Some quick information regarding the ICANN new gTLD Prioritization Lottery Draw, which happens shortly: 1766 tickets were sold, 92% of applications (1920 total) First draw is for IDN applicants (108 out of 116 applications purchased tickets) Second draw for non-IDN applicants Third draw for the remainder of applications that did not purchase a ticket (142) [...] Continue reading →

And here’s where to watch the ICANN new gTLD lottery draw live today – either via the embedded stream below, or you can also watch it directly on Ustream or via Adobe Connect. The draw is expected to start at 4pm EST, 1pm PST which is 21:00 UTC. Streaming live video by Ustream Related [...] Continue reading →

Pinky Brand of Domain Diction released a mock movie trailer today for the new gTLDs. The prioritization draw takes place today. [via InternetNews.me] Related posts: Reuters on New gTLDs 36 Fortune 100 Companies that applied for new gTLDs Movie Gallery’s Reel.com To Be Sold Survey For Registry Service Providers (new gTLDs) Minds + Machines [...] Continue reading →

Domain Marketplace Sedo launched a new version of their German homepage today. According to an email sent at launch the focus of the redesign was the domain buyer: Easy access to domain search and search results The focus on buyers means that the homepage tries to answer the most frequently asked questions from [...] Continue reading →

As already reported by others FindYourDomain.com sold Trumpet.com on Namejet for a price of $57,500 domains on Namejet. DNN reached out to the buyer, Nokta Domains. Arif Şengören told DNN: As NoktaDomains.com, we are still going on buying premium domains in order to refresh and improve our domain portfolio. We are mainly focusing on [...] Continue reading →

Team Internet  just posted a promotional for their ParkingCrew subsidiary video on their Facebook page that explains the company history. It’s quite entertaining, so go and watch it now: Related posts: Aftermarket.com Creates Promotional Video GoDaddy Launches Video Sharing Site Video.me Scared of the new TLDs? There’s a funny video for that. .DE Registry Publishes [...] Continue reading →

There are little less than 11 hours left in Sedo’s current Greatdomains auction, which ends today (Dec 13, 2012) at 12pm EST. The auction features 308 domains. The current highest bids are: ik.com @$130,000 USD (reserve not met) reconnect.com @$20,000 USD (reserve not met) europe.tv @$13,000 USD (reserve not met) choinki.pl @$9,999 USD (reserve [...] Continue reading →