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.EU Registrations Continue To Drop Due...
The number of .eu and .?? domain name registrations have continued to fall as the likelihood of Brexit draws nearer as most UK registrants will lose their eligibility. In the year to the end of March the number of .eu and .?? domain names registered to UK registrants declined 134,661 while total registrations dropped 162,390.At the end of the first quarter of 2019, there were 3,661,899 .eu and .?? domain names registered according to EURid's Quarterly Report [pd
After 7 Years ICANN Board Approves Ama...
ICANN has moved a step closer to delegating the .amazon top-level domain to Amazon, the online ecommerce company, after 7 years of negotiations with South American governments, who have been lobbying against the approval, saying 'seven years is sufficient time for the parties to reach a reasonable resolution, and in the interest of continued fairness of all parties, it is now time to move forward.'At their board meeting on 15 May, the board directed ICANN 't
EURid Reminds Of Final Date For Cyrill...
EURid is reminding registrants of .eu domain names that have Cyrillic character domain names will be deleted on 31 May following a 3 year phase out period that was announced in May 2016. Cyrillic characters will remain able to be registered in the Cyrillic .eu, .??.EURid recommends that for any remaining .eu registrants with Cyrillic characters, 'in order to avoid an interruption in your web presence as of 1 June 2019, we recommend you use your Cyrillic domain n
ARIN Wins Legal Case Over Fraudulent I...
ARIN logoThe American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) reported this week of their defeat of an elaborate multi-year scheme to defraud the Internet community of approximately 735,000 IPv4 addresses. Winning the case meant the return of all the addresses and stopped the defrauding party from continuing their scheme.The emergent IPv4 address transfer market and increasing demand have resulted in more attempts to fraudulently obtain IPv4 addresses from ARIN
Sedo Drops Minimum Fee and Lowers Mini...
From 6 May, Sedo has dropped the minimum fee they charge when domain names are sold through the aftermarket platform, as well as lowering the minimum bid required to $20 from $90.Previously there was a commission of between 10% and 20% of the sale price on each domain name sold, but there was a minimum fee of $60 charged on all sales. The sales fee is paid by the seller.The change should encourage more people to sell domain names, particularly those tha
ICANN Webinar Invitation Evolving ICAN...
Today [7 May], ICANN invites the community to continue an ongoing conversation about evolving ICANNs multistakeholder model of governance. Please join one of two webinars on 14 May 2019 at 1600 UTC or 15 May at 2300 UTC.When the community came together at ICANN64 in Kobe, Japan, they engaged in a facilitated conversation about how to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of ICANNs multistakeholder model of governance. Based on those comments and additio