Category: registrants

Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?

Domain pricing is always an emotive subject. In recent discussions among Nominet members it came up as part of a discussion on drop-catching and domaining. Some people feel that the fees are too high, while others feel that they need to be increased significantly in order to discourage domainers. Within the Irish internet community the upcoming… Continue reading Domain Pricing – What’s Going On?

The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues

One of the sessions I attended at the ICANN meeting in Lisbon earlier this year centred on whois. It became abundantly clear to me that the various stakeholders had very different views and objectives on how to treat and publish registrant data. I wouldn’t care to get into the finer points of the arguments, as… Continue reading The Battle Over Whois Policy Continues

Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting

Today’s Irish edition of the Sunday Times has an article on the cybersquatters referred to commonly as “EUBrowser” entitled “Cybersquat Firm Lurks in Digital Hub”. I’ve mentioned them in the past, as they lost several WIPO cases including adidas.ie, buy-sell.ie and a couple of Google squats (googl.ie and googel.ie) that were settled before WIPO had… Continue reading Defending the indefensible – EUBrowser Denies CyberSquatting

Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

Whenever I meet up with colleagues in the domain industry from outside Ireland they are always amazed at the size of the IE namespace. While it’s not the smallest ccTLD in the world, it is one of the smallest in Europe, especially when compared to its neighbours. Of course one of the many reasons for… Continue reading Secondary Market Frowned Upon by IE ccTLD

ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

ICANN has announced that it is seeking input and feedback on the topic of domain tasting. (See their announcement for full details) Interestingly enough Michael Gilmour published an article a couple of days ago covering the same topic – “Why domain tasting is great!“, which will probably raise a few hackles! One point that in… Continue reading ICANN Investigating Domain Tasting

ICANN Accreditation Under Review

It was inevitable that ICANN would want to review the Registrar Accreditation Agreement following on the collapse of RegisterFly. At both the Lisbon and San Juan ICANN meetings the registrar agreement was a hot topic. So what is going on exactly? Paul Twomey’s announcement yesterday covers most of the salient points: The need for this… Continue reading ICANN Accreditation Under Review

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