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ICANN: First New gTLD Registries Receive Tokens for Root Zone Management System

ICANN distributed the first tokens for accessing the Root Zone Management System yesterday. The following Registries are eligible to initiate the Delegation process;

 

    • International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.
      • شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic word for “Web” or “Network”
    • Core Association
      • онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “Online”
      • сайт (xn--80aswg) – Russian for “Web site”
  • Spring Fields, LLC
    • 游戏 (xn--unup4y) – Chinese for “Game”

These Registries may move forward with Delegation because they successfully completed all phases of the New gTLD Program, including the final phase, Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT). Additionally, they have already completed what’s known as Transition to Delegation, the actions that occur between passing PDT and gaining access to the Root Zone Management (RZM) System.

Transition to Delegation Process Overview

  1. Administrative Review
    After passing PDT, ICANN performs a final administrative check to ensure that every criterion of the New gTLD program, as outlined in the Applicant Guidebook, has been met.
  2. Appointment of the Delegation Point of Contact
    Upon prompting from ICANN the Registry Operator will appoint a Delegation Point of Contact. This will be the individual who is authorized to access the RZM System.
  3. Security Token & Link to RZM Distributed
    ICANN will generate a token that will permit the Registry Operator to access the RZM System. For Security reasons the token will be made available to the Application’s Primary Contact through the Customer Portal. Along with the token, the user will find the link to access the RZM System.

Once a Registry receives its security token, it may initiate the Delegation process at any time. Delegation involves assigning operational responsibility for a TLD to the to the contracted party and adding records to the root zone to make the TLD functional on the Internet.

Delegation Process Overview

  1. Accessing the Root Zone Management System
    After following the link to the RZM System, a representative from the Registry will submit the security token and the TLD (for IDN’s this is the A-label). This action will trigger a notification to the Delegation Point of Contact, which will include a unique link that will officially initiate the Delegation process.
  2. Information Exchange & Technical Testing
    ICANN’s IANA Department manages the process of delegating new gTLDs into the root zone of the Domain Name System. Once the process has been initiated, the Delegation Point of Contact will be prompted to provide information pertaining to the domain and the IANA Department will confirm that everything is in order, including that no new technical issues have arisen.
  3. Approval, Notifications and Updates
    The delegation process is executed by the Root Zone Partners: ICANN, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States Department of Commerce, and Verisign. After ICANN confirms that all the requirements have been met, the details are transmitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the United States Department of Commerce for authorization. On NTIA’s authorization, Verisign implements the change to the root zone .
  4. More Information: Delegating a Generic Top-Level Domain

Currently, ICANN anticipates that the Transition to Delegation process will transpire within five business days of completion of PDT. We anticipate that Delegation may take up to two weeks after a Registry initiates the process. Given those guidelines, it’s possible that the first new gTLD(s) could be introduced into the Internet by the end of October 2013. Over the next few years, ICANN is prepared to support a measured, continual rollout of gTLDs and we look forward to working with new Registry Operators.

Further Reading: “First New gTLDs Get the Green Light for Delegation“

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-22oct13-en

Sedo To Auction 1300 One/Two Character .ASIA Domains

Approximately 1,300 one and two character .asia domain names such as 8.asia, 28.asia, and X.asia are to be offered to the public for the first time in a joint strategic partnership with DotAsia, Sedo and RightOfTheDot.com.

The release will begin with a Sunrise offering of one and two character domains that starts on 22 22, 2013 and ends on 30 October, giving trademark owners an opportunity to register domains that contain their owned marks. A Landrush period will follow, running from 5-13 November, enabling the general public to register additional premium one and two character .Asia domains.

For more information, see the news release below:

Sedo to Auction Rare and Never Before Released .Asia Domain Names
Sedo , the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced a strategic partnership with DotAsia, the organization charged with running the .Asia top-level domain (TLD) and RightOfTheDot.com, a leading domain industry consultancy, to auction a series of rare and never-before-released domain names. Through these auctions, approximately 1,300 one and two character domain names such as 8.asia, 28.asia, and X.asia will be offered to the public for the first time.

The release will begin with a Sunrise offering of one and two character domains that starts on October 22, 2013 and ends on October 30, giving trademark owners an opportunity to register domains that contain their owned marks.  A Landrush period will follow, running November 5-13, enabling the general public to register additional premium one and two character .Asia domains.

“With the imminent launch of new domains joining extensions like .Com, .Net and .Org, interest in alternative extensions is on the rise, which is something that data from our marketplace has clearly shown,” said Sedo’s CEO, Tobias Flaitz.  “It makes perfect sense that companies, individuals and domain investors alike would want to acquire domains that identify them with the fastest growing Internet marketplace in the world, and we’re excited that DotAsia selected Sedo to help bring some of their best domains to market.”

In July 2013, DotAsia announced that it chose RightOfTheDot, LLC as its partner to help facilitate and manage the release and auction of one and two character, and three and four numeric .Asia domains. After researching various Sunrise and Landrush offerings, RightOfTheDot and .Asia selected Sedo for its reach and experience as the best auction partner to bring new premium domains to the Asia market.

“Asia is the Internet’s fastest growing market and there are more than 500,000 .Asia names already registered to date!  In addition, large corporations are already using their .Asia domains with sites such as Honda.asia and LiveNation.asia,” said Monte Cahn, President and Director of RightOfTheDot, LLC. “Having participated in the successful launch of .Asia in 2008, we are excited to work with DotAsia and Sedo in managing the successful release of these never before registered premium .Asia domain names.”

With expanding economies and growing access to technology, Asia has one of the world’s largest and fastest growing Internet populations.  For example, China currently has more Internet users than any other country, with 591 million people online.  However, that number only accounts for 42 percent of the country’s population, leaving considerable room for growth.  In contrast, many Western nations already have Internet penetration rates higher than 80 percent.

“The right .Asia domain can provide instant access to the fastest growing and one of the most dynamic regions of the world,” said Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.  “With Sedo’s reach and experience bringing premium domains to market, we’re confident that we’ll be able to get some of the best .Asia domain names into the hands of the right companies and individuals to increase their online visibility online and improve navigation for Internet users.”

Later this year, DotAsia and RightOfTheDot will partner with Sedo to hold additional premium auctions for a portion of the three and four character numeric domains such as 2013.asia, 168.asia and 888.asia.  Those auctions will be announced at a later date.

For more information on the pending auctions, visit www.sedo.com/asia.
 
About DotAsia Organization

The DotAsia Organization is the Sponsoring Organization and Registry Operator for the .ASIA Sponsored Generic Top Level Domain. DotAsia is a not-for-profit, community-based organization incorporated in Hong Kong. Asia has developed into a global force in the international commercial, political and cultural network. The .ASIA domain aspires to embrace this dynamism in the Asia Century to become a nucleus, intersection and breeding ground for Internet activity and development in the region.

About RightOfTheDot, LLC

RightOfTheDot, LLC is an Internet consulting and advisement firm specializing in new and existing TLD strategies, contention resolution and private auction services, board advisement, premium domain and market positioning, sales and services. The new venture is the brainchild of two successful domain and Internet industry veterans, Monte Cahn and Michael H. Berkens, Esq., who posses a unique combination of vision, leadership and domain expertise. This highly qualified consulting group gives you access to the most experienced domain sales and marketing strategists in the industry. Both principals of RightOfTheDot are members of the prestigious Domain Hall Of Fame.  Together, they have participated in more than $350,000,000 in domain sales and assisted in the successful launches of 15 of the existing 22 sTLDs and gTLDs, in addition to several ccTLDs available today.

About Sedo

Sedo, an acronym for “Search Engine for Domain Offers,” is the leading domain marketplace and monetization provider. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany and with offices in London, England and Cambridge, Mass., Sedo has assembled the world’s largest database of domain names for sale, with more than 17 million listings. The success of Sedo’s model has attracted a global base of more than 2 million members.

This DotAsia news release was sourced from:
www.dot.asia/sedo-to-auction-never-before-released-asia-domain-names/

Sedo Reports $1.6 Million in Domain Sales ! iGarden.com Topped Sedo’s weekly Sales List at $37,990

iGarden.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at $37,990 .Highlights also include Schiffssuche.de,leading the ccTLD category at 17,780 EUR and Cloudit.net,leading the “Other” category at $28,750 .

 

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

gcg.com 21,000USD

renders.com 17,500USD

fxplus.com 16,000USD

clones.com 15,206EUR

crying.com 9,999USD

lizz.com 9,000EUR

walkin.com 7,600USD

uth.com 7,400USD

pravda.com 6,850USD

vendsync.com 6,500USD

lensy.com 6,000USD

duckload.com 5,500EUR

hartlauer.com 5,000EUR

billingpoint.com 4,999USD

iyk.com 4,500USD

sk8board.com 4,400USD

rankednumberone.com 4,000USD

theharmonist.com 4,000USD

rspartners.com 4,000USD

myopi.com 4,000USD

b-open.com 3,900EUR

dogfit.com 3,900USD

jddesign.com 3,900USD

pingrid.com 3,900EUR

longkey.com 3,800USD

dentalfinance.com 3,750USD

onecollege.com 3,600USD

i4s.com 3,500USD

kreuzfahrtencheck.com 3,500EUR

ccTLD

scarpa.it 6,000EUR

liefer.de 5,000EUR

trauring.eu 4,500EUR

wink.it 4,500EUR

pfn.de 4,500EUR

filterpatronen.de 4,500EUR

nouvelles.ch 4,000EUR

lineas.com.mx 3,990USD

secret.ly 3,500USD

x.ai 3,000USD

outdoor-electronics.de 3,000EUR

homeowners.co.uk 3,000GBP

meinearbeit.de 3,000EUR

gcg.asia 2,999EUR

dianetics.com.ru 2,500USD

srk.co 2,500GBP

eleicoes2014.com.br 2,500USD

darmstadt24.de 2,500EUR

ino.me 2,200EUR

dentalhub.co.uk 2,000USD

cotte.fr 2,000EUR

Other

italy.org 24,999USD

wpthemes.org 10,000USD

casinos.info 9,999EUR

crowdfunding.biz 9,000USD

bwphoto.net 5,000EUR

gorilla.net 4,650USD

foodtruck.net 2,500USD

provest.net 2,500EUR

moocu.org 2,000USD

milazzo.net 2,000USD

casinospielen.org 2,000EUR

crmblog.net 1,995USD

rauchfrei.net 1,500EUR

nocphmph.org 1,477USD

marie-france.net 1,300USD

lenon.net 1,199USD

stressfrei.net 1,000USD

volkshaus.info 1,000EUR

munin.net 999USD

eurotrash.net 888USD

method.biz 800USD

intima.info 790EUR

manageyourmoney.org 700USD

Check out Sedo.com for more information

 

 

Mario.com Domain Name is Up For Sale

DomainAgents announced that they are exclusively representative for the sale of the unique brandable domain name Mario.com  .

 

You can read the press release after the jump :

“Pop singers, world class chefs, fashion houses, race car drivers and even plumbers share the name Mario, but there is only one Mario.com. In a once in a generation event, this coveted generic domain name has come on the market. DomainAgents is happy to announce that they are the exclusive representative for the sale of this uniquely brandable domain.

“The power of this domain is its flexibility. Mario is a name known worldwide and could be the home of any number of existing or new brands. There are many Marios, but the new owner will have the opportunity to forever tie themselves to the Mario name,” says Phil McKegney, founder of DomainAgents.

DomainAgents is a domain name brokerage and negotiation platform. While focused on providing a neutral platform, they offer brokerage services for super premium domain names, such as Mario.com.

DomainAgents is inviting interested parties to contact them at sales(at)domainagents(dot)com to arrange a time to discuss the domain.

About DomainAgents 

DomainAgents takes a unique approach to brokering domains. Buyers prequalify their offers by buying a DomainAgents credit and in return DomainAgents guarantees that the buyer’s offer will be presented to the domain owner. DomainAgents also runs the domain market research tools Whoisology.com and Namebio.com.”

 

 

Sedo Launches Sedo.cn Website

Sedo,the world’s largest domain name marketplace and monetization provider announced the launch of the Chinese website Sedo.cn .

 

This way,the company expanded its international reach to serve China’s 591 million Internet users and more than one billion Chinese speakers all over the world .

You can read the press release after the jump :

“Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today unveiled a new Chinese website, expanding its international reach to serve China’s 591 million Internet users and more than one billion Chinese speakers around the world. With the addition of a Chinese-language site, Sedo now offers a platform that powers domain related services and transactions in 7 languages, and support from a staff of domain professionals that speak 25 languages, further strengthening its position as the only true global domain marketplace and service provider.

“Sedo has always been an international company, and as the Internet expands to continue creating a global economy that connects languages, countries and cultures, we’re keeping pace with and even helping to fuel that rapid change,” said Sedo’s CEO, Tobias Flaitz. “We’ve seen growing demand for Chinese-related domains, including some of our most highly-valued sales in the recent past, and our new site will help expedite similar transactions and make them even easier to execute.”

For example, one of the largest domain transactions of 2012 was the Sedo-powered sale of Dudu.com for $1 million. Sedo’s brokerage team negotiated the sale while navigating the language barrier between a Chinese seller and Russian buyer. Other recent Chinese-related domains to sell on Sedo’s marketplace include yinhang.com for $300,000 and juxin.com for $66,666, two of the most highly-valued sales in the second quarter of 2013. In the third quarter, a private transaction to a Chinese buyer valued at nearly $500,000 was one of Sedo’s largest sales.

Sedo’s new Chinese-language site includes all the features and functionality of its other global sites in order to help connect Chinese speakers to its database of more than 17 million domains for sale. With nearly 50,000 active clients in China already, the site will make it easier for them to buy, park, and sell domains. It will also help to grow Sedo’s Chinese client base and expand the audience of potential buyers for all Sedo customers, no matter where they are in the world.|

 

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