Tag Archives: ICANN

Fri 9th May 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Org Domain Name Prices to Jump 10% - Public Interest Registry to raise wholesale prices of .org domain names. Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domain names, has notified ICANN that it is increasing wholesale prices 10%. The annual wholesale price for .org domain name registrations will be $6.75, slightly below the $6.86 rate that .com domains will jump to later this year. The rational for the price increase? None. At least none that was disclosed to ICANN. The rational is purely for ... read more ...
Mon 5th May 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Canada Leading a Way with Whois Changes - .Ca is getting a whois overhaul. Perhaps the rest of the domain world can use it as a framework. There have been a number of suggested changes to ICANN’s whois framework. But Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is making changes to its .ca country code on its own. Canada-based domain registrar Tucows (AMEX: TCX) is reporting that CIRA will make sweeping changes to its whois policies on June 10: -Whois registrant data will be made private by default. ... read more ...
Tue 29th April 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
GoDaddy Allows Transfers After Whois Changes - GoDaddy complies with ICANN advisory for transferring domain names. Last September I wrote that GoDaddy might have to end its controversial practice of denying transfers-out when a domain owner changes whois information in the preceding 60 days. A few weeks ago ICANN finalized the advisory that I wrote about, and it seems to target GoDaddy specifically. The advisory basically says that registrars can’t deny transfer requests due to changes in whois information, ... read more ...
Mon 25th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Network Solutions, ICANN - Lawsuit stems from “customer protection measure”. My prediction has come true: Kabateck Brown Kellner, LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Network Solutions for its practice of preemptively registering domains names searched for on its site. This issue was uncovered on the DomainState blog in January and set off a media firestorm. On the day the news broke, I wrote: “If Network Solutions doesn’t stop this practice immediately, they are guaranteed ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Google Duped Us - Google is smart, and it proved it with its “we are not evil” approach to domain kiting. I knew those engineers at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) were smart. But they also have smart PR skills. Last week, Google decided to let the world know it was going to stop monetizing kited domains — those domains that are continually dropped and re-registered during the 5 day registration grace period. It found a mule to report this to the world and show how Google was a great ... read more ...
Tue 8th January 2008
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
DOMAIN TASTING REPORT ISSUED, PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD NOW OPENED - The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) which is ICANN’s main policy body released its report on domain tasting today. ICANN describes domain testing as follows: “Domain tasting is where someone uses existing legitimate processes to register a domain name and then tests to see if the address has sufficient traffic to provide more income than the annual registration fee (usually through the addition of pay-per-click advertising). If the address is deemed sufficiently profitable, it is ... read more ...