ICANN: Bulk Transfer of Domain Names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from Pacnames Ltd to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in the de-accreditation of Pacnames Ltd.
The affected gTLD registries have processed the bulk transfers. Former registrant-customers of Pacnames Ltd should receive notices from Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. advising of the transfer. Customer questions about the transfer should be directed to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. (for contact details see www.internic.net/registrars/registrar-1336.html or visit their website directly here: www.net-chinese.com.tw). Additional information about these bulk transfers is provided below.
FAQs
Q. Why were these transfers authorized by ICANN ?
A. The Registrar Accreditation Agreement ( RAA ) of Pacnames Ltd was voluntarily terminated, effective 29 November 2013.
As a result, Pacnames Ltd is no longer permitted to register or manage gTLD registrations. ICANN authorized bulk transfers pursuant to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy to ensure that the registrant-customers of this registrar would not be harmed by their registrar’s discontinued ability to manage the registrations.
Q. How was the gaining registrar selected?
A. ICANN followed its De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure (see www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/drt/dartp-11jul13-en.pdf [PDF, 129 KB]) to identify a gaining registrar for the gTLD names formerly managed by the de-accredited registrar. Through this process, Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. was identified.
Q. Will Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. attempt to contact the affected registrants? What should customers of this de-accredited registrar do now?
A. Former customers of Pacnames Ltd. should receive a notice of the transfer and instructions for continued management of their names from Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. Affected customers who do not receive notices from Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. should contact Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. by using the contact information provided at www.internic.net/registrars/registrar-1336.html.
Q. Do registrants have to pay a fee for the bulk transfer?
A. No, there is no cost to registrants for the bulk transfer. Unlike a normal inter-registrar transfer, the registration terms will not be extended by a year. Accordingly, it is important to contact Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. if your registration will expire soon in order to maintain your registration.
Q. What if affected registrants want to select a different registrar?
A. Registrants will continue to be able to transfer their registrations to other registrars under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (see www.icann.org/en/transfers/). Note that Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. may deny transfers for the first 60 days following the bulk transfer, at its discretion. This 60-day period is permissible under the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy and is intended to help protect registrants. The registrant may need to renew names that will expire during the first 60 days following the transfer to Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. by using the details provided above.
Q. How will Pacnames customers know if a message purportedly from Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. is legitimate?
A. The message from Net-Chinese Co., Ltd. should direct you to its website or refer you to other contact information provided above. For general advice about avoiding phishing email messages, you may also wish to refer to the materials prepared by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (see www.antiphishing.org/resources/overview/avoid-phishing-scams).
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-04dec13-en.htm
Tickets for Domaining Spain 2014 Conference Now Available
The Domaining Spain conference will run May 8-10,2014 in Valencia,Spain at the Hotel Sorolla Palace.This is the sixth conference in the popular series.
Right now,the registration pirce is €600 adn room rate is just €70 a night.
According to DNJournal, ccTLDs and new gTLDs will be front and center at the 2014 conferene .
Dietmar Stefitz, the show founder told DNJournal that these are the areas the will be covered:
“– What happened/s to the Domaining Industry ( Top Panel )
— Trusting New gTLDs
— Cooperation between ccTLDs and new gTLDs
— Marketing Ideas and Proposals ( how to use new GTLDs )
— Community GTLDs ( awareness, can there be a Business in this segment )
— Legal Panel
— Trademarks / Clearinghouse / News and Numbers
— Registrars and GTLDs
— .EU Past-Present-Future
— Parking and UDRPs
— How to negotiate selling or buying Domains
— Crowd funding in the Domaining Industry
ARI Registry Services Supports .MENU To Delegation
[news release] Move over .com, .net and .org – the restaurant and food industry is set for the biggest digital evolution in its history with the global launch of the .menu Top-Level Domain.
.menu offers a new, intuitive and targeted namespace which will allow restaurateurs and food service industry professionals to expand their web presence beyond .com to a more relevant corner of the Internet.
This week marks an important milestone in the launch of .menu as it officially transitioned from concept to technical reality when it was added live to the Internet.
ARI Registry Services, the appointed technology provider for .menu, facilitated the delegation of .menu to the Internet’s authoritative servers this week to enable it to technically operate on the web.
Adrian Kinderis, CEO at ARI Registry Services, congratulated .menu on the achievement.
“The launch of the .menu Top-Level Domain will be a game-changer for the online restaurant scene. It’s easy to imagine the creative capability of the namespace; just think italian.menu, gordonramsay.menu or subway.menu,” Mr Kinderis said.
“I predict the floodgates will now open as restaurants, chefs, food bloggers and anyone else involved in the service of food will rush to register their very own .menu domain name.”
A .menu domain name will provide restaurants and other food service businesses with a unique tool to attain broad global exposure. The word menu means the same thing in over 30 different languages and reflects the most important item of information consumers look for in the food and beverage industry.
Following this week’s milestone, the next steps in the launch process for .menu will include the following processes (Subject to change):
- Sunrise
- Open: Dec 07, 2013 (15:00 UTC)
- Close: Feb 05, 2014 (15:00 UTC)
- Landrush
- Open: Feb 10, 2014 (15:00 UTC)
- Close: Mar 12, 2014 (15:00 UTC)
- General Registration
- Open: Mar 17, 2014 (15:00 UTC)
Please contact your retailer of domain names for more information about where you can purchase a .menu domain name.
This ARI Registry news release was sourced from:
ariservices.com/news-ARI_Supports_menu_to_delegation.php
Afternic Reports $1,33 Million in Domain Name Sales, Led by Jafer.com at $15,000
Afternic/GoDaddy just sent in their weekly sales report. The domain name sales for the week summed to $1,335,793. The reported sales were led by Jafer.com, sold for $15,000.
Other notable domain name sales include:
.COM
touchmobile.com $10,000
newshq.com $9,600
gogoapps.com $7,750
webbies.com $7,588
spotplay.com $7,500
awomanspleasure.com $7,500
yearup.com $6,200
dollarshop.com $6,000
iheartpsychics.com $5,500
travelcoach.com $4,995
companyupdate.com $4,995
inknowledge.com $4,500
adining.com $4,188
tostoixima.com $4,054
morewifi.com $4,000
allisonanderson.com $4,000
hostingbiz.com $3,995
imii.com $3,988
pharmacon.com $3,904
mediafund.com $3,900
bmstore.com $3,888
magicscience.com $3,500
allreservations.com $3,500
hght.com $3,500
Non .COM Sales
kittycity.org $5,000
planetgolf.net $4,488
linka.net $3,888
sportswarehouse.net $3,488
youronlineshopping.co $2,995
rvdealers.net $2,900
iamcr.net $2,025
estevez.net $1,800
bestmortgagerates.net $1,800
lowereastside.org $1,700
newsinitiative.org $1,525
ctp.us $1,500
customsolutions.net $1,088
startsidan.org $1,055
modaitalia.net $1,025
odrl.net $1,025
Namejet.com Reports $375,000 in Domain Name Sales for November
Namejet.com releases its domain name sales report for November,2013,totaling $375,000 .OJR.org was the highest selling domain name in November,at $19,100.
Here are the reported domain name sales for November,2013:
ojr.org$19,100.00
hase.com$17,851.00
clio.com$17,200.00
contributor.com$11,199.00
sellout.com$10,199.00
fcloud.com$10,000.00
iqo.com$8,099.00
duq.com$7,977.00
bmq.com$7,500.00
aiyuan.com$6,988.00
cvcv.com$6,800.00
coppell.com$6,105.00
budapestsun.com$6,104.00
pami.com$5,999.00
pxc.com$5,600.00
basketballnews.com$5,399.00
bet6.com$5,353.00
imagesoft.com$5,300.00
gestetner.com$5,100.00
redback.com$5,050.00
ur.co.uk$5,000.00
og.co.uk$5,000.00
tris.com$5,000.00
realestateforeclosures.com$4,692.00
myalaska.com$4,600.00
rafo.com$4,400.00
7863.com$4,301.00
frukt.com$4,300.00
sove.com$4,010.00
uc.co.uk$4,000.00
uf.co.uk$4,000.00
n-y.com$3,999.00
rascalscooters.com$3,856.00
buycigars.com$3,850.00
someplace.com$3,755.00
childrenscenter.com$3,625.00
yucca.com$3,600.00
ut.co.uk$3,500.00
companyinfo.com$3,500.00
kythera.com$3,500.00
webaddresses.com$3,412.00
2475.com$3,400.00
caddis.com$3,301.00
signmaker.com$3,190.00
rvbroker.com$3,157.00
departmentofhealth.com$3,100.00
youreyes.com$3,100.00
sovereignty.com$3,099.00
collectit.com$3,055.00
peoplesfirst.com$2,955.00
77h.com$2,911.00
passed.com$2,888.00
onlineregistration.com$2,888.00
0740.com$2,800.00
bando.com$2,800.00
4570.com$2,799.00
petcollar.com$2,764.00
4235.com$2,700.00
instantbusiness.com$2,691.00
njdobi.org$2,645.00
77z.com$2,611.00
aimigao.com$2,600.00
mobileshield.com$2,588.00
ballots.com$2,559.00
nbc4.tv$2,511.00
0346.com$2,500.00
4615.com$2,500.00
ya.co.uk$2,500.00
icps.org$2,500.00
youroffer.com$2,499.00
campusworld.com$2,469.00
yunyiliao.com$2,406.00
jm365.com$2,405.00
backordering.com$2,322.00
meya.com$2,322.00
onlinejournalism.com$2,222.00
visitfiji.com$2,219.00
mortgagetoday.com$2,215.00
rapidfreight.com$2,200.00
stylesociety.com$2,174.00
dinc.com$2,135.00
meetmillionaires.com$2,066.00
huger.com$2,023.00
penpal.net$2,018.00
iquery.com$2,010.00
share.info$2,001.00
