Image via Wikipedia Stephane mentioned the sales of auto.fr and voitures.fr, which are two premium names, being dictionary terms. What’s interesting about these sales is that both names were supposedly bought by the same buyer and that they have set a new record for .fr sales. While porn.fr may have sold for €30k, auto.fr went… Continue reading Record Sales In .FR Aftermarket
Category: ccTLDs
IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
David Curtin, IEDR CEO, was interviewed during the week by Sunday Business Post’s technology editor Adrian Weckler The full interview is available online. Some of the questions posed by Weckler revealed some of the more awkward and restrictive views of the registry, including its policy on censoring domain names. However it is interesting to note… Continue reading IEDR Boss Interviewed in Sunday Business Post
Dutch Registry Reports 3 Million Names
Frank mentions that the Dutch registry (SIDN) has reached the 3 million names mark.
IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
The IEDR’s annual report for 2007 has been published ( IEDRAnnualReport2007.pdf ) Of course they didn’t bother telling any of their stakeholders that it had been released, but we’re more or less used to their lack of communication at this stage, as they prefer to tell the media! In any case with the current Comreg… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2007 – More Fun Reading
Dotdk To Come Under New Management
It’s official. DotDK is to come under new management from early 2009. The DotDK Society have released a full press release detailing some of the reasons why their new management will be a marked improvement for stakeholders. Afilias has been chosen to handle the registry backend, so the full deployment of EPP is to be… Continue reading Dotdk To Come Under New Management
AFNIC Publishes Preleminary EPP Timeline
In common with a lot of the other ccTLDs, AFNIC is slowly but surely making the move to EPP. Earlier this morning all registrars were emailed with details of the provisional EPP timeline and technical details. Further information is on the AFNIC site.
Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
Comreg, the Irish communications regulator, is starting a consultation process on the IE namespace. The consultation paper is ComReg 08/48. Unfortunately any links on the ComReg site to the aforementioned document are returning a 404 (not found) error at present, so it will probably be Monday before we will be able to see the document’s… Continue reading Consultation Period On IE Namespace Opening
One and Two Character Domains? Dotmobi and dotcoop
Short domains are more memorable. You can’t really argue with that. However a lot of registries don’t allow them for a variety of reasons. The Isle of Man is one of the few exceptions that springs to mind, as they allow pretty much any length, but charge more for the shorter ones. The Irish domain… Continue reading One and Two Character Domains? Dotmobi and dotcoop
McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD
Anti-virus vendor McAfee have released their second report on Malware (pdf) which tracks incidences of malware on a TLD basis. The previous report, which received a lot of press coverage, was very favourable for several ccTLDs, including .ie (Ireland). This time round the Irish ccTLD may not be listed in the “dangerous” list, but the… Continue reading McAfee Report Not Good For IE ccTLD
Mexico – Over 250 Thousand Domains Registered
The Mexican NIC has announced that they’ve broken the 250 thousand mark. In their latest newsletter, which is sent registrants and stakeholders, the Mexican domain registry speaks of how it took 15 years to get the first 100 thousand domains registered, but only 2 and a half years to get the next 100 thousand names.… Continue reading Mexico – Over 250 Thousand Domains Registered