What if Domain Investors Buy the Good gTLD Domain Names? - Domain investor (and ‎Founder Director of the Intellectual Property Division at Heritage Auctions) Aron Meystedt shared something interesting this week: “With all of the gTLD rollouts, it’s obvious that domainers are buying all of the word combinations that actually make sense.” He further added, “The gTLD program was supposed to ensure that EVERYONE could receive the domain they wanted. In reality, domainers are going to buy all the good word combinations and end users are back ... read more ...

New gTLD Registrations Top 125K As .Today; .Technology; .Land; .Directory … - The total number of new gTLD domain name registrations have now passed the 125,000 mark as several new extensions have finished Sunrise and starting to take registrations. .Guru continues to led the pack now topping over 35,000 registration with .Photography topping 18,000 registrations. Quite a few new gTLD’s are hitting RegistrarStats.com for the 1st time with .Today leading the way with over 5,000 registrations followed closely by .Technology at around 4,700. .Land which many people seem ... read more ...

.BUZZ Release Premium Domain List With Prices As High As $46880 - The new gTLD .Buzz has released its premium list of domain names on its website, names.buzz . The most expensive domain name on the list is Games.Buzz  at $46,880 but its on the ICANN collision list so its not quiet available yet. The most expensive domain not on the collision list is Jobs.Buzz at  $42,000 Business.Buzz  is priced at  $33,500 Clothes.buzz is priced at $30,000 NewYork.buzz is priced at $28,300 Software.Buzz is priced $16,800 Also priced at $16,800 each are Consulting.buzz, ... read more ...

Sibername Opens the General Availability Registrations for 7 more domain … – PR - SiberName (http://www.sibername.com), one of the most trusted Canadian resources for domain registration and web hosting, has announced that seven new gTLD;s are released for public registration through their website starting this Wednesday February 19th, 2014 at 11:00 AM EST. The following list of new domain names: .CONSTRUCTION .CONTRACTORS .DIRECTORY .KITCHEN .LAND .TECHNOLOGY .TODAY will be available for online registration through SiberName's Domain Name Registration webpage and also through ... read more ...

The New gTLD .HIV Project Has Pretty Creative Way Of Distributing Money To … - At the Fairwinds Beyond The Dot conference this morning a presentation by the supporters of the new gTLD .HIV explained that part of the project will “generate funds to support the dedicated all over the world, raise awareness of the topic HIV/AIDS and work against the stigmatization of people living with the virus.” The .HIV new gTLD is being described as more than just a domain name, its  “A Digital Red Ribbon”, the Red Ribbon of the digital age if you will. Out of the he planned ... read more ...

Amazon successfully defends community objection against application for … - <![CDATA[ ]]> Please complete the form below to receive a free trial of WTR magazine and daily email updates. The personal details provided by you will be held on a database and may be shared with Globe Business Publishing Ltd's associated companies. The details provided will not be passed to any other company. Please view our Terms Conditions. ... read more ...

Dot Desi Reseller, LLC selects LogicBoxes’ Vertical Integration solutions for the … - Dot Desi Reseller, LLC selects LogicBoxes’ Vertical Integration solutions for the .desi gTLD LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration solutions provider for New gTLD Registries today announced that it has been selected by Dot Desi Reseller, LLC (an affiliate of Desi Networks, LLC Registry for .desi gTLD) to manage their wholesale and retail infrastructure and provide marketing assistance. As part of the deal, LogicBoxes will provide a custom Vertical Integration solutions package. LogicBoxes ... read more ...

SMB demand for .london web addresses looks set to soar - More than 200,000 of the capital's SMBs could register a .london web address when the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) names are introduced on 29 April. That's according to the findings of a new YouGov poll, involving 1,001 SMB business decision makers, which was commissioned by the promotional arm of the London Mayor's office London Partners. Twenty-six per cent of respondents said they were likely to take up a .london web address. YouGov has used this to calculate that more than 200,000 SMBs ... read more ...

NCC acquires rights to .trust - IT security business NCC Group has acquired the right to operate generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .trust from Deutsche Post. The Manchester-based company plans to use the .trust domain to launch its Artemis internet security service to create a secure environment for selected customers. The service is set to be commercially available from the start of its next financial year in June. It has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire the domain, which was ... read more ...

NCC Group PLC Acquisition of first gTLD .trust - TIDMNCC RNS Number : 1735A NCC Group PLC 17 February 2014 17 February 2014 NCC Group plc Acquisition of rights to first gTLD - .trust NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, or 'the Group'), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, has acquired the right to operate the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .trust from Deutsche Post, for an undisclosed fee. Deutsche Post originally obtained the gTLD through ICANN's new gTLD allocation process during 2013 but has ... read more ...

ICANN Opens Comment Period To Allow New gTLD Registries To Register … -

Via: thedomains.com

NTIA wary of gTLD explosion - The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is concerned that new generic Top-Level Domains being made available by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers may not be considering consumer protections. Since Jan. 1, ICANN has added more than 70 gTLDs (only a subset are yet accessible) to the Internet's root with the goal of reaching about 1,000 gTLDs in all by 2015. On Jan. 29 the first batch of new domains – including .bike, .guru and .singles – became ... read more ...

.CLUB Is Platinum Sponsor Of DOMAINfest Hollywood; Launches Landrush For … - LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DomainSponsor®, the online monetization business of Oversee.net® and organizer of the critically acclaimed DOMAINFest® series of conferences, announced that .CLUB will be the Platinum Sponsor for DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 to April 2, 2014 at the luxurious Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California. The .CLUB gTLD will sponsor the welcome party and reception at DOMAINFest. During the conference .CLUB will launch its Land Rush period with thousands ... read more ...

.Club Is The Platinum Sponsor For Domainfest & Will Launch its Landrush at The … - DomainSponsor®, the organizer of DOMAINFest®  announced that .CLUB will be the Platinum Sponsor for DOMAINFest Hollywood, which will be held from March 31 to April 2, 2014 at the luxurious Loews Hotel in Hollywood, California. The .CLUB gTLD will sponsor the welcome party and reception at DOMAINFest. During the conference .CLUB will launch its Land Rush period with thousands of premium quality names included at Land Rush prices. Over 60 registrars have already signed on, including Network ... read more ...

Issues for TM owners – new gTLDs - The core group of generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) such as .com, .info, .net and .org is set to expand significantly over the next few years. The process has already begun, as seven new gTLDs were made available to the general public on 29 January 2014, with many more set to follow in the coming months. In 2008, the Internet Corporation for AsTMsigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body responsible for managing domain names, began a process designed to introduce hundreds of ... read more ...

New Dots Web Domain Expansion Awareness Website TheNewDots.org … - PROVO, Utah, Feb. 12, 2014 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- New Dot Media has launched TheNewDots.org, a consumer awareness and education website dedicated to the ICANN new top-level domain internet address expansion currently under way.(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140212/MN63392)What Are New Dots? New "Dots" are new internet web address endings being introduced through the ICANN New gTLD Program. Where consumers today are familiar with 'dot' endings for websites such ... read more ...

Are the Sochi Olympics Whetting Your Appetite for Winter Sports Domains? If So … - Being from Florida I usually don't pay a lot of attention to outdoor winter sports, but when the Winter Olympics roll around every four years I join millions of others around the world who tune in to watch ... read more ...

Free Afilias Webinar: Learn to Launch a New gTLD - I know it’s fairly late to let you know about this, but Afilias will be hosting a free one hour webinar at 10am Eastern today to discuss a variety of topics related to launching a new gTLD. Although the application window for this round has been closed for quite some time, there will likely be future application rounds for people who want to launch a .brand extension or other new extension. In this webinar that will begin shortly, Roland LaPlante, SVP and CMO of Afilias will discuss ... read more ...

Companies Vie For .names In Internet Domain Expansion - It's likely the biggest virtual real estate expansion this year that you've never heard of — a massive growth of the Internet that, like the land rushes of yesteryear, will have winners, losers and possibly unintended consequences. The generic top-level domain (gTLD), the last portion of an Internet address, such as .com, .org, .edu or .gov, will be dramatically expanded. Companies already have lined up to haggle, bargain and — if need be — fight over them. Currently, there are roughly 200 ... read more ...

Single Letter New gTLD Purchase Post Mortem - Shortly after Aaron Strong commented that he bought the single letter x.Ventures domain name, I purchased three single letter new gTLD domain names: n.Ventures, n.Holdings, and g.Holdings. I later learned that a whole bunch of single letter new gTLD domain names were registered, perhaps even all of those that were available to purchase. In light of this, I thought it would be appropriate to write a brief post mortem to reiterate why I made my purchases and my thoughts on buying new TLD domain ... read more ...

New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String … - The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Confusion Objection Expert Determinations. The effect of this proposal, and the issue that is likely to be before the NGPC after the close of the public comments, is to consider implementing a new review mechanism in the String Confusion Objection cases ... read more ...

New gTLD’s Aftermarket: Sedo Is Ready & Has New gTLD’s For Sale; Afternic … - I did a check to see if the major aftermarket houses were ready and listing new gTLD’s for sale. The short and simply answer: Sedo.com is. Afternic.com is not. Sedo has a drop down search feautre to search for domains name by extension. Sedo has the 7 new gTLD;s already included in their drop down menu and in fact there are already hundreds of new gTLD domain names for sale in the resale market with both fixed pricing and make offers/ Sedo actually has a few auctions going on new gTLD domain ... read more ...