Civil Society at ICANN: Everything You Need to Know About the ICANN Meeting in London

Please join ICANN Vice Presidents Christopher Mondini and Nora Abusitta for a pre-ICANN 50 webinar for civil society participants.

This webinar is meant as an introduction to ICANN, the GNSO Noncommercial Stakeholder Group, NonCommercial Users Constituency, and Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency – for people who are new to the ICANN Community and interested in the upcoming ICANN 50 public meeting in London.

Presenters include:

William J. Drake – ICANN NonCommercial Users Constituency
Maria Farrell – ICANN Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group
Klaus Stoll – ICANN Not-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency

Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Time: 15:00-16:00 UTC

To RSVP and learn how to access the webinar, please follow this link: http://goo.gl/vnRGqK

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-06-10-en

.CO.COM Releases Tens-of-Thousands Premium Domain Names

The registry behind .co.com domains has released tens of thousands of premium domains for what they describe as “hand-registration”. But the registry believes that while the domains are far more valuable than the standard registration fee, getting them into the hands of those who would develop them will raise the sub-domain’s visibility and awareness and generate even stronger registration volumes.

Despite the number of early-bird registrations, there are still thousands of ultra premium .co.com domains left on the table to pick up during the Landrush phase. Also note that the .co.com Landrush is a little different to other new gTLDs because there are no auctions – any name available can be registered on a first-come, first-served basis. Many of the names being released have existing traffic, but are best monetised through development or sold to a retail buyer (who will then develop a website). Some of the domains we are releasing are amongst the top 500 public name sales of all time.

Here is a small sample of names that can be hand-registered now:

…and tens of thousand more.

(Source: Namebio.com and DNPric.es. Prices accurate at time of posting)

In coming days, there will be a significant adjustment to the remaining premium domain name pricing as well. Many of those with traffic will likely to be cash-flow positive in year-one if simply Parked. If developed, of course, the potential is even greater. How do we know? We are seeing the traffic now, and have historical data going back for years. In the coming weeks we plan to make traffic data for specific domain names available publicly, so you can see for yourself. General Availability starts on July 8^th.

Search for your .co.com at registry.co.com, or at one of our participating registrars at registry.co.com/registrars.

Download the full list of released names registry.co.com/co.com-released-names-june2014.xls

Afternic Reports $1,3 Million in Domain Name Sales,Led By Suzies.com at $62,050

Afternic/ GoDaddy have just sent in their weekly sales report.Sales add up to a total of $1,3 million. Suzies.com was the highest selling domain at $62,050.

Other notable domain name sales include:

.COM Sales

flyaway.com$15,000

princesspictures.com$11,000

slimbeauty.com$9,999

homechef.com$9,850

polycoat.com$9,000

rdicorp.com$6,500

population.org$6,000

opulux.com$4,999

svec.com$4,990

aspenterprises.com$4,500

stakk.com$4,495

truethc.com$4,400

ekuity.com$4,188

wooko.com$4,000

stampd.com$4,000

otonexus.com$4,000

omtao.com$3,995

fastlanephotography.com$3,788

swifthub.com$3,588

merchantconnections.com$3,500

megjay.com$3,500

elinformante.com$3,500

cuddleup.com$3,500

pcdownloadstation.com$3,464

ophea.com$3,400

republique-dominicaine.com$3,225

impactwireless.com$3,200

worldwideregistry.com$3,000

WeddingGazebo.com$3,000

pitchus.com$3,000

circuitsport.com$3,000

chiropracticunited.com$3,000

zgsi.com$2,800

sensiblerental.com$2,800

syncmate.com$2,768

willbox.com$2,500

tacotogo.com$2,500

matternetwork.com$2,500

camdenmanagement.com$2,500

bconstruction.com$2,500

primahealthcare.com$2,450

openclassrooms.com$2,355

7143.com$2,321

peachfile.com$2,300

keystoneglobal.com$2,150

windowsforyou.com$2,088

pennsylvaniaphysician.com$2,088

math-aid.com$2,024

rokx.com$2,008

triumphinsurance.com$2,000

travelpayments.com$2,000

thepropertyshoppe.com$2,000

supernaturalfood.com$2,000

so-great.com$2,000

rajsports.com$2,000

onlinedomainregister.com$2,000

cirrusplatform.com$2,000

CheeseShow.com$2,000

cheapshot.com$2,000

Non .COM Sales

scroogle.org$17,100

charlie.co$5,000

smtp.net$3,550

citizensfirst.org$3,500

ngorongorocrater.org$3,050

string.co$2,500

opportunityequation.org$2,176

nonationaldebt.org$2,000

traderev.ca$2,000

iola.la$1,600

30a.rentals$1,584

security.ninja$1,525

madisoncountylibrary.org$1,275

hiso.co$1,250

organizersdb.org$1,125

newyorkcenter.org$1,099

makeadifferencemichiana.org$1,025

apricot2013.net$1,025

Final “Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One” Report Published

ICANN today announced the publication of the final “Mitigating the Risk of DNS Namespace Collisions Phase One” report by JAS Global Advisors (“JAS”).

The JAS study, which was commissioned by ICANN, provides a set of recommendations that describe a comprehensive approach to reducing current and future DNS namespace collisions, alerting operators of potential DNS namespace related issues, and providing emergency response capabilities in the event that critical (e.g., life safety) systems are adversely impacted. The final Phase One report takes into consideration feedback received during the public comment period that closed on 21 April 2014.

The JAS report, along with additional community feedback and other pertinent data, will be considered prior to providing the ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee with a proposal to address name collisions for new gTLDs as part of the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan adopted on 7 October 2013, please visit https://features.icann.org/new-gtld-collision-occurrence-management. A session to discuss this proposal and collect feedback from the community will be held at the ICANN meeting in London on 23 June 2015 at 17:00-18:30 local time. Schedules are subject to change, so please visit http://london50.icann.org/en/schedule-full for the most updated information. Additional information on name collisions, including resources for IT professionals, can be found at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/name-collision-2013-12-06-en.

This announcement was sourced from :

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2014-06-10-en

Afnic Selects Etrecom & Dufresne Corrigan Scarlett to Promote the .FR TLD

Afnic, the company behind .FR extension, announced that it has selected the tandem of Entrecom and Dufresne Corrigan Scarlett to promote the .FR TLD.

You can read the announcement after the jump:

“After a competitive-dialogue procurement procedure, the tandem of Entrecom and Dufresne Corrigan Scarlett has been selected by Afnic to promote the .fr TLD

After a competitive-dialogue procurement procedure, the tandem of Entrecom and Dufresne Corrigan Scarlett has been selected by Afnic (the French acronym for the French Network Information Centre) to ensure the promotion of the “.fr” TLD.

Afnic has chosen to invest in a new digital strategy, and a creative, positive, off-beat approach. The goal is to make the .fr TLD an attractive namespace serving as a benchmark, especially for young people and entrepreneurs.

For Julien Naillet, Afnic Communications Director, “.fr domain names inspire trust because they include semantic and geographical indicators in their DNA. They are also a great way of promoting French expertise among our compatriots and foreign users. We want to offer a signature that means something, backed by a wealth of past experience and ready to face the future challenges of tomorrow’s Internet.”

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .FR domain name.