Tag Archives: New gTLDs

Wed 4th May 2011
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Industry Leaders Send An Open Letter To The House Subcommittee on IP Regarding Today’s Hearing & Why we Signed It - Today some industry leaders submitted an open letter to the United States House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and the Internet regarding the Oversight Hearing on new Top-Level Domains to be held on today, Wednesday 4 May. As you will note I signed the Letter. Actually somehow I wound up as the first signature on the letter, although its not alphabetical. I signed the letter because I believe it to be quite unfair for the United States House Of Representatives to hold a hearing on an issue ... read more ...
Fri 8th April 2011
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How do You Use Premium Domain Names To Help Maximize new gTLD Registry Profits? Here Is Your Invite To The Webinars - Recently in a CircleID blog, Alexa Raad, CEO of Architelos pointed out that applying for a new Top-Level Domain (TLD) is an expensive and lengthy process, costing an estimated $500K for application and various legal and professional services and that is assuming there is no other applications for the same string, nor any objection to the string being filed. Ms. Raad pointed out that one of the biggest profit centers for any new gTLD will be the proper placement and sale of its premium domains. Alexa ... read more ...
Mon 28th March 2011
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Mashable.com: “A New Era For Internet Domains: Why .XXX is Just The Beginning” - Mashable.com just published a post entitled “A New Era for Internet Domains: Why .XXX is just the Beginning.” The story was written by Ben Crawford who is the CEO of Central Nic and was featured on CNBC last week Speaking about new gTLD’s Crawford said in part: “In the future, locally focused websites will use their city TLD, websites on specific cultures will use their community TLD, and businesses will use their industry TLD or their own .brands. “New and more secure distribution methods ... read more ...
Tue 15th March 2011
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RIGHT OF THE DOT.com, My Take On The New gTLD’s: The Next 25 Years & How You Can Profit - As many as you have heard, Monte Cahn the founder of Moniker.com and most recently an Exec with Oversee.net,  has joining myself,  in a new venture called RIGHT OF THE DOT. RIGHT OF THE DOT can be broadly defined as a consulting company which advises registries on how best to roll out their extensions, including marketing and selling of domains; increase the number of registration of domains; identifying and positioning their premium inventory into the market through various channels, getting ... read more ...
Fri 11th March 2011
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UnitedDomains.com Starts Taking Free Pre-Reservations For new gTLD Domains - Pool.com has been taking pre-reservations for domain names for anticipated new gTLD extensions for well over a year. Now another registrar, UnitedDomains.com started yesterday to accept the pre-reservations for some of  the anticipated new gTLD extensions including .gay, .hotels, .nyc, .berlin, .eco, .sfo and .film. UnitedDomains.com has received almost 5,000 reservations as of time of publication. There is no charge for the pre-registrations but of course no guarantee that these extensions will ... read more ...
Thu 10th March 2011
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Launched Days Ago WIPO’s Global Brands Database Already 560,000 Strong & Full Of Generics - WIPO announced a few days ago, that it started a “Global Brands Database” no doubt in hopes that once the concept is giving the final approval by ICANN that WIPO will be chosen to manage the Database. What is the Database and why should you care about it? Under the gTLD guidebook trademark owners which have been demanding additional protection for “Global Brands” get the Unform Rapid Suspension remedy among others which basically hand over domains that infringe on these Global Brands Of course ... read more ...
Mon 21st February 2011
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House Rep. Promises Hearings On New gTLD’s: “We Want To Ask Them Why It Is Necessary & Important To Do That” - During his remarks this weekend on C-Span Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who is the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property,  he promised a that the House would be holding a hearing on ICANN’s plan on expand the number of top level domains otherwise known as new gTLD’s. “We are also going to hold a hearing on ICANN’s plan to dramatically expand the number of domain extensions, which could immensely complicate the ability of  people from protecting their Intellectual  Property ... read more ...
Thu 10th February 2011
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KeyNote From .Nxt Meeting: Juan Calle “.Com Is Really A Typo Of .Co” - As the 1st .Nxt show in came to a close in  San Francisco today, Juan Calle the CEO of the .Co registry took the stage and spoke on the future of domain names and the opportunity that new gTLD’s will bring. Mr. Calle stated that the size of the opportunity is huge.” “Relative to the growth of the Internet the registration of domain names is quite low” “Presently the ratio of domain name registrations to Internet Users is 11%” Actually I never though of it in that manner until Mr. Calle ... read more ...
Mon 7th February 2011
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Domains Back On The Front Page Today Of The New York Times & Washington Post - Two of the largest newspapers in the country have Front Page stories about domain names and its all about new gTLD and new ccTLD’s like .Co and .Me Yes I know a LOT of you are getting tired of stories about new gTLD’s and .Co but this is what the mainstream press is covering and covering hard, so on to the stories The New York Times article entitled “For Countries That Own Shorter Web Site Suffixes, Extra Cash From Abroad” talks about some of the new ccTLD’s.that always seem to be in the ... read more ...
Thu 27th January 2011
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New TLD Guidebook May Be Approved in Mar After All - New TLD supporters received good news today. After what seemed like disappointing news last week, now things are looking up for potential new top level domain name applicants. ICANN just released resolutions from its board meeting on January 25 and they indicate that ICANN plans to go forward with approving the applicant guidebook during the March meeting in San Francisco. The group plans to “trigger the Bylaws mandated consultation” with the Governmental Advisory ... read more ...
Mon 27th December 2010
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ICANN to Neustar: Yes, You Can Own a Registrar - Registry-Registrar separation will create interesting circumstances for established registries. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz sent a letter to Neustar Vice President Jeff Neuman last week (pdf) regarding registry-registrar separation. ICANN’s board dropped a bombshell in November when it said there would be no restrictions on registrars owning registries for new top level domains. Observers questioned how exactly this would work for existing registries ... read more ...
Fri 10th December 2010
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ICANN Punts On The New gTLD’s - The ICANN board today Approved a resolution that would push off a vote on the approval of the the new gTLD program today in its meeting in Colombia to the San Fransisco ICANN Meeting in March. Under the resolution The ICANN board will hold an meeting sometime in February 2011 with the Government Advisory Council (the GAC) to hear their final thoughts on the Guidebook. Moreover under the resolution ICANN is directing its staff to put together a report and a summary of all the comments that were submitted ... read more ...
Thu 9th December 2010
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Demand Media Demands Three-Strikes Rethink - By Kevin Murphy Demand Media has asked ICANN to reconsider an anti-cybersquatting provision in the new top-level domain Applicant Guidebook that may ban the company from running a TLD. ICANN will do background checks on the companies applying for TLDs and their officers. If they are found to have lost three UDRP decisions in the last four years, their applications will be rejected. Demand Media, which owns eNom, calls this “draconian”, saying that three UDRP losses ... read more ...
Sun 14th November 2010
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Why Shouldn’t Godaddy Be Barred From Applying For A New gTLD Under The Guidebook Based On Standard Tactics - As we discussed in a post today, according to the ICANN Guidebook v5 published yesterday, any person with 3 UDRP loses will be  disqualified from owing a new gTLD registry or being an officer or director of any such entity. George Kirikos just published a comment to ICANN on the new Guidebook v5 on this issue and points out that Godaddy’s “Standard Tactics”  has lost plenty of UDRP’s and therefore why shouldn’t Godaddy’s officers, directors and shareholders be barred from ever owning ... read more ...
 
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ICANN New Guidebook: Terrorists Now Ok: Domainers 3 Strikes & You’re Out - In the new Guidebook issued by ICANN yesterday, (pdf)  if you’re a domain holder that loses 3 or more UDRP (yes they are so fair and well grounded), you will be in the same class as Convicted Murderers, Rapists and child molesters. Yes it would be a bad joke but its true. Under the new ICANN guidebook (pages 1-17/1-19) if you lose 3 UDRP’s you’re disqualified from being a “major shareholder” of a new gTLD registry, or being a partner, officer, director, of a new gTLD registry. It doesn’t ... read more ...
Fri 12th November 2010
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Our Take On The ICANN Registry/Registrar Decision: The Big Guys Win/The Small Guys Lose - Yesterday ICANN shocked the domain world when it announced it would not prohibit registrars from owning registries and registries from owning registrars. Up to yesterday all the guidebooks on the new gTLD’s and the general consensus was that ICANN would limit cross ownership of registrars and registries by to a certain minority position of somewhere between 2%-15%. (You can read about some the reaction in the domain world here). So having a day to reflect on this move, I see it as only meaning ... read more ...
Tue 26th October 2010
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WTR: 81% Of Global Brands Applying For New gTLD’s Will Make It, Rather Than The .Com Their Master Brand - According to a study conducted by World Trademark Review (WTR) magazine found that of those brands planning to apply to run a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), 81% plan on making their gTLD their master brand. I think most in the domain industry believe that if global brands apply for their own gTLD they would still use their .com as their main internet presence. However if this study is correct you might see Apple promote .Apple instead of Apple.com. If hundreds of global brands go in this direction ... read more ...
Tue 12th October 2010
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CNET Covers The New gTLDS: “It Completely Changes The Landscape Of The Internet “ - CNET.com just published a post on the new gTLD’s. In a pretty fair and balanced article, it presents both sides of the new gTLD argument quoting those who believe the new gTLD’s will be a game changer: “” “And even though companies might see opportunities in new GTLDs, they’d have to retrain Web users, reverse .com momentum, and potentially undermine existing brand investments, said Toby Southgate, managing director of The Brand Union, a branding firm. “Particularly with higher ... read more ...
Sat 2nd October 2010
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1st Conference For new gTLD’s is Set; Kieren McCarthy & Jothan Frakes To Put On A Show:Dot-NXT.com - Well with the new gTLD looming group has stepped up and already announced the first conference to be dedicated to the new gTLD’s. The conference should appeal to those seeking a new domain extension or those seeking to service or participate in  them, including registrars, registries, and domain investors The conference is called “nxt/The next Internet revolution” and will be held in San Francisco in February 2011 shortly before the ICANN meeting is held there. (exact dates have not been announced). Former ... read more ...
Thu 23rd September 2010
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Tomorrow is a Big Day for New Top Level Domain Names - Big issue on the table at ICANN retreat. In about 24 hours the ICANN Board of Directors will kick off a retreat. It’s not an official board meeting, but it’s anticipated that the two day retreat will finalize an important issue: registry/registrar separation. A lot is at stake in this decision. Millions of dollars for the stakeholders. Until now a registry hasn’t been able to own a registrar and (technically) vice-versa. Afilias is owned by a number of registrars, ... read more ...
Thu 19th August 2010
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WSJ: Jobs Sites Are Worried About .JOBS - According to an article in the Wall Street Journal many job-site .com operators say they are worried how the .Jobs extension “will affect their already crowded and distressed sector of the economy”. The Journal quotes Eric Shannon, who operates DiversityJobs.com and other niche job sites as saying  “he’s worried about competitors.” “I feel threatened,” Mr. Shannon points out that if someone were to buy the rights to diversity.jobs, they could essentially create a duplicate ... read more ...
Sun 27th June 2010
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Sticky Points On New gTLD’s: Terrorists, Territories, & Trademark Violators Are Worse Than Child Murders - From the ICANN meeting in Brussels this week there are a few more “sticky points” that coming out of the new gTLD process. The sticky points as I call them are issues raised by commentators in the public sessions on the new gTLD’s. Many of the issue surround who is disqualified from owning a gTLD. The guidebook requires a background check on all officers, directors and owners of 15% or more of a new gTLD. Some members of the Arab community seem to be quite upset with the language in the Guidebook ... read more ...
Mon 7th June 2010
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ICANN Predicts 500 new gTLD Applications & A $2M Profit, though It’s Budget Is Flawed - Courtesy of our friends at Mind +Machines, it appears ICANN has based it budget on its prediction of 500 applications for new gTLD’s on the initial roll out. The document showing this is ICANN’s New gTLD Program Budget. As M+M states, ICANN estimate of  500 applications doesn’t take into account duplicate or conflicting applications. “If we suppose that 25% are in conflict, that would leave us with approximately 425 unique TLDs applied for. Subtracting a further 10% who drop out, that ... read more ...
Tue 1st June 2010
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ICANN Should Create Filter Before Opening Comments on New TLDs - Advocacy groups will have open season on new top level domain name applications. On page 1-6 of the fourth draft applicant guidebook for new top level domain names, ICANN has moved its language regarding a comment periods. I hadn’t really paid attention to it before. Essentially, once applications for new top level domains (such as .sport or .nyc) are posted, anyone will be able to submit a comment that will be considered by the application evaluation team: In ... read more ...
Sat 27th March 2010
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Minds + Machines Estimates New gTLD’s Won’t Be Opened For Registration Until 1st Q 2012 - A new report by Minds + Machines a company heavily involved in the new gTLD space, just published a report of the its estimated time line for the roll out of the new gTLD’s based on the most current ICANN news. You can download the pdf report here Basically M +M estimates registrations will be live for the first new gTLD’s approved in February 2012. Since their report is based on everything rolling out on schedule, I think this is an excellent indication that we will not see any new gTLD’s ... read more ...