Sedo To Hold Premium .PM Auction
Sedo will be hosting these days a premium .PM auction.The auction will take place April 8-15,2014 and will include 91 premium .PM domain names, including Cash.pm , Hot.pm and Love.pm.
The highest bidder will be given first priority to acquire the domain name.
Here are some interesting domain names included in the auction :
Jeux.pm
Money.pm
Pay.pm
Private.pm
11.pm
AAA.pm
Apps.pm
Attorney.pm
Auction.pm
Bet.pm
Books.pm
Blog.pm
Cam.pm
You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here .
21 Other new gTLDs Delegated, Including .NYC, .London, .Vegas and .Miami
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just announced that 21 other new gTLDs were delegated, bringing the total number to 201.
The 21 new gTLDs are :
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
Here are all the 201 new gTLDs that have been delegated so far :
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
Nominet formalises approach to tackling criminal activity on .uk domains
Amendments to the terms and conditions governing registrations of popular .uk domain names such as .co.uk and .org.uk will take effect next month, to formalise procedures for suspending domain names used to carry out online crime.
The changes which come into effect on 4 May, support a new policy for Nominet, the .uk registry, that builds on established practice.
The revised terms and conditions published by Nominet expressly prohibit any .uk domains being used to carry out criminal activity. It means that Nominet can quickly suspend a domain name when alerted to its use for criminal activity by the police or other law enforcement agencies, such as National Crime Agency, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) or the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
At the same time, restrictions will be implemented that prohibit the registration of domains that promote or incite serious sexual offences, following the recommendations of Lord Macdonald QC.
Lesley Cowley OBE, CEO of Nominet says: “As the .uk registry, we are determined to play our part in a wider community which needs to work together to protect internet users from criminality online. Trust in the UK namespace is vital, so we are doing everything a trustworthy registry should.
“It’s established practice at Nominet to cooperate with law enforcement agencies – we believe that the UK namespace has an enviable record of trust and safety. However we’re taking the opportunity following Lord Macdonald’s review to make it clear that criminal use of a domain name is an explicit breach of our terms of registration, and to make it clear how we will respond.”
Nominet will not police the .uk namespace, or judge whether the content associated with a domain name is criminal. However, at the point of registration, it will make its own assessment regarding registration of domains names it believes could encourage serious sexual offences.
How it will work in practice – criminal domains
Under the new terms and conditions, law enforcement agencies will be able to provide Nominet with notification that specified domains are being used for criminal activity. Nominet will check each domain before taking action, ensuring that no administrative errors have caused those domains to be incorrectly flagged, e.g. that the domain name is currently in use, and that the domain name has not been transferred or cancelled between the origination of the request and the point of suspension.
Following this, Nominet will notify and work with its registrars in the usual way to suspend the domain names in question.
Any complaints regarding grounds for suspension will be referred back to the law enforcement agencies, while Nominet will check that all appropriate operational procedures have been followed correctly. The suspension could be lifted if the LEAs then inform Nominet that the domain is no longer being used to carry out criminality, if the suspension was incorrectly applied, or if no response is received from the referring agency within 10 working days.
Nominet will report after six months, and quarterly thereafter, on the nature and volume of requests received by each law enforcement agency, and the outcome of any complaints.
Nominet wishes to thank all of those who contributed to policy discussions on these topics over recent years, from policy consultations to the Lord Macdonald review, all of which has helped inform Nominet’s decision-making.
How it will work in practice – domain names that signal serious sexual offences
Nominet will no longer allow a domain name to be registered if it meets two criteria: firstly, if it appears, on the face of it, to indicate, comprise or promote a serious sexual offence and secondly, where there is no reasonable or legitimate use for that domain. Domain names failing this test will be suspended and the registrant and registrar informed.
Registrations can be made in the usual way. New domain registrations will automatically be run through a process which checks domains against the scope of Lord Macdonald’s recommendations. Each domain flagged by the automated process will be checked by a senior manager to ensure no false positives go through. Nominet will then notify the registrant and registrar if we consider a registration to be in breach. Registrants have 30 days in which to appeal this assessment, and any unresolved disagreements will be referred to an independent external body for review.
If it receives a complaint about an existing registration, Nominet will apply the same test, and in addition would refer a complaint regarding content to law enforcement.
Nominet will report after six months, and quarterly thereafter, on the number of domains suspended as a result of this change to policy.
Cowley concludes: “We applied this criteria to existing domain names and found only eight that were problematic. So we expect fewer than one in a million registrations will be affected by this second change. As with all our policies, we will continue to review the impact and adapt them as necessary.”
This announcement was sourced from :
10×10: Ten gTLDs Ten Registrars Pass 10,000
Ten new gTLDs and ten registrars have now passed the 10,000 registrations mark. The gTLD with the most registrations continues to be .guru with 47,944 as of 4 April, while .berlin is closing the gap with 44,386 according to nTLDstats.com.
In the period 22 March to 4 April there were 2,186 .guru registrations, while from 22 March to 3 April there were 4,226 .berlin registrations.
However total numbers vary from the nTLDstats.com home page to the page for individual gTLDs. But it is clear that .berlin is closing the gap on .guru.
For registrars, GoDaddy continues to dominate with 130,344 registrations and three in ten (30.01%) registrations.
Meanwhile, the top ten gTLDs are with registrations and market share are:
1. .guru 47,944 11.04%
2. .berlin 44,386 10.22%
3. .photography 31,138 7.17%
4. .tips 18,379 4.23%
5. .today 18,340 4.22%
6. .email 18,328 4.22%
7. .company 13,141 3.03%
8. .technology 12,681 2.92%
9. .directory 11,582 2.67%
10. .center 10,424 2.40%.
And on the registrar side of things, the top ten gTLDs with registrations and market share are:
1. GoDaddy LLC 130,344 30.01%
2. 1&1 Internet AG 43,973 10.12%
3. Enom, Inc. 41,092 9.46%
4. united-domains AG 39,077 9.00%
5. Cronon AG 17,144 3.95%
6. Name.com, Inc. 14,685 3.38%
7. Tucows Domains Inc. 13,386 3.08%
8. Mesh Digital Limited 13,221 3.04%
9. PSI-USA, Inc. dba Domain Robot 13,217 3.04%
10. Key-Systems, LLC 11,564 2.66%
Minds + Machines Issues New Top-Level Domains Update
Minds +Machines issued an update on the launch programme of its porfolio of new top-level domains (TLDs) and the expansion of its registrar sales channel activity.
You can read the press release after the jump:
“On 1 April 2014, the first five of Minds + Machines wholly owned gTLD’s, .FISHING, .VODKA, .RODEO, .COOKING and .HORSE, as well as .COUNTRY in which the Company has a joint venture interest, were delegated into the Internet’s root zone. 15 April has therefore been set by the Company as the official launch date for the Group’s first batch of top-level domains.
On that date, the Minds + Machines registry will begin formally accepting applications from trademark holders via accredited registrars for available second-level domain names in .FISHING, .VODKA, .RODEO, .COOKING, .COUNTRY and .HORSE during what is known as the Sunrise period. Sixty days later, the application window will close and Minds + Machines will register the names to successful trademark holders. In the case of duplicate applications received from trademark holders for a name during the Sunrise, applicants will be invited to an auction to determine the winner.
A concurrent sixty-day period, called the Landrush, will also open on 15 April where the public and non-trademark holders can apply for names in the six domains through accredited registrars. The Landrush will operate in a similar fashion to the Sunrise in regard to duplicate applications. However, trademarked names registered as part of the Sunrise will have priority over Landrush applications for the same name.
Antony Van Couvering, CEO of the Group, said:
This is a key moment in the Company’s development. The first of our wholly-owned top-level domains is now live in the root zone of the Internet and we will shortly be able to begin taking orders and processing applications. We look forward to a successful rolling programme of top-level domain launches throughout 2014.
On April 29, the new top-level domain of its client, Dot London, will launch.
Sales Channel Update
TLDH is pleased also to report that the Group has continued to expand the number of registrars through which addresses in its wholly-owned domains can be retailed to the public. Registry-Registrar Agreements (“RRAs”), have now been signed with 41 ICANN-accredited registrars across Europe, Asia and US.
The Company likewise continues to develop the range of services available to the public through its wholly-own registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited, and anticipates providing a further update in the near future.”
