Archive for March 2007
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Domain Auction Sells 155 Domains for $4.26 Million
Moniker.com's domain auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C convention in Las Vegas has ended and turned out to be yet another success. 155 out of the 233 domains on offer were sold for a total of $4.26 million. Compared to the previous auction, which took place in October 2006, prices for two letter .com domains continue on [...]
Shangri-La: Land of Eternal Youth?
In a recent WIPO arbitration case, the owner of ShangriLa.com lost the domain to an Asian hotel group by the same name. The panel in charge of the case noted that even though the expression "Shangri-La" had originated in a 1933 novel and has a dictionary meaning, the registrant had also registered the domain fourseason.com, [...]
.ORG Registry Allows Spanish Domains, Stops Domain Tasting
It is now possible to register .org domains that contain the Spanish characters á, é, í, ñ, ó, ú, or ü. However, it appears that many registrars have not integrated this option into their system yet. The Daily Domainer tried to register a Spanish .org domain at several different registrars listed at the Public Interest [...]
RegisterFly Meltdown Continues
The meltdown of troubled domain registrar RegisterFly continues. Here's a quick review of what happened in the past two weeks. On 21 February 2007, ICANN issued a letter to RegisterFly (PDF file), indicating a Notice of Breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and demanding that RegisterFly act within 15 working days to cure the [...]
Domain Statistics Released By VeriSign
VeriSign released the latest issue (PDF file) of its Domain Industry Brief. By the end of 2006, there were more than 120 million registered domains, which represents a growth of 32% over the previous year. In terms of registrations, .com remains the largest top level domain, followed by .de, .net, .uk and .org:
Ring, Ring – It's .TEL Calling
Will the new .tel domain change the way the world communicates, or is it just another solution in search of a problem? And what are its privacy implications for individuals around the world? .tel plans to become a decentralized and globally accessible contact directory that allows domain owners to publish and update their contact information [...]
Invalid Whois Email? There Goes Your Domain…
Domain registrar GoDaddy recently deleted the domain FamilyAlbum.com simply because the domain registrant, Eric Roach, didn't respond to an email they sent him. While it is not entirely clear whether the email bounced or whether the domain owner chose not to respond, Eric had in fact been using a valid mailing address and phone number [...]