ICANN just posted a letter it send to Jon Nevett of Donuts regarding its request to release all 2 letter new gTLD domain in all the strings that Donuts has signed contracts with. It appears ICANN is not against the concept saying; "ICANN has conducted a preliminary review of your request introduce two-character domains to the marketplace and "Based on the information provided, ICANN’s … [Read more...]
Donuts Letter To Those That Lost Eco New gTLD’s
Donuts just sent out a letter to all their customers that registered a new gTLD with the word Eco on the left of the dot, who had their domains taken back from the registry. The memo line on the email reads "Your Recently Deleted Name" As we stated earlier this week, we lost one such domain, eco.domains, so we got an email letter of our own and thought you would be interesting in seeing what … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Registered With Word “Eco” Are Being Take Back: On ICANN’s Restricted List
As we just went to tape this weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion show, a fellow Sherpa, Page Howe, brought it to my attention that new gTLD domain names that have the word Eco on the left of the dot were in the process of being taken back by the Donuts Registry. Page's domain names eco.directory and eco.careers are only two of the domains now in the process of being deleted by the registry as … [Read more...]
7 New Donuts gTLD’s Available For Registration Tomorrow
According to a press release out today, Tomorrow, Wednesday Donuts Inc., kicks off the general availability period for seven new Internet domain names, (gTLD's). The gTLD the will be live available for registration are : .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. Anyone can register names in these gTLDs on a first come, first-served basis from accredited registrars … [Read more...]
Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up
In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com, Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD's than any company on earth, however in all fairness Dan's comment that a new gTLD is better than a .com seems to be limited to end users looking for available domain names: Here are the … [Read more...]
Donuts Comments On ICANN Last Resort Auction Rules
Donuts filed a comment with ICANN over the ICANN Last Resort Auction Rules which were up for public comment. Unlike Google which thinks the one year period in which is would take ICANN to hold all Last Resort Auctions is too slow, and Unregistry which think the period is too quick, Donuts thinks the timing is just about right although wants applicants who agree to have a second extension period … [Read more...]
Godaddy Opens Up Pre-Registrations on 14 Donuts New gTLD’s With 6 Levels Up to $12,569.99 Per Domain
Godaddy.com is now taking Pre-registrations for domain names on 14 of Donuts new gTLD's The new names are .ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GURU, .BIKE, .CLOTHING, .GALLERY, .SINGLES, .CAMERA, .LIGHTING, .PLUMBING, .EQUIPMENT, .GRAPHICS and .HOLDINGS. Godaddy is accepting normal Pre-Registrations starting at $24.99 up to $99.99 which varies by the extension, but the real story is Godaddy … [Read more...]