McCarthy takes bigger role in IFFOR and group offers policy making services. Former ICANN General Manager of Public Participation Kieren McCarthy will become Executive Director of IFFOR this April. McCarthy has been IFFOR’s manager of public participation since 2011. He will replace outgoing executive director Joan Irvine. IFFOR, which stands for International Foundation for Online [...] Continue reading →

In the 3rd six figure sale reported in the opening month of 2013, Estate.com has changed hands in a deal that puts it at #1 on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart and at #2 on our Year-to-Date Top Sales Chart, trailing only Booker.com, a name that sold for $375,000. [...] Continue reading →

I'm writing this piece on the plane on my way back to Vancouver after a 12-day trip in China. I've written about China before, and every time I go, I understand and appreciate this complex country and culture a little more. If you think China is "up and coming," well, you might want to go [...] Continue reading →

The purpose of today’s post is to help you learn how to think like an entrepreneur. Over the past two decades I’ve watched different career paths rise in popularity. Entrepreneurs are now followed and admired more than ever.Related Posts:5 Steps To Turn Your Idea Into A Business10 Steps To Identify Your Customers And CompetitionSoundtrack of [...] Continue reading →

L’Oreal paid $2 million for domain in 2010. I was digging through some SEC filings today when I came across some prices on domain name sales. The sales all involve what is now known as General Cannabis, Inc. The three big domains were at one time part of the Communicate.com/LiveCurrent fiasco. First, I reported [...] Continue reading →

Go Daddy just released a 19 second sneak peak of its second commercial that will be shown during the Super Bowl. The commercial stars supermodel Bar Rafaeli and is called “Perfect Match.” GoDaddy’s .CO Super Bowl commercial (sending people to YourBigIdea.CO)was released in its entirety last week, and I think it will be a hit. It [...] Continue reading →

A letter sent earlier this month by the ICANN Board to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) should cause every new gTLD applicant's ears to prick up. Having been through every one of the applications for 1,396 different Internet extensions, the world's governments not only issued formal warnings for 199 of them, but also [...] Continue reading →