EUrid have officially been awarded the contract to run the .eu domain registry for another 5 years. The contract, which is awarded by the European Commission, was open for tender last year and the official announcement was only made today. The announcement is in today's Official Journal of the European Union Interestingly there was only one entity that submitted a bid … [Read more...] about EUrid Awarded .eu Contract For 5 Years
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Closed Generics The Final Battle?
Over the past couple of years I've posted several times on the issue of "closed generics". In essence these are new TLD applications where the string is a "generic term" AND the applicant wanted to keep all domains in the registry for their own use. The baseline registry agreement with ICANN now contains language that resolves the issue, or at least it would appear to do … [Read more...] about Closed Generics The Final Battle?
DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video
PeopleBrowsr (sic) have announced the .ceo sunrise as well as releasing yet another video. And yet again they've disable embedding, which for a company that's supposedly "social" is an odd choice .. Anyway .. here's the release: dotCEO - the only TLD to convey both authority and power - will be marketed to brand leaders, 20 million business leaders globally and … [Read more...] about DotCEO Announce Sunrise and Release New Video
High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Under the terms of the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement registrars are obliged to conduct email verification both on new domain registrations and if there are any changes made to a domain's registration details. For those of us in the industry we suspected and feared that the changes could and would lead to issues and headaches. And it looks like it's already happened … [Read more...] about High Profile Sports Site Suspended Due To 2013 RAA
Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They've been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they'd been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian "geo" TLDs will be among the earliest … [Read more...] about Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
NamesCon Nearly Sold Out
NamesCon, which is being held January 13 - 15 in Las Vegas, will sell out within the next 24 - 48 hours. This is according to an email from conference organiser Richard Lau. The event is the first of the domain name events of 2014 and is expected to draw over 400 industry experts including domain name registries, registrars, new TLD applicants and investors to Las Vegas' … [Read more...] about NamesCon Nearly Sold Out
Domain Pulse Release Schedule
Domain Pulse takes place every year in either Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The event is organised by and hosted by DENIC, nic.at and SWITCH. Next year's event is being held on February 20th and 21st in Salzburg, Austria. The preliminary agenda has just been released and covers topics that should be of interest to anyone who follows the domain industry in … [Read more...] about Domain Pulse Release Schedule
Sexy New TLD Marketing Video
While some new TLD marketing material might not be stellar, the quality of the marketing material coming out of UniRegistry is excellent. Frank Schilling's video for .sexy is slick and captivating and worth a watch: http://youtu.be/9GhfDoJWkIk … [Read more...] about Sexy New TLD Marketing Video
Pool Wins شبكة. Contract
Pool.com have won another contract to run the auctions for شبكة.(dot Shabaka). They made the official announcement earlier today. They've also been chosen by DNS Belgium as mentioned recently. Here's the full release: NEWEST OF NEW gTLDs NAMES POOL.COM AS AUCTION SERVICES PARTNER ‘شبكة.’ Accelerates to Market on Strength of Proven, Leading Platform Ottawa, … [Read more...] about Pool Wins شبكة. Contract
DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com
DNS Belgium, which is running both .brussels and .vlaanderen have announced their choice of auction provider. They've chosen Canadian company Pool.com to handle their domain name auctions for situations where there are more than one applicants for the same domain: During the first phase (‘sunrise 1’) brand owners, authorities, companies and associations can register a … [Read more...] about DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com