Nominet Confirms Launch of .Wales and .Cymry in September

Nominet announced recently that business and consumers will be able to acquire a .Wales and .Cymru domain name begining this September .

 

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently signed a contract giving both .Cymru and .Wales the go-ahead. This means that those who want to demonstrate their Welsh identity, language and culture online will be able to register a .wales and .Cymru domain name .

The first phase begins 1st September,2014 and allows those with a registered trademark to register their .wales or .cymru domain name.The next phase will allos businesses and organisation who can prove interest and use of a brand in Wales and don’t have a trademark to register a domain name ending in .wales and .cymru.The final phase will allow everybody to register a domain name ending in .cymru and .wales and will begin March 1st 2015.

More information about the new .Wales and .Cymru domain names is here .

 

 

 

EveryDayCounts.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $40,000

EveryDayCounts.com,sold for $40,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the last week,ending May 11,2014.

 

Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 11 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,GoDaddy/Afternic took 10 of the top 20 positions .

.COM dominated once again the list,with 18 of the top 20 positions.

Here are the top 20 positions for the two week ending May 11,2014:

1.EveryDayCounts.com$40,000

2.Zilli.com $31,510

3.FilmesOnline.com$28,000

4.Light.co$25,000

5.Orexin.com$19,999

6.GreatIdeas.com$19,000

7.WeedShops.com$18,000

8.Lavon.com$16,000

9.tieLeClub.com $13,700

9.tieStyleBox.com $13,700

11.MySale.de $13,563

12.ASOS.gr $12,528

13.EatWhatYouKill.com$12,500

14.CreditChina.com $12,330

15.DouroValley.com $10,275

16.UF.net$10,102

17.tieCliqueIt.com$10,000

17.tieGroups.io$10,000

17.tieMyRally.com$10,000

17.tieObvio.com$10,000

17.tieRugzak.com$10,000

17.tieSkiFlights.com$10,000

17.tieUpTag.com$10,000

See here the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales .

 

 

First Cyrillic .РФ Domain Name Turns Four

The Coordination Center for TLD RU/.РФ , announced that the world’s first Cyrillic domain name , .РФ, turned four on May 12,2014.

 

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“Russia’s new country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) and the world’s first Cyrillic domain, .РФ, was registered on May 12, 2010. It is coordinated by the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ.

Since then, 820,538 new .РФ domain names have been registered, of which 651,161, or nearly 80% of the total, are delegated domains, which is 5% more than last year, when the number of .РФ domain names grew by 3.8%.

Functioning websites are located at 185,056 (22.6%) .РФ domain names and another 112,314 (13.7%) are at the design phase. A total of 16.2% (132,972) are Parked domain names, and 11.2% (92,238) are used for redirecting.

Individuals registered 76.4% of .РФ domain names and legal entities 23.6%.

A total of 37.4% of .РФ and 35.7% of .RU domain names were registered three or more years ago.

The average .РФ domain is 11.1 characters, versus 9.6 for .RU.”

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICANN: Report: Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions

Purpose (Brief): This is a report about supporting the domain name industry in underserved regions, prepared by ICANN staff for public comment.

Current Status: ICANN has solicited feedback from the community on this topic through a variety of informal avenues. ICANN seeks comment on this report, which summarizes community input to date, with the goal of transforming these discussions into concrete results.

Next Steps: Public comments on this report will be used to determine next steps to support the DNS industry in underserved regions.

Detailed Information

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:

ICANN is exploring ideas and strategies to help promote the domain name industry in regions that have typically been underserved. In particular, ICANN is looking at existing barriers to Registrar Accreditation and operation and considering ways that these challenges might be mitigated. Public comments on this report will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name industry in underserved regions.

As of 16 April 2014, there were 1,010 ICANN-accredited Registrars. Of those, seven are located in Africa. Fourteen are located in the Middle East.

Barriers to participation in domain name industry business in regions such as Africa and the Middle East are complex and some cannot be addressed by ICANN without coordination with the greater community. Many of these issues have been recognized and discussed for some time. ICANN staff is therefore seeking input to determine how best to transform this discussion into concrete results.

Section II: Background:

To encourage participation of developing countries to date, ICANN has, for example, created a fellowship program, participated in many regional meetings and increased the availability of translated materials and interpretation services, engendering participation within ICANN.

Additionally, in August 2012, ICANN announced a new approach to Africa, with the support of AFRINIC, including a new initiative aimed at increasing African participation and influence within ICANN.1 A working group was created and endorsed by the African community members meeting in Prague. The working group included key players in Internet governance from different regions in Africa to contribute to the development of the new strategy. The working group selected Nii Quaynor of Ghana, a well-respected Internet leader in Africa, to lead its efforts. The working group published its report, Enhanced Registry Registrar Relationships, on 13 July 2013 (see Annex at the end of this report).

Members of the domain name industry community in the Middle East community have taken a similar approach. Middle East community members created a working group in early 2013 to develop an ICANN engagement strategy for the Middle East. The Middle East strategy identified domain name industry development as one area where more work needs to be done. ICANN has since co-sponsored a number of DNS Forum events in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.2

ICANN recently held a session on this topic at the March 2014 ICANN meeting in Singapore.3 At the session, ICANN solicited considerable input from attendees about the challenges facing the domain name industry in underserved regions and began discussions to explore potential solutions.

¹ See www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-10aug12-en.htm

² blog.icann.org/2014/02/first-middle-east-dns-forum-overwhelmingly-successful/ ; www.internetsociety.org/news/africa-domain-name-system-forum-be-held-durban-south-africa-12-13-july-2013

³ singapore49.icann.org/en/schedule/wed-dns-underserved

 

Sedo DotAsia Premium Auction Is Underway! 10 Domain Names Already Have Bids

Sedo is hosting these days a special DotAsia Premium auction. The auction brings 47 premium .asia domain names to market, at different price ranges.

 

The auction will end on May 20,2014.

Ten domain names alreday have bids,including :

00.asia    Current Bid  $99

88.asia    Current Bid  $99

Ci.asia    Current Bid  $99

XI.asia    Current Bid  $99

XM.asia    Current Bid  $99

Here is the complete inventory :

00.asia

88.asia

ci.asia

55.asia

11.asia

xi.asia

xm.asia

33.asia

77.asia

uk.asia

20.asia

2a.asia

2x.asia

3t.asia

8p.asia

g7.asia

i7.asia

l5.asia

t6.asia

yu.asia

48.asia

68.asia

a0.asia

qm.asia

08.asia

0u.asia

1x.asia

21.asia

3p.asia

5e.asia

7n.asia

92.asia

b5.asia

rv.asia

y9.asia

zn.asia

19.asia

c2.asia

dy.asia

k0.asia

ls.asia

nl.asia

oh.asia

q4.asia

r6.asia

un.asia

zc.asia

Check out Sedo.com here to place your bids .