The settlement between ICANN and Verisign, approved by ICANN just this week, will mean higher prices on .com domains. How can you fight this settlement? Now that ICANN has approved the deal, the arrangement must be approved by the Department of ... Continue Reading2 Comments
How you can help fight Verisign’s latest deal
· Policy & LawPeople’s Daily new article about Chinese domains
· Policy & LawChina's People's Daily has released a story including a denial by China's Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). CNNIC, the registry of .CN ccTLD, released a statement about the story originally reported by People's Daily that China was breaking ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New domain name scam
· Policy & LawBeware a new take on the old registration transfer scam. If you've owned domain names for any period of time then you've surely received letters in the mail notifying you that you need to renew your domains. But if you look closely you see that the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Confusion over China’s domain names
· Policy & LawA few days after China announced new domain names there are still lingering questions. New reports suggest that China isn't creating a new domain name system outside of the existing one. They blame an english language story in China's People's Daily ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ICANN approves Verisign Deal
· Policy & LawICANN's Board of Directors has voted to approve the Verisign - ICANN agreement. The controversial agreement will give Verisign control of the .com registry through at least 2012. It also includes provisions for dramatic price increases for the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
China’s .com ambitions – what does it mean?
· Policy & LawChina has announced its own internet address naming system - but what are the implications? If you haven't already heard, China has announced that it is releasing its own domain name system. It will be used in China as competition to ICANN's domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
2006 Domain Name Wire Survey results
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Expired Domains, Policy & Law, ServicesI've finally released the complete results of the 2006 Domain Name Wire Survey! Here is the press release that goes out tomorrow morning: Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 28, 2006 -- DomainNameWire.com has released results from its 2006 Domain Name Wire ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Interview with Adam Dicker of DNForum
· ServicesDNForum is the largest forum for the domain name industry. An interview with Adam Dicker shows why it is so successful. One of the biggest names in the domain community is Adam Dicker, owner of popular domain forum DNForum.com. The forum has nearly ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dotster Article – quotes Domain Name Wire
· Domain RegistrarsAn article in Sunday's The Columbian discusses Dotster and its mission to become a top 5 registrar. The article, which includes quotes from yours truly, discusses Dotster's recent domain happy hour and how the company hopes to use marketing techniques ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Buy.com giving away free GoDaddy domains
· Domain RegistrarsBuy.com is offering a free domain name with every purchase. Would you like a free domain name with your Harry Potter DVD? Buy.com is offering free domain names from GoDaddy with just about any purchase. Whether it be a $9.99 CD or a $2,000 TV, ... Continue Reading1 Comment