It’s turning out to be an almost daily update on the calamities of auDA, the .au regulatory and policy body. It could be amusing, and frustrating for those involved, if it weren’t that auDA was a key player in such a critical piece of Australia’s infrastructure. Today’s update is that they claim they should be…
Category: Domain News
Look out Domain King this guy says he has a $200 million portfolio
I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, and hope everyone else is having a pleasant day as well. Here is one of the more interesting new threads today, a member at Namepros valuing their portfolio at $200 million. It is not a comic thread or parody. The portfolio: GalaxyPalazzo.com- $50,000,000…
The Madness Continues As auDA Defies Own Constitution and Industry Advice While Seeking Registry EoI
AuDA today confirmed it is going ahead with the building and operation of a dedicated .au registry. To begin the .au policy and regulatory body is, as an initial scoping exercise, releasing a Request for Expressions of Interest for the Registry Transformation Project. The .au registry is currently operated by AusRegistry, now owned by Neustar,…
ICANN SSAC Recommends Rejecting Emoji TLDs and Domain Names
Emojis are common in text messages and social media. And a few ccTLDs, including .ws (Samoa) and .la (Laos), and several registrars, allow them to be registered in domain names. However the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) has recommended that the ICANN Board reject any top level domain that includes an emoji and…
$500 weekend blowout
Well a month ago our $1,000 post was very successful, a number of sales took place and it brought about members engaging with one another to get some deals done below the stated price as well. The last couple sales posts did not do as well, there were a couple sales at $1,500 which was…