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It was supposed to be a means for ICANN to improve the transparency of its financials, but the latest output of a decade-long accountability project appears to be a damp squib, perhaps not even meeting community requirements. But the newly published document appears to reveal one vendor that was paid almost $2 million in a […] The post ICANN ...
Another two likely new gTLD applications have emerged from the blockchain world. Unstoppable Domains yesterday announced it's planning to apply for ICANN for .manga and .anime Kintsugi Global, which already operates the two namespaces on a blockchain. The two domains currently sell via Unstoppable for $80. The post Unstoppable plotting manga-themed...
Governments have upped the stakes in their opposition to new gTLDs being auctioned off privately, now calling for an outright prohibition on the practice. ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee today published its formal advice coming out of last week's public meeting in Kigali, calling for ICANN to "prohibit the use of private auctions in resolvi...
ICANN has picked industry veteran Kurt Erik "Kurtis" Lindqvist to take over as president and CEO. He will replace interim CEO Sally Costerton, who has been serving since Goran Marby's resignation in December 2022, but not until December 5 this year. Since 2019 he's been CEO of the London Internet Exchange, LINX, and has to […] The post ICANN ...
ICANN seems to have killed off the idea of content-restricting Registry Voluntary Commitments being included in registry contracts, judging by a conversation today between its board of directors and Governmental Advisory Committee. Speaking moments ago at a session at ICANN 80 in Rwanda, director Becky Burr said the board took legal advice and deci...
The base new gTLD application fee could top $300,000, according to an analysis released by ICANN at its meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, this morning. The per-gTLD fee will likely range between $208,000 and $293,000, according to the latest estimate, but this does not include mandatory fees that have yet to be figured out that as […] The post More ...
ICANN has laid off 33 people, about 7% of its 485 staff, and has raised the specter of increased domain name prices, as it struggles to balance its budget. The layoffs are effective today and come "across all functional areas and regions", acting CEO Sally Costerton said in a blog post. The Org said this […] The post Breaking: ICANN slashes s...
Unstoppable Domains has revealed the next partner with which it intends to apply to ICANN for a new gTLD two years from now. It's linked up with Secret Network Foundation to apply for .secret and in the meantime to flog .secret names that only work on its Polygon blockchain naming system. Secret is a startup […] The post Secret new gTLD appli...
All URLs using new gTLD domains are now being automatically linkified by WhatsApp, according to the registry manager who's been pushing for greater support from the major social networks. Rami Schwartz of Latin American Telecom, the .tube registry, says that WhatsApp on Android devices is now making all new gTLD domains clickable even without the [...
Is ICANN stifling competition and pricing out the Global South by setting its new gTLD evaluation fees too high? A great many community volunteers seem to think so, judging by recent conversations. The Org last week revealed that it plans to charge registry service providers that want to participate in the next application round $92,000 […] T...
ICANN's Address Supporting Organization has elected Alan Barrett to fill one of its two seats on the ICANN board of directors for the second time. Barrett, an ISP pioneer from South Africa, was first elected in 2021 and will re-take his seat at ICANN's AGM this November, assuming the Empowered Community gives him the nod. […] The post Barrett...
DotMusic has pushed it general availability launch date out by more than three months, as it tries to recruit anchor tenants from the music industry. The registry says GA is now planned for October 8, versus a previous date of June 25. The gTLD is currently in its "community organization phase", during which musicians and […] The post DotMusi...
Already-expensive ccTLD .tm is set to see its prices rocket by hundreds of dollars next week, with an annual registration set to cost $1,000 or more. .TM Domain Registry says a one-year registration or renewal will cost registrars $400, which can be reduced as far as $200 if they register more than 100 domains. Currently, […] The post .tm pri...
Orange Domains has announced the launch schedule for .locker, a real gTLD that nevertheless has support for the Bitcoin protocol built in. Sunrise is set to kick off next month, running from June 19 to August 20, shortly followed by a "Pioneer Program" in which the registry will seek out anchor tenants for marketing purposes. […] The post Bit...
Unstoppable Domains has announced plans to apply for the first gTLD devoted to a metaverse. The company has partnered with Metropolis, a "a 360 curated universe that blends commerce, gaming, and experiences that span both digital & physical worlds" to launch .metropolis names on Unstoppable's blockchain. "Metropolis plans to explore future ICA...
Chinese registrar Alibaba is no longer at risk of losing one of its ICANN accreditations, according to a notice on the Org's web site. Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce, one of Alibabas four registrars, failed to respond to abuse reports and missed ICANN payments, according to its March breach notice. But the company has now provided ICANN […]...
A controversial proposed amendment to ICANN's bylaws is set to be killed off after the community flexed its muscles over the board of directors. The amendment, which sought to give ICANN a switch to turn off its accountability mechanisms under certain circumstances, is now likely to be replaced by one that limits accountability only when […] ...
Users of ICANN's new Whois data request service appear to be overwhelmingly apathetic about it, if the results of the first quarterly user survey are to be believed. ICANN sent surveys to 861 users of the Registration Data Request Service and 29 of the registrars that support it. Only 17 requesters and 15 registrars responded, […] The post Th...
ICANN is to bring in new rules for Whois privacy and proxy services, the best part of a decade after they were first proposed to massive controversy. It's looking for volunteers to work with Org staff on implementing policy recommendations that in 2015 led to tens of thousands of people expressing outrage about the dangers, […] The post ICANN...
The GNSO Council has started discussing bringing in the lawyers over ICANN's recent handling of issues related to its $200+ million auction fund and Grant Program. The Council today raised the possibility of deploying the never-before-used Community Independent Review Process, which would involve every major community group ganging up on ICANN's bo...
Key ICANN community groups have refused to come down on one side or the other in the debate about proposed content policing powers, leaving the question up in the air as ICANN considers a major bylaws amendment. As I reported last month, ICANN is thinking about changing its governing bylaws to permit it to enforce […] The post Jury still out ...
There's been a shocking increase in the time it takes to get a Whois record disclosed under ICANN's Registration Data Request Service, according to the latest monthly data. It took on average 14.09 days to have a request for private Whois data approved using RDRS, more than double the previous high, recorded in February, of […] The post It no...
ICANN is spending millions of dollars more than expected in its current financial year, which it blames mainly on inflation pushing up the price of flights and hotels. The latest quarterly financial report, for the nine months to March 31, shows ICANN operations spent $112 million in the period, which was $6 million more than […] The post Tra...
The number of gTLD registry back-end providers could more than double during the next new gTLD application round, ICANN's board of directors has been told. There are currently about 40 registry services providers serving the gTLD industry, but ICANN is preparing for this to leap to as many as 100 when it launches its Registry […] The post ICA...
The DNS Abuse Institute is rebranding around its flagship product in order to make its name shorter and less confusing, according to the organization. It's now called the NetBeacon Institute, after a free security service it launched two years ago, and its products are also being renamed accordingly. The old NetBeacon service, a clearinghouse for [...
It may not help you win a gTLD, but a new method for screwing over your enemies in ICANN's new gTLD program has emerged. As I reported earlier today, it seems quite likely that ICANN is going to add a new step in the new gTLD evaluation process for the next round — testing each […] The post A new way to game the new gTLD program first a...
The would-be new gTLDs .home, .mail and .corp — which were some of the most hotly contested strings in the 2012 application round before ICANN banned them — could get a new lease of life if ICANN adopts the recommendations of a panel of security experts. More than 20 applications for the three strings were […] The post .home, .mai...
Unstoppable Domains and Women in Tech Global have announced that they plan to apply for a new gTLD when ICANN opens the next application round. They want .witg, which Unstoppable has already launched on its blockchain-based naming system. They cost $10 a pop. Unstoppable says the names come with some social networking features, as well […] Th...
GoDaddy founder and former CEO Bob Parsons has published his rags-to-riches autobiography, Fire in the Hole! Subtitled The Untold Story of My Traumatic Life and Explosive Success, the book is co-written with jobbing celebrity biographer Laura Morton, who's previously worked with GoDaddy-sponsored racing driver Danica Patrick. It promises to detail ...
ICANN has shirked its compliance duties and is handing GoDaddy a "Get Out of Jail Free" card with proposed changes to their .xxx registry agreement, according to critics. A recently closed public comment period saw a mixed response from the community on whether GoDaddy should be allowed to throw out inconvenient and costly terms of […] The po...
Could ICANN's current chair face the chopping block this November due to ICANN's diversity quotas? I think it's unlikely, but I think it's not technically impossible. Some stats published by ICANN's Nominating Committee today got me doing some back-of-the-envelope maths, and I think there's a scenario in which Tripti Sinha could not be reappointed ...
There was almost no movement in the number of .cn domain names registered in 2023, according to the registry. CNNIC had 20,125,764 .cn names under management at the end of last year, compared to 20,101,491 at the end of 2022, according to its recently published end-of-year report. That's an increase of under 25,000 domains, about […] The post...
GoDaddy last night reported domains revenue ahead of forecasts after it raised its prices and sold more higher-priced domains on the aftermarket. The company's Core Platform segment, which includes domains and hosting, reported first-quarter revenue up 4% compared to a year ago at $725 million, with domains revenue driving growth, up 7% percent to ...
D3 Global has announced yet another likely new gTLD applicant from the blockchain space. The specialist consultancy said it has partnered with MAKE and the Casper Foundation, a software developer and its non-profit backer respectively, to apply for .cspr when ICANN opens its long-awaited next round of new gTLD applications in a couple years. It's [...
A back-up in case the whole music thing doesn't work out? Taylor Swift has become the first celebrity to attempt to defensively register her name in the .post gTLD, which is currently in the middle of a newly extended and incredibly belated sunrise period. According to the registry's web site, the domain taylorswift.post has been […] The post...
Andorra's ccTLD is to become the latest potential domain hack for the Anglophone world, when the local registry massively liberalizes its registration policies later this year. .ad domains are due to become available to any registrant globally starting in October, via an as-yet-unpublished list of approved registrars. General availability wholesale...
The domainer trying to get his hands on all the remaining single-character .com and .net domain names has re-filed his lawsuit against ICANN. Bryan Tallman of VerandaGlobal.com (dba First Place Internet) has filed an amended complaint in a California court, after the judge threw out his initial complaint in March. He alleges deceptive trade practic...
ICANN is looking for $8 million of cost savings, $3 million more than it expected a quarter ago, amid gloomy predictions about the domain industry's likely performance this year. The Org last week told community members that it's having to revise its expected revenue down by $3 million to $145 million after it became clear […] The post ICANN ...
Parts of the ICANN community have revolted over ICANN's move to make it easier to turn off the mechanisms used to appeal its decisions. Both registries and registrars, along with their usual opponents in the business and intellectual property communities, have told the Org that a proposal to change its foundational bylaws are overly broad […]...
The .uk registry, Nominet, has opened up its call for nominations for its 2024 non-executive director elections. There are two seats up for grabs this year, currently occupied by Simon Blackler of Krystal Hosting and Ashley La Bolle of Tucows, both of whom were originally elected in 2021 and are eligible for reelection if they […] The post Tw...
Ukraine's ccTLD saw a sharp decline in domains under management in the first quarter as the country entered its third year of Russia's invasion, according to the local registry. The number of registered .ua domains was down 8% at 471,716 at the end of March, Hostmaster said. The decline is mostly due to 123,000 domains […] The post War takes ...
Germany's ccTLD, .de, was the worst in the world for hosting child sexual abuse material last year, according to the latest data from the Internet Watch Foundation, which many registries rely on for helping take down such material. IWF said it found 802 unique .de domains hosting CSAM in 2023, a 1,995% increase compared to […] The post .de wo...
Verisign's .com gTLD shrunk by over a quarter million domains in the first quarter due to softness in China and US registrars' pesky habit of putting up prices and the pain is likely to continue for the rest of the year, according to Verisign. There were about 159.4 million .com domains and 13.1 million .net […] The post .com still shrinking ...
ICANN's antics rarely surprise me after close to a quarter-century of coverage, but today it's published what I can only describe as its "Woke Manifesto" and while reading through it this afternoon I pretty much peeled my uvula raw and ragged, alternating as I did between howls of outrage and uncontrollable fits of incredulous laughter. […] T...
Eleven registrars representing millions of domain names signed up to support ICANN's Registration Data Request Service last month. One registrar dropped out. One of Chinese tech giant Alibaba's registrars was among the additions. Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing), which has 2.6 million names under management, is a notable addition given that one of...
The Swiss government is relaxing the registration rules for its .swiss gTLD so that regular people will be able to register names there from next week. Previously available only to registered legal entities in Switzerland, from April 24 any Swiss person at home or abroad will also be able to buy .swiss domains. The TLD […] The post The Swiss ...
The .ai registry has provided its latest, sporadic update to its registration numbers, showing that Anguilla's ccTLD continues to be wildly popular compared to the country's size. It's grown from 353,928 domains on December 20 to 425,060 domains on April 12, according to the registry's web site. That's an increase of 71,132 since the last […]...
The new .music gTLD registry says it will give away up to one million first-year domains over the next five weeks as part of its launch program, but there are of course plenty of catches. DotMusic says the domains are available to what it calls "Music Community Member Organizations" — think record labels and the […] The post A million f...
New gTLD consultancy D3 Global has inked a deal to apply for the .ape gTLD on behalf of the ApeCoin community. The company said in a blog post that it will receive three million $APE — cryptocurrency coins currently worth about $5 million, according to Coinbase — in order to apply to ICANN for, operate […] The post D3 to get $5 mi...
One of the companies in the Alibaba Group, China's biggest registrar and one of the largest technology companies in the world, has been handed a breach notice, containing a long list of complaints including abuse failures and non-payment of fees, by ICANN Compliance. Alibaba.com Singapore E-Commerce, one of Alibaba's four accredited registrars, fai...
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