Archive for October, 2007
DotEU…. At Cost???!?!?
Just saw a post about blacknight.ie offering .EU domain names at 5 euros per. Unless I am mistaken, that is at cost.
This is noteworthy, as we certainly watch pricing trategy like this suceed in the US, so it will be good to see how such a pricing model will drive organic growth and adoption of...
October 22nd, 2007 | ICANN, ccTLDs | Read More
My co-worker is on “The Next Great American Band” tonight (Fri 10/19) on Fox (8pm)
Hi-
I am jazzed!
Joe Higgins, who many in the industry know from DomainFest, TRAFFIC, GeoDomainExpo, or Domain Roundtable conferences, is a friend and co-worker. The exciting news today is that his band “The Likes of You” made the list of ten finalist bands that will participate in...
October 19th, 2007 | Jothan | Read More
.COM.AU, .NET.AU Geographical Names being released
auDA is releasing a list of reserved geographical names on October 21st.
According to the 2005 ballot, the names registered in the first 5 days will cost $825 (AU$ inc. GST) plus registrar’s registration fee. After the 5 day period, names will be charged $21.45 (AU$ inc. GST) plus the registrar’s...
October 19th, 2007 | ccTLDs | Read More
Single character domain allocation process
ICANN is establishing a forum on allocation methods for single character ([A-Z0-9]) second level registrations in the gTLDs.
There are 16 gTLDs that have single character registrations restricted, of which .COM, .NET, and .ORG have only six registrations within that predated the rule to establish the...
October 16th, 2007 | ICANN, NewTLDs, Policy | Read More


