GCA.com Sells for $90,000
Sedo, the world’s leading domain name marketplace, announced that it sold the domain name GCA.com for $90,000.
According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1997.The new owner is not yet known as whois records still shows Sedo as the owner.
The seller is Glenhaven Capital Associates from Toronto, Canada.The company never used the domain name for a website.
Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.
ICANN Updates Specification 13 Process and Application Form
Today, ICANN publishes updates to the Specification 13 Process and Application Form [PDF, 158 KB]. These updates are results of discussions between ICANN and the Brand Registry Group regarding concerns from the Brand Registry Group that Brands do not have adequate time to execute the New gTLD Registry Agreement.
The Applicant Guidebook provides applicant with a 9-month period to execute the Registry Agreement. This 9-month period generally commences on receipt of the Contracting Information Request (CIR) invitation. For applicants who received CIR invitations prior to January 29, 2014, the nine-month period started January 29, 2014 and ends October 29, 2014.
Some applicants that wish to apply for qualification as a .BRAND have expressed the view that the delay until May 9, 2014 in finalizing Specification 13 should be taken into account in considering the period of time within which an applicant must execute the Registry Agreement, because other applicants have known since January 29, 2014 the form of their Registry Agreements, but applicants for .BRAND TLD status did not see the form of their Registry Agreement finalized until May 9, 2014. In addition, some applicants that wish to apply for qualification as a .BRAND pursuant to Specification 13 have expressed concerns that at the time an applicant submits its CIR response, it does not know whether it will be determined to qualify for .BRAND status, and therefore the applicant does not know the form and content of the Registry Agreement it is expected to sign and cannot assess what contract modifications it may seek to negotiate.
To address these concerns, ICANN has taken the following steps:
- Modified the CIR form so that an attachment of requested changes to the Registry Agreement is no longer required to submit the CIR form.
- Provided guidance on criteria by which ICANN will assess whether an applicant that applies for qualification as a .BRAND TLD may qualify for an extension to execute the Registry Agreement. To qualify:
- The applicant must submit a complete CIR form on or before September 1, 2014.
- The applicant must submit a Specification 13 application on or before September 1, 2014.
- The applicant must meet the definition of a .BRAND TLD as per Section 7 of Specification 13.
An applicant that meet the requirements above and request an extension to execute the registry agreement will be deemed to have demonstrated to ICANN’s reasonable satisfaction that it is working diligently and in good faith toward successfully completing the steps necessary for entry into the registry agreement and will therefore be granted an extension for nine (9) months, from October 29, 2014 to July 29, 2015, to execute the registry agreement.
If based on ICANN’s determination of the Specification 13 application, the applicant wants to further negotiate any provision of the Registry Agreement, the applicant must provide its requested changes to the Base Registry Agreement to ICANN in no later than 90 days after the approval or rejection of that applicant’s Specification 13 application or February 1, 2015, whichever is later.
ICANN is not modifying the Applicant Guidebook but is simply clarifying certain criteria that ICANN will apply in making the determination, called for in the Applicant Guidebook, whether an applicant has demonstrated to ICANN’s reasonable satisfaction that it is working diligently and in good faith toward successfully completing the steps necessary for entry into the registry agreement. In evaluating requests from other applicants for an extension of the time period for execution of the registry agreement, ICANN will consider all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing whether an applicant has demonstrated to ICANN’s reasonable satisfaction that it is working diligently and in good faith toward successfully completing the steps necessary for entry into the registry agreement. Most applicants have known the form of the registry agreement they are expected to sign since January 29, 2014, and ICANN believes that in most cases, the nine (9) month period from January 29, 2014 to October 29, 2014 provides adequate time for execution of the registry agreement.
For more information, read the updated Specification 13 Process and Application Form [PDF, 158 KB], and the Specification 13 FAQs [PDF, 127 KB].
This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-15jul14-en
Sedo Reports $1,5 Million in Domain Name Sales! PluralSight.In Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at 16,000 EUR
PluralSight.in topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at 16,000 EUR. Highlights also include Ching.com, leading the .COM category at $11,000 and VanGogh.net, leading the “Other” category at $10,000.
Other notable domain name sales include :
.COM
wepage.com 10,725 USD
kerryexpress.com 10,000 USD
xmv.com 10,000 USD
sentrix.com 10,000 USD
zvy.com 9,999 USD
artss.com 8,000 USD
ghostmachine.com 7,500 USD
japanmade.com 7,000 USD
gobazaar.com 5,000 EUR
relook.com 5,000 USD
home4.com 5,000 USD
wajs.com 5,000 USD
hoffmanschocolate.com 4,999 USD
gohobby.com 4,500 USD
qunis.com 4,000 USD
qualityscore.com 3,750 USD
heliceo.com 3,500 USD
mercadofinanciero.com 3,000 EUR
africauniversity.com 3,000 USD
glenwoodsouth.com 3,000 USD
getbanked.com 2,900 USD
ltev.com 2,866 USD
moneyclouds.com 2,800 USD
codingforbeginners.com 2,800 USD
celora.com 2,780 USD
fintv.com 2,761 EUR
realmoneyrightnow.com 2,595 USD
reax.com 2,500 EUR
tummyfull.com 2,500 USD
gepur.com 2,500 USD
rosbif.com 2,500 EUR
emair.com 2,500 USD
apartmentgenie.com 2,500 USD
aniworld.com 2,500 USD
ccTLD
tt.cc 15,000 EUR
casinos.co 13,000 EUR
casinoonline.mx 10,000 EUR
pilotshop.de 8,925 EUR
paint.co.uk 7,500 GBP
denwa.co.uk 5,250 GBP
webanalytics.co.uk 4,500 GBP
norovirus-ratgeber.de 3,500 EUR
irg.co.uk 2,750 GBP
flormar.it 2,750 EUR
fertige-homepage.de 2,600 EUR
fitnessguru.at 2,500 EUR
mango.co 2,500 USD
araco.de 2,500 EUR
pouch.co 2,500 USD
Other
panels.net 9,588 USD
shadowkings.net 9,000 USD
tabacco.org 5,000 USD
gavi.org 3,999 USD
paradigm.net 3,000 USD
kent.bike 2,500 USD
pflegedienst.net 1,800 EUR
analytical.net 1,500 USD
kreuzfahrt.guru 1,300 EUR
vicorpower.net 1,024 USD
charged.biz 990 USD
khadam.net 850 USD
godwins.org 719 USD
orlando.holiday 700 USD
Check out Sedo.com for more information.
Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates
It has been brought to ICANN’s attention that some online entities have attempted to sell fraudulent “certificates”, which they claim are required to protect generic top-level domain names.
The perpetuators of this scam threaten registrants on the protection service with the objective of securing a fee from the registrant. The “certificates” look official and include an unauthorized use of the ICANN logo.
Please note that ICANN does not issue certificates to registrants and does not collect fees from registrants directly.
ICANN is currently investigating these cases and advises registrants who encounter similar incidents to report to ICANN immediately via an email to Contractual Compliance at
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ICANN recommends that any individual or legal entity wishing to register a domain name under a generic top-level domain name to do so using an ICANN-accredited registrar. More information, including a list of all current ICANN-accredited registrars can be found here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registrars-0d-2012-02-25-en
About ICANN
ICANN’s mission is to ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique identifiers across the world. Without that coordination we wouldn’t have one global Internet. ICANN was formed in 1998. It is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers. ICANN doesn’t control content on the Internet. It cannot stop spam and it doesn’t deal with access to the Internet. But through its coordination role of the Internet’s naming system, it does have an important impact on the expansion and evolution of the Internet. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
This announcement was sourced from :
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-15-en
.BAR – Over 1,200 Registrations On Day One of General Availability
Punto 2012 launched two new gTLDs yesterday : .BAR and .Rest. 1,220 .BAR domain names have been registered during the first 24 hours of its General Availability.
.REST, the abbreviation for Restaurant had only 307 registrations.
At the time of writing this article there are 2,464 .BAR domain name registrations,according to ntldstats.com.
“.REST and .BAR will connect the food and beverage industry with customers online.This is a perfect opportunity for businesses to grab a simple and easy-to-use domain name that describes their bar or restaurant with a descriptive name. Our industry needs to stand out online and be found — with .REST and .BAR they can be,” said Aaron Grego, CEO of Punto 2012.
Today, July 15,2014, .Wien ( Austria’s capital) entered General Availability.
