The deadline to submit comments on the Final Report [PDF, 4.89 MB] of the Competition, Consumer Trust, and Consumer Choice (CCT) Review Team has been extended until Tuesday, 11 December 23:59 UTC. This Public Comment proceeding is aimed at gathering community input on the CCT Review Team’s Final Report and Recommendations. The CCT Review Team…
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ICANN Extends New gTLD Auctions Proceeds Comment Period As Majority Support Global Awareness Fund
ICANN has extended the public comment period for the Initial Report of the New gTLD Auction Proceeds Cross-Community Working Group by 2 weeks to 11 December 2018. To date there are 21 comments with the vast majority supporting a proposal from the .CLUB operator to “earmark a portion – 15% of the total auction funds…
FIFA Joins .SPORT As Lausanne 2020 Launches New Domain
The world football’s governing body, FIFA, has acquired a .sport domain name portfolio, the manager of the new gTLD, the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) announced. FIFA currently uses fifa.com as their domain name. With 211 national federations and more than 270 million people playing football worldwide, FIFA is one of the biggest…
ICANN: Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team
Brief Overview Purpose: This public comment proceeding seeks to obtain input on the Initial Report of the EPDP on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team. The EPDP Team is tasked with evaluating the Temporary Specification on gTLD Registration Data (Temp Spec) and deciding whether it should become an ICANN Consensus Policy as is,…
Sales of Liquid Domain Names (Short .COMs) Jumps 70% to $9.2m in Q3: GGRG
The total volume of disclosed liquid domain name sales for the third quarter of 2018 jumped 70% from $5.4 million to $9.2 million, according to the Liquid Domains Market Overview for the third quarter of 2018 from GGRG.com. There was also a 50% increase in the volume of escrow.com sales, which jumped from $12 to…