ICANN has released the schedule for ICANN67 last Friday, its first virtual Public Meeting. ICANN67 was initially planned to take place in Cancún, Mexico, but has been transitioned to a virtual meeting in response to the global outbreak of COVID-19. The dates have not changed: The ICANN67 Virtual Community Forum will take place from 7…
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.ME To Release 2,800 Premium Domains This Week
The .me registry is to release around 2,800 premium, or what they’re describing as their coolest, domain names, on 4 March at 16.00 UTC. The domains will be made directly available for registration to every business and individual around the globe on a first come, first served basis. “Previously, .ME premium domains could be registered…
GGRG’s Latest Liquid Domains Report Shows Public Sales Up 30%, Escrow.com Sales Down 13.3% For Q4
Sales of publicly traded liquid domain names rose 30% to $7,281,979 in the quarter ending December 2019, while those sales using Escrow.com declined 13.3% to $12,195,427, according to the latest Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO) from Giuseppe Graziano’s GGRG. Liquid domain names are considered, for this report, the 614,928 .com domains that are 2 to 4…
10 Years Between New gTLD Applications Is Too Long: Domain Pulse Q&A With Jovenet Consulting’s Jean Guillon
Dismay at the time it’s taking for ICANN to launch a new round of new gTLD applications is an underlying theme for Jovenet Consulting’s Jean Guillon in today’s Domain Pulse Q&A, as well as it’s the insiders who are framing the new applicant guidebook and the larger companies are the ones with the resources to…
Cybercriminals Exploit Coronavirus With Thousands Of Nefarious Domain Registrations
Cyber-criminals have shown once again they’re adept at exploiting interest in a topical issue, this time it’s the global Coronavirus epidemic being used to spread malicious activity. Check Point Research has discovered several spam campaigns relating to the outbreak of the virus and new websites registered with domain names related to the virus. According to…