OpenSRS Joins SedoMLS Domain Distribution Network - by Nicole Henderson on December 31, 2013Add Your Comments OpenSRS announced on Monday that it has joined Sedo‘s domain distribution network, the SedoMLS network. SedoMLS network places domain names in front of potential buyers, and OpenSRS said that it will now be able to automatically distribute more than 17 million premium domain name extensions to its resellers. Through the partnership, Sedo expands its distribution ... read more ...

Tucows Joins Sedo MLS Network -

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.xyz Joins ICANN’s gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group -

Shayan Rostam
Production Manager
XYZ.COM LLC
800-XYZ-8422
Email

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Shocking; ICANN May Make Money Off The New gTLD Program - ICANN released its 1st  quarterly financial statement, as Domainincite.com,  pointed out, ICANN has spent $119.2 million of its original $344.9 million program budget (which comprises application fees net of refunds).” “As of September 30, it still had $225.7 million in cash dedicated to the program, which is accounted for separate to ICANN’s regular operating budget.” ICANN completed the  initial evaluations of  (IE) of the 1930 applications in August. One can argue that ICANN therefore ... read more ...

ICANN Bulk Transfers Domains from Dynamic Dolphin to BigRock - A bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Dynamic Dolphin, Inc. to BigRock Solutins Ltd. was authorized by ICANN on Tuesday. The move was announced in a release by ICANN, which had released a Notice of Termination of Dynamic Dolphin’s gTLD accreditation last Friday. BigRock was selected to receive and manage the gTLDs through ICANNs De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure.  Former Dynamic Dolphin customers will receive notice of the transfer and instructions on how to proceed from ... read more ...

Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains -

Pursuant to a Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, registrants expected won’t be means to send divided from BigRock for 60 days. That means, any renovation dates that pass come due, according to BigRock’s pricing, that is $11.99 for dot com, according to the website. BigRock looks like godaddy’s incursion into India:

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Registrar BigRock Gets ICANN Terminated Registrar Dynamic Dolphin’s Domains -

Pursuant to a Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, registrants expected won’t be means to send divided from BigRock for 60 days. That means, any renovation dates that pass come due, according to BigRock’s pricing, that is $11.99 for dot com, according to the website. BigRock looks like godaddy’s incursion into India:

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.BUZZ Rolls Out Gift Cards In Time For The Holidays: “Give the Gift of .Buzz” - We knew that the new gTLD registries would come up with some creative marketing ideas. Today we got an email from the upcoming .buzz registry who is selling .Buzz gift cards “just in time for the holidays”; “JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. GIVE THE GIFT OF .BUZZ” “dotStrategy, the parent company of the .buzz registry, is offering an easy solution for the last minute gift buyer — ‘Give the Gift of .Buzz. “dotStrategy is offering a Create.Buzz gift certificate good toward the registration ... read more ...

2013: A Year in Review, End of Year Message from DotConnectAfrica - "As Executive Director of DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) and spearhead of the Yes2DotAfrica Campaign, it gives me great pleasure to send this end of year message at Christmas to our entire Pan-African constituency and global community of supporters and well-wishers all over the world." —Sophia Bekele As 2013 draws to a close it is worth looking back at where we have been and consider what 2014 will bring. As usual for DCA, it has been a year of intense activity to ensure that our ... read more ...

Well Here’s The 1st: KPMG To Replace Its .Com With Its New gTLD - 1) The develop of .com alongside the development of commercial internet itself will look completely different from the eventual adoption and use of .brands in a mature internet space. Reasons: too many to elaborate on. 2) Speculating on .com was acting on legitimate foresight. Speculating on these from a ‘domainer’ standpoint is gambling with crappy odds; two entirely different things. 3) How long it takes megabrands to migrate to .themselves, however many ... read more ...

You’ve Got To Be Kidding: $25K For A .Sucks Domain Name Registration - One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucksopened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain. The truly shocking part of today’s announcement is that the registry plans on charging $25,000 PER domain for Sunrise Registrations. Sunrise is reserved for registered trademarks which are registered with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH). The registry is offering is a $250 priority registration “Reserve the name ... read more ...

You Got To Be Kidding: $25K .Sucks Domain Name Registration? - One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucks opened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain. The truly shocking part of today’s announcement is that the registry plans on charging $25,000 PER domain for Sunrise Registrations. Sunrise is reserved for registered trademarks which are registered with the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH). The registry is offering is a $250 priority registration “Reserve the name ... read more ...

UK Bans 1and1.com New gTLD Commercials As Being “Misleading” -   The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)  which is the independent regulator of advertising across all media the United Kingdom has just banned 1and1.com new gTLD television commercials as being misleading. A television commercial similar to the one 1and1.com was running in the United States, was also running in the UK. The ASA applies the Advertising Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice. Our work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the ... read more ...

.Fail! ChicagoGrid.com Says Berryhill Runs the Domains & .Chicago, .Jeans … - An Epic fail by a business publication covering the new gTLD’s, the Chicago Grid posted a story entitled “Will the switch from .com to .Chicago benefit businesses? Never mind the entire publication is wrapped with advertising from Dunkin’ Donuts and made my eye’s bleed. As Taylor Swift said “I knew you were trouble then” Of course there wasn’t even a new gTLD application submitted for .Chicago. The subtitle of the article: “Customers will have to embrace the 1,000 new domains ... read more ...

3rd Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress - Momentum has released the following announcement regarding its upcoming 3rd Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress (March 3-4, 2014, The Dream Downtown, New York). * * * Conference brochure and agenda (Click to Download)Go behind the scenes and learn how your peers are operationalizing their new TLDs as you are provided with real-life, launch strategies from .Club, .GOP, .Kiwi, .Latin, .Vegas, .Tickets and many more. Hear from George Faulkner, Manager, Social Brand Engagement, Social ... read more ...

Law Firm, Upperlink Synergise on Trademark Protection - Law Firm, Upperlink Synergise on Trademark Protection Category: Business News Published on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 10:21 Written by Nnamdi Duru ... read more ...

12 Registrar Signup With TLDH; 7 With Minds + Machines; 25 New gTLD To … - The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) announced the company has  Registry-Registrar Agreements (“RRA’s”) with an initial twelve ICANN-accredited registrars in the US, Europe and Asia. The Company plans to expand its registrar network in 2014 to complement its own direct sales channel to market through its wholly-owned registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. Of the initial 12 registrars that have signed RRAs, 7 have signed up with Minds + Machines OPEN Priority ... read more ...

TLDH updates on sales channel developments - Equity, index and currency market data provided by Interactive Data. Interactive Investor Trading Limited, trading as "Interactive Investor", is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered Office: Standon House, 21 Mansell Street, London E1 8AA, telephone 0845 200 3637. Registered in England with Company Registration number 3699618. Group VAT registration number 832 6732 26. We may record and/or monitor telephone calls or intercept other telecommunications between ... read more ...

The Mosque and the Bazaar: Islam, ICANN, and the New gTLD Program - The launch of the new gTLD program in January, 2012 was undoubtedly one of the finest moments for ICANN; and rightly so. The launch was a culmination of thousands of hours of hard work by thousands of people from various countries, interests, and walks of life. In the end, a 338-page Applicant Guidebook with details about how the new gTLD program was to be implemented was produced. Thus was set the stage for the greatest cyberland rush in history. The Bazaar Although ICANN was expecting ... read more ...

Are You Ready For The Coming Explosion Of Cybersquatting? - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...

Donuts Adds 14 Domain Extensions At GoDaddy - Donuts, the global top level domain (gTLD) registrar which has operations and connections to Los Angeles, has rolled out fourteen of its domain extensions via GoDaddy. According to GoDaddy Thursday, it has begun accepting pre-registration on fourteen new domain name extensions, including .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY, .SINGLES, .CAMERA, .LIGHTING, .PLUMBING, .EQUIPMENT, .GRAPHICS and .HOLDINGS. The domains are part of a bit extension of GoDaddy in the new ... read more ...

.Brand Registry Agreement Addendum Published for Public Comment - On December 6, 2013, ICANN posted for public comment a proposal requested by the Brand Registry Group to incorporate a new Specification 13 to the new gTLD Registry Agreement, which would be available to a registry operator that operates a top-level domain (TLD) that ICANN determines qualifies as a ".brand TLD." Specification 13, otherwise known as the “.brand Addendum,” would be added to the standard Registry Agreement that was finalized and approved by the ICANN Board of Directors in July ... read more ...

Shopping For New Generic Top-Level Domains Made Simple By Easyspace - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has created a brand new website where customers can register their interest for free in the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs).Glasgow, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 12 December 2013 -Easyspace, one of the UK’s largest domain name providers, has created a brand new website where customers can register their interest for free in the new ICANN generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs). The website,http://www.easyspace.com/domain-names/new-gtldshas ... read more ...

ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse to offer ongoing claims notification services - 12 Dec, 2013 ICANN’s Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) has today announced that it will offer an ongoing claims service, where trademark holders (and/or their agents) will be notified of potential intellectual property infringement indefinitely, beyond the original 90 day period. Whenever a domain name in a new gTLD that exactly matches a term recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse, the trademark holder will receive ... read more ...