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ICANN’s new gTLD Program Director Resigns
As announced by ICANN today, the new gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar has resigned. Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New Generic Top-level Domain Program in an interim capacity. He will assume the responsib...
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ICANN’s new gTLD Program Director Resigns
As announced by ICANN today, the new gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar has resigned. Kurt Pritz has been appointed to take on direct oversight of the entire New Generic Top-level Domain Program in an interim capacity. He will assume the responsib...
Discussion
June 22, 2012, 12:09 am
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First Snapnames/Moniker and Afternic Auction ends today
The first joint Snapnames/Moniker and Afternic auction ends today at 3:15pm EDT. Here are the current domains & bids. Related posts: SnapNames Year End Auction Ends Today Moniker/Snapnames iGaming Extended Auction Ends Today Silent DomainFEST and...
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First Snapnames/Moniker and Afternic Auction ends today
The first joint Snapnames/Moniker and Afternic auction ends today at 3:15pm EDT. Here are the current domains & bids. Related posts: SnapNames Year End Auction Ends Today Moniker/Snapnames iGaming Extended Auction Ends Today Silent DomainFEST and...
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June 21, 2012, 9:20 am
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Sedo’s no Reserve auction ends today
Sedo’s no reserve auction ends today at noon EDT. Here are the current bids and domains: Related posts: SnapNames Year End Auction Ends Today SnapNames Spring Auction & Sedo .TV Auction Ending Today Sedo .ME May Auction Ends in less t...
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Sedo’s no Reserve auction ends today
Sedo’s no reserve auction ends today at noon EDT. Here are the current bids and domains: Related posts: SnapNames Year End Auction Ends Today SnapNames Spring Auction & Sedo .TV Auction Ending Today Sedo .ME May Auction Ends in less t...
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June 21, 2012, 9:10 am
Domain Name News
New gTLDs: Competition or Concentration? Innovation or Domination?
This guest post was writting by Phil Corwin. Mr. Corwin is Founding Principal of the Virtualaw LLC consultancy and serves as Of Counsel to Greenberg & Lieberman and as for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), all located in Washington, DC. Th...
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New gTLDs: Competition or Concentration? Innovation or Domination?
This guest post was writting by Phil Corwin. Mr. Corwin is Founding Principal of the Virtualaw LLC consultancy and serves as Of Counsel to Greenberg & Lieberman and as for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), all located in Washington, DC. Th...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 6:12 pm
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The most valuable new gTLDs according to Sedo
Sedo’s published a quantitative analysis today on which new gTLD applications may be most successful, worth the investment and in demand by end users. According to statistical analysis by Sedo, the top 10 most valuable domains being sough...
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The most valuable new gTLDs according to Sedo
Sedo’s published a quantitative analysis today on which new gTLD applications may be most successful, worth the investment and in demand by end users. According to statistical analysis by Sedo, the top 10 most valuable domains being sough...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 11:01 am
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Microsoft reveals their new gTLD strategy
In the official Microsoft blog, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Office at Microsoft, writes more about the company’s goals and movitation when participating in ICANN’s new gTLD application round. Microsoft applied for 11 new gTL...
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Microsoft reveals their new gTLD strategy
In the official Microsoft blog, Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Office at Microsoft, writes more about the company’s goals and movitation when participating in ICANN’s new gTLD application round. Microsoft applied for 11 new gTL...
Discussion
June 16, 2012, 11:03 am
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ICANN 44 set to kick off; President & CEO to step down after 3 years
ICANN has just released the official “meeting guide” for the upcoming ICANN Meeting #44 in Prague, Czech Republic. There are over 100 meetings scheduled, and many of the domain industry’s most powerful and successful businessmen and...
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ICANN 44 set to kick off; President & CEO to step down after 3 years
ICANN has just released the official “meeting guide” for the upcoming ICANN Meeting #44 in Prague, Czech Republic. There are over 100 meetings scheduled, and many of the domain industry’s most powerful and successful businessmen and...
Discussion
June 14, 2012, 5:08 pm
Domain Name News
Freedom Registry wants new gTLDs to be “FREE” domains!
Have you heard of Freedom Registry? Probably not, so pay close attention, because it is likely that you will be hearing a lot about this new company in the weeks and months to come. FDR is marketing and proposing a disruptive new business model to op...
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Freedom Registry wants new gTLDs to be “FREE” domains!
Have you heard of Freedom Registry? Probably not, so pay close attention, because it is likely that you will be hearing a lot about this new company in the weeks and months to come. FDR is marketing and proposing a disruptive new business model to op...
Discussion
June 14, 2012, 3:45 pm
Domain Name News
MarkMonitor reports .brands account for over 30% of all new top-level domains
MarkMonitor.com has analyzed all 1,930 new gTLD applications that were successfully processed with ICANN. The applications came in from 60 countries for 1,408 unique strings. Of the 1,930 applications received, dotBrands accounted for 664 of them acc...
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MarkMonitor reports .brands account for over 30% of all new top-level domains
MarkMonitor.com has analyzed all 1,930 new gTLD applications that were successfully processed with ICANN. The applications came in from 60 countries for 1,408 unique strings. Of the 1,930 applications received, dotBrands accounted for 664 of them acc...
Discussion
June 13, 2012, 11:24 pm
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Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
The hottest domain start-up around, Donuts Inc, spent over $56 million in application fees alone with ICANN to try and secure 307 new gTLD's. Donuts (a play on Domain Nuts) has applied for more gTLD's than Google, Amazon and Frank Schilling...
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Donuts Inc eye popping list of 307 new top-level domains
The hottest domain start-up around, Donuts Inc, spent over $56 million in application fees alone with ICANN to try and secure 307 new gTLD's. Donuts (a play on Domain Nuts) has applied for more gTLD's than Google, Amazon and Frank Schilling...
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June 13, 2012, 10:27 pm
