Sedo Reports $1,5 Million in Domain Sales ! Body.com Topped Sedo’s weekly sales list at $380,000

Body.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at $380.000 .Highlights also include Monvillage.fr,leading the ccTLD category at 10,000 EUR and Kizi.org,leading the “Other” category at $12,500 .

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

startnext.com 25000 USD

leeo.com 20000 USD

komedi.com 18400 USD

wwr.com 17500 EUR

arenaswim.com 15000 USD

unifor.com 11900 EUR

easyparts.com 11000 USD

villasbali.com 10000 USD

advopedia.com 9000 EUR

ddosattacks.com 9000 USD

alexandercasino.com 9000 USD

awardletter.com 9000 USD

meetyou.com 8000 EUR

hghtestosteronetherapy.com 8000 USD

phonemes.com 7500 USD

stagparties.com 5250 USD

verlobung.com 5206 EUR

casinoalexander.com 5000 USD

u-tec.com 5000 USD

tierversicherung.com 5000 EUR

mtcenter.com 5000 USD

riskaudit.com 4800 USD

silverplaza.com 4500 USD

clearindia.com 4500 USD

fairbooking.com 4500 USD

futureenergysavers.com 4300 USD

themoneysource.com 3849 USD

avho.com 3800 EUR

enip.com 3500 USD

greenrebates.com 3500 USD

mindgeek.com 3500 USD

vcri.com 3500 USD

ccTLD

moneygram.pl 6000 USD

jeuxdefoot.fr 6000 EUR

oasis.hu 5500 USD

kinky.co.uk 5295 GBP

cloudstorage.co.uk 4500 GBP

ergebnisse.at 4150 EUR

wiperblades.com.au 3250 USD

tickets.ng 3100 EUR

babyforum.in 3000 EUR

hagel.eu 2999 EUR

chianti-classico.de 2600 EUR

netcartas.com.ar 2500 USD

airchina.it 2499 EUR

shabushabu.de 2400 EUR

eah.co.za 2000 USD

questdiagnostics.co.uk 1999 USD

practicetest.ca 1995 USD

boekhoudshop.nl 1750 EUR

mitarbeiter-angebote.de 1699 EUR

arenz.de 1643 EUR

kohle.at 1600 EUR

arty.co.uk 1600 GBP

monnari.pl 1600 EUR

scheuring.de 1500 EUR

gulet.de 1500 EUR

vowstory.nl 1500 EUR

klubhaus.de 1500 EUR

deliver.us 1500 USD

wissenschaft.ch 1500 EUR

perfectgirls.tv 1500 USD

Other

jpg.net 7500 USD

ngi.net 3500 USD

hotelsforsale.net 3500 USD

florida.biz 3000 EUR

ibet.org 2000 USD

essentialoil.info 1995 USD

oooooo.net 1880 USD

musique.info 1850 USD

darmkrebs.info 1800 USD

urologie.net 1460 EUR

honolulu.pro 1350 USD

multiple-sklerose.info 1130 USD

aloe-vera.info 1070 EUR

1729.org 1001 USD

unipay.org 1000 USD

Afternic Reports $1,07 Million in Domain Sales ,Led by AHN.org for $50,000

Afternic has just sent in their domain name sales report for the previous week and sales add up to a total of $1,073,756.The list is led by the sale of AHN.org at $50,000 .

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

Baseball24.com $15,000

IDEALMEDIA.com $12,888

refreshing.com $12,750

contractortools.com $7,500

paylo.com $7,000

goband.com $6,500

vemory.com $5,500

candyshoppe.com $5,088

lazikmd.com $5,000

videotag.com $5,000

avoco.com $5,000

yellowdolphin.com $4,899

fsod.com $4,888

rscs.com $4,888

callapro.com $4,500

firstrateloans.com $4,500

unplanned.com $4,500

indianapolisdentist.com $4,400

supportman.com $4,288

digitalskills.com $4,088

goley.com $4,088

smarth.com $4,088

gemonline.com $4,000

galaxymedical.com $4,000

EVALID.com $4,000

tlcpr.com $4,000

CityQuiz.com $4,000

iamthelight.com $4,000

hxvc.com $3,988

fruitbreak.com $3,988

OnesToWatch.com $3,985

nainc.com $3,850

REEHER.COM $3,750

karachipakistan.com $3,688

fiskal.com $3,688

libertymetal.com $3,600

deathangel.com $3,600

polytechusa.com $3,588

weresolve.com $3,588

virtusoft.com $3,588

restaurantinc.com $3,500

gosplash.com $3,500

foodunlimited.com $3,500

superburrito.com $3,500

plainsailing.com $3,500

Non .COM Sales

ofn.org $7,888

anytime.org $4,988

mib.net $4,045

saintmartin.net $3,888

bemore.org $3,500

subo.net $3,288

switz.net $3,000

impel.net $2,700

jackd.net $2,588

BRG.co $2,588

MEASURE.us $2,500

economicaffairs.org $2,488

stationhouse.org $2,388

perfectsmile.org $2,000

opticalcable.org $1,988

maidstone.org $1,950

mizar.net $1,890

forexratings.net $1,777

liquormart.net $1,588

4choice.org $1,500

homefinancingcenter.net $1,500

Community Surprised by ICANN Announcement of Five Strategy Panels to Facilitate Cross-Community Dialogue by Philip Corwin

Members of the ICANN community assembled in Durban, South Africa were greatly surprised by announcement on the meeting’s first day that no less than five new strategy panels were being formed to “serve as an integral part of a framework for cross-community dialogue on strategic matters”.

According to the official announcement[1]:

The ICANN Strategy Panels will convene subject matter experts, thought leaders and industry practitioners to support development of ICANN’s strategic and operational plans, in coordination with many other global players, and will be comprised of up to seven members including the chair for an anticipated one-year timeframe…The ICANN Strategy Panels will focus specifically on identifier technology innovation; ICANN’s role in the Internet organizations’ ecosystem; ICANN multistakeholder innovation; the public responsibility framework; and the role of ICANN in the future of Internet governance.

Chairs for four of the five panels have already been announced and include former ICANN Board Chairman Vint Cerf, who now serves as Chief Internet Evangelist for Google.

While withholding judgment until additional information becomes available, initial responses from most of the business stakeholders we have spoken with in Durban have been to question where did this come from, why is it needed, and should ICANN even be thinking about how to reinvent five separate wheels at a time when the new gTLD program launch poses continuing complex challenges? These questions were amplified by the near-simultaneous announcement that initiation of GNSO review will likely be postponed for at least another six months[2]. The current GNSO structure, comprised of discrete silos for contracted and non-contracted parties, has been substantially scrambled by the launch of the new gTLD program — with many existing stakeholder groups unable to reach consensus views on key issues due to a growing diversity of internal interests.

Concerns were also voiced that, given the lack of any community calls for such an initiative, the announcement signaled a further subjugation of the bottom up model by top down decision making. This added to feelings that the volunteer multistakeholder community is at an increasing disadvantage in dealing with a torrent of ICANN developments — while the organization’s staff ranks are slated to expand by fifty percent over the coming year.

Although the announcement stresses that the panels “will operate in a manner consistent with ICANN’s commitment to transparency and accountability; and will channel all views, guidance and advice produced into the standard community and Board processes that guide ICANN’s activities”, our experience is that it is the nature of such entities to recommend change rather than maintaining the status quo.

With each of the five panels limited to no more than seven members, including the Chair, the member selection process may well be the most critical step in the entire process. The panels are slated to start their work in September. With the surprise announcement now a fait accompli, the multistakeholder community can anticipate delivery of five new strategic blueprints in Fall 2014. But it is impossible at this time to predict what those blueprints will propose to construct.

[1] www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15jul13-en.htm

[2] www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-15jul13-en.htm

This article was sourced with permission from the Internet Commerce Association website at www.internetcommerce.org/Five_Strategy_Panels. Comments can also be made on the ICA website.

BRS Media’s dotFM Releases the Latest Ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits, the Top Sites and Brands

BRS Media,announced today that the .FM top-level domain registry has released the latest ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits,the top sites and brands .

You can read the press release after the jump :

“BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, today announced that dotFM, the .FM top-level domain registry, has released the latest ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits, the top sites and brands.

dotFM’s latest ranking, “.FM Top 40 Hits” lists the top sites and brands under dotFM. The “.FM Top 40 Hits” represents some of the most recognizable and innovative brands in streaming media and social entertainment today. The .FM Top 40 Hits chart is available at: http://get.fm/top40.

“The diversity of dotFM clients is both astonishing and remarkable. Today, our wide-ranging portfolio of clientele represents nearly every aspect of the multimedia Industry, both on-air and online,” remarked George T. Bundy, Chairman & CEO of BRS Media Inc. “dotFM is not only a significant branding tool for broadcasters, Internet radio or music community sites, but also for interactive companies, premier social media ventures, streaming entrepreneurs and individuals globally.”

For over 15 years, dotFM has provided the ‘On-Air and Online’ Industry with a professional, reliable, secure and stable ‘Industry Specific’ domain, while at the same time encouraging innovation, openness and creativity in the unparalleled .FM namespace. dotFM has successfully attracted premier social media ventures, streaming entrepreneurs and traditional broadcasters including; Douban.fm, SoundDrop.fm, Turntable.fm, Last.fm, Selist.fm, Jazz.fm, Shuffler.fm, Coca-Cola.fm, Jing.fm, Headliner.fm and thousands more.

Imagining, the Next Big Thing? Get a .FM! The .FM Top-Level Domain is available through most ICANN Accredited Registrars or any worldwide .FM Registrar Partners (http://get.fm/registrars) like: Go Daddy, Network Solutions, OVH, Name.com, Dynadot, Blacknight, GANDI.net, Net-Chinese.com.tw and many more. Information about .FM Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is available at http://Get.fm.

GoodTherapy.org Loses Domain Dispute for GoodTherapy.com Domain Name

The National Arbitration Forum has just published its decision regarding the GoodTherapy.com domain name .The company failed to provide enough evidence to panel to convince it to hand over the disputed domain .

Even though the respondent didn’t even replied to the case,the Panel ruled against the complainant .

GoodTherapy.org,LLC owns a registered trademark with the USPTO.However,the trademark was registered on January 9,2007,while the domain name GoodTherapy.com was registered in November 2003 .

Having failed to satisfy the first element of the Policy (Identical and/or Confusingly Similiar) ,the Panel declined to analyze the other two elements and ruled against the complainant .