A group of four lawmakers has sent a letter to an internet governing body expressing concern about how the proposed .cpa domain extension might be exploited by fraudsters pretending to be CPAs. .CPA is sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs, in partnership with the Australian accounting body CPA Australia, since 2014. The two groups …
Wholesale price of $18.00 per .africa domain exorbitant and ridiculous Recent complaints have surfaced that ZACR’s offering of a wholesale price of $18.00 per .africa is a ridiculous suggestion and that ZACR needs to start playing the market like a true competitor and follow in the footsteps of their competitors. ZACR was reminded by industry …
Two domain registrars have stated that the Daily Stormer violated their terms of service. The website was banned following a derogatory story about the woman killed at the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally. Godaddy said wants nothing to do with the site following a piece on Heather Heyer. Heyer died after a car rammed a crowd of …
Last month, McDonalds dumped its .brand top level domain names .McDonalds and .MCD, HTC the phone company has joined a growing list of new gTLD applicants who have opted to terminate registry agreements. HTC is now the 27th .brand owner to kill its gtld. The $4.3 billion-a-year Taiwanese HTC wrote to ICANN on May 8 …
Amazon.com has become the latest winner in the ICANN Independent Review Process IRP. Amazon was one of the largest applicants for new domain names, but its .brand strategy was slowed down when governments opposed its .amazon application. Amazon’s applications had been rejected three years ago after ICANN accepted Governmental Advisory Committee consensus advice. That advice, …
.CLUB sold $2.7 million of domain names in Q2 2017 mostly attributed to China registrars with strong pinyin and number sales. .Club sold a total of 666 premium names sold in Q2 via auctions, through the registrar channel and aftermarket platforms, and directly by the registry, generating over $205,000 in one-time fees and more than …
McDonalds has joined a host of companies that had applied for their .brand top level domain names and later have decided it’s not worth the expense or effort. “The restaurant chain applied to run the .McDonalds and .MCD top level domain names, but it recently sent termination notices (pdf) to domain name overseer ICANN voluntarily …
The International Trademark Association (INTA) has conducted a targeted study into new gtld registrations. The results from the survey titled: INTA new gtld cost impact survey [PDF] gives some quite shocking revelations on the new domains. The International Trademark Association (INTA) is a global organization of 6,600 trademark owners and professionals from over 190 countries. …
The Costa Rican registry that manages the coutry’s .cr says it won’t comply to US Embassy’s threats to shut down the registry without a court order. The manager written to the ICANN organization to complain about harassment and personal insults unless it suspends ThePirateBay.cr. In a letter [PDF] sent to the head of the Governmental …
June 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) and Donuts Inc., a leading domain name registry for new domain extensions, today announced that the two companies have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Donuts will acquire Rightside for $10.60 per share in an all-cash tender …