Tag Archives: ICANN

Wed 13th June 2012
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New gTLD’s By The Numbers: 1930 Apps, 751 Apps In Conflict; Max Number of New gTLD’s 1,409 - ICANN just published  some information about the new gTLD applications it received. Here is the new gTLD by the numbers: Number of Apps for a new gTLD: 1930 84 are designated as “community-based”.66 have designated themselves as geographic name applications. 116 applications are Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, using non-Latin scripts.   Applications were received from 60 countries: 911 applications came from North America. 675 from Europe. 303 applications ... read more ...
 
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As many as 1,409 tip turn domains on a way - 1,409 unique top level domain applications submitted to ICANN. It’s “reveal day”, with ICANN set to reveal the applications for new top level domains at a press conference starting at 8 am EDT today. This morning ICANN released overall numbers related to the program. First, the headline number. We’ll see up to 1,409 new top level domains hit the web from this round. There were 1,930 total applications. 751 of those applications cover 230 contested domain names. ... read more ...
 
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Peter Dengate Thrush’s greeting to today’s tip turn domain reveals - Former ICANN chairman notes some surprises today, but says he’s still digesting all of the data. Peter Dengate Thrush was chairman of ICANN’s board when it finally approved the new top level domain plan. Now he’s with Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH), which is one of the biggest applicants for new top level domains. It is applying for 68 on its own accord and 92 in total. I just got off the phone with Dengate Thrush and asked him what the biggest surprises were ... read more ...
 
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These village TLD applications are a finish joke - Be ready to prove you’re part of the .shop community if you want to register a .shop domain. One of the biggest problems I’ve had with the new TLD applicant guidebook is preference given to applications representing a so-called community. This is ripe for gaming. Consider these applications that say they are representing a “community”: .Music – .music LLC from Far Further and CGR E-Commerce LTD .eco from Big Room Inc. .Shop from Commercial Connect and GMO ... read more ...
Mon 11th June 2012
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ICANN’s 2010 Tax Return: Staff Compensation Over $25 Million; Travel $10 Million - ICANN has posted its 2010 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 2011 and is full of goodies. According to its tax return for 2010 (for year ending June 30 2011) which was filed in May 2012, ICANN showed over $72 Million in Revenue and paid out over $25 Million in compensation with officer, director and key employees totaling $6.5 million. CEO Rod Beckstrom’s total compensation was just under $1M at $998,230.00 All and all about 40% of all ICANN’s revenue went to pay staff. According to the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN pays tighten to $1 million for CEO in 2011. Here’s remuneration for 18 other ICANN employees. - Rod Beckstrom’s total compensation and benefits nearly $1 million last fiscal year; many other highly paid employees at non-profit. ICANN has published its Form 990 tax return for the financial year ending June, 2011. Here’s what top employees earned (including non-taxable benefits): Rod Beckstrom, CEO $998,230 Akram Atallah, COO $133,812 Doug Brent, COO $348,628 John Jeffrey General Counsel Secretary $338,475 Kurt Pritz, SVP Services $399,747 Kevin Wilson, CFO ... read more ...
Thu 7th June 2012
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ICANN Batching Starts Jun 8th Results Announced Jul 11th - ICANN made the announcement overnight that batching will start on June 8th just after midnight UTC time and close right before midnight June 28th UTC time. The results of batching will be released on July 11, 2012, all times and  dates are “target” dates and therefore could be changed. ICANN is moving forward with its Digital Archery  Program for batching will be done assigning a secondary timestamp to each application using the TAS system. Thee are two companies that have announced programs ... read more ...
 
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Fate of new TLD sequence dynamic by click of a symbol and location - ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD application will be evaluated. Digital archery involves setting a target time and then clicking a button as close to the target time as possible. With close to 2,000 applications, but many of them duplicates, we’re probably ... read more ...
Wed 6th June 2012
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Set your alarm clocks for a “big reveal” - Over 1,900 new TLD applications to be revealed June 13. ICANN today announced details about reveal day, when it reveals over 1,900 applied-for top level domain names. A reveal news conference is set for Kings Place in London at 1 p.m. local time (noon GMT). That’s 8 a.m. EDT. West coaster new TLD watchers will have to rise a little earlier for a 5 a.m. unveiling. The reveal will also be broadcast online at ICANN.org. Although some applicants have already unveiled ... read more ...
Thu 31st May 2012
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ICANN: What To Expect Next In The New gTLD Program - Now the new gTLD application window has closed let’s look at what happens next in the new gTLD Program according to ICANN: “The time frames below are subject to change.” “13 June: “Reveal Day” “ICANN will publicly post all TLD character strings that have been applied for, and who applied for them. This event triggers several more activities in the New gTLD program: Application Comment Process. Anyone interested may submit comments to be considered by the evaluation panels. The period ... read more ...
Wed 30th May 2012
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Pool.com Gets Competition On Its Digital Archery Service As Digital Archery Experts Rolls Out - According to a press release I just received it appears Pool.com now has a competitor in the ICANN Digital Archery batching service for new gTLD applicants. “Digital Archery Experts (DAE) is pleased to release its digital archery service designed to secure new gTLD applicants a first batch position in the ICANN secondary time stamp competition.” The fee  is $20,000 which has to be paid upfront but will be “retained ONLY if we succeed in qualifying a client’s string for the batch one” Pool.com ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: Big Reveal Scheduled For Jun 13th; TAS Closes Tomorrow; Batching Process Begins Jun 8th - ICANN just announced that the Big Reveal date for the new gTLD program, will be held on June 13th. ICANN went on to say that the TAS, the system by which one makes an application for a new gTLD domain extension, is scheduled to close tomorrow, May 30th, at 23:59 GMT/UTC . ICANN also said in a newly issued timeline that the Batching process will begin before the ICANN conference in Prague and close during the Prague conference In a previous update ICANN said there were a total of 2,305 application ... read more ...
Tue 29th May 2012
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A registrar’s take on law coercion wish list for domain registrations - Michele Neylon opines about registrar accreditation negotiations. Earlier this month I wrote about what various law enforcement agencies would like you to do before registering a domain. Although well intentioned, the requirements would wreak havoc on the domain name ecosystem. Michele Neylon, who runs Irish domain registrar Blacknight, just posted a blog entry about what he thinks the changes would mean for domain registrants. The title is spot on: Don’t Make Us ... read more ...
 
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ICANN announces new TLD exhibit date, digital archery schedule, 500 unprepared applications - Dates are finalized and a lot of applicants have work to do before tomorrow. ICANN just provided a timeline for the new top level domain application process going forward. The “big reveal” date, when ICANN releases the full list of applicants and the strings they applied for, will be June 13. Digital Archery, which will be used for slotting which batch an application falls into, will run June 8 to June 28. Additionally, ICANN says there are over 500 incomplete ... read more ...
Tue 22nd May 2012
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ICANN: After The TAS Mess Only 2 Request for Refunds - A few weeks ago during the TAS outage, ICANN issued a statement saying that anyone who applied for a new gTLD or paid to enter the TAS system could pull their application or authorization and get a full refund of any money paid. Today in a Twitter chat, I asked ICANN how many people requested a refund under this program. The answer I got was: “As of last night we had received two new requests for refund since full refund offer, one for $185k one for $5K” I’m personally not surprised there ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Re-Opens TAS System For New gTLD’s - In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed re-opened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks. ” The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can now log in, review and submit their applications. The system will remain open until 23:59 GMT/UTC on 30 May 2012. Consistent with our previous practice and to allow the application window to open as soon as possible, two-hour maintenance windows have been scheduled ... read more ...
Tue 15th May 2012
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Intellectual Property Constituency Asks ICANN to Reconsider Digital Archery Batching - TO: ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee FROM: Steve Metalitz, IPC President RE: “Digital Archery” batching method DT: May 9, 2012 I write at the direction of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC), to urge ICANN to reconsider use of the “digital archery” method for batching new gTLD applications for evaluations. On May 4, ICANN announced that over 2000 new gTLD applications have been received. Since the evaluation system is only designed to handle about 500 applications at once, ... read more ...
 
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Here’s what law coercion wants we to do before induction a domain… - Registering a domain name might become a lot more time intensive in the future. Negotiations between ICANN and registrars to amend the registrar accreditation agreement are ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are asking for some pretty big changes to how domains are registered today. Law enforcement proposals relate to verifying whois information and tracking more information about registrants. Law enforcement agencies that have been involved in consultations include: Australian ... read more ...
Fri 11th May 2012
 
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Overstock.com: We’d still unequivocally like O.com - Overstock.com pleads for single letter .com domains in VeriSign contract renewal. For many years Overstock.com has had an obsession. An obsession with getting the domain name O.com. As you may know, there are only three one letter .com domains ever registered: q.com, x.com, and z.com. These were registered (and grandfathered) prior to a restriction on one character .com domains being put in place. Since then, Overstock.com has done everything possible to angle itself ... read more ...
Wed 9th May 2012
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ICANN “Targeting” May 22 As Re-opening Of TAS: Big Reveal Still Unknown But Prague Looks Likely - According to a statement issued overnight, ICANN is “targeting 22 May 2012 as the intended reopening date for the TLD Application System.” “It is anticipated that the system would remain open for five business days and close on 30 May. This takes account of the 28 May Memorial Day holiday in the United States.” “We have met our commitment to provide notice to all users on or before 8 May 2012 by sending out notifications today.””The large majority of users are unaffected by the glitch.” “”Even ... read more ...
 
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ICANN refunds thought was a reticent move - Offering an additional $5,000 refund just draws more attention to ICANN’s top level domain system failure. ICANN’s offer to refund 100% of applicant fees if new gTLD applicants pull their applications was a dumb move. First, this offer isn’t a big deal. It’s an offer of $5,000 more (just 3%) than the refund schedule previously in place offered if you withdrew your application before names were revealed. Second, will this offer actually prompt people to recall ... read more ...
Tue 8th May 2012
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ICANN Offers Full Refund To Any Applicant For A New gTLD Which Pulls Its App Before The Big Reveal - In an Announcement tonight, ICANN is offering to refund any applicant who has submitted and paid its fee for a new gTLD if they pull their application prior to the Big Reveal. “”In recognition of the inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the TLD application system, ICANN will provide a full refund of the application fees paid by any new gTLD applicant that wishes to withdraw its application prior to publication of the list of applied-for new top-level domain names.” “A resolution ... read more ...
Mon 7th May 2012
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Beckstrom: ICANN May Deny New gTLD Applications If They Got An Unfair Advantage In Seeing Others Info - Rod Beckstrom the CEO of ICANN just told theHill.com, that applicants who looks at other applicants info in an attempt  “to gain an unfair edge over their competitors” may have their own application denied. In an interview with The Hill, he noted that ICANN has “ultimate authority” over approving all applications and said the organization will examine whether any groups used a recent system glitch to look at the applications of their rivals. “If we were concerned with any parties’ actions, ... read more ...
Sat 5th May 2012
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Breaking: ICANN 2,305 New gTLD Applications Received To Date; 2,091 Paid For - ICANN just announced tonight that when the TAS system was taken down there were 2,091 applications, either submitted or in progress. In addition, there were 214 potential applications that were registered prior to the March 29th deadline, but whose payments have not yet been received or reconciled. The total therefore should be 2,305  if payment is received for all applications to date. Of course there may be additional applications submitted after the TAS system re-opens for the 5 day period. For ... read more ...