ICANN has opened their ticket sales for the lottery for new TLD applicants earlier today. Ticket sales end on December 17th at 11am PST. Due to the lottery laws in California, the tickets have to purchased for $100 in person. Originally ICANN had proposed a digital archery system, where applicants would provide a target [...] Continue reading →

The .PW Registry, a Directi Business that is launching the .PW ccTLD (Palau) globally, has announced a coopration with NameJet and AfterNIC to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions and offer premium name distribution. This relaunch of the country code is aimed at professionals and businesses around the world. NameJet and Afternic will provide [...] Continue reading →

As reported by DomainIncite, Stephane Van Gelder is leaving Group NBT at the end of this year. Van Gelder had co-founded the registrar Indom, which was purchase by Group NBT two years ago for about $22 MM. He also served as chair of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization Council (GNSO) until October 2012. With his [...] Continue reading →

Eleanor Bradley, former Director of Operations for Nominet has been appointed to the role of Chief Operating Office (COO) for the UK registry. She also joined the Nominet board. [via Nominet News] Related posts: Three New Members Added In Nominet’s Non-Executive Director Election Nominet passes 9 Million Domain Mark Nominet Considers Release of One and [...] Continue reading →

The following is a guest post by Kate Moran of TM.Biz, .PW’s trademark validation agent. As you may know, on December 3rd .pw (the ccTLD for Palau) kicked off its sunrise offering. It is a relaunch of a country-code to the general public – however, equally noteable is that it is one of the first [...] Continue reading →

This week, 900 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.52 million. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: Top .com: endgame.com at 80,000 USD Top ccTLD: k1.de at 12,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: stromrechner.net at 9,100 EUR See [...] Continue reading →

Since many domain investors keep lists of domains ready to purchase when there are specials available, we figured we’d let you know about a current special that one of the early registrars, AIT Domains, is running for a limited time. You can register or transfer any COM, NET, ORG, INFO, BIZ or US domains for [...] Continue reading →