Cambridge.com Domain Name Is Now Up For Sale

Igloo.com announced that it has been engaged to broker the sale of one of the world’s most prestigious domain name, Cambridge.com .

 

You can read the press release after the jump :

” Igloo.com, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names and websites, has been engaged to broker the sale of one of the world’s most prestigious online properties, Cambridge.com. This top ranking website is highly searchable, easy to remember, and provides an exciting opportunity for a savvy investor or an existing company.

Cambridge, England is the well-known namesake of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as well as their son Prince George of Cambridge. Aside from being home to two future kings of England, Cambridge is home to the esteemed Cambridge University, boasting an incredibly distinguished alumni list including 361 multi-millionaires, 14 British Prime Ministers, and 85 Nobel Prize winners.

UK’s “Cambridge Cluster” has over 1,500 high-tech companies, more than 54,000 employees, and a combined annual revenue of over 12 Billion British Pounds, equivalent to $19 Billion USD.

Cambridge, Massachusetts is probably most well known as the home to both the esteemed Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Of interest to note is that Cambridge University, Harvard and MIT are all consistently ranked in the top ten Universities Worldwide; each attracting elite students from every corner of the world.

Cambridge, Massachusetts has been quoted as being “one of the hottest submarkets in the country” thanks in part to significant investment from both biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Cambridge, MA has recently enjoyed explosive growth in the commercial real estate market and has two million additional square feet of space currently in development.

In a recent business report entitled, “The Next Silicon Alley”, Antonio Regaldo reported that “There is a spot in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that is home to what may be the world’s densest concentration of startup companies with the founders of more than 450 startups crowed into nine floors,” Cambridge is home to leading employers such as Genzyme, BioGen, Pfizer, Forrester Research, and GoDaddy to name just a few.

”The new owner of Cambridge.com will gain instant credibility within an elite, prestigious, and successful community,” said Tessa Holcomb, CEO of Igloo.com. “Given proper execution and utilization of the asset’s full potential, Cambridge.com’s new owner will realize significant rewards. It’s not often that a domain name of this caliber becomes available for sale and Igloo is excited about the opportunity to be chosen as the exclusive broker for Cambridge.com.”

“Cambridge.com is exceptional in that it represents not just one, but two of the highest profile educational centers worldwide,” says Doug Tanger, the current owner of Cambridge.com. “This particular property requires the experience of an advanced brokerage team. We wanted representation that would be vigilant in reaching interested parties on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. We believe that the team at Igloo.com is an ideal fit to work with us at Cambridge.com.”

For additional information about Cambridge.com or to present a confidential offer, please contact Tessa Holcomb directly at +1 508 689 9569 ext 601 or via email at Tessa(atIgloo(dot)com. “

ICANN: CPE Results Released

ICANN has published the Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) Results for 3 applications, and updated application and contention set statuses accordingly.

 

ICANN Grants Data Retention Waivers To Six German Registrars

ICANN has granted six German registrars data retention waivers under the 2013 Registry Accreditation Agreement due to conflicts with European data protection laws and the RAA.

The registrars in question granted the most recent waivers are Moniker Online Services LLC, Key-Systems, LLC, Key-Systems GmbH, InterNetworX Ltd. & Co. KG, http.net Internet GmbH and AZ.PL, Inc.

All six registrars cited as justification for their waiver request as a previous waiver given to RegistryGate GmbH “on the basis of its contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Data Retention Specification in the 2013 RAA violates applicable law in Germany.”

The waiver requests were requested “pursuant to Section 3 of the Data Retention Specification of the 2013 RAA, which provides that if a registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to ICANN’s request to grant a previous data retention waiver under the 2013 RAA, a registrar may request that ICANN grant a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by ICANN, unless ICANN provides Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request.”

There were slight variations in the requests, but they all cited problems such as the “registrar’s technical backend services provider as well as data storage and collection occur on servers hosted and operated in Germany, and is subject to German law. Accordingly, ICANN has determined that it is appropriate to grant Registrar a data retention waiver similar to the waiver previously granted to RegistryGate GmbH.”

Clock Ticks Down To Major .NZ Domain Name Change

[news release] At the end of this month the .nz domain name space will undergo a momentous, once in a generation change. From 1pm, 30 September 2014 people will be able to register domain names directly before the .nz – e.g. anyname.nz.

 

.nz domain names can be seen almost everywhere these days. Most familiar are .co.nz names, but there are many others including .org.nz, .net.nz and .govt.nz. It’s important to know that these types of name will continue to exist. The change simply means that people could register names with them, without them, or both.  
 
For example, someone could get anyname.nz as well as anyname.co.nz. Registering one of these new, shorter names is called ‘registering directly at the second level’, and people who already have a website or email address ending in .nz need to understand what’s happening so they can act on any special options available to them.
 
This is because many will be eligible to register or reserve the shorter .nz version of their name before anyone else, if they wanted to. Some people may find their name is ‘conflicted’, in which case there’s a process in place to make sure their views are heard.  
 
Domain Name Commissioner Debbie Monahan says the important thing for people to do at this stage is to go to Domain Name Commission’s anyname.nz website and check the status of their existing .nz name. 
 
There’s a wealth of educational information on anyname.nz – plain English explanations about registrations directly at the second level and what this means for people who already have a .nz name.
 
Anyname.nz features an info-graphic that people can use to navigate their options and a comprehensive list of FAQs covering off the registration, reservation and conflicted names processes. There’s also a number of animated videos on anyname.nz, giving an easily digestible overview of what’s changing.
 
“For those not interested in this change, that’s fine. Their existing .nz name will continue to work as it always has. But for others this new type of name will make for a more easily remembered, visually appealing domain name,” says Monahan.
 
“Remember, 30 September is not that far away and as the clock ticks to go-live it’s important that everybody who already has a .nz domain name goes to anyname.nz to learn about the change and what it means for them individually.”

This Domain Name Commissioner news release was sourced from:
dnc.org.nz/story/clock-ticks-down-major-nz-domain-name-change

Sedo Reports $1,4 Million in Domain Name Sales ! Musik.de Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at 99,999 EUR

Musik.de topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at 99,999 EUR. Highlights also include Decoded.com,leading the .COM category at $50,000 and KQ.net, leading the “Other” category.

 

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

lam.com    2014-09-02    48000    EUR
qbg.com    2014-09-05    12000    USD
kcn.com    2014-09-03    12000    USD
crazydeals.com    2014-09-03    10000    USD
thingstodoin.com    2014-09-03    9999    USD
glorymusic.com    2014-09-05    8500    USD
apicloud.com    2014-09-01    8000    USD
ixf.com    2014-09-02    7350    USD
rxpharma.com    2014-09-03    6200    USD
dvbiolabs.com    2014-09-01    5800    USD
wizpro.com    2014-09-02    5000    EUR
cloudistics.com    2014-09-01    5000    USD
argentiere.com    2014-09-03    5000    USD
com-tec.com    2014-09-04    4995    USD
cashflowfinancial.com    2014-09-03    4504    USD
luxexpress.com    2014-09-04    4000    USD
wellendowed.com    2014-09-01    4000    USD
uktraffic.com    2014-09-03    3500    USD
gediz.com    2014-09-02    3500    USD
mobilehomeinsurancequotes.com    2014-09-02    3277    USD
travelsmiths.com    2014-09-05    3250    USD
sportsfriday.com    2014-09-04    3000    USD

ccTLDs

apps.de    2014-09-02    49999    EUR
analytics.de    2014-09-05    15100    EUR
casinos.com.co    2014-09-02    8000    EUR
selbständigkeit.de    2014-09-05    7140    EUR
cuxiao.cn    2014-09-03    5000    USD
tommy.com.br    2014-09-03    5000    USD
campings.co.uk    2014-09-04    5000    GBP
memo.to    2014-09-03    5000    USD
mission.co    2014-09-01    4000    USD
backpack.de    2014-09-05    3073    EUR
silbercard.de    2014-09-02    2500    EUR
bpo.us    2014-09-02    2500    EUR
4teen.de    2014-09-02    2500    EUR
valcomp.ru    2014-09-04    2500    EUR
ccs.fr    2014-09-04    2000    EUR
pause.co    2014-09-01    1999    USD
matchmaker.nl    2014-09-04    1999    EUR
ecn.co.za    2014-09-05    1600    USD
nachqualifizierung.de    2014-09-05    1600    EUR
pensioenplatform.nl    2014-09-01    1500    EUR
minilening.be    2014-09-01    1500    EUR
mondoverde.de    2014-09-02    1500    EUR
harps.de    2014-09-03    1500    EUR

Other

infographic.net    2014-09-04    5000    USD
galax.net    2014-09-04    4500    EUR
gracia.net    2014-09-01    4000    USD
sportstars.net    2014-09-01    3500    USD
gravity.net    2014-09-01    3388    USD
java.club    2014-09-05    3000    USD
jahreswagen.biz    2014-09-01    2100    EUR
futuretech.net    2014-09-04    2000    USD
rnrs.org    2014-09-03    1300    USD
eth.org    2014-09-04    1000    USD
hackathons.org    2014-09-01    999    EUR
papier.org    2014-09-05    877    EUR
ctmi.org    2014-09-02    800    USD
suger.org    2014-09-01    788    USD
niamodel.net    2014-09-01    760    EUR

Check out Sedo.com for more information