According to a press release from Accent Media the operator of the .Tickets new gTLD, "around 30,000 premium names, such as ‘vip.tickets’, ‘cheapflight.tickets’ and ‘club.tickets’ have been made available for the first time to innovators and thought leaders, for as little as $1,500." The press release went on to claim that the domain names Broadway.tickets’ and tube.tickets "sold to industry … [Read more...]
Google + 5 Registries Release Domain Test: “Developers Can Test Compatibility with new gTLD’s”
Google registry released a new tool "Domain Test" which is a "tool designed to help developers test their applications for compatibility with new top-level domains (TLDs). " Domain Test was "developed by Google and launched in a partnership between Google Registry and Ausregistry, CentralNic, Donuts, RightSide, and Uniregistry. Domain Test is an open source project available under the Apache … [Read more...]
43.com & 866.com To Be Auctioned As Part of Domaining Europe Conference
According to a press release we received today, the domain name marketplace Undeveloped.com will host a unique domain name auction in cooperation with the Domaining Europe conference Undeveloped.com, which will start 24th of May and last until 31th of May. Reza Sardeha, Undeveloped's founder and CEO is quoted as saying: “We’re auctioning 150 domains including the 5 most premium domains in … [Read more...]
There are Over 2 Million .in (India) Registered Domains
There are over 2 million registered .in domain names. The IN Registry the official registry for the .in ccTLD domain extension for India has started to post registrations stats on their site showing the number of .in registered domain names. I'm told the registry put the stats up last week for the first time. As you can see the registry is reporting a number that does not seem formatted … [Read more...]
WIPO UDRP Filings up 4.6% in 2015
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "cybersquatting claims" by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) claims were filed, a 4.6% increase on the number in 2014. New gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of the number UDRP's filed. The New gTLDs .xyz, .club and .email were among the most common new suffixes to be the … [Read more...]
Two Letter .Ski & .Bio Were Released Into The Registrar Channel This Morning
We received an email that .Ski and .Bio released all two-letter domains through the domain name registrar channel (EPP) this morning at 10:10 AM UTC (6am EST) According to the release, two letter domain names will carry an annual premium registration and renewal fee. The cheapest confirmed retail price according to the registry is with united domains at $129. Here is a list of all the … [Read more...]
Watch Out for DomainVerification.Net emails; Charging For ICANN Whois Verification
I got an email today which looks like one of those ICANN required verification emails that registrars have to send out to domain holders. ICANN requires registrars to send a notice to verify whois information and "when a registrant does not respond for over 15 calendar days to a registrar's inquiries regarding the accuracy of contact details or Whois data associated with the registration, the … [Read more...]