On the Live Domain Sherpa show from TRAFFIC in Las Vegas, Rick Schwartz let the world know that he went on a buying binge with regards to new gTLD domains the past few days and now actually owns more new gTLD domains than I do. As we sit today, my company Worldwide Media, Inc. owns [...] Continue reading →

Yesterday was a big day for Aaron and I.  We joined team .XYZ.  I’ve told you that I don’t think there is much value in most of the next gTLDs and I still don’t, but there are a few that stand out from the rest. .XYZ is one of them.  There are two reasons why [...] Continue reading →

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 30 May 2014: 1131 applicants have been invited to Contracting 569 applicants have responded to their Contracting Information Request invitation 493 contracts have been sent out for signature 426 Registry Agreements have been signed 3 Code of Conduct Exemptions have been granted: [...] Continue reading →

The ICANN Policy Development Support Team will provide a Policy Update Webinar on Thursday 12 June at 10:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC, summarizing policy activities across the ICANN policy development community including the ongoing Transition of Stewardship of the IANA Functions, ICANNAccountability, and Cross-Community efforts. Updates will also be provided on topics from ICANN‘s [...] Continue reading →

Hello, happy Friday, and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com! Now you might notice a couple of .IO names in my list this week, that is because Flippa now seems to have some of the best premium .IO inventory. As I’ve always said, .COMs will always provide top dollar and maximum liquidity, but [...] Continue reading →

The 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference continued Thursday with the first full day of business at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. We have all of the photos and highlights including those from the official T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Party Thursday night, [...] Continue reading →

We haven’t seen Techcrunch.com cover the new gTLD program very much but today they did and picked out a story surrounding one applicant for .Art, deviantART The TechCrunch article covers the letter sent to ICANN by deviantART’s as to why it deserves a “community designation” in the application process, saying: “We are on the [...] Continue reading →