Comment period ends next week. People paid a lot of attention to ICANN's proposal to remove price caps on .Org domain names. Some paid attention to .info. Now is your last chance to weigh in on ICANN's proposal to remove price restrictions on .Biz ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Time is running out to reject unlimited .Org (and other) prices
· Policy & LawOne week left to have your say on unrestricted registry prices for legacy TLDs. Last month, ICANN dropped a bomb on the domain name industry with a proposal to lift all price restrictions on .org and .info domain names. It later proposed the same ... Continue Reading22 Comments
.Biz may lose price caps, too
· Policy & LawHigher prices are on the way. ICANN has published its proposed contract extension with Neustar for .biz. It mirrors recently-published proposed contracts for .org and .info by removing price controls and adding Uniform Rapid Suspension, a quick ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
· PodcastsWhat's the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provider for ... Continue Reading5 Comments
There’s no such thing as a premium .Info domain name any more
· Domain SalesThe market is quickly becoming flooded with acceptable alternatives to .info (and .biz) domains. Sedo is trying to sell some of its own .info domain names in an auction right now, and takers are few and far between. The auction is called the ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Neustar to raise .biz prices 10%
· UncategorizedCost of renewing or registering a .biz domain name will increase later this year. Neustar (NYSE: NSR) will hike the wholesale cost of .biz domain name registrations 10% this fall. Michele Neylon of Blacknight reported about the increase announcement ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Neustar Announces .Biz Price Increase
· Policy & Law.Biz registration and renewal prices increase in six months. Neustar has informed its registrars and ICANN that it will increase its annual prices for .biz domain names effective February 1, 2012. The new price will be $7.85, or 55 cents more than the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Biz Prices to Increase Along with .Org
· UncategorizedAnother domain name price increase announced. .Biz domain name registry NeuStar has informed ICANN (pdf) that it intends to raise wholesale prices for .biz domain names effective April 1, 2011. That's the same time that Public Interest Registry will ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Moniker to Auction Off 1 and 2 Character .Biz Domain Names
· Domain SalesMore .biz domains heading to auction next week. Following on the Neustar's successful auction of one and two character .biz domain names on Sedo, the company has inked a deal to sell a number of domains through Moniker. The domains will be auctioned ... Continue Reading2 Comments
e.Biz Sells for $66,001
· Domain Salese.Biz steals the show at successful one character .biz auction. It's no surprise that e.Biz was the top selling domain name in Sedo's one character .biz domain name auction. But $66,001? That will certainly turn a lot of heads. Especially since ... Continue Reading24 Comments