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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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With
7 Weeks Left in the New gTLD Application Window
Activity is Heating Up at Consulting Companies
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Those
who want to run
their
own new gTLD registry have to get their
applications in before ICANN closes the
door on the current application period April
12, 2012 - exactly seven weeks from
today. With the deadline looming activity
is heating up on several fronts. Architelos,
one
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of
several consulting companies that are providing
advice and helping applicants get their
paperwork completed and in on time, announced
today that the firm has earned more than $1
million in consulting and software services
fees in its just concluded first year of
operation. Yesterday,
ARI
Registry Services announced that the
governments of Australian states New
South Wales and Victoria have
contracted them to help secure three new TLDs; .sydney,
.melbourne and .victoria. To
handle the load, ARI said they have
"engaged professional services firm Ernst
& Young and digital brand
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management
services provider Melbourne IT to assist
its consultancy work in developing applications
for those three TLDs that will adhere to
ICANN’s strict requirements."
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On
Tuesday the
Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings
Limited (TLDH), the only publicly traded
company focused exclusively on acquiring and
operating new generic top-level domains,
reported that the company will soon be
purchasing a second batch of 20 application
slots for new gTLDs which will increase the
total application slots purchased by the company
to date (on behalf of itself and clients of its
subsidiary, Minds
+ Machines) to 40.
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Under
ICANN’s rules, applicants for new gTLDs
must first purchase a slot for each
application at a cost of $5,000
which will then be deducted from the full $185,000
per gTLD application fee. Last week ICANN
said it had received 100 applications
to date.
TLDH
Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush said,
“We are delighted with the progress the
Company is making and the quality of the
applications on which we are working. The
criteria ICANN has set are demanding
and we therefore have to ensure we only
support the most likely to be
successful.” |
TLDH
Ltd. Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush |
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While
these and other consulting companies are
busy now, it is likely to be nothing
compared to a frenzy that is expected to
build with each passing week leading up
to the April 12 deadline. It will likely
be a long time before ICANN opens a
second application window, so those
interested in operating a new registry
are determined to be on the first
boat when it sails seven weeks from
now. |
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(Posted Feb.
23, 2012)
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