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Nokta Domains Leases 18 Domain Names in May
June 2, 2013 @ 10:37 PMNokta’s typical lease is about $100 a month. When you think of domain leasing, you probably think of big ticket domains that companies couldn’t buy outright so they opted for a lease instead. But it’s not just expensive domains that people are leasing. Case in point: Nokta Domains has published a list of the 18 […]
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DENIC Will Introduce a Redemption-Grace-Period(RGP) for .de
June 2, 2013 @ 7:21 PMUpon consultation with the Cooperative members, DENIC eG (the .de registry) has decided to introduce a Redemption Grace Period (hereinafter referred to as RGP) for the TLD .de. What does this mean? When a domain contract is terminated, the related …
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ICANN Hires New VP From Yahoo!
June 2, 2013 @ 7:17 PMICANN has poached a Yahoo! executive to head up its outreach efforts in Asia. Singapore-based Kuek Yu-Chuang, who held a similar role at Yahoo, has been named vice president for global stakeholder engagement for Asia. He starts August 1. Asia is one of the regions in which ICANN is trying to establish itself a more […]
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.eu Registry Contract Up for Grabs
June 2, 2013 @ 7:11 PMThe European Commission has opened up the .eu registry contract to competitive bidding. The sort-of ccTLD has been managed by EurID since it launched 2004 but its contract, which has already been extended to its maximum term, is due to expire in October next year. Would-be usurpers must be not-for-profit organizations based in the European […]
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ICANN Transfers Domain Names From 4 Registrars to Astutium
June 2, 2013 @ 6:24 PMThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has authorised the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from four registrars including C I Host, Central Registrar, DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center to the UK-based Astutium due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of registrars C I Host, Central Registrar and Power Brand Center.
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Four Registrars Terminated
June 2, 2013 @ 6:24 PMFour small domain name registrars have lost their ICANN accreditation and their domain names have been transferred to another. ICANN announced on Friday that US-based C I Host and Central Registrar (Domainmonger.com), along with Panama-based Power Brand Center have all been terminated for non-compliance. Breach notices had been sent earlier this year covering everything from […]
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ICM Price Cut Sees 10 Times More .xxx Sales
June 2, 2013 @ 2:54 AMICM Registry saw 13,348 newly added .xxx domain name registrations in May, a period during which it and its registrars were offering the names at .com prices. That’s more than 10 times the volume it shifted in January, the last month for which official numbers are available. ICM dropped the registry fee for .xxx from […]
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Verisign WHOIS Falsely Returning “No Match” Results
June 2, 2013 @ 1:20 AMHave to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For example, if you search for DNW.com on Verisign’s site or via port 43 whois, you’ll get a […]
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Verisign Says People Might Die if New gTLDs are Delegated
June 1, 2013 @ 9:58 AMIf there was any doubt in your mind that Verisign is trying to delay the launch of new gTLDs, its latest letter to ICANN and the Governmental Advisory Committee advice should settle it. The company has ramped up its anti-expansion rhetoric, calling on the GAC to support its view that launching new gTLDs now will […]
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Parklogic Partners With Ip Neighborhood to Enhance Parking Platform
May 31, 2013 @ 1:23 AMParkLogic announced today that it has appointed IP Neighborhood as its exclusive provider of domain name data. ParkLogic founder Michael Gilmour made the official announcement today, at the industry tradeshow TRAFFIC in Las Vegas. “We have partnered with IP Neighborhood …
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