Tag Archives: New gTLDs

Tue 3rd January 2012
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WebSiteMagazine.com Thinks The New gTLD Program Started Last Year, As the Places It on the List of Biggest Web Blunders - WebSiteMagazine.com apparently thinks the new gTLD program launched in 2011, as it put it on its list of the “Biggest Web Blunders of 2011. Website writes: “”Vanity Domains“ “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) used 2011 to try to push customized and expensive top-level domains (i.e. Volkswagen buying .vw or Wells Fargo buying .bank). “ “This wasn’t a wildly popular idea, partially because they cost companies around $185,000 apiece and partially because ... read more ...
Mon 2nd January 2012
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Sedari Launches “Guess a Numbers Game” For New gTLD Program - Sedari.com a consulting company in the new gTLD space launched today a “Guess the Numbers Games” contest,  where you can place you guess on the number of new gTLD  applications that will be received by ICANN, during the Application period which opens on January 12th for 3 months. “Enough of the old year, enough of the old Internet, let’s have some new year fun” says Sedari’s chief marketing officer Jennie-Marie Larsen at the launch of the Sedari Guess the Numbers Game. “”Speculation ... read more ...
Fri 30th December 2011
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Despite Push Backs, ICANN Announces Just 13 More Days Until Applications Are Open For New gTLD’s - Despite last-minute push backs from the FTC and Senator Rockerfeller it looks like ICANN is pushing ahead with the opening of the application period for new gTLD’s on January 12th. ICANN announced on its Facebook page today: “In just 13 days, the application window for new generic top-level domains opens! ” “Check out the new gTLDs tab on our Facebook page for more details on the benefits, risks and application process.” “Click share to help spread the word!” If if you think everyone ... read more ...
Mon 26th December 2011
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New York Times Urges ICANN To Roll Out The New gTLD Program Slowly As A Pilot Program - In an editorial published today by the New York Times, it urges ICANN to follow the suggestion of the FTC and roll out the new gTLD plan slowly. “”a plethora of new suffixes is just as likely to cause confusion for consumers and enable malefactors to use the new arenas for deception. Icann expects 500 to 1,000 applications in next year’s 90-day application window. Before it approves any of them, it needs to slow down and put in place better safeguards against consumer fraud. “” “”The ... read more ...
Sat 24th December 2011
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ICANN New gTLD Operators Need To Deposit $18k-$300K To Meet Three Year Reserve Requirement - As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that meets ICANN qualifications which is also set out below. ICANN however has not put the pencil to this requirement and the Guidebook does not contain actual numbers or the amount of cash the applicants need to budget for. This document issued by ICANN today, attempts to give gTLD applicants some guidance on the amount of the cash reserve ... read more ...
Mon 12th December 2011
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The Washington Post Says After 6 Years ICANN Is Still Moving Too Fast On New gTLD’s - In an editorial published by The Washington Post entitled “What’s The .Rush”, the Post says that ICANN is moving too fast on the new gTLD program despite acknowledged that the program has been under consideration for 6 years. The Post’s editorial concludes; “Although the plan has been six years in the making, it is not ready for prime time” Here is the full editorial: “””For two decades, .com, .org and some 20 other “generic top-level domain names” have served as calling cards ... read more ...
Wed 7th December 2011
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FTC Chairman Comes Out Swinging Against ICANN’s New gTLD Plan - According to several reports,  the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Jon Leibowitz said said today that a proposal to allow for an unlimited number of new Internet addresses could be a “disaster” for consumers and businesses. The proposal would allow for almost any new top-level domain name, which is the suffix that comes to the right of the dot, such as .Law or .coke or .NYC. In comments made to House Judiciary Intellectual Property Subcommittee Chairman hearing on antitrust enforcement ... read more ...
Wed 23rd November 2011
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Will End Users Buy New gTLD Domains? New Survey Says Yes - According to new research out today which asked end users if they would have interest in registering generic new gTLD’s found there is a lot of interest in end users to register domain names in a new gTLD that matches their vertical such as  .shop for stores or .law for lawyers. Commissioned by ARI Registry Services, the new study was led by Dr. David Neal, director of Empirica Research, and aimed to identify whether small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) will buy into the new program. Dr. Neal ... read more ...
Fri 11th November 2011
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The Opposition To a New gTLD Program Is Looking Like The FSC Vs .XXX More Everyday - Well the news yesterday that 87 “major national and international business associations and companies have joined forces with the ANA (Association of National Advertisers), forming the Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) to oppose the rollout of ICANN’s top-level domain expansion program.” The announcement got a lot of press, yet the whole thing seems puzzling to me. While the press release announcing this new Coalition threw out some nice names like the Grocery Manufacturers ... read more ...
Mon 7th November 2011
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Afilias To Apply For IDN gTLD’s For Simplified and Traditional Chinese Language Equivalents of .INFO - ICANN will only accept applications for new gTLDs between January 12, 2012, and April 12, 2012. Since it will likely be several years before anyone can again apply for an IDN version of a gTLD, we’re pleased to lead the way for IDN use and adoption.” “Given the global presence of Afilias, Internationalized Domain Names — informally known as IDNs — have always been of great interest to us. We were the first company to launch IDN email, and believe that having IDN equivalents of .INFO for ... read more ...
Wed 2nd November 2011
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CADNA Goes From Opposing New gTLD Program To Demanding A Time Frame For Opening The 2nd Round - The Collation Against Domain Abuse (CADNA) has appearently gone from being a vocal opponent of the new gTLD program to demanding a timeline for opening of the second round. In a press release it sent out today,  Josh Bourne President of CADNA in his closing remarks at the “What’s at Stake: The Reality of ICANN’s New gTLD Program for Brands” conference at the Institute of International Education’s Edgar J. Kaufman Conference Center in New York City said: “ICANN has an image problem,” “Businesses ... read more ...
Wed 26th October 2011
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3,500 New gTLD’s? - According to a story on CircleId.com, entitled “what will be the Magic number for the new gTLD Applications?,  the number might be as high as 3,500. I personally have had conversations with repected people in the space that thought there would be 1,500-2,000 applications filed. The significance of the number of application is that is going to bear a direct relationship to when a second round might be opened. ICANN has previously said it would not delegate more than 1,000 new gTLD strings in any ... read more ...
Mon 24th October 2011
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National Retail Federation Asks Commerce Dept To Delay New gTLD Plan But Its PR Is Full Of Inaccuracies - Today according to a press release, The National Retail Federation (NRF)  asked the Commerce Department to delay implementation of the new gTLD program “The single comment we are hearing most often from retailers is that they wish they had more time,” NRF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan said. “Whether they’re for it or against it, everybody agrees that there has been too much uncertainty around this process. Right now, uncertainty reigns.” Reading through the Press ... read more ...
Thu 20th October 2011
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Australian State Government To Apply For .Sydney, .Melbourne .Victoria and .NSW: “They Are Key Digital Assets” - According to a couple of stories out today State Governments in Australia announced that they are planning on applying for new Top Level internet Domains (gTLD’s). The NSW and Victorian governments say they are going to apply for  .sydney, .melbourne .victoria and .NSW The state government said both it and the Victorian government viewed the .sydney, .melbourne and .victoria — and .NSW — domains as “key digital assets” to be secured for use by respective government agencies and their communities. “NSW ... read more ...
Mon 17th October 2011
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And A New Winner For The Most Inaccurate Story On New gTLD’s - The hurriyetdailynews.com which is a daily newspaper out of Turkey just published a story on the new gTLD’s and it is my current nomination for the most inaccurate story on the topic I have read anywhere at anytime. The article is entitled “Generic net domain names to be cancelled” According to its website the newspaper is “In the 50th Year as Turkey’s English Daily”. So here is a few quotes from the article: “”Generic domain names on the Internet such as “.com” or “.gov” ... read more ...
Tue 27th September 2011
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How Will ICANN Batch The New gTLD Applications? They Don’t Know, Yet - Kurt Pritz of ICANN, spoke today at the NewDomains.org conference when the question was asked; how will ICANN batch or process applications for the new gTLD’s? ICANN previously stated that if more than 500 application were received they would process them in batches,  and that no more than 1,000 extension would be delegated in any year, so how any application is batched may decide if a particular application comes out late in 2012 or maybe for not a year or more later. Many now expect over 1,000 ... read more ...
Mon 26th September 2011
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UnitedDomains.com Tops 400,000 In New gTLD Pre-Reservations - UnitedDomains.com which just has been taking pre-reservations for new gTLD domain names back in March of this year, just crossed the 400,000 mark. Currently there are 406,000+ new gTLD domain name pre-reservations at United. They are taking pre-reservations in the following new potential  gTLD’s: Keep in mind that Uniteddomains.com is German based and although like any ICANN accredited registrars can accept customers worldwide, to some extent may have a bigger customer presence in German and ... read more ...
Thu 22nd September 2011
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Next Up: NewDomains.Org Conference in Munich Next Week - Tommorow we start heading out to Munich for the NewDomains.org conference. The conference is expecting around 250+ attendees many of which have never attended a conference on the new gTLD program according to the show orgainzers. As you can see from below its a pretty packed confernece with a lot of the top people in the field coming to chat about the new program Dr. Stephen Crocker the new Chariman of ICANN will kick the conference off as the keynote speaker. I will be speaking on a panel on the ... read more ...
Wed 21st September 2011
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Minds + Machines Announces New Program For .Brand gTLD Applicants Starting At $25K Per Year - According to a press release today Minds + Machines, announced a new program for brand owners who are considering applying for a new generic top-level domain (gTLD) from ICANN. The program’s highlights include: Ability to acquire a gTLD now, then use it as needed, when needed Flexible and innovative pricing commensurate with use – as low as $25,000 per year, up to a maximum of $100,000 per year. Full consulting and technical services covering the entire gamut of application, evaluation, launch ... read more ...
Mon 19th September 2011
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The New GuideBook Is Out, The New GuideBook Is Out: ICANN Publishes “Final” gTLD Guidebook - Like in the Steve Martin’s Movie the Jerk, where he proclaims the new Phonebook are out, the new Phone book are out;  The new gTLD Guide Book is finally out. Yes ICANN has finally published the “final” gTLD Guidebook. You can download the English version here (pdf) ICANN has made it clear that the Guide Book will be an ongoing process which will be amended on the go, will be a work in progress and may never be “final” “The Applicant Guidebook is intended to be an inclusive guide and ... read more ...
Thu 15th September 2011
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Where In The World Has Berkens Been? Playing a $10 Million Dollar + Hand of Poker On The New gTLD’s - You may have notice a couple of days of light postings from theDomains.com, which may lead you to ask where did Berkens go? Although due to a ton of NDA’s I can’t reveal the extension, or the parties I have been involved in negotiations over the last two day, but it looks like the new gTLD race, is going to  be on some levels, just a high stakes poker game. No more. No less. Instead of playing for $100 a hand or a pot of thousands of dollars, the stakes are in the tens of millions for highly ... read more ...
Sat 10th September 2011
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Neustar: “The .Com Era Is Ending” - When the ad copy came in from Neustar’s new site dedicated to the new gTLD launch we couldn’t notice the statement on the site: “The .Com Era Is Ending” Neustar is a publicly traded company with a market cap of $1.7 Billion dollars,  that provides the back end for many extensions including .Co .Biz and is expected to be a big player in the new gTLD space and is part of our domain name parking index They just launched a site for to promote the new gTLD’s services at Dotyou.biz “”Welcome ... read more ...
Tue 30th August 2011
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Who Will Get .Delta & Other Sticky Points In Our Final Dot Nxt Post - This is going to be my last post about the Dot Nxt Conference but an important one. In the audience from Dot Nxt was a women from Nigeria from a region known as Delta and she was at the conference to try to learn about getting .Delta for her community. Of course there are many other potential applicants for a .Delta including Delta Airlines and Delta Faucet. In the session on “Evaluation and Disputes” the issue was raise how this small community could wind up with .Delta and frankly the answer ... read more ...
Sat 27th August 2011
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From The Dot Nxt Conference: The Top Auction For A New gTLD May Top $50 Million - I moderated a panel on from the Dot Nxt conference yesterday and asked the panel how much they predicted the highest price of a auction  new gTLD extension would go for. As you may know if more than one application is received for the same string, the string maybe awarded to the high bidder in an auction. The panel was entitled “Show Me The Money” and the panelist certaily thought the highest price paid in an auction will run into the 8 figures. The panelist were; John Matson the COO of Architelos.com, ... read more ...
Thu 25th August 2011
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DomainTools.com Makes A “Strategic Investment” & Gets A Board Seat On OpenRegistry.com - OpenRegistry SA, ” announced today in a press release, is has raised capital “from strategic investors including DomainTools (www.domaintools.com) and that DomainTools.com will be getting a seat on the Board.” OpenRegistry provides back end platforms for many domain extensions including .Eu. OpenRegistry is expected to be a major player as a backend provider in the for new gTLD registries. According to the Press Release: “These funds (Which was not disclosed) will be used to further expand ... read more ...