Demand Media wants to offer new top level domain names using its eNom registrar. The owner of the world's second largest domain registrar, eNom, plans to apply to ICANN to offer new top level domains. That's the only plausible assumption based on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Microsoft, Time Warner, Others Weigh In On New TLDs
· Policy & LawA quick synopsis of public comments about new top level domains. The deadline to comment on the latest revisions of ICANN's plan for introducing new top level domains was Monday. As is usually the case, the big companies waited until the last minute ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Push Against “Variable Domain Pricing” Gets Media Attention
· Policy & LawNetwork World picks up variable domain pricing story. Domain owners have been commenting on ICANN's proposed new gTLD structure including the potential for "variable pricing", and the technology media is starting to pick it up. Today Network World ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domainers Don’t Care if VeriSign Increases Prices
· Policy & LawDo domain name owners care if VeriSign can drastically increase .com prices? Apparently not. ICANN has released new details about its proposed registry agreement and added a line-by-line comparison to previous registry agreements. These agreements ... Continue Reading15 Comments
ResellerClub to Take Over EstDomains’ Domains
· Domain RegistrarsDirecti company to take over domains previously registered at EstDomains. Although ICANN has not announced it yet, it appears that domain registrar ResellerClub is taking over domains managed at domain registrar EstDomains, which is losing its ... Continue Reading3 Comments
One and Two Character Domains Coming to .Mobi
· UncategorizedICANN approves short domains for .mobi. ICANN's board has approved the release of one and two character second level domains on the .mobi top level domain. dotMobi announced the decision today and said it will release the domain names in a request ... Continue Reading9 Comments
ICANN Cuts EstDomains, Spam Down 75%
· Domain RegistrarsICANN moves forward with de-accreditation of EstDomains, related spam host cut off. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is moving forward with terminating EstDomains, a domain registrar managing about 280,000 domain names. ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Domain Name Tasting Down 84%
· Policy & LawDomain tasting is down 84% since ICANN implemented its 20 cent fee. In June ICANN approved a budget measure designed to curtail domain name tasting (registering a domain, checking it for traffic, and then deleting it within the first 5 days for a full ... Continue Reading11 Comments
.Tel Has Benefits, But Many Challenges
· ServicesIn an interview with Telnic, I learned more about the top level domain and its benefits. The first time I wrote about .tel was back in 2006 when it was approved by ICANN. I wasn't a big fan of it back then. I wrote about it again earlier this week, ... Continue Reading19 Comments
Will .Com Domain Name Fees Soar?
· Policy & LawHidden bomb in new gTLD agreement could introduce tiered pricing to .com domains. Upset about VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) increasing your .com registration fees 7% a year? Imagine if they could raise them by whatever they want. There's a little time ... Continue Reading11 Comments