Domisfera http://www.domisfera.com/en A different point of view Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:23:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 fr Full results of the 200 .mobi premium domains auction conducted by Sedo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/G1d4QZQ5U6s/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/full-results-of-the-200-mobi-premium-domains-auction-conducted-by-sedo/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:23:42 +0000 domisfera .mobi Auctions http://www.domisfera.com/en/full-results-of-the-200-mobi-premium-domains-auction-conducted-by-sedo/ The recent auction of .mobi premium domains conducted by Sedo had surprises again. The first was the change of reserve prices during the auction.

The second surprise (not for all) were the prices achieved by the 124 .mobi domains, sold by 206,379$ (a little more than what was paid by flowers.mobi) with an average 1,664$ per domain. The 10 most expensive domains were:

Domain Winner bid
games.mobi 44.000 $
bank.mobi 11.500 $
vip.mobi 10.099 $
internet.mobi 9.901 $
blackjack.mobi 9.700 $
sexe.mobi 9.253 $
quotes.mobi 5.333 $
media.mobi 5.099 $
funds.mobi 4.900 $
shoes.mobi 4.600 $

These results are very different from those obtained in the previous auction of .mobi premium domains where the  10 most expensive were:

Domain Price Reserve Bids
music.mobi 616.000 $ reached 88
games.mobi 401.500 $ reached 100
sports.mobi 101.000 $ reached 33
movies.mobi 82.000 $ reached 53
game.mobi 61.000 $ reached 76
juegos.mobi 61.000 $ reached 73
photos.mobi 51.000 $ reached 37
videos.mobi 51.000 $ reached 45
sport.mobi 51.000 $ reached 51
job.mobi 43.600 $ reached 38

The domain games.mobi which began its journey last year (in December), appears to have finished his odyssey, 11 months after it was awarded by a fraction (a 10.95%) of the price initially reached.

Below are two lists containing the full results of the auction conducted by Sedo, from 5 to November 12, 2008. They are ordered alphabetically. The first corresponds to the domains that reached the (dynamic) reserve price and the second contains those that not achieved it:

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/full-results-of-the-200-mobi-premium-domains-auction-conducted-by-sedo/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/full-results-of-the-200-mobi-premium-domains-auction-conducted-by-sedo/ China is already the world’s largest ccTLD http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/TGCwUKl-sws/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/china-is-already-the-worlds-largest-cctld/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:00:20 +0000 domisfera Stats .cn (China) .de (Germany) http://www.domisfera.com/en/20/

Domisfera has been monitoring the official stats provided by the Registry of .cn domains CNNIC. These stats have not been updated since June, but finally CNNIC has published the numbers for July:

China, the largest ccTLD

On the other side, the German Registry of .dn domains Denic  has published at the end of July 2008 had registered 12,148,809 .de domains.

Therefore China is already the world’s largest ccTLD, with 12,364,615 domains. We must remember that in December 2006 the situation was as follows:

1. Germany (.de): 10,323,544
2. United Kingdom (. uk): 5,463,972
3. Europe (. eu): 2,386,620
4. Netherlands (. nl): 2,158,200
5. China (. cn): 1,296,935 

The promotion began on March 7, 2007 consisting of putting the new .cn domain registered to 1 yuan (0.13$) has proved its worth, with quarterly growth above 20%. In less than two years has multiplied almost  x10 total domains registered and has dislodged the .de domains from the top, a place monopolized by the German ccTLD for many years.

The Chinese dragon has been sleeping very deeply but now is fully awake !

]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/china-is-already-the-worlds-largest-cctld/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/china-is-already-the-worlds-largest-cctld/ The .sl domains of Sierra Leone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/gPp482zs6w8/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-sl-domains-of-sierra-leone/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:23:55 +0000 domisfera .sl (Sierra Leone) http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-sl-domains-of-sierra-leone/ Sierra Leone is a country of about 71,740 sq km and a population of 6 million. During the eighteenth century was an important center of slave trade. At the end of that century, the British decided to free slaves and return to Africa. After much discussion recently elected a territory that would later become known as Sierra Leone. Over the next 50 years, the British navy landed 70,000 slaves in Freetown. They independence in 1961, however between 1991 and 2001, there was a devastating civil war in the country, which plunged into poverty.

Sierra Leone

AFcom has been officially committed by the National Telecommunication Committee (NATCOM) in Sierra Leone to manage the dot SL.

These are the prices for new registrations and renewals for one .sl domain:

Period Price  
1 year $50  
2 years $100  
3 years $141 Save $9
4 years $188 Save $12
5 years $220 Save $30

Private registrations are additional $7 per year per domain (By the way, they have not implemented the whois service yet). Three letters domains are premium domains - $250 registration fee will be added to the fees above. It’s possible to register domains under .sl, .com.sl, .org.sl and .net.sl.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-sl-domains-of-sierra-leone/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-sl-domains-of-sierra-leone/ The last act of the disastrous .mobi premium domain auctions conducted by Sedo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/4ChI_okriCQ/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-last-act-of-the-disastrous-mobi-premium-domain-auctions-conducted-by-sedo/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:38:16 +0000 domisfera .mobi Auctions http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-last-act-of-the-disastrous-mobi-premium-domain-auctions-conducted-by-sedo/ On February 7, 2008 dotMobi reported that he had contacted all the winners of the disastrous auctions conducted by Sedo December last year. According to dotMobi of more than 70 involved less than 10 rejected the proposal for allocation of premium domains.

By having the majority support of the community affected, dotMobi went ahead with this proposal which was basically to be paid the highest price reached by domains (in the original auction or extensions thereof) or nothing (domains would stay in dotMobi).

On February 13, 2008, Caroline Greer of dotMobi has clarified in relation to the question made by Domisfera that "As regards publishing a list of domains and final prices arising from the December auction / settlement, this is not something that dotMobi has done in the past and there are no plans to do so."

It has been more than 5 months after the conclusion of the auction and 3 after dotMobi began the allocation process. It is time to know what happened to these premium domains.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-last-act-of-the-disastrous-mobi-premium-domain-auctions-conducted-by-sedo/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-last-act-of-the-disastrous-mobi-premium-domain-auctions-conducted-by-sedo/ Domains for water, no blackmail the Government of Spain. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/aXTU6-lNqkA/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domains-for-water-no-blackmail-the-government-of-spain/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:44:41 +0000 domisfera .es (Spain) http://www.domisfera.com/en/domains-for-water-no-blackmail-the-government-of-spain/ Few days ago, an inhabitant of Aspe (Alicante, Spain) called Faustino Gomez, anticipating the Government of Spain, registered .es domains with the initials for the new ministries created by the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación mcei.es (Ministry of Science and Innovation), Trabajo e Inmigración mtei.es (Labour and Immigration),  Ministerio Educación, Políticas Sociales y Deporte mepsd.es (Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports) and Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio mict.es (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade).

Domains for water

It is logical that the Government had registered the domain before making public the names of the Ministries. This is not the first time that something similar happens with issues of government (and this is all Domisfera can disclose…) 

Now it turns out that the Government wants these domains and in many ways it has been noted that Faustino was only willing to lend them to the Spanish Government for four years in exchange for a transfer of water from the Ebro river  to Valencia, Murcia and Alicante. Really  this is not true, it’s an ironic joke of the owner towards the media. Although Faustino did not want to talk to the media and publicly give his version, Domisfera has been able to establish telephone communication with him and has confirmed that the real interest was to show the Spanish Government  mismanagement and lack of foresight. 

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/domains-for-water-no-blackmail-the-government-of-spain/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domains-for-water-no-blackmail-the-government-of-spain/ Yun ye, the exceptional domainer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/om2jm43Ue1E/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/yun-ye-the-exceptional-domainer/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:03:27 +0000 domisfera Domainers http://www.domisfera.com/en/yun-ye-the-exceptional-domainer/ Yun Ye was born in June 1972. He was only 32 years old when he sold his portfolio to Marchex.

Yun Ye

He earned his bachelor’s degree at Brandeis University (Mass.), a very good (and expensive) institution. A complete course today costs between $20,595 and $56,855, health insurance apart. They have a whole building devoted to computer science and a curriculum, today’s quite attractive. He was there between 1992 and 1995, obtaining the graduate cum laude in Computing and Economics. He managed to be on Dean’s List each semester.

In 1995 went to study at the University of MaryLand, which also pointed to the ACM (Association for Computer Machinery), one of the leading associations in research, development and collaboration. In 1998 got the Master in Computer Science.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/yun-ye-the-exceptional-domainer/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/yun-ye-the-exceptional-domainer/ Current distribution of all .es domains Agent by Registrar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/XKGLawjPBUg/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/current-distribution-of-all-es-domains-agent-by-registrar/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:07:36 +0000 domisfera Registrars .es (Spain) http://www.domisfera.com/en/current-distribution-of-all-es-domains-agent-by-registrar/ Back in late January, Red.es (.es domains Registry) made public the distribution of the number of domains managed by Registrars, but without giving the name of any Registrar.

Domisfera in an independent and unofficial way has extracted from the total of 833,551 .es domains registered (until February 2008) the distribution of domains, including the names of the Registrars.

(The data are shown below are not 100% accurate because they have been collecting over the past month and Inter-Registrar domain transfers are continuous)

Number of managed domains Registrar
113.751 Arsys
82.180 PiensaSolutions
56.971 Hostalia
53.034 Hostinet
48.107 Nominalia
40.665 Interdomain
39.842 Under Registry (Red.es) management 
36.960 1&1 Internet
35.710 EuroDNS S.A.
27.969 Acens
27.989 Estrategias WebSite S.L.
25.428 Cdmon
21.175 TusProfesionales
20.106 Strato
19.930 Key-Systems
18.313 InterNetX
16.072 Dinahosting
10.909 Register.es
9.652 NeoDigit
9.065 Amen
8.696 Sync
7.422 Dialnic
7.248 Entorno Digital
6.879 Internet Names
6.481 Interdominios
6.357 Digival
5.121 GravityNet
4.902 AXARnet
4.466 Hospedaje y Dominios
4.464 ServeisWeb
4.390 Tucows
4.119 Ascio Technologies Inc
4.108 Weis Consulting
3.838 OVH Hispano
3.462 World Wide Ibercom
3.058 Recol
2.950 Digital Value
2.459 Herrero y Asociados
2.414 Ubilibet
2.313 Arrakis BT
2.231 CentroRed
1.947 Register.com
1.928 Nerion Networks S.L.
1.909 SANE Systems
1.654 Auna
1.601 12 Register
1.485 SafeNames
1.315 MarkMonitor
1.310 RedCoruna
1.306 ArgoRed
1.181 Clarke , Modet and Co
1.103 PONS Patentes y Marcas Int.
1.088 Scip
910 Igarcom Internet S.L.
855 Elzaburu
656 Nexica
533 EasyNet
491 Comalis
456 ClickTelecom S.L.
423 BB Online UK Limited
423 J. ISERN Patentes y Marcas
327 Idecnet
466 Comvive Servidores
288 Indom
220 Namebay Sam
198 Is-Fun
195 123domain.eu
155 Chivalges S.L.
110 Siosi
87 Cronon
65 MailClub

 

]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/current-distribution-of-all-es-domains-agent-by-registrar/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/current-distribution-of-all-es-domains-agent-by-registrar/ The viewpoint of dotmobi on aa.mobi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/E_bUORfKyHw/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-viewpoint-of-dotmobi-on-aamobi/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:28:02 +0000 domisfera .mobi http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-viewpoint-of-dotmobi-on-aamobi/ American Airlines, the largest airline in the world has launched a version of its site for mobile devices. Through aa.com you can reserve, cancel or check the status of flights and see the offers or promotions available.

aa.com

American Airlines has an excellent domain in the king extension of Internet, widely known (receives 1.6 million hits daily), easy to remember and easy to type on a mobile device. Aa.mobi it is not possible because the minimum number of characters 3.

However, American Airlines obtained the domain americanairlines.mobi on October 2 last year through a lawsuit filed with the National Arbitration Forum (American Airlines, Inc. v. Michael Nakhleh). That ruling was recovered with a defensive character and not to use it, as evidenced by the fact that not even have bothered to be redirected to aa.com.

Certainly, the marketing people of dotMobi have lost a great opportunity to publicize the extension and was being better known and used by the general public (outside the industry domaning).

So Domisfera asked Mr. Pinkard Alan Brand from dotmobi about this case. When he came back from Easter holidays, his response (also published by himself in DomainNameWire) was:

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-viewpoint-of-dotmobi-on-aamobi/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-viewpoint-of-dotmobi-on-aamobi/ VeriSign will raise the price of .com and .net domains since October 1, 2008 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/SsPDjL1Yxfw/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/verisign-will-raise-the-price-of-com-and-net-domains-since-october-1-2008/#comments Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:11:26 +0000 domisfera .com .net http://www.domisfera.com/en/verisign-will-raise-the-price-of-com-and-net-domains-since-october-1-2008/ On the same day that Domain Name Wire published a email sent by VeriSign to the Registrars, the company announced in a press release that from the day October 1, 2008 the rate charged for the .com domains will rise from 6.42$ to 6.86$ (+ 6.85%) and .net  will rise from 3.85$ to 4.23$ (+ 9.87%). 

The prices go up! (again)

According to VeriSign contracts with ICANN and the Department of Commerce of the United States is empowered to raise .com up to 7% and .net up to 10% each year. That was exactly the price increases implemented VeriSign last year. This year, VeriSign almost reached those figures.

In two years .com domains will move from 6$ to 6.86$ (+ 14.33%) and .net domains from 3.50$ to 4.23$ (+ 20.85%). While the year 2007 was the first since 1999 that prices rose VeriSign seems to be the trend in the coming years because the arguments to justify the rise this year are very similar to those of last year: to increase the capacity of the infrastructure DNS and to increase security against increasingly numerous and sophisticated cyber attacks.

As a counterpoint to these justifications, Karl Auerbach (a former board member of the ICANN), said last year at this time that VeriSign could spend less than 0.14$ in order to maintain a domain registration.

 
]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/verisign-will-raise-the-price-of-com-and-net-domains-since-october-1-2008/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/verisign-will-raise-the-price-of-com-and-net-domains-since-october-1-2008/ Latin American domains stats (February 2008) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/Tso8JwbEJrU/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/latin-american-domains-stats-february-2008/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:29:40 +0000 domisfera Stats http://www.domisfera.com/en/latin-american-domains-stats-february-2008/ The latest statistics domain Latinoamericann aiming to measure the impact of policies for the Information Society in the development of Latin American ccTLDs throw the following details until February 29, 2008.

 Latino American domains up to february 2008

In February ccTLDs that had a higher percentage growth were: Costa Rica .cr (6.72%), Peru .pe (5.33%) and Bolivia .bo (4.44%). The case of Costa Rica is explained by the announcement and the opening of registration of second-level domains. Peru continues to grow due to the opening of IDN domain name registration and second level that has already done in previous months. The case of Bolivia is linked to an aggressive marketing strategy in order to pay for the domain names in installments.

This month highlights the negative growth (-21.22%) .do domains from the Dominican Republic due to the cleansing of records unpaid. Domains .cu of Cuba remain at its usual line had decreased by 0.35%. The .sv domains of El Salvador having had a profound process of purification, have restarted a process of growth.

The largest increases in absolute values of the past month are for Argentina .ar (26,031), Brazil .br (9,854) and Mexico .mx (3,679). These positions are filled by the same ccTLDs that last month, with a higher increase in registered domains.

Latinoamericann could not obtain data from Trinidad and Tobago .tt or Barbados .bb. In the case of Barbados has been a process of redelegation before and while it was possible to perform a whois and view data registered domains this is no longer feasible under the new administration.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/latin-american-domains-stats-february-2008/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/latin-american-domains-stats-february-2008/ The .cu domains of Cuba http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/vdDrlZt7nR8/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-cu-domains-of-cuba/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:42:26 +0000 domisfera .cu (Cuba) http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-cu-domains-of-cuba/ I recently saw that Cuba had only 1,434 .cu domains registered. 12.75 domains per 100,000 inhabitants. It is one of the four last ccTLDs in Latin America by number of domains registered. Globally ranked 49, ahead of Algeria (.dz domains).

He is Camilo CienFuegos in a note signed by Che Guevara

The first drawback is the price. Although for entities located in Cuba is cheaper (222.7 Cuban pesos in the first year and 151 from the second) for non located on the island price is $350 for .com.cu and $600 for .cu domains. Both prices are for registrations and renewals.

The second drawback is that they can not register domains individuals, they can only do legal persons. If they are foreign in addition must meet these conditions:

(1) The application shall be made through agents residing in the Republic of Cuba authorized thereto.
(2) Data on Administrative and Financial Contact will be those for the Agent.
(3) Data from the Technical Contact may correspond to the Agent, a national entity or a foreign entity.

When submitting a certification trademark or other distinguishing marks issued by a foreign registration office, the document will be endorsed by the Cuban Office of Industrial Property.
If not, requires a prior Trademark Search. The process lasts for a month and cost about $100. 

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-cu-domains-of-cuba/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-cu-domains-of-cuba/ The .co domains of Colombia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/PJYR9X8RuDI/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-co-domains-of-colombia/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:03:15 +0000 domisfera .co (Colombia) http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-co-domains-of-colombia/ Colombia is the fourth largest country in South America, with a population of about 43 million.

Colombia

Any person or foreign national can register a .com.co, .org.co, .net.co or .nom.co by 160,000 Colombian pesos (80,74 $) for a period of two years. The renewal fee is the same and is also biannual. It is also necessary to send a series of documents (scanned by mail, by fax or registered mail):

1) The number of their identity card, in the case of individuals and the Tax Identification Number (ILS) if they are legal persons with Colombian or foreign branch in Colombia. If they are foreign should provide the number of their identity card or tax identification of the country of origin.

2) The signed letter of responsibility where swears that the data provided are true, which was not violate the rights of any third party or brand and empowers the University of the Andes to cancel the domain if missing some of the set policies.

3) If it’s a company, it must provide the certificate from the Chamber of Commerce and whether it is an embassy, a letter from the ambassador in letterhead paper.

The minimum length of the domain is 2 characters and a maximum of 63. It is not possible to register IDN domains.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-co-domains-of-colombia/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-co-domains-of-colombia/ It has been established the public rate of prices for .es domains http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/THfuYQbrcpw/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/it-has-been-established-the-public-rate-of-prices-for-es-domains/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:54:57 +0000 domisfera .es (Spain) http://www.domisfera.com/en/it-has-been-established-the-public-rate-of-prices-for-es-domains/ On January 15, Nic.es gave the new. Until now the annual renewal of .es domain was determined and is conditioned by a fee. This was reflected in the Order of fees under the Ministry of the Presidency. Finally, the two Ministries involved (the Ministry of Industry and Tourism and the Ministry of Treasure) had given the go-ahead to move forward with the new instruction from the General Manager of the public corporation Red.es.

Until this instruction, renewal bound by a year of .es domains was in the Order of Taxes which is a standard range of the law which stated that the form of payment of a registration of a domain was a fee. Now all this has changed, renewals and other operations to register .es domains will be regulated with a public rate.

All this is not something trivial. In short, the rate of price change will allow the registration and renewal of .es domains for more than one year and other registry operations since its entry into force on 15 January 2008.

Among other fees, these are the most interesting ones:

(IV) Fare quarter
Annual allocation of initial or annual renewal of second-level .es domain, filed through Registrar: 4.09€.

(VI) Fare sixth
Annual allocation of initial or annual renewal of third-level .es domain, filed through Registrar: 1.29€.

(Source: Nic.es) 

]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/it-has-been-established-the-public-rate-of-prices-for-es-domains/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/it-has-been-established-the-public-rate-of-prices-for-es-domains/ Deep Stats of all Sedo Auctions conducted during 2007 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/znrE5LljXTE/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-stats-of-all-sedo-auctions-conducted-during-2007/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:33:29 +0000 domisfera Auctions http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-stats-of-all-sedo-auctions-conducted-during-2007/ Statistic #1: Auctions completed by extension

Extension Domains Res. Reached Res. Not Reached Paid
com 7265 5.707 (79%) 1.558 (21%) 14.409.254 $
mobi 1483 1.194 (81%) 289 (19%) 4.739.102 $
de 2597 2.274 (88%) 323 (12%) 2.440.547 $
net 1134 792 (70%) 342 (30%) 1.342.391 $
info 877 642 (73%) 235 (27%) 645.428 $
org 469 373 (80%) 96 (20%) 551.395 $
eu 600 525 (88%) 75 (13%) 504.779 $
es 324 169 (52%) 155 (48%) 469.491 $
co.uk 508 304 (60%) 204 (40%) 443.034 $
tv 313 248 (79%) 65 (21%) 256.430 $
nu 62 49 (79%) 13 (21%) 249.081 $
fr 203 68 (33%) 135 (67%) 213.091 $
biz 305 241 (79%) 64 (21%) 173.976 $
nl 43 26 (60%) 17 (40%) 142.542 $
pk 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 137.555 $
at 258 186 (72%) 72 (28%) 134.905 $
us 190 157 (83%) 33 (17%) 90.994 $
in 109 93 (85%) 16 (15%) 77.495 $
it 13 12 (92%) 1 (8%) 54.109 $
cc 96 53 (55%) 43 (45%) 54.048 $
ch 115 78 (68%) 37 (32%) 52.186 $
be 64 52 (81%) 12 (19%) 42.221 $
pl 22 20 (91%) 2 (9%) 32.361 $
ru 3 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 31.526 $
pro 26 20 (77%) 6 (23%) 31.496 $
ac 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 26.500 $
hk 16 6 (38%) 10 (63%) 24.415 $
com.es 42 21 (50%) 21 (50%) 22.322 $
ws 47 44 (94%) 3 (6%) 17.807 $
gr 6 4 (67%) 2 (33%) 17.262 $
cn 18 13 (72%) 5 (28%) 16.414 $
ag 14 10 (71%) 4 (29%) 13.167 $
se 8 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 12.113 $
com.ar 14 8 (57%) 6 (43%) 11.824 $
org.uk 15 15 (100%) 0 (0%) 9.866 $
com.cn 8 4 (50%) 4 (50%) 9.862 $
bz 7 7 (100%) 0 (0%) 8.703 $
jp 9 6 (67%) 3 (33%) 8.071 $
im 26 15 (58%) 11 (42%) 7.790 $
ec 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 7.570 $
to 6 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 7.061 $
com.mx 10 9 (90%) 1 (10%) 6.323 $
uk.net 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 6.217 $
name 26 23 (88%) 3 (12%) 5.620 $
io 7 7 (100%) 0 (0%) 5.288 $
lu 12 4 (33%) 8 (67%) 5.266 $
hn 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 5.031 $
dk 6 6 (100%) 0 (0%) 4.595 $
sc 9 9 (100%) 0 (0%) 4.183 $
co.za 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 3.940 $
eu.com 10 7 (70%) 3 (30%) 3.930 $
md 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 3.800 $
gd 11 7 (64%) 4 (36%) 3.565 $
cg 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 3.500 $
vc 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%) 3.345 $
ca 8 4 (50%) 4 (50%) 3.247 $
je 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 3.135 $
gs 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.985 $
ms 5 5 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.946 $
co.in 6 5 (83%) 1 (17%) 2.810 $
dj 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 2.389 $
fm 4 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 2.290 $
org.cn 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.250 $
com.pk 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.200 $
com.au 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.160 $
hm 3 1 (33%) 2 (67%) 2.050 $
ma 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 2.050 $
la 6 5 (83%) 1 (17%) 2.017 $
me.uk 2 1 (50%) 1 (50%) 1.976 $
ae 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 1.975 $
li 6 5 (83%) 1 (17%) 1.915 $
si 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.770 $
com.pt 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.638 $
tw 3 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.638 $
gb.com 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.589 $
st 12 11 (92%) 1 (8%) 1.531 $
cx 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.495 $
net.pl 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.475 $
co.nz 3 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 1.450 $
de.com 11 5 (45%) 6 (55%) 1.416 $
vg 4 3 (75%) 1 (25%) 1.350 $
cz 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.136 $
ps 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.083 $
by 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.075 $
tc 5 4 (80%) 1 (20%) 1.057 $
net.in 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 1.000 $
gy 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 950 $
or.at 3 3 (100%) 0 (0%) 915 $
as 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 900 $
us.com 5 3 (60%) 2 (40%) 878 $
tk 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 736 $
sh 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 628 $
cd 7 3 (43%) 4 (57%) 581 $
com.sg 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 510 $
kg 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 510 $
sk 2 1 (50%) 1 (50%) 340 $
uk.com 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 316 $
nr 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 310 $
nz 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 300 $
co.at 2 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 295 $
gen.in 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 280 $
pn 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 251 $
sg 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 251 $
nf 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 236 $
za.com 1 1 (100%) 0 (0%) 198 $
mn 11 1 (9%) 10 (91%) 170 $
am 2 1 (50%) 1 (50%) 160 $
co.il 1 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 0 $
com.pl 5 0 (0%) 5 (100%) 0 $
com.sc 1 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 0 $
com.ve 2 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 $
gl 2 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 $
nom.es 1 0 (0%) 1 (100%) 0 $
Total 17602 13.668 (78%) 3.934 (22%) 27.673.601 $

Statistic #2: Domains sold by price range

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-stats-of-all-sedo-auctions-conducted-during-2007/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-stats-of-all-sedo-auctions-conducted-during-2007/ The .rs domains of Serbia http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/tMCXDV5furA/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-rs-domains-of-serbia/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:43:03 +0000 domisfera .rs (Serbia) http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-rs-domains-of-serbia/ From January 10, 2008 it will be possible to register .rs Serbian domains. Slobodan Markovic from RNIDS told Domisfera that "The official starting date is not known yet and it is expected that Managing Board of .rs registry will determine the date at a session after mid-January. Most likely launch date for .rs is sometime towards the end of January or in February".

The Republic of Serbia has a population of 10 millions and the official language is the Serbian. It has two alphabets: a variation on the Cyrillic alphabet and a variation on the Latin alphabet. The characters of the two alphabets map to each other one-to-one and the Serbian has a simple principle: "write as you speak and read as it is written" .

Serbia

Serbian Registry of Domain Names (RNIDS) has the task of migrating users from the .yu (Yugoslavia) domain. After this transition is complete, the .yu domain will be decommissioned and there will be two new ccTLDS:  .rs (Serbia) and .me (Montenegro). It is envisaged this transfer will take a couple of years, and ICANN will monitor the progress.

The RNIDS Assembly ratified the Letter of Intent with ICANN, signed by a Serbian delegation at 30th International Public ICANN Meeting. In this photo are Vint Cerf, Mirjana Tasić and Paul Twomey:

Vint Cerf, Mirjana Tasić, Paul Twomey

Ten days before the beginning of .rs domain registration, RNIDS will stop receiving requests for registering new .yu domains. All .yu domains, which have been registered until then, will continue to function normally at least until 30th September 2009.

Once the registration of .rs domains begins, current owners of .yu domains will have a priority in the first six months to register the same .rs domain name. All domain names which have not been registered until now with .yu extension will be immediately available for registration with .rs extension. According to the new regulations, everybody can register an unlimited number of .rs domains.

The prices without VAT in Serbian dinars (RSD) and U.S. dollars (USD) will be the following ones:

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-rs-domains-of-serbia/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-rs-domains-of-serbia/ The deep interview of Domisfera with Rick Schwartz http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/KCpGpgLfDTM/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-deep-interview-of-domisfera-with-rick-schwartz/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:00:24 +0000 domisfera Interviews Domainers http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-deep-interview-of-domisfera-with-rick-schwartz/ Domisfera wanted to know more about Rick Schwartz, so asked for an interview with him. It’s not necessary to introduce him, a reading of the excellent profile written by Ron Jackson it’s enough.This is the result, if there are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview.

Rick Schwartz

(1) [Domisfera.com] How is any day in your life?

[Rick Schwartz] Each day is the day I plan. I start each day at about 5:30 and usually create a few projects and plant a few seeds. Have breakfast. Do a little more work and then off to a nice restaurant for lunch. Then I usually have an afternoon activity dinner and quiet night at home.

(2)What is your occupation at present? How many people work with you?

I am a soloist. With domains I work alone with the exception of ICA where I sit on the board and with the new cowboys.com project which is a collaboration of about 18 domain owners. When it comes to TRAFFIC, I only work with my partner Howard Neu and our wives. While others like to hire people I like to contract out whatever needs to be done.

(3) What do you think about IDN domains?

No matter what I say it is going to open a hornets nest. So do I BS everyone so the IDN folks are happy or do those reading expect me to say what I believe? What’s to think? I know many are heavy into it. Some have past credentials and successes and are friends of mine. Some are angry and lash out at anyone that is not an instant believer of IDN. Time will tell. Others are just hoping and wishing and waiting for this release and that release. Until there is a genuine market and a great need it is going to be a very slow ride. Many are bitter because the IDN’s that they do have don’t support the renewal fees.

What this or any other group or extension need to learn is that it is the MARKET that will determine WHEN and IF and not a bunch of folks running around calling everyone else stupid for not investing in IDN’s. No matter how middle of the road my comments are they want me to say it is the best thing since sliced bread. Well, let me say…..I don’t believe it is. But I don’t fault those that invest and believe in it. I do fault those folks that have taken the stance that if you don’t invest in IDN’s that you are just a stupid American. I don’t understand the anger and bigotry in that community. Makes no sense to me. Then they criticize other extensions that are breaking out. Just very weird to me and I wish them nothing but the best but that is not good enough for some of them. They want me to focus on them at TRAFFIC even tho we have had it discussed many times. But since they don’t come, they don’t know, so they make things up. They have yet to learn that the MARKET will decide. Not them, not me. Not anyone but the market. Why that makes folks angry is way beyond what I understand.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-deep-interview-of-domisfera-with-rick-schwartz/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/the-deep-interview-of-domisfera-with-rick-schwartz/ The deep interview of Domisfera with Mason Cole from SnapNames http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/YG9lm2umnbI/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-with-mason-cole-from-snapnames/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 09:09:58 +0000 domisfera Interviews Registrars Backorders http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-interview-with-mason-cole-from-snapnames/ Domisfera wanted to know more about the real state of SnapNames, so asked for an interview with Mason Cole. This is the result, if they are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview.

Courtesy of Mr. Mason Cole

(1) What is your full name? Where do you come from?

Mason Cole.  I’ve been with SnapNames for six years.  Prior to that I was a partner at a marketing agency.

(2) What is your position and daily work in SnapNames? How is any day for you in the firm?

I oversee industry relations as well as our partnerships with registrars.

(3) What did you do before working in SnapNames?, How do you begin in the domaining world? 

At first I was in the financial services industry.  I then moved into technology marketing and was a partner at a marketing and public relations agency.  SnapNames was my client at that agency, and I left to work inside the company.  When I first arrived here, my primary role was publishing State of the Domain, an industry newsletter.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-with-mason-cole-from-snapnames/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-with-mason-cole-from-snapnames/ The interview of Domisfera with Richard Schreier from Pool.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/HitoBOr-xzg/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:03:55 +0000 domisfera Interviews Registrars Backorders http://www.domisfera.com/en/interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/  Domisfera wanted to know more about Pool.com, so asked for an interview with Richard Schreier.

Courtesy of Richard Schreier

(1) What is your full name? Where do you come from?

Richard Schreier, Ottawa (Canada).

(2) What is your position and daily work in Pool? How is any day for you in the firm?

As chief executive officer, I oversee strategic initiatives for Pool.com and manage day-to-day operations.

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-interview-with-richard-schreier-from-pool-com/ The deep interview of Domisfera about .tel domains with Benjamin Blumenthal from Telnic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/ukymioS0GYY/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-about-tel-domains-with-benjamin-blumenthal-from-telnic/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:00:14 +0000 domisfera Interviews .tel http://www.domisfera.com/en/deep-interview-about-tel-domains-with-benjamin-blumenthal-from-telnic/ Domisfera wanted to know more about the real state of .tel domains, so asked for an interview with Benjamin Blumenthal, Director of Marketing of Telnic. This is the result, if they are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview.

(1) [Domisfera.com] Could you tell us more about the history of .tel and when was it approved by ICANN?

[Benjamin Blumenthal] Telnic initially submitted an application to ICANN in 2000 for the .tel Top Level Domain (TLD). At that time, we believed that the internet and telephony industries would be converging quickly and that a top level domain would be needed to organize this space. With hindsight, our intuition has proven to be correct.

ICANN finally approved Telnic’s second application submitted in 2004. The final agreement was signed on May 30th 2006.  

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]]> http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-about-tel-domains-with-benjamin-blumenthal-from-telnic/feed/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-about-tel-domains-with-benjamin-blumenthal-from-telnic/ The deep interview of Domisfera about .mobi domains with Pinkard Alan Brand from dotMobi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/domisfera_en/~3/50NZRvM7AEY/ http://www.domisfera.com/en/domisfera-deep-interview-pinkard-alan-brand-dotmobi-mobi-domains/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:48:29 +0000 domisfera Interviews .mobi http://www.domisfera.com/en/interview-pinkard-alan-brand-dotmobi-mobi-domains/ Domisfera wanted to know more about the real state of .mobi domains, so asked for an interview with Pinkard Alan from dotMobi.This is the result, if they are enough and relevant questions and comments from the readers, Domisfera will make a second interview.

Courtesy of Mr. Pinkard

(1)  [Domisfera.com] What is your full name?, Where do you come from?

[Pinky Brand’s response:] My full name is Pinkard Alan Brand. Everyone calls me by my nickname, which is "Pinky."  I am originally from Houston, Texas. Since 1998 I have been located in the Washington D.C. area after selling my first domain name related business (idNames) to Network Solutions. You can obtain information on my background and history by visiting my personal mobile site at pinky.mobi or my PC-based web site at pinkybrand.com.

(2)  What did you do before working in dotMobi?, How do you begin in the domaining world?

In the 80s I worked in the television news and advertising industries. In the 90s I became an entrepreneur and started investing in a variety of businesses. In 1996 I became very interested in the domain name industry literally after seeing the original InterNIC WHOIS site in the middle of the night. The next day I co-founded a ccTLD registration company called idNames that I later sold to Network Solutions when they were still a monopoly.  This company went from $0 to $33 million in annual revenue in 4 years. In 2002 I co-founded a corporate domain name registrar called Arcemus that we later sold to Iron Mountain. It does millions in annual revenue as well.  Again, you can obtain information on my background and history in the domain name industry by visiting my personal sites at pinkybrand.com or on mobile at pinky.mobi .

 (3) What is your daily work in dotMobi?, How is any day for you in the firm?

I am the Director for New Markets at dotMobi. That means I’m working with domain name professionals, domainers, content, brand and trademark owners and others worldwide to inform them about the mobile Internet ecosystem opportunity, to register .mobi names and how to develop relevant and compelling mobile Internet content.  I also share responsibility for policy and processes related to the allocation of our Premium Names.

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