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ICANN to Reveal Proposed Domain Names June 13

Tech Domainer — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:16:43 +0000

Tech Domainer: TweetThose anxiously waiting to find out what new names may be introduced to the Internet’s domain name system will finally find out on June 13. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the nonprofit group that manages the domain name system,unveiled a new timeline related to its controversial new domain name program late on Tuesday. The [...]TechDomainer - Domain Name News Continue reading →

Go Daddy applies for .home and .casa top level domains

Domain Name Wire — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:26:05 +0000

Domain Name Wire: Go Daddy applies for .home, .casa, and .godaddy top level domains. Domain name registrar Go Daddy has applied for the .home and .casa top level domains, CEO Warren Adelman disclosed to Domain Name Wire. These two domains are in addition to .GoDaddy. Adelman said the domains were chosen in part because they have multiple meanings [...] Continue reading →

Applications For New gTLDs Closed As ICANN Set To Reveal Applicants On 13 June

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:21:30 +0000

DomainPulse.com: ICANN has announced applications for new generic Top Level Domains closed on 30 May 2012, at 23:59 GMT/UTC. And they have also announced a timetable that includes the “Big Reveal” to occur on 13 June, a week before the next ICANN meeting in Prague. As of 29 May there were [...] Continue reading →

Notice of Extension of ICANN Comment Period: ICANN Draft FY13 Operating Plan and Budget

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:06:23 +0000

DomainPulse.com: In response to comments made by community members regarding time required to complete quantitative comments on the ICANN draft FY13 Operating Plan and Budget, ICANN has extended this public comment period until 8 June 2012, with the reply period closing on June 15th 2012. Français Español Русский 简体中文 العربية This [...] Continue reading →

ICANN WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey – Draft

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:44:40 +0000

DomainPulse.com: Purpose (Brief): The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council’s WHOIS Survey Working Group (WSWG) requests community input on the draft WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey. The Working Group is soliciting input from experts on technical requirements for a new WHOIS protocol, in particular people knowledgeable about technical aspects of WHOIS who [...] Continue reading →

Web.com formally announces bid for .web

Domain Name Wire — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:42:24 +0000

Domain Name Wire: Web.com formally announced .web application. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, formally announced its bid for the .web top level domain today. Of course, we’ve known about the company’s plans since at least October of last year. The company has been taking pre-reservations on its web site. The company also applied for a [...] Continue reading →

John Berryhill’s Farmville gets bigger with Elk.com victory

Domain Name Wire — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:25:08 +0000

Domain Name Wire: Pigs, ants, elephants, and elk. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has an animal fetish. When it comes to UDRPs, anyway. Berryhill has successfully defended Pig.com, Ant.com, and Elephant.com. Now you can add Elk.com to that list. I first wrote about this nonsense case back in March. Now the decision has been handed down in favor [...] Continue reading →

Oversee.net’s fifth employee returns to DomainSponsor role

Domain Name Wire — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:02:50 +0000

Domain Name Wire: Mike Song, an early Oversee.net employee, has returned to the company as an account manager. Song was hired by the company in 2003 after it launched the DomainSponsor domain parking service. He was the fifth employee of the company. He later held positions in operations and portfolio acquisitions with DomainSponsor. Song left Oversee.net in 2008 [...] Continue reading →

Berryhill Get’s A Finding Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Defending A UDRP On Elk.com

TheDomains — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:23:52 +0000

TheDomains: ELK Accesories Pty Ltd. of Preston, Australia brought a UDRP against Elk.com of California, on the domain name Elk.com Elk.com was represented by John Berryhill, Esq. Not only did the three member panel find in favor of the domain holder, the domain ho... Continue reading →

Domain Guardians rock the planet with exclusive brokerage of Earth.com

DomainGang — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:53:46 +0000

DomainGang: A new newsletter by the Domain Guardians‘ brokerage department announced the exclusive brokerage of Earth.com among several other quality domains: Earth.com Culinary.com Peeps.com Blogroll.com MarketingAgency.com Considering there are millions of... Continue reading →

Pool.com Gets Competition On Its Digital Archery Service As Digital Archery Experts Rolls Out

TheDomains — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:35:53 +0000

TheDomains: According to a press release I just received it appears Pool.com now has a competitor in the ICANN Digital Archery batching service for new gTLD applicants. “Digital Archery Experts (DAE) is pleased to release its digital archery service designe... Continue reading →

Get Bidding In Latest Sedo .ME auction! Closing 31 May!

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:24:40 +0000

DomainPulse.com: body.me, ecard.me, karaoke.me and more! The next .me auction event has just begun, and this time we have great names available such as body.me, ecard.me, karaoke.me and more! View the full inventory! The auction runs for 7 days, and ends on May 31st at 12 noon EDT. So get bidding [...] Continue reading →

What Startup Founders Should Know About Domain Names

Morgan Linton — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:16:11 +0000

Morgan Linton: This year I’ve worked with more startups than ever before, helping them find great domains for their businesses. So far I’ve worked with about a dozen different startups and I’ve started to notice some trends I wanted to share both with startup founders and domain investors. I hope this will help startups better understand how [...] Continue reading →

DNCL Proposes Second Level .NZ Registrations

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:10:26 +0000

DomainPulse.com: In what could amount to a major extension to New Zealand’s domain name space, the Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL) has launched a consultation on whether registrations should be permitted directly under the .nz country code. At present the existing .nz structure consists of a set of 14 approved ‘second’ [...] Continue reading →

72 Godaddy Closeout .COM Keyword Domain Names

Available Domain Names — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:02:28 +0000

Available Domain Names: I've got 72 Godaddy Closeout .COM keyword domains for you today available for instant purchase using the buy it now option. These listings currently range between $9 and $8 each with a 1 year renewal fee added at checkout. The renewal fee can be lowered to approx $8.50 using various Godaddy coupon codes including the [...] Continue reading →

It’s not enough to succeed. Others must fail. By Sedari’s Philip Sheppard

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:01:44 +0000

DomainPulse.com: As the last strike of the clock signals the end of 30 May 2012 there will be quiet relief from the back offices and consultants of most top-level domain name (TLD) applicants. And finally after the drama of the TAS system gremlins we have closure. Still there may yet be [...] Continue reading →

Francois Carrillo Wins UDRP On ZUT.com

TheDomains — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:56:14 +0000

TheDomains: Francois Carrillo just defended a UDRP brought by Interbasic Holding S.A on the domain name ZUT.com Francois was represented by Zak Muscovitch of The Muscovitch Law Firm, Canada. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: &#82... Continue reading →

dotSaarland GmbH Applies for .SAARLAND

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:53:35 +0000

DomainPulse.com: [news release] The dotSaarland GmbH today successfully completed the application for the top level domain (TLD) .SAARLAND with ICANN. ICANN will evaluate the application along all others during the next 4 to 8 months. The initial evaluations will start on July 12, 2012. In addition to the dotSaarland GmbH, more [...] Continue reading →

What domains Taco Bell, Overstock.com, Enterprise, and others bought this week

Domain Name Wire — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:45:27 +0000

Domain Name Wire: Big companies make domain name purchases. This past week has been a great one for end user sales. I’ve identified 23 end user sales (there are of course more, but these are the ones that stuck out). There are big name brands in this report, so read on… Sedo McGraw-Hill Companies bought WorkforceAccess.com for $2,500. [...] Continue reading →

Registrations Of .DE Domains Continue To Soar As Number One ccTLD Position Maintained

DomainPulse.com — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:43:03 +0000

DomainPulse.com: There were 13.8 million .DE domain names registered in Germany across 402 cities and towns at the end of 2011, DENIC announced today, as well as over 870,000 domains with registrants located outside of Germany, or 5.9 per cent of the total. All up, 14,740,474 domains were registered with DENIC [...] Continue reading →

Numeric Domain Auctions at 4cn: Second Half of May

NNNNN Domains — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:35:00 +0000

NNNNN Domains: Here are numeric domain auction results from 4.cn, for the last couple weeks. Obviously, the winner was 925.com, going for over $45,000. There were also some nice NNNN.com sales for around $1,000 and up. Several NNNNN.com's sold for over $... Continue reading →

Sedo .Me Registry Auction Ends Tomorrow & 135 Domains Out Of 200 Have Bids

TheDomains — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:32:52 +0000

TheDomains: The .Me registry owned domain name auction being held on Sedo.com ends tomorrow May 31st, starting at noon EST subject to Sedo normal auction closing terms. At the time of publication 135 domain names out of the 200 listed for sale by the registry have... Continue reading →

New Zealand’s domain name commission proposes .NZ second level registrations

Domain Name News — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:04:37 +0000

Domain Name News: The .NZ DNCL just announced the proposal of extending the .nz domain name space by allowing anybody to register domains at the “second level”. This has the potential to significantly alter New Zealand’s domain name space, so the NZ domain name commission is now actively looking for feedback and submissions to get your views on [...] Related posts: .NG Registry Registers 2nd Level Domain Top Level Domain Holdings Raises $4.1M China re-opens it’s ccTLD domain to individual registrations.. Finally! NIC Mexico Announces the Re-Opening of .MX Registrations Afternic DLS Enables New Partners for Premium Promotion Level Continue reading →

It’s Not Enough to Succeed. Others Must Fail.

CircleID — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:35:00 +0000

CircleID: As the last strike of the clock signals the end of 30 May 2012 there will be quiet relief from the back offices and consultants of most top-level domain name (TLD) applicants. And finally after the drama of the TAS system gremlins we have closure. Stil... Continue reading →

Daily SitePicks: Wednesday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net

Domain Shane — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:13:25 +0000

Domain Shane: I’ve been inspired by a lot of the sites I’m seeing over at Flippa to work more on my own sites. Tia Wood was nice enough to work on a new template for many of my new plant sites and I think it should really get some Google love but more im... Continue reading →