Following is a press release that details ICANN's progress on the .eu domain. See "Critical .eu meeting today". ICANN Approves EURid's Agreement for '.eu' Domain Name LUXEMBOURG, March 23 /CNW/ - - EURid's '.eu' Domain Application ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN Approves EURid’s Agreement for .eu Domain Name
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GospelMusic.com sells for $150k Lottery.org $67k and more
· Domain SalesDNJournal has just posted its weekly list of top domains sales, and this week was another winner! GreatDomains sold GospelMusic.com for $150,000, and Sedo sold lottery.org for $66,667, which is the highest .org sale ever reported by DNJournal. There ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Hillary Clinton wins domain name
· Policy & LawHillary Clinton won the rights to hillaryclinton.com in a recent a National Arbitration Forum decision. It may have been a battle for Clinton to get her domain name, given that she's a politician, but the owner of the domain didn't even respond to the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy launches radio show
· Domain Registrars, Services, UncategorizedGoDaddy, one of the largest domain name registrars, is launching its own radio show on March 30. At first it will be on Sirius and XM satellite radio, plus a few AM stations. It will also be available on the web. GoDaddy promises the show won't be an ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Network Solutions phone survey
· Domain RegistrarsI got a call from a survey company tonight on behalf of Network Solutions. It appears that Network Solutions is trying to determine what matters most to customers: price or service. For expert domain name holders like me, I'd say price and at least ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Critical .eu meeting today
· Policy & LawAccording to The Register, "The .eu domain may finally come alive, five years after its conception, following a meeting this coming Monday. ICANN will discuss "Delegation of .EU and EURid-ICANN Agreement" at a special board meeting on 21 March and if it ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Hijacking under ICANN’s new transfer policy
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawSearchEngineJournal.com has a great first-person story about trying to hold a domain name that is facing repeated hijacking attempts. ICANN's policy used to require a confirmation from the current domain name owner before a transfer. Now the transfer ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.au to release 20,000 geographic domain names
· Domain Registrars, Policy & Law.au, Austrialia's CCtld, will remove restrictions on 20,000 geographic domains opening them up for registration. A full list of these domain names will be available in about six weeks, according to this article. Domains will not be auctioned off. If ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Snapnames signs up new exclusive registrar
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsSnapnames has added another exclusive registrar to its list, ItsYourDomain. As an exclusive registrar, domains names in ItsYourDomain's system will not follow the regular drop cycle. Instead, they will be released exclusively to Snapnames' customers ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo announces 809 domains sold in February
· Domain SalesSedo.com today announced that it sold 809 domains in February 2005 for almost $1.4M, or an average of $1,685 per domain. Among its large sales were Neighbors.com for $50,000, Therapy.com for $50,000, and MOMA.com for $40,000. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
