Tag Archives: ccTLD

Tue 17th August 2010
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“1st Fund” To Invest Only In Domains Launches Aug 1st Promises To Make Domains Accepted As An Asset Class - Here is what maybe a huge step for Domains to become a real world asset in the wider investment community. In a press release today, a company called the The Domain Developers Fund says they will  officially launch on August 1. “The DDF offers institutional and private investors equity investments in Internet Domain Names.” “Its the first fund to invest in domain names only.” The release from Grand Cayman “Recent million-dollar domain deals and stories such as the ones ... read more ...
Thu 12th August 2010
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Latonas.com One Letter Domain Auction Starts Today - RickLatona.com, auction for one letter domain names starts tonight at 6pmEST. All domains are priced with a starting bid of $2K and although they may not be the greatest extensions in the world, its an opportunity to own a rare one letter domain for just a couple of grand. The auction starts closing on August 19th at 6Pm EST. C.cr E.af F.af F.ai G.af G.ai H.af J.af K.cr L.af L.cr L.kg M.af M.cr N.ai N.cr O.af O.ai P.af Q.af Q.ai Q.cr Q.kg R.kg T.kg U.af U.ai U.cr V.af V.ai V.cr W.af W.kg Y.af Z.af Z.ai Google+Michael ... read more ...
Fri 23rd July 2010
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OnlineCasino.Dk Sold For $580K - According to BusinessWire.com the domain name www.onlinecasino.dk just sold for $580,000 to a Gaming company based in Malta. .dk is the country code of Denmark. You can also read more about this sale here. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Sat 29th May 2010
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Are .MX Domains Worth Anything? - Ok so I’m the first to admit when it comes to ccTLD’s, I’m far from an expert and have very few ccTLD domains. However I know what I see. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to watch some Sky TV (equivalent to Directv or Dish in the states) out of Mexico. Sky has some US programming like ESPN, but all the commercials are from Mexico for a Mexican audience (of course they have a ton of spanish programming as well). Here’s what I noticed when it comes to domains and  ... read more ...
Sun 16th May 2010
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About .CO; Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Juan Calle - With the LandRush for the .Co just a little over a month away, we got this exclusive interview with Juan Diego Calle who is the CEO of .CO Internet S.A.S., the company which is operating the registry for the ccTLD. Juan, thanks for taking the time to educate myself and my readers on the .CO extension. 1. Tell us a little about yourself and your career background. A: I was born in Columbia and come from a very entrepreneurial family. We moved to the US when I was fairly young and by the time I got ... read more ...
Tue 30th March 2010
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Argentina (.AR) Latest ccTLD To Adopt Identification Requirements - The registry for the .AR ccTLD has passed identification rules for registrants for existing and new domains. All current registrants of .AR domain names must make sure the whois info including its name, address, telephone number fax number is up to date and accurate, and the e-mail address listed on the registration must be valid and working. In addition, registrants must provide either their tax identification code (Código Único de Identificación Tributaria, or CUIT) or their national identity ... read more ...
Wed 24th March 2010
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Godaddy To Stop Registering .CN Domains - GoDaddy.com announced today that it will stop registering new Chinese domain names following Chinese government requests for additional personal information on its existing customers. “This is the first time a registry has asked us to retroactively obtain additional verification and documentation of individuals who have registered a domain name through our company,” GoDaddy General Counsel and Executive Vice President Christine Jones said. “We are concerned for the security of the individuals ... read more ...
Mon 22nd March 2010
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Don’t Plan On Using .Co To Infringe On Trademarks: Registry Is First To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) On Rollout. - .CO Internet,  the company that is operating the .CO (Colombia) registry, announced that they will be the first registry to adopt the IRT IP clearinghouse and Global protected markets list and Uniform Rapid Suspension, when the registry rolls out the extension. The IP clearinghouse  is a designated third party which assist brand owners by reviewing their trademarks to ensure that they meet the requirements of the ‘.co’ sunrise policy (at no additional costs). The Globally Protected Marks List ... read more ...
Sun 21st March 2010
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Domena .ru – chcesz się zarejestrować? Pokaż paszport - Rosja do tej pory była internetowym rajem dla botnetów, witryn hakerskich i wszelkiej maści internetowej ekstremy. Odpowiedzialne za administrowanie narodową domeną .ru, Centrum Koordynacji (www.ccTLD.ru) będzie wkrótce wymagać od osób fizycznych okazania kopii paszportu, natomiast w przypadku firm, kopii dokumentów potwierdzających prowadzenie działalności gospodarczej. Celem ... read more ...
Tue 9th March 2010
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Want A Jump On A .CO Domain? The .Co Registry Is Giving Away Domains Under The “Founders Program” - The .Co registry announced today what it is calling the .CO Founders Program Starting today, the registry is starting to accept applications, for “the .CO Founders Program, an initiative designed to help qualified “first movers” to proactively develop and maintain domains with the .CO extension prior to the public launch in July. The .CO Founders Program is open to all interested applicants from individuals to businesses and big brands.”” “The .CO Founders Program provides an excellent ... read more ...
Mon 8th March 2010
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.MX Registry Hits 400,000 Domains Registered - NIC Mexico the company responsible of the administration of the .MX ccTLD, announced today that has reached 400,000 domain name registrations under .MX (including in this number all the current classifications .com.mx, .net.mx, .org.mx, .edu.mx, .gob.mx and .mx). “Today, NIC Mexico has reached more than 400,000 domain names registrations” commented Oscar Robles, NIC Mexico ‘s CEO. It is interesting to note that out of the 400K+ .Mx domains registered almost 75% of them are .com.mx which has ... read more ...
Wed 17th February 2010
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.Co Domain Name is .Coming - .Co domain name to go worldwide this year; Pool.com to manage sunrise and landrush auctions. [Update: See guide to pricing and registrars for .co launch.] Anyone who attended one of the three domain name industry events so far this year has heard about the .co domain name launch. The domain’s registry, .CO Internet S.A.S., has been aggressively getting its name out with a big marketing splash at all three events. It’s not another TLD typo It’s natural for the ... read more ...
Mon 18th January 2010
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The Registry For .MX LOWERS The Price - NIC Mexico, the organization that manages the .MX ccTLD, announced a price reduction on domain names registrations and renewals for .MX domains to $40 a year. The company says that new rates go into effect on February 1st, 2010. Please note while rates have dropped at the registry level, retail prices are set by Accredited Registrars, who will hopefully pass the savings along. According to the statement of the registry there were  382,549 .MX domain registrations at the end 2009. Its interesting ... read more ...
Mon 4th January 2010
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Australian Gripe Site Back Up After Domain Name Deleted - Deleted domain back in hands of gripe site. What happens when you register a .au domain name for a gripe site about a politician behind Australia’s push for net censorship? It gets censored. That’s what happened to the registrant of stephenconroy.com.au, who created the web site as a satirical stab at politician Stephen Conroy, who is currently Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy in Australia. Conroy is behind plans for creating a ... read more ...
Sun 13th December 2009
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Have a .CN Domain? You Better Get A Business License In China Or You Might Lose It - According to an article today published in the GlobalTimes in China the “The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said that individuals are effectively barred from registering domain names ending with .cn unless they have a business license to show they’re a bona fide company.” “The announcement came after a report by China Central Television (CCTV) aired criticism of the registration process and linked it to the prevalence of pornographic websites.” “Applicants must submit ... read more ...
Mon 2nd November 2009
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Tue 29th September 2009
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Fri 28th August 2009
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$700 For A Domain Registration? EuroDNS.com Starting Accepting .MX Preorders - I just received this notice from EuroDns.com regarding the .MX (mexico) ccTLD landrush: “”EuroDNS is glad to announce the opening of the .MX Landrush pre-registration phase from August 25th until September 1st, the latter being the official opening day of the Landrush period, for a price of 485 Euros.””” Wow $485 Euro’s. At today’s exchange rate $1 USD= $1.43 Euro’s that comes to $694 per domain. According to the same press release, when .MX Go Live registrations start on November ... read more ...
Wed 26th August 2009
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$300K Coming Into The Market To Buy .Ae Domains? - According to a press release from today, a Dubai based company, “Unicapital Middle East”, has  $300,000 allocated for domain name purchases. The company is allocating another $700K for project development and promotion. It has just launched a portal for the region at 99.ae. It is not clear from the press release if the $300K is going to be spent on .Ae domains or on top level TLD’s but the rest of the press release goes on to talk about all the investment opportunities  the exist in the UAE ... read more ...
Sun 2nd August 2009
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Fraudulent Use Of Country Code Domains - As you know the most used country code domains, have grown exponentially, as users people in those countries are looking for information and to deal with products in their own country. However a story in the Telegraph.co.uk highlight the a new problem of using country codes to trick people into thinking they are buying from a “local” business. According to the story, up to 480,000 sites, representing approximately 6% of all .co.uk domains, which sell goods (rather than informational sites) are ... read more ...
Tue 28th July 2009
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Hollywood.us For $5,700, A Bargain or Not? - There were a few interesting domain auctions closing today. One very interesting one was Hollywood.us. I don’t own very many .us domains, but this sure looked like a good one, especially in light of the success of Hollywood.com and Hollywood.tv. After much debate between myself and myself, I passed, but still think it was a very good buy at $5,722,  where it sold on SnapNames.com today. Another interesting domain was candycompany.com which sold for $6,800 on NameJet.com. With Rick’s sale of ... read more ...
Fri 24th July 2009
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There Sure Are Some Interesting Domains On The Top .CM List - NameJet.com sent out an e-mail tonight reminding everyone that the .cm Landrush ends next week on July 30 at 5pm EST. In the e-mail it lists the “Most Popular .cm Pre-orders” and for me there are quite a few surprises on the list. While some of the domains I expected like: books.cm movies.cm music.cm news.cm free.cm hosting.cm realestate.cm insurance.cm jobs.cm loans.cm mail.cm tv.cm (the.com is trademarked) Other domains on the list are quite surprising, that they made it to the Most Popular ... read more ...
Sun 19th July 2009
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ICANN Has Little Power On ccTLD’s & UDRP’s Rarely Apply - Over the last week, I have talked about the .cm extension on several occasion (here, here, and here)  and in the comments to the post it appears there is a lot of confusion in the domainer community as to  ICANN’s role in ccTLD’s The short answer is,  they don’t have much. ICANN territory is Top Level Domains, the 21 existing TLD’s and the new proposed g’TLD’s Simply put ccTLD’s “are not subject to the rules for TLD’s that the ICANN community develops but in most cases are subject ... read more ...
Sat 18th July 2009
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Your May Not To Get To Use Your .CM Domains Until 2010 - Just a word of caution for those interested in going to .CM domains, it looks like you may not  be able to start using the domains until sometime in 2010. I noticed on Moniker.com site on the FAQ, where they are accepting pre-orders for .CM domains: “””How will I set name servers? “”Due to registry restrictions, you will not be able to freely change the name servers until early 2010 as determined by the registry. Until that time, all name server updates will be charged a processing fee, ... read more ...
Mon 13th July 2009
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.CM Auction Domains Are All Resolving, So Who Is Tracking & Making Money Off Them? - In preparing for the Rick Latona Auction of .CM domains, I found some very interesting things. Some of the domains in the auction are resolving to the .com owner’s site. Bodybuilding.cm goes to bodybuilding.com through an affiliate program. Date.cm is going to Date.com through an affiliate program. DrugStore.cm is redirected to DrugStore.com through an affiliate program. Most of the other 43 domains in the auction go to either a Sedo.com or DomainSponsor.com parked page, giving both of those companies, ... read more ...