Five Things to Know About ICANN’s 2015 Budget: Chehadé

ICANN President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has outlined five things to know about the ICANN budget for 2015 on the ICANN blog.

“If you are wondering what the future holds for ICANN, you can see our best estimate in the draft FY 2015 ICANN Operating Plan and Budget,” Chehadé wrote. “The 80-page document reflects weeks and weeks of planning and number-crunching to provide the clearest view of our future activities and initiatives.”

The five things Chehadé believes those interested in ICANN should know about the budget are:

• ICANN listened to and made improvements
• expenses are stable
• growth will level off in coming years
• more details on costs relating to the IANA stewardship transition are forthcoming – a rough estimate of $4.7 million in costs was added to the budget as a placeholder but now, several months later, ICANN has a much better understanding of the project and will soon publish a more detailed cost breakdown
• community scrutiny is key to accountability
• next steps – ICANN is currently reviewing public comments and will post a summary and analysis later in July.

To read the post in more detail, with links to the budget, see:
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/five-things-to-know-about-icann-s-2015-budget

June 2014 Highest Reported Non .COM gTLD Sales

Luxury.estate was the highest reported non .COM gTLD sale in June 2014. The domain name changed hands for $50,000 through DomainHoldings.

 

Here are the top 20 non .COM gTLD sales for June 2014:

1. Luxury.estate     $50,000    
2. Movie.info     $24,626
3. Eat.club     $20,000
4. English.club     $17,500
5. MH.net     $15,260
6. Matt.net     $11,501
7. VanGogh.net     $10,000    
8. Panels.net     $9,588    
9. ShadowKings.net     $9,000    
10. Lens.net     $7,500
11. Iraq.net     $7,050    
12. Parfum.net      $5,712
13. Critic.net     $5,100    
14. Bess.net     $5,000
15. Passeggini.net      $4,148
16. Gavi.org     $3,999
17. BankMobile.net      $3,808
18.  Print.club     $3,750    
19. EG.asia     $3,600    
19. Remortgage.net     $3,600
19. Opzionibinarie.net     $3,600   
20. LFF.org      $3,375

    

dotFM Releases The Latest 2014 Ranking of Top 40 .FM Sites and Brands

BRS Media Inc, announced today that dotFM released the latest 2014 ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits, the top sites and brands under the FM Top-Level Domain.

 

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 2014 ranking of the .FM Top 40 Hits, the top sites and brands under the FM Top-Level Domain.

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 originality and ingenuity of dotFM clients is exceptional. 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. “It’s noteworthy to see the momentous change in the top-level domain, with three out of the top five; and six out of the seven newly listed Top 40 clients representing the rapidly growing Chinese market. dotFM is not only a significant branding tool for broadcasters, Internet radio and music community sites, but also for interactive companies, premier social media ventures, streaming entrepreneurs and individuals globally.”

For over 16 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, Bop.fm, Jazz.fm, Qingting.fm, Last.fm, Official.fm, Shuffler.fm, Coca-Cola.fm, Jing.fm, Yinyue.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: Network Solutions, OVH, Hover, Name.com, Dynadot, Gandi.net, United Domains, Net-Chinese.com.tw and many more. Information about .FM Domains, Domain Spotlights, Premium Domains and more is available at http://Get.fm

About BRS Media Inc:
Based in the South of Market district (SoMa) of San Francisco CA, BRS Media (http://brsmedia.fm) is listed as one of the fastest growing privately held companies by the SF Business Times and Inc. Magazine for five consecutive years, its portfolio of leading online properties includes: dotFM® & dotAM®, over 16 years of Domain Innovation and Brand Registry Services for media based .FM and .AM domains; .RADIO.am & .RADIO.fm, Radio’s New Global Domain Extensions (GLDs); @RADIO.am & @RADIO.fm, free & premium Web based email services; dotRadio™, the .RADIO Top-Level-Domain. dotFM, dotAM and dotRadio are either registered trademarks or trademarks of BRS Media, Inc.”

.WIEN – Over 4,500 Domain Name Registrations On Day One of General Availability

The new gTLD .Wien entered general availability yesteray, July 15,2014. .Wien had a total of over 4,600 registrations on day one of general availability.

 

Wien is Austria’s capital and also the country’s largest city.

At the time of writing this article, there are 5,306 .Wien registrations,according to ntldstats.com.This number also include the Sunrise domain name registrations.

Even though it’s a very good start for .Wien, the new gTLD can’t compare to .Berlin that had over 31,000 domain registrations on day one of general availability.

Zhaunxue.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $190,098

Zhaunxue.com,sold for $190,098,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the week,ending July 3,2014.

 

Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 11 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly.NameJet took 4 of the top 20 positions .

.COM dominated once again the list,with 10 of the top 20 positions.

Here are the top 20 positions for the two weeks ending July 3,2014 :

1. Zhaunxue.com      $190,098    
2. Satoshi.com     $75,000    
3. CIN.com     $55,000    
4. MaiMai.cn     $50,000    
5. Autoankauf.de      $48,600    
6. XCW.com     $30,100    
7. MobileLoans.com     $30,099    
8. GPV.com     $30,000    
9. SharpMind.com     $25,000    
10. Movie.info     $24,626
11. TT.cc      $20,250    
12. Casinos.co      $17,550    
13. English.club     $17,500    
14. Circus.ch      $17,496    
15. PluralSight.in     $16,000    
16. Gainer.com     $15,600    
17. Sanko.com     $15,400    
18. Sökmotoroptimering.se      $14,892    
19. Reimport.de      $14,175    
20. LocalLife.com     $13,988    

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