhorar as capacidades ... read more ...
 
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Ataque DDoS na China mostra que nem todos os servidores TLD … - O ataque distribuído de negação de serviço (DDoS) que derrubou uma parte da Internet na China no final de semana demonstra que a força da rede global varia muito entre os domínios. Os servidores que executam o Top Level Domain (TLD) .cn na China foram atacados no domingo. O China Internet Network Information Center, responsável por rodar os servidores TLD, confirmou o ataque e pediu desculpas aos usuários afetados. A organização disse que estava trabalhando para "melhorar as capacidades ... read more ...
 
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Garry Chernoff Sells OPS.com For $100,000 On Godaddy.com - The domain name OPS.com just sold on Godaddy.com for $100,000 coming through Sedo.com system. Sedo.com announced the sale on its Facebook page just a short time ago. The owner of the domain name is long time domain investor Garry Chernoff’s company NetIncome Ventures Inc. The domain name has an original registration date of 1994. As with any three letter domain name there are thousands of possible uses and buyers. Congrats to the buyer and seller on the transaction.       Google+Michael ... read more ...