December 2014 Highest Reported ccTLD Sales

TV.AE was the highest selling ccTLD reported in December,2014. The domain name changed hands for $95,000 through Sedo.

Here are the highest reported ccTLD sales in December 2014:

1. TV.ae     $95,000
2. Wohnung.de     €74,000 = $87,320
3. Dieta.it     €39,240 = $46,303
4. Schlüsseldienst.de (IDN)     €35,000 = $41,300
5. SC.tv     $40,000
6. Lotto.ph     $25,000
7. EasyHotel.ch     $21,800
8. Jobs.se     €15,990 = $18,868
9. Accountancy.nl     €9,680 = $11,422
10. Kayak.eu     $10,000
11. Koop.nu     €8,000 = $9,440
12. Coating.de     €7,000 = $8,260
13. Ten.tv     $7,500     Pvt Sale
14. Insurance.com.ng     $7,000
15. Oyster.com.au     $6,500
15. Noon.co     $6,500     Sedo
17. Borsette.it     €5,500 = $6,490
18. Medisave.ch     €4,799 = $5,999
19. Ferienhausschweden.de     €4,500 = $5,625
20. Buonosconto.it     €4,675 = $5,517

Hundreds of Cannabis Domain Names Available For Purchase, including MarijuanaButter.com and SourDiesel.com

Ganjapreneur, a website dedicated to cannabis business news and culture, announced recently the launch of their Cannabis Domain Name Market.

You can read the press release after the jump:

” Ganjapreneur, a website dedicated to cannabis business news and culture, has recently announced the launch of their Cannabis Domain Name Market. “Ganjapreneur is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs in legal cannabis space optimize and grow their business, and ultimately, a great domain name goes a long way to helping them achieve that through a highly visible online presence and strong brand. With our background in the domain space and understanding of the importance and value of a great domain name for any entrepreneur, a domain market was a clear next step and perfect fit for Ganjapreneur.com. We plan to launch many more business services in the near future for our audience as well,” said Andrew Rosener, Founder and CEO of Ganjapreneur.com.

The market consists of hundreds of marijuana keyword and brandable domain names available for immediate purchase, sorted by category, type, and price. The market is designed to be a resource for venture capital firms and start-ups looking to get involved in the cannabis industry, and it is launched in partnership with Escrow.com, the leading escrow service for domain name transactions in order to make transactions safe and easy.

Ganjapreneur is a joint venture of Media Options, Inc. and THC Media Group, Inc., which launched in the summer of 2014 and has steadily grown in scale. The website now offers a live feed of cannabis job board listings from around the web, a large body of original news articles, editorials, and interviews with business owners, as well as a dictionary of marijuana slang terms, a mobile app, and a business directory for B2B service providers in the cannabis industry.

The domain name market is the latest addition to Ganjapreneur’s array of features geared toward cannabis industry start-ups and investors. It includes premium domain names such as Oregano.com & MyCannabis.com with price tags over $25,000, although the majority are listed between $2,000 and $10,000. Available options include dot-com domains such as SourDiesel.com and MarijuanaButter.com, as well as alternative top-level extensions such as Cannabis.cruises and Grow.xyz.

Over the past six months, Ganjapreneur has published several interviews with prominent cannabis industry entrepreneurs, or “ganjapreneurs,” including a founding partner in a cannabis-focused investment firm, the owner of the first recreational cannabis day spa in Colorado, and the founder of a Seattle-based recruiting and staffing firm which connects cannabis industry employers and hopeful job seekers. The website also covered the first sales of edibles and concentrates in Washington state, and was the only media outlet to capture the moment on video.

The announcement of the domain market marks the site’s latest expansion of its services geared toward marijuana business owners and investors. “This is just one of many resources we are developing to help ganjapreneurs start or grow their business,” said Noel Abbott, Ganjapreneur’s CTO. “We are excited to announce our domain name market, and we have many more announcements coming in 2015.””

ICANN Webinar: Interactive Presentation of the Initial Report of the Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information PDP Working Group

The PDP Working Group on Translation and Transliteration of Contact Information has been chartered to determine whether contact information data should be translated or transliterated into a common language and/or script. The Group has published its Initial Report recommending not to make translation/transliteration of contact information mandatory but to allow for it on a voluntary basis.

The public comment period on this Report is open until 1 February 2015. To help the Community understand the Working Group’s reasoning and to facilitate the submission of public comments, the Working Group co-Chairs will hold a 30-min webinar on Friday 16 January at 14:00 UTC. The aim is to present the preliminary recommendations and allow for an extended question and answer session, providing an opportunity for an interactive exchange between the Community and members of this PDP Working Group.

Webinar on 17 January 2015; 14.00-14.30 UTC

To take part please RSVP via
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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-01-09-en

ICANN: Co-Chairs of CCWG-Accountability Publish High Level Statements

On behalf of the Cross Community Working Group (CCWG) Accountability, the co-chairs Thomas Rickert ( GNSO ), León Sanchez Ambia ( ALAC ) and Mathieu Weill ( ccNSO ) are pleased to announce that the CCWG has prepared a set of high level statements that might be valuable to all groups or individuals working on proposals as part of the NTIA IANA Functions’ Stewardship Transition Process.

The CCWG is aware and conscious of the interdependency and interlinkage of the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing ICANN Accountability Processes, in particular with what has been called Work Stream 1 and appreciates the sense of urgency. Although the CCWG works as expeditiously as possible on the tasks it has been chartered with, it is not feasible to publish concrete results of the group in January.

Nonetheless, the CCWG has chosen to publish the high level statements as a preliminary assessment of the situation and is cognizant that this preliminary assessment might be subject to change because of:

Changes to the proposals under discussion as part of the IANA Stewardship Transition Process, in particular the Interim Proposal published by the CWG-Stewardship on 1 December 2014; and
Changes due to other external and internal factors, such as evolving deliberations of the CWG itself.

Background CCWG

The CCWG began its work late November 2014 with regular weekly virtual meetings and will have its first (intersessional) face-to face meeting on 19 and 20 January 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany. The CCWG was chartered by ALAC , ccNSO , GAC , GNSO and NRO acting as ASO and includes over 150 participants and members appointed by the chartering organizations, Advisors appointed by the Public Experts Group (PEG), and 3 liaisons.

Additional information, including transcripts and recordings of the discussions are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/ogDxAg

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-01-09-en

2014 Highest Reported Domain Name Sales

In 2014, Z.com was the most expensive domain name. The domain name was sold for $6,784,000.MI.com comes in second with a selling price of $3,6 million.

Here are the highest reported domain name sales in 2014:

1.     Z.com     ¥800,000,000 = $6,784,000
2.     MI.com     $3,600,000
3.     Whisky.com     $3,100,000
4.     Sex.xxx     $3,000,000
5.     Youxi.com (“games” in Chinese)     CNY 15,000,000 = $2,430,000
6.     37.com     CNY 12,000,000 = $1,960,800
7.     Power.com     $1,261,000
8.     MM.com     $1,200,000
9.tie     QNB.com     $1,000,000
9.tie     Check.com     $1,000,000
9.tie     BTC.com     $1,000,000
12.     100.com     $950,000
13.     Wan.com (“play” in Chinese”)     $800,000
14.     Teamwork.com     $675,000
15.     Game.cn     RMB3,098,000 = $512,307
16. tie     DataCenter.com     $500,000
16. tie     Mobile.net     $500,000
18.     Symphony.com     $375,000
19.     Digital.com     $373,750
20.     PY.com     $358,000
21.     True.com     $350,000
22.     Dots.com     $325,000
23.tie     HY.com     $320,000
23.tie     Malls.com     $320,000
25.     LK.com     $287,500
26.     Accommodation.com     $286,000
27.tie     FlashCards.com     $250,000
27.tie     BitcoinWallet.com     $250,000
29.     Wan.cn(“play” in Chinese”)     1,502,000 CNY = $247,830
30.     Cute.com     $230,000
31.     Mob.com     $220,000
32.     DL.com     $210,689
33.     Gab.com     $200,002
34.     YouPay.com     $200,000
35.     TOU.com     CNY 1,200,000 = $194,400
36.     Zhuanxue.com(“transfer” in Chinese pinyin)     1,180,000 CNY = $190,098
37.     YIN.com     $180,000
38.     LB.cn     1,100,000 CNY = $176,000
39. tie     Aura.com     $175,000
39. tie     Yes.net     $175,000
39.tie     LGG.com     $175,000

In 2014,it took a minimum of $64,000 in order to qualify for the 2014 Top 100.

In 2013,the highest reported domain name sale was IG.com ,which changed hands for $4,7 million.KK.com came on the second place, with a selling price of $2,4 million.