As dotasia is currently in landrush you can expect to see plenty of special offers from the various registrars.Eurodns, for example, are running a special which is quite attractive for the first two years. The only downside is that it's not that clear how the local presence will be charged thereafter ... … [Read more...] about DotAsia LandRush Offers
TRAFFIC West Auction – Windows Users Only Again!
Adam has posted the results from the TRAFFIC West auctionThere were some really nice domains on offer including dvds.com which went for $300k and porn.mobi which went under the hammer at $110k.Some people weren't overly impressed by the results or how the auction was conducted.I couldn't participate for one very simple reason - the software was Windows only!Now I know I … [Read more...] about TRAFFIC West Auction – Windows Users Only Again!
Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
I've always had mixed feelings about registries contacting registrants directly.On one level it doesn't bother me in the least, but on another I can see how it causes confusionOver the past couple of years we've been dealing with an ever-growing number of registries and seen a wide variety of policies and implementations, but the contact policy is one that always causes some … [Read more...] about Should Registries Contact Registrants About Renewals?
ICANN New Delhi Draws To A Close
The ICANN meeting in New Delhi, India, came to a close yesterday.According to the official press release 720 people were in attendance from 76 countries, including 290 from India.Full details on the ICANN site … [Read more...] about ICANN New Delhi Draws To A Close
Network Solutions Don’t Eat Their Own Dog Food
Bret has done it again.His blog posts may not be the longest, but boy are they incisive!In one of his most recent posts he mentions a marketing mail he got from Network Solutions promoting business blogging. Nothing amazing there. But Network Solutions don't seem to have a blog, or if they do it's well hidden!Simple test - try and find a blog on the Network Solutions site. I … [Read more...] about Network Solutions Don’t Eat Their Own Dog Food
Champagne.ie UDRP Decision
The former registrant of the domain champagne.ie probably doesn't feel like celebrating, as he lost the UDRP against him.You can read the entire decision here on the WIPO site."Champagne" and related terms have been the subject of domain disputes in several constituencies over the last few years, with the champagne.co.uk decision still being appealed.The decision is worth … [Read more...] about Champagne.ie UDRP Decision
ICANN Meeting in New Delhi Opens
The 31st international ICANN meeting opened in New Delhi, India earlier this morning.There are quite a few "hot" topics that need to be discussed over the coming days, but whether any actual resolutions / decisions will be made is far from clear. … [Read more...] about ICANN Meeting in New Delhi Opens
Eurid Drops The Ball on EPP
Eurid's EPP service has been offline or unstable for most of today.The explanation provided was that the maximum number of concurrent connections had been reached... So why did it take them most of the day to increase the number in the configuration? The mind boggles! … [Read more...] about Eurid Drops The Ball on EPP
Nominet EPP Live
Nominet has put its EPP service live as of this morning.Best of luck to them! … [Read more...] about Nominet EPP Live
IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community
While a lot of registries have been engaging actively in dialogue with registrars and resellers the IE Domain Registry has been avoiding it for the last few years.This finally changed with the launch of a private discussion forum for accredited IEDR resellers in the last few days.To date the activity on the forum hasn't been relatively low key, but it will be interesting to see … [Read more...] about IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community