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A Power Packed Webinar by LogicBoxes that Demystifies ICANN Accreditation

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[Editor’s note: This is a sponsored post by Accreditation.com, the consultancy arm of LogicBoxes]

For any business that hopes to not only get successful but also leave a mark in its respective industry, upgrading plays a pivotal role in getting to the next level. When we think about Web Hosting and Domain Name Resellers who have just started out in the industry, we imagine the usual reselling of Domain Names and Web Hosting packages, often bundled with complimentary value added services such as Website Builders, Digital Security certificates, Email Solutions, etc.

But there’s more to it; especially when it comes to the Domain Names business.

A lot of Domain Name Resellers have scaled new heights in their respective businesses after they upgraded to the Registrar status by getting ICANN Accredited. For the uninitiated, ICANN Accreditation is a seal of trust and credibility granted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body responsible for the formulation, maintenance and governing of policies and processes for all Domain Name-related matters. ICANN Accredited Registrars are looked upon as trustworthy and credible Domain Name providers in the industry. Since these Registrars are bound by ICANN’s agreements, among several other Registry-Registrar agreements, a well secured and healthy work relationship is guaranteed at all times.

However, a lot of aspiring Registrars avoid making the decision of getting ICANN Accredited because they believe that it’s a long, winding and a monumental process. Some of these folks are too concerned about their eligibility to even give this idea a chance. We will be addressing a lot of these doubts, and a few more, in our webinar titled ‘Demystifying ICANN Accreditation’, scheduled to take place on November 27, 2018. For several Domain Resellers, ICANN Accreditation has proven to be a game changer that paved way for additional revenue and branding benefits; one of which is Namespro.ca., who are an experienced and a prominent player in the Domains industry.

In this 30-minute webinar, you can expect to get your doubts pertaining to the ICANN Accreditation process clarified and also hear how this step has benefited those who made that upgrade. The rest of the details are as follows:

Date: November 27, 2018
Time: 05:00 PM CET | 11:00 AM EST
Duration: 30 minutes
Speakers:

  1. Eeshaan Satwalekar (Manager, Business Development at LogicBoxes)
  2. Vicole So (Managing Director, Namespro.ca)

Here’s the registration link to the webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6104914463170992396

We hope to see you on the 27th!

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DNW Reader Survey: Participate now

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This reader survey will help me write the content that most interests you.

I’ve been writing DNW for nearly 14 years. The stories I write about today are somewhat different from years ago. For example, this year I created my reader survey by typing sheet.new into my browser. That’s an interesting story in and of itself, but indicative of how the domain business is evolving.

I use direct feedback to decide what I should cover more of and to find out what people like the most. With this in mind, I’d greatly appreciate you taking 3 minutes to complete this short reader survey. You can either complete it through the embedded form below or go here.

The survey is anonymous, but feel free to email me at andrew (at) domainnamewire.com if you want to follow up with additional feedback.

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Wix adds 177k paying customer in Q3, revenue up 40% YoY

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Website builder is also getting into the payments business.

Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) released Q3 2018 earnings yesterday.

Revenue hit $155.6 million, up 40% year-over-year. The company added 177,000 paying subscribers during the quarter, bringing its total to 3.8 million. 5.5 million users registered with Wix during the quarter. Wix converts some of these registered users into paid subscribers over time.

Collections were $163 million. That’s up 36% year-over-year but just slightly from Q1 and Q2 2018.

Wix also announced the launch of Wix Payments. It has been trialing it in Brazil and will bring it to the United States next year. I suspect adding payments became necessary after payments processor Square (NYSE: SQ) bought Weebly, one of Wix’s competitors.

Here’s a Wix website builder review from my personal experience.

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A Geographic New TLD heads to the chopping block

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.Doha gets nixed, along with two dot-brand top level domains.

A handful of additional top level domain name operators have informed ICANN that they no longer wish to operate their new top level domains. But as a first, one of these is an operator of a geographic string.

Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) has filed a termination notice for .Doha. It planned to use this domain name for government entities in Qatar but those plans never materialized.

Additionally, two dot-brand domain owners have asked ICANN to terminate their registry agreements.

First up is The Active Network’s .active. The Active Network is part of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN). To date, the company has only used the name for social media short links in the form
of get.active/. You could make the argument that another company might want .active as a generic TLD.

Zadco Company, maker of the famed Zippo lighters, also told ICANN it no longer wishes to own .Zippo.

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WIPO panelist: “not necessary” to make reverse domain hijacking finding

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Panelist cops out of finding RDNH.

A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panelist decided it was “not necessary” to make a reverse domain name hijacking finding on a dead-on-arrival cybersquatting dispute.

WEDIA SA of Paris, France filed the dispute against the owner of Wedia.com. The domain was registered in 1997 by a Japanese company that shut down the associated product line in 2013. Wedia SA appears to have started using the name in the mid 00’s.

Given the prior use of the domain and that it predates the Complainant’s use, the case was dead-on-arrival despite the domain owner not responding to the allegations.

But panelist Douglas Clark gave Wedia SA a pass. He noted that Wedia SA at least tried to contact the domain owner first (even offering money) and doesn’t appear to have been represented by outside counsel. Maybe so, but Wedia isn’t a small fish; it has €22 million in annual sales.

The domain owner didn’t respond so Clark didn’t have to answer to that party. He wrote:

Without evidence that the disputed domain name was registered in bad faith in 1997 (or that there had been a subsequent transfer in bad faith), the Complainant should have known that the proceedings were bound to fail. Nevertheless, the Complainant had sought to contact the Respondent prior to filing the complaint and made a reasonable offer of USD 3,000 to purchase the domain name but did not receive any reply from the Respondent. The Complainant appears to have prepared the complaint itself without taking external legal advice and does not appear to have been previously involved in UDRP proceedings. The Panel is, therefore, willing to give the Complainant the benefit of the doubt that it was not aware of the possibility of a RDNH finding. In the particular circumstances of this case, the Panel therefore determines that it is not necessary to make a declaration of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.

 

 

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