The business of Internet domain names
Buying, selling, developing and monetizing Internet domain names
Navigation
News
Domaining is the business of buying, selling, developing and monetizing Internet domain names.
Domaining Guide
News
Domain Pulse 2012 Conference - one week away Sedo to hold Premium .EU domain Auction this week EURID spotlights online security advice in latest magazine Sterling Jewelers files complaint over KayJewelers.XXX domain name Brown University acquires two .XXX domain names ICANN: Making IPv6 the New Normal Norid Phasing Out Paper Documents For .NO Sedo Study Shows $17m Drop In 2011 Sales WIPO: Trademark Rights Protection Mechanisms for New gTLDs 50% of .ME Domains in Auction have bids
This year's two-day Domain Pulse conference is only one week away.The conference will be held on 13 and 14 February in the German city of Hamburg at the Grand Elysee hotel.
Sedo.com is holding a premium auction of .EU domain names from February 9,2012 through February 16,2012 .The auction includes a wide selection of .EU domain names with a reserve range from $1 - $499 .
EURID,the company behind .eu,released its latest magazine,filled with online security advice and tips for Europe's small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Sterling Jewelers submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center,asserting legal rights over two domain names : KayJewelers.mobi and KayJewelers.xxx .
Brown University began snapping up .xxx domain names in an effort to prevent pornographers from exploiting its name and its trademark.The University spent $100 for each domain name.However,the University has no intent to use them .
A year ago ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 address blocks to the five Regional Internet Registries in a ceremony with leaders from the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Society.
Starting on 1 February, declarations for domain deletion and change of holder are being phased out. For registrants, this means a simpler and swifter processing of your transactions.
Domain name sales totalled $84,431,965 through Sedo in 2011, the company's 2011 Annual Domain Market Study that includes a review of the fourth quarter. However this was a significant drop on the 2010 calendar year when there was $101,438,953 in sales, a drop of $17,006,988. However it should also be noted that the $13 million sale of sex.com was included in 2010 figures.
For ICANN’s New gTLD Program, a range of “Rights Protection Mechanisms” (RPMs) has been established. Prior to any new gTLDs being approved and becoming operational, these new gTLD RPMs include pre-delegation objection procedures described in more detail on the Center’s dedicated portal: Legal Rights Objections under ICANN’s New gTLD Program – Filing a Legal Rights Objection at WIPO: What You Need To Know.
Sedo and the .ME Registry partnered to hold an exclusive auction of premium .ME domains.The auction on Sedo.com doesn't end until Thursday,but already 50% of the domain names have bids .