How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated auction to settle the .web top level domain contention set will take place on Wednesday. Thankfully for industry watchers, the ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Just how much did .Blog and .Store sell for?
· Domain SalesHere's a rough idea. On Friday I wrote about Minds + Machines and its payoff for losing the .blog and .store domain name auctions. Primer Nivel won the auction for .blog and Radix walked home with .Store. How much did they pay for these domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Company pays $600,000 in auction to run .信息 top level domain name
· Domain SalesRights to IDN domain name sell for $600,000. Beijing Tele-info Network Technology Co. has won the first ICANN "auction of last resort" to resolve a new top level domain name contention set. It paid $600,000 in an auction for .信息, which roughly ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN updates new TLD auction plans, still no resolution for indirect contention
· Policy & LawICANN has published new rules for upcoming auctions which will resolve top level domain strings with more than one applicant. ICANN has published updated rules for its so-called "Auctions of Last Resort" to resolve new top level domain name contention ... Continue Reading4 Comments
ICANN admits new TLD auctions are delayed
· Policy & LawThe first ICANN auctions to settle new top level domain contention sets could take place in the middle of November. In a new top level domain applicant update webinar yesterday, ICANN VP of gTLD Operations Christine Willett admitted that new TLD ... Continue Reading1 Comment