24 Other New gTLDs Were Delegated, Including .Media, .College and .Gop

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that 24 other new TLDs were delegated, bringing the total number to 225.

 

Some of the most important new gTLDs delegated are:

.College

.Media

.Gop

.University

.Toys

.Lease

.Yokohama

Here are the 225 new gTLDs that have been delegated so far:

16 April 2014QUEBECPointQuébec Inc

11 April 2014PICTURESFoggy Sky, LLC

11 April 2014UNIVERSITYLittle Station, LLC

11 April 2014GALAsociación puntoGAL

11 April 2014ASSOCIATESBaxter Hill, LLC

11 April 2014REISENNew Cypress, LLC

11 April 2014MEDIAGrand Glen, LLC

11 April 2014CAREERdotCareer LLC

11 April 2014TOWNKoko Moon, LLC

11 April 2014TOYSPioneer Orchard, LLC

11 April 2014LEASEVictor Trail, LLC

11 April 2014SERVICESFox Castle, LLC

11 April 2014ENGINEERINGRomeo Canyon

11 April 2014GRIPECom Sunset, LLC

11 April 2014EUSPuntueus Fundazioa

11 April 2014CAPITALDelta Mill, LLC

10 April 2014DESIDesi Networks, LLC

10 April 2014FEEDBACKTop Level Spectrum, Inc.

10 April 2014COLLEGEXYZ.COM, LLC

10 April 2014ROCKSUnited TLD Holdco, Ltd.

10 April 2014网址 (xn--ses554g) – Chinese for “network address”Hu Yi Global Information Resources (Holding) Company Hong Kong Limited

4 April 2014GOPRepublican State Leadership Committee, Inc.

3 April 2014RYUKYUBusinessRalliart Inc.

3 April 2014YOKOHAMAGMO Registry, Inc.

2 April 2014     REST     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable

2 April 2014     SAARLAND     dotSaarland GmbH

31 March 2014     CONSULTING     Pixie Station, LLC

31 March 2014     VODKA     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     HAUS     Pixie Edge, LLC

31 March 2014     COOKING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     MOE     Interlink Co., Ltd.

31 March 2014     RODEO     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     COUNTRY     Uniregistry, Corp.

31 March 2014     商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall”     Zodiac Capricorn Limited

31 March 2014     HORSE     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     FISHING     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     VEGAS     Dot Vegas, Inc.

31 March 2014     MIAMI     Top Level Domain Holdings Limited

31 March 2014     ARCHI     Starting Dot Limited

27 March 2014     BLACK     Afilias Limited

27 March 2014     REN     Beijing Qianxiang Wangjing Technology Development Co., Ltd.

27 March 2014     MEET     Afilias Limited

25 March 2014     SOHU     Sohu.com Limited

22 March 2014     LONDON     Dot London Domains Limited

20 March 2014     NYC     The City of New York by and through the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications

19 March 2014     COLOGNE     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH

19 March 2014     AXA     AXA SA

19 March 2014     WEBCAM     dot Webcam Limited

19 March 2014     TRADE     Elite Registry Limited

15 March 2014     JETZT     New TLD Company

12 March 2014     世界 (xn--rhqv96g) – Chinese for “world/shijie”     Stable Tone Limited

11 March 2014     DNP     Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

11 March 2014     INK     Top Level Design, LLC

9 March 2014     机构 (xn--nqv7f) – Chinese for “agencies/institutions”     Public Interest Registry

9 March 2014     संगठन (xn--i1b6b1a6a2e) – Hindi for “organization/sangathana”     Public Interest Registry

9 March 2014     组织机构 (xn--nqv7fs00ema) – Chinese for “organization”     Public Interest Registry

5 March 2014     орг (xn--c1avg) – Russian for “organization/org”     Public Interest Registry

5 March 2014     KOELN     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH

2 March 2014     BID     dot Bid Limited

2 March 2014     OKINAWA     BusinessRalliart Inc.

2 March 2014     VOTE     Monolith Registry LLC

2 March 2014     VOTO     Monolith Registry LLC

27 February 2014     BAR     Punto 2012 Sociedad Anonima Promotora de Inversion de Capital Variable

27 February 2014     KRED     KredTLD Pty Ltd

27 February 2014     BEST     BestTLD Pty Ltd

26 February 2014     CHRISTMAS     Uniregistry, Corp.

26 February 2014     PUB     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.

26 February 2014     дети (xn--d1acj3b) – Russian for “kids/deti”     The Foundation for Network Initiatives “The Smart Internet”

26 February 2014     ACTOR     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.

25 February 2014     SUPPLIES     Atomic Fields, LLC

21 February 2014     FISH     Fox Woods, LLC

21 February 2014     삼성 (xn―cg4bki) – Korean for “Samsung/Samseong”     Samsung SDS Co., LTD

21 February 2014     VACATIONS     Atomic Tigers, LLC

21 February 2014     INDUSTRIES     Outer House, LLC

21 February 2014     SUPPLY     Half Falls, LLC

19 February 2014     XYZ     XYZ.COM, LLC

19 February 2014     WIKI     Top Level Design, LLC

19 February 2014     NEUSTAR     NeuStar, Inc,

18 February 2014     بازار (xn--mgbab2bd) – Arabic for “bazaar/bazar”     CORE Association

16 February 2014     MANGO     Punto FA S.L.

12 February 2014     QPON     dotCOOL, Inc.

11 February 2014     CARDS     Foggy Hollow, LLC

11 February 2014     FOUNDATION     John Dale, LLC

11 February 2014     REVIEWS     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.

11 February 2014     FUTBOL     United TLD Holdco, Ltd.

11 February 2014     VISION     Koko Station, LLC

11 February 2014     CONDOS     Pine House, LLC

11 February 2014     VILLAS     Koko Station, LLC

11 February 2014     PARTS     Sea Goodbye, LLC

11 February 2014     PRODUCTIONS     Magic Birch, LLC

11 February 2014     MAISON     Victor Frostbite, LLC

5 February 2014     移动 (xn--6frz82g) – Chinese for “mobile”     Afilias Limited

5 February 2014     BLUE     Afilias Limited

4 February 2014     FLIGHTS     Fox Station, LLC

4 February 2014     CLEANING     Fox Shadow, LLC

4 February 2014     REPORT     Binky Glen, LLC

4 February 2014     EVENTS     Pioneer Maple, LLC

4 February 2014     CRUISES     Spring Way, LLC

4 February 2014     RENTALS     Big Hollow, LLC

4 February 2014     PARTNERS     Magic Glen, LLC

4 February 2014     PROPERTIES     Big Pass, LLC

4 February 2014     CATERING     New Falls, LLC

4 February 2014     EXPOSED     Victor Beach, LLC

29 January 2014     VOTING     Valuetainment, Corp.

29 January 2014     TOKYO     GMO Registry, Inc.

29 January 2014     NAGOYA     GMO Registry, Inc.

27 January 2014     DATING     Pine Fest, LLC

27 January 2014     COMMUNITY     Fox Orchard, LLC

23 January 2014     BOUTIQUE     Over Galley, LLC

23 January 2014     BARGAINS     Half Hallow, LLC

23 January 2014     TIENDA     Victor Manor, LLC

23 January 2014     WORKS     Little Dynamite, LLC

23 January 2014     WED     Atgron, Inc.

23 January 2014     EXPERT     Magic Pass, LLC

23 January 2014     WATCH     Sand Shadow, LLC

23 January 2014     KIM     Afilias Limited

23 January 2014     COOL     Koko Lake, LLC

23 January 2014     TOOLS     Pioneer North, LLC

18 January 2014     CLUB     .Club Domains, LLC

18 January 2014     BUILD     Plan Bee, LLC

18 January 2014     PICS     Uniregistry, Corp.

18 January 2014     PINK     Afilias Limited

18 January 2014     LUXURY     Luxury Partners, LLC

18 January 2014     PHOTO     Uniregistry, Corp.

18 January 2014     GIFT     Uniregistry, Corp.

18 January 2014     网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese for “network”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)

18 January 2014     公司 (xn--55qx5d) – Chinese for “company”     Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Information Center)

18 January 2014     MONASH     Monash University

18 January 2014     RICH     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland

18 January 2014     RED     Afilias Limited

18 January 2014     SHIKSHA     Afilias Limited

18 January 2014     中信 (xn--fiq64b) – Chinese for “CITIC”     CITIC Group Corporation

18 January 2014     LINK     Uniregistry, Corp.

18 January 2014     GUITARS     Uniregistry, Corp.

14 January 2014     ZONE     Outer Falls, LLC

14 January 2014     CHEAP     Sand Cover, LLC

14 January 2014     MARKETING     Fern pass, LLC

14 January 2014     DEMOCRAT     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

14 January 2014     SOCIAL     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

14 January 2014     AGENCY     Steel Falls, LLC

14 January 2014     MODA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

14 January 2014     DANCE     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

8 January 2014     BERLIN     dotBERLIN GmbH & Co. KG

3 January 2014     集团 (xn--3bst00m) – Chinese for “group”     Eagle Horizon Limited

3 January 2014     我爱你 (xn--6qq986b3xl) – Chinese for “I love you”     Tycoon Treasure Limited

3 January 2014     中文网 (xn--fiq228c5hs) – Chinese for “Chinese network”     TLD Registry Limited

3 January 2014     WANG     Zodiac Leo Limited

3 January 2014     KIWI     Dot Kiwi Limited

3 January 2014     WIEN     punkt.wien GmbH

2 January 2014     EMAIL     Spring Madison, LLC

2 January 2014     IMMOBILIEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

2 January 2014     在线 (xn--3ds443g) – Chinese for “online”     TLD Registry Limited

28 December 2013     INSTITUTE     Outer Maple, LLC

28 December 2013     CEO     CEOTLD Pty Ltd

28 December 2013     SOLAR     Ruby Town, LLC

28 December 2013     FARM     Just Maple, LLC

28 December 2013     EDUCATION     Brice Way, LLC

28 December 2013     GLASS     Black Cover, LLC

28 December 2013     ONL     I-REGISTRY Ltd. Niederlassung Deutschland

28 December 2013     INTERNATIONAL     Wild Way, LLC

28 December 2013     CODES     Puff Willow, LLC

28 December 2013     TRAINING     Wild Willow, LLC

28 December 2013     HOUSE     Sugar Park, LLC

28 December 2013     KAUFEN     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

28 December 2013     NINJA     United TLD Holdco Ltd.

28 December 2013     REPAIR     Lone Sunset, LLC

28 December 2013     BUILDERS     Atomic Madison, LLC

28 December 2013     COFFEE     Trixy Cover, LLC

28 December 2013     FLORIST     Half Cypress, LLC

28 December 2013     HOLIDAY     Goose Woods, LLC

28 December 2013     SOLUTIONS     Silver Cover, LLC

18 December 2013     BUZZ     dotStrategy Co.

18 December 2013     SUPPORT     Grand Orchard, LLC

17 December 2013     RECIPES     Grand Island, LLC

17 December 2013     COMPUTER     Pine Mill, LLC

17 December 2013     ACADEMY     Half Oaks, LLC

17 December 2013     CAREERS     Wild Corner, LLC

17 December 2013     CAB     Half Sunset, LLC

17 December 2013     公益 (xn--55qw42g) – Chinese for “charity”     China Organizational Name Administration Center

17 December 2013     政务 (xn--zfr164b) – Chinese for “government”     China Organizational Name Administration Center

17 December 2013     SYSTEMS     Dash Cypress, LLC

17 December 2013     DOMAINS     Sugar Cross, LLC

17 December 2013     VIAJES     Black Madison, LLC

17 December 2013     COMPANY     Silver Avenue, LLC

17 December 2013     CAMP     Delta Dynamite, LLC

17 December 2013     LIMO     Hidden Frostbite, LLC

17 December 2013     MANAGEMENT     John Goodbye, LLC

17 December 2013     PHOTOS     Sea Corner, LLC

17 December 2013     SHOES     Binky Galley, LLC

17 December 2013     CENTER     Tin Mill, LLC

10 December 2013     RUHR     Regiodot GmbH & Co. KG

30 November 2013     MENU     Wedding TLD2, LLC

30 November 2013     UNO     Dot Latin, LLC

23 November 2013     みんな (xn--q9jyb4c) – Japanese for “everyone”     Charleston Road Registry, Inc.

19 November 2013     diamonds     John Edge, LLC

19 November 2013     tips     Corn Willow, LLC

19 November 2013     photography     Sugar Glen, LLC

19 November 2013     directory     Extra Madison, LLC

19 November 2013     enterprises     Snow Oaks, LLC

19 November 2013     kitchen     Just Goodbye, LLC

19 November 2013     today     Pearl Woods, LLC

14 November 2013     plumbing     Spring Tigers, LLC

14 November 2013     graphics     Over Madison, LLC

14 November 2013     contractors     Magic Woods, LLC

14 November 2013     gallery     Sugar House, LLC

14 November 2013     sexy     Uniregistry, Corp.

14 November 2013     construction     Fox Dynamite, LLC

14 November 2013     tattoo     Uniregistry, Corp.

14 November 2013     technology     Auburn Falls

14 November 2013     estate     Trixy Park, LLC

14 November 2013     land     Pine Moon, LLC

14 November 2013     bike     Grand Hollow, LLC

06 November 2013     VENTURES     Binky Lake, LLC

06 November 2013     CAMERA     Atomic Maple, LLC.

06 November 2013     CLOTHING     Steel Lake, LLC

06 November 2013     LIGHTING     John McCook, LLC

06 November 2013     SINGLES     Fern Madison, LLC

06 November 2013     VOYAGE     Ruby House, LLC

06 November 2013     GURU     Pioneer Cypress, LLC

06 November 2013     HOLDINGS     John Madison, LLC

06 November 2013     EQUIPMENT     Corn Station, LLC

23 October 2013     شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for “web/network”     International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.

23 October 2013     онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “online”     CORE Association

23 October 2013     сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “site”     CORE Association

23 October 2013     游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for “game(s)”     Spring Fields, LLC

 

 

Buying.com Hits $50,000 in Sedo’s GreatDomains Auction

The auction for Buying.com is now live on Sedo. The domain name received six bids and the highest bid is $50,000.

 

In order to participate in this auction at the current reserve range ( $50,000 – $99,999) , you must complete Sedo’s Premium certification.The auction will close in two days, on April 24,2014.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1996.

Aus.com also managed to attract a lot of interest and received seven bids. The highest bid is $20,000.Autos.de received a 30,000 EUR, while the highest bid for Doh.com is $12,000.

Other interesting domain names included in the auction are:

Effect.com

Smug.com

People.net

GoldShop.com

Account.net

Pleasure.com

Book-Shop.com

PRSolutions.com

Advertisement.net

BookRack.com

Club.org

Check out the entire inventory and place your bids here.

 

Election.com Domain Sells for $65,100 at NameJet

The domain name Election.com was sold for $65,100 at NameJet. There are 323 bidders and 448 bids in this auction.

 

The winner has a NameJet Nickname of abcjk.According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1995. A few years ago, Election.com was redirected to Accenture.com.

The domain name is currently registered to New Ventures Services Corp.

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

 

Nomination Period Opens for ICANN Multistakeholder Ethos Award

ICANN is pleased to announce the opening of the nomination period for ICANN ‘s new Multistakeholder Ethos Award Program. This award program seeks to recognize long-standing community members who have served in leadership roles in multiple ICANN working groups or committees and demonstrated collaboration with different supporting organizations and/or advisory committees.

 

The Multistakeholder Ethos Award will recognize ICANN participants who have deeply invested in consensus-based solutions, recognized the importance of ICANN ‘s multistakeholder model of Internet governance, and contributed in a substantive way to the higher interests of ICANN ‘s organization and its community.

The nomination period for community nominees opens today, 21 April 2014 and closes on 17 May 2014.

Community members interested in submitting a nomination are invited to send an email to
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including:

  • Name of nominee.
  • Community of nominee.
  • Reasons for nomination.

Please note that the reasons outlining the candidate’s merit for the nomination may be as brief or as long as required.

Candidates for this inaugural step of the program development will demonstrate at least five years of participation in the ICANN Community. Both individuals and organizations are eligible for the award.

A panel of community members is being gathered to help review all community nominations and determine the best candidates for the first awards. The decisions of the panel will be made based on the following criteria:

  1. Demonstrated multistakeholder volunteer service via working groups or committees.
  2. Demonstrated spirit of collaboration through engagement with other community members with the aim of consensus building.
  3. Demonstrated facilitator of dialogue and open discussion in a fair, cordial and collegial manner.
  4. Demonstrated additional devotional factors exhibited by time spent supporting ICANN ‘s multistakeholder model and its overall effectiveness.

Please submit your nominations via email to
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.

Award recipient(s) will be announced this June at the ICANN Public Meeting in London.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-21apr14-en.htm

Rook Media Acquires Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor Monetisation Business

[news release] Oversee.net, an innovative technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of websites and mobile apps in travel, retail and consumer finance, today (21/4) announced that Rook Media, Europe’s largest domain monetisation platform, has acquired its Domainsponsor monetisation business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2002, Domainsponsor® is a pioneer in the direct navigation industry and has maintained its leadership position in domain monetisation across desktops and tablets as well as smart, feature, and WAP mobile phones. Over 230 million unique users per month visit Domainsponsor’s direct navigation ad network.  Rook Media was founded by five domain professionals who all have over a decade of experience running industry-defining domain monetisation platforms. That know-how has allowed Rook Media to significantly raise payment standards and realise substantial growth in the domain space, operating a platform that served over 12 million domain names in 2013.

“Rook Media is the perfect company to buy Oversee’s domain monetisation business,” said Oversee CEO Debra Domeyer. “They value its industry leadership, technology, clients, and talented team. Coupled with Rook’s leadership in Europe, the combined entity has an unsurpassed breadth of product offering and monetisation solutions.”

“The combination of Rook Media and DomainSponsor is a game changer for our industry,” noted CEO Ash Rahimi. “These two companies complement each other’s strengths and will provide our customers with the best US and international domain monetisation solution.  With unmatched relationships with the biggest advertising providers in the industry and our combined in-house technology solutions, there has literally never been a better way to monetise domains.”

With the completion of this transaction, Oversee can now focus on more aggressively developing its growth businesses. The company has been continually enhancing its online portfolio of web properties and mobile applications with strong brands that engage user’s passions.

About Oversee.net
Oversee.net is an innovative technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of websites designed to help consumers discover, compare, and save. Over 25 million unique users per month visit Oversee’s travel, consumer finance and comparison shopping web and mobile properties, which include WanderWe.com, AirportParking.com, LowFares.com, CreditCards.org, ShopWiki.com, and Compare.com. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Oversee also has an office in New York City. For more information, please visit www.oversee.net.

About Rook Media
Rook Media is a web-based technology company that monetises internet domain names by providing highly relevant ads to online consumers. The company has established itself as the trusted leader in the direct navigation industry. Rook Media is based in Zurich, Switzerland. For more information, please visit www.rookmedia.net