General Availability for .Coffee, .Florist, .House , .International and .Solar Starts Today

Donuts entered EAP general availability today for five other new gTLDs : .Coffee, .Florist, .House , .International and .Solar.

EAP (Early Acces Registrations) are available in the first seven days of a gTLD’s general availability.EAP starts today at 16:00 UTC and ends in a week at 16:00 UTC.

Donuts will open gTLDs almost each week for most of the year.

Organizations, individuals and businesses that are interested in registering a new gTLD can register a domain name on a first-come ,first served non-restricted basis.

BlackList.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $85,000

BlackList.com,sold for $85,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the last week,ending March 30,2014.

Afternic had a great week in the sales chart,taking 7 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,Sedo took 6 of the top 20 positions .

.COM dominated once again the list,with 12 of the top 20 positions.

Here are the top 17 positions for the two weeks ending March 30,2014 :

1.     Blacklist.com     $85,000
2.     Like.it     $75,900
3.     Arwin.com     $60,000
4.     iAcademy.com     $55,000
5.     MakeSpace.com     $33,000
6.     Valuations.com     $30,000
7.     KonutKredisi.com     $27,900
8.     HomeLane.com     $24,000
9.     Green.it     $22,701
10.     SPTV.com     $22,000
11.     HC2.com     $20,000
12.     Sanctum.com     $18,500
13.tie     HempPlant..com     $18,000
13.tie     KNOD.com     $18,000
15.     24Pay.com     $16,500
16.     TradeBase.com     $14,560
17.     FitnessGuru.de     $13,800
18.     Weltmeisterschaft.com     $13,799
19.tie     OoodleDo.com     $13,000
19.tie     PartnerCloud.com     $13,000

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

March 2014 Highest Reported Domain Name Sales

37.com was March 2014 highest selling domain name. The domain name changed hands for $1,960,800.

Here are the biggest domain name sales of March 2014:

1. 37.com     $1,960,800
2. Accommodation.com     $286,000
3. QY.com     $100,000
3. DDOS.com     $100,000
5. Blacklist.com     $85,000
6. Like.it     $75,900
7. Jamrock.com     $68,750
8. Arwin.com     $60,000
9. 1905.com     $57,000
10. iAcademy.com     $55,000
11. Trace.com     $50,000
11. CancerDiet.com     $50,000
13. iMeeting.com     $47,750
14. NM.org     $35,000
15. Juwan.com     $32,500
16. Umbrella.co.uk $29,050
17. Homify.fr     $27,800
18. FreeSpins.de     $27,600
19. Catterton.com     $25,000
19. Ntent.com     $25,000
19. AmericanGreen.com     $25,000

Domain Name Association Elects 5 New Board Members

[news release] With the election of five new Directors, the Domain Name Association (DNA), has transitioned from the interim board established in 2013 to one representing the full membership of the Internet domain industry’s only global trade association. The 12-person board is charged with providing leadership and advancing the association’s mission to educate the public about the expansion of domain names.

The newly elected Directors are:

Philipp Grabensee, Chairman of the Board, Afilias Limited
Bob Wiegand, Senior Vice President, Web.com
Jeff Neuman, VP, Registry Services, Neustar, Inc.
Stacey King, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon
Vladimir Shadrunov, Director of TLD Projects, Asiamix Digital Ltd.

The full Board roster can be seen on the DNA website.

“The new members make our board stronger and will allow the DNA to address our industry’s challenges and move forward energetically on our educational initiatives,” said Adrian Kinderis, chair of the board. “Because our board members represent a range of important geographies and industry sectors, we are well positioned to act on international concerns and deliver truly global solutions.”

The DNA was established in October 2013 by companies representing the broad Internet industry. Membership is open to organizations involved in all aspects of managing domain names, including top-level domain name registry operators, registrars, resellers, and registry service providers.

Organizations in the domain name industry are joining the DNA to collaborate with peers, share best practice and ensure mutual success through this period of major growth of the Internet. DNA members will be critical players in the next phase of the Internet, with the opportunity to contribute to important industry policy decisions. DNA membership is organized as a multi-tiered structure to accommodate various levels of interest and desire for participation in the work of the DNA. More information is available on the website.

About the DNA
The Domain Name Association (the DNA) is a non-profit business association that represents the interests of the domain name industry. It is independent and global in scope, and its membership is open to organizations involved in the provision, support, and sale of domain names, such as domain name registries, registrars, resellers, and registry service providers.

Founding members include ARI Registry Services, Donuts, GoDaddy, Google, Rightside and What Box?

The DNA’s mission is to promote the best interests of the domain name industry by advocating the use, adoption, and expansion of domain names as the primary tool for users to navigate the Internet. More information is available at www.thedna.org.

This DNA news release was sourced from:
www.thedna.org/pr_20140402.html

Afnic To Attend WorldHostingDays 2014 in Germany

Afnic, the company behind .FR domain extension, announced that it will attend the WorldHostingDays trade fair in Germany . The event will be held from April 1 to 3, 2014.

You can read the announcement after the jump:

“A major international event, the WorldHostingDays trade fair in Germany plays host to ICT professionals from around the world from April 1 to 3, 2014.

For 3 days under the festival tent of Europa-Park in Rust, Germany, the 10th edition of WorldHostingDays plays host to the hosting industry. As a key player in the French namespace, Afnic will be present and pay host on its stand to customers, partners and visitors to promote both the .fr TLD, and the ccTLDs of the overseas territories, but also the projects for the new gTLDs and GeoTLDs which we are associated.

During the event, Cédric Michel-Flandrin, Key Account Manager at Afnic will host an information session on geo-TLDs.

Last year, the WorldHostingDays attracted more than 120 exhibitors, and 4,800 visitors.

For more information about WorldHostingDays check out this site here.