ICANN Publishes Quarterly Financial Report (Q2) for Fiscal Year 2014

ICANN achieves another milestone in its financial accountability and transparency, with the publication of its quarterly (Q2) financial statements report.

 

Financial Position
The funds under management decreased by $28.2M during the quarter as a result of the following:
– A decrease of the New gTLD funds by $51.4M due to:
(i) the net reimbursement to ICANN Operations of the accumulated direct/allocated costs for $3.0M,
(ii) the reimbursement to ICANN Operations of the historical development costs for $19.2M,
(iii) net refunds to applicants for $5.3M,
(iv) payments to vendors/employees for $25.5M,
(v) partially offset by appreciation of the new gTLD investments for $1.7M.
– An increase of the ICANN Operations funds by $23.2M due to:
(i) the net reimbursement from the New gTLD funds of the direct/allocated costs for $3.0M,
(ii) the reimbursement from the New gTLD program of the historical development costs for $19.2M,
(iii) all other net operating variances for $1.0M.
The decrease of the deferred revenues balance of $48.1M corresponds to:
(i) the amount of revenues recognized for the New gTLD program ($45.5M),
(ii) the refunds to New gTLD applicants ($3.7M)
(iii) other (-$1.1M)

Support and Revenue
Revenues for ICANN Ops were $1.8M favorable to budget primarily due to the timing of the non-contracted contribution from the
ccTLDs for fiscal year 2013. Revenues for New gTLD program were $22.3M unfavorable to budget primarily due to lower costs incurred
in the first six months of FY14, resulting in lower revenues recognized for the period
Operating Expenses
Personnel costs for ICANN Ops were $0.3M favorable to budget primarily due to delayed hires offset by unbudgeted positions.
Personnel costs for the New gTLD program were $1.5M favorable to budget primarily due to delayed hires.
Travel and Meetings costs for ICANN Ops and the New gTLD Program were relatively flat to budget.
Professional Services costs for ICANN Ops were $2.4M favorable to budget primarily due to delayed security projects, IDN Variant
projects, and signing of EBERO contracts. Professional Services costs for the New gTLD Program were $12.9M favorable to budget
due to lower costs incurred for Initial and Extended Evaluation and delayed Pre-delegation testing and contracting.
Administrative costs for ICANN Ops were $0.6M favorable to budget primarily due to timing of sponsorships and IT costs.
Administrative costs for the New gTLD Program were $0.2M favorable to budget due to a lower allocation of ICANN ops shared services
costs to the program.
Bad debt expenses were $0.2M unfavorable to budge

Check out ICANN here to see the financial results.

NameJet Reports Over $340,000 in Domain Name Sale sin January, Led by eCoupon.com at $23,388

NametJet.com reported over $340,000 in domain name sales in Janaury 2014. eCoupon.com was the highest selling domain name ar $23,388.

 

Here are all the domain name sales of $2,000 or more :

ecoupon.com     $23,388.00
animalrescue.com     $20,400.00
ehb.com     $15,800.00
1186.com     $14,345.00
minjian.com     $11,803.00
mensgifts.com     $10,000.00
compositedecking.com     $9,889.00
buyherepayhere.com     $8,600.00
propertyguide.com     $8,002.00
procrastination.com     $7,877.00
ewk.com     $7,700.00
homoeopathy.com     $7,100.00
3213.com     $7,003.00
soccerequipment.com     $6,900.00
mercantilebank.com     $6,857.00
financing.net     $6,655.00
thrombosis.com     $6,333.00
2369.com     $6,295.00
girlstore.com     $6,000.00
skinart.com     $5,433.00
travelking.com     $5,100.00
bodysculpting.com     $5,000.00
hotcity.com     $5,000.00
invoice.net     $4,600.00
transcriptionservices.com     $4,544.00
kawana.com     $4,450.00
easysw.com     $4,400.00
buysoftware.com     $4,252.00
elitemarketing.com     $4,210.00
noreaster.com     $4,200.00
bajan.com     $4,055.00
skistore.com     $3,569.00
visitvenice.com     $3,534.00
h-q.com     $3,336.00
adopciones.com     $3,300.00
snatchit.com     $3,269.00
amfi.com     $3,166.00
moonshadow.com     $3,157.00
3dprintservice.com     $3,100.00
stickfigure.com     $3,023.00
socialforum.com     $3,020.00
photobay.com     $3,009.00
laundry.net     $2,999.00
bigpeople.com     $2,770.00
appix.com     $2,703.00
e98.com     $2,702.00
caishun.com     $2,700.00
buylobster.com     $2,689.00
biciclette.com     $2,645.00
birthdayflowers.com     $2,616.00
southamericatravel.com     $2,500.00
agenciadigital.com     $2,500.00
rtnda.org     $2,500.00
occupy.mobi     $2,499.00
cameradeals.com     $2,455.00
tennisequipment.com     $2,400.00
cemax.com     $2,380.00
missouricity.com     $2,358.00
ktech.com     $2,350.00
dramaturgy.com     $2,347.00
underhill.com     $2,325.00
cplay.com     $2,300.00
adaptiveblue.com     $2,250.00
freshcutflowers.com     $2,100.00
madisoncounty.org     $2,100.00
runqi.com     $2,013.00
ipsg.com     $2,001.00

37.COM Sells for Nearly $2 Million

37Wan announced recently that it has acquired 37.com for a whopping CNY 12 million, which means $1,960,800.

 

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1998.

37Wan co-founders , Mr Zeng Kaitian and Mr. Li Yifei said that it is very important to upgrade their company’s domain from 37Wan.com to 37.com. 37.com is easier to remember and the company wants to expand into global markets.

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

Four More New gTLDs Were Delegated : .Vote, .Voto, .BID and .Okinawa

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that four more  new gTLDs were delegated, bringing the total number to 169.

 

The four new gTLDs are  :

.Vote
.Voto
.Bid
.Okinawa

Here are all the 169 new gTLDs delegated so far :

2 March 2014     .OKINAWA     BusinessRalliart Inc.
2 March 2014     .VOTE     Monolith Registry LLC
2 March 2014     .VOTO     Monolith Registry LLC
2 March 2014     .BID     dot Bid Limited
5 March 2014     .OPR     Public Interest Registry
5 March 2014     .KOELN     NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation mbH
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     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      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
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)      China Organizational Name Administration Center
17 December 2013     政务 (xn--zfr164b)     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)     International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
23 October 2013     онлайн (xn--80asehdb)      CORE Association
23 October 2013     сайт (xn--80aswg)      CORE Association
23 October 2013     游戏(xn--unup4y) –     Spring Fields, LLC

ICANN: Updates to Auction Rules and Bidder Agreements

Today, ICANN is announcing the publication of the Public Comment Summary and Analysis Report [PDF, 176 KB] for New gTLD Auctions along with the latest versions of both the Auction Rules and the Bidder Agreement.