Domain Name News: “ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]”
Domain Name News: “ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR]” |
| ICANN Announces Conclusion of New gTLD Initial Evaluations [PR] Posted: 30 Aug 2013 01:02 PM PDT Major Milestone Reached in New Domain Program Los Angeles, California ICANN's Generic Domains Division announced today the conclusion of the Initial Evaluation (IE) phase of the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) program. More than 1,700 applications have now moved to the next steps in the program. "This is an extraordinary landmark which demonstrates the progress in this program," said Akram Atallah, President of ICANN's Generic Domains Division. “We are looking forward to the innovations that these new introductions will enable on the Internet.” Out of the 1,930 new gTLD applications submitted, a total of 1,745 applications passed Initial Evaluation, 32 have gone into Extended Evaluation, and 121 were withdrawn from the program. "It would be an understatement to say we are excited to reach this point," said Christine Willett, Vice President of gTLD Operations. “Applicants worked hard on their applications and the evaluations were complex and rigorous. We are pleased that 90% of the original applications passed Initial Evaluation – this is a clear and distinct success.” Applications that passed IE will proceed through the program based on their complexity. Some may move straight to the Transition to Delegation phase, while others may have to go through additional steps, such as dispute resolution and string contention. As another indicator of the progression of the New gTLD Program, 12 additional registry agreements have just been signed, 11 of which are the first English character TLDs. The contracts govern the registry and administration of a dozen new gTLD's. ICANN's new gTLD program is the result of 8-years of study, 47 public comment periods, which produced over 2,400 comments, 55 explanatory memoranda and 7 versions of the new gTLD Applicant guidebook. ### For more information about the new gTLD program, go to: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en For more information on the status of a specific application, go to: https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/viewstatus [via Press Release] Related posts:
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Domain Name Wire for Domain - Wide ranging projections for new TLDs
Domain Name Wire for Domain
August 27, 2013
Wide ranging projections for new TLDs
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New top level domain names are coming. Although
just a handful are likely to hit the web this year,
2014 should see hundreds of them.
Are these domains destined to fail in the face of
massive competition? How much demand is there?
A lot of people think they know the answer, but what's
happening next year is entirely unprecedented.
Applicants have a wide range of registration goals
for their domain names.
Today I profiled Daniel Negari, who thinks he can
score a million .xyz registrations in a year and
5 million within three years.
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Public Interest Registry, the group that manages
.org, wants to get 1 million registrations of its
planned .ngo domain. It doesn't give a timeline.
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Afilias' has forecast between 5,000 and 51,000
domains under management for each of its new TLDs
after three years.
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As some readers have pointed out, noting these numbers
in the company's applications may play to the company's
benefit. So they might be sandbagged. That said, the
numbers might not be far off for some of the strings.
Of course, volume isn't the only measure of a TLD's success.
.Co has managed to get a very respectable 1.5 million
domains under management. This, by itself, is a good number.
It's even more impressive because it charges a premium price
for the domains.
Also, some community targeted domains will purposefully
limit the number of registrations by limiting the
purchase pool.
Most applicants are staying mum about their registration
goals, at least until they win the string.
Only time will tell which new TLD operators have made
the right projections.
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domain industry headlines
* ICANN renews contracts for .org, .biz, and .info
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* Four domain name sessions pitched for SXSW 2014
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* Do only 4 new TLDs have a chance of going live this year?
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Domain Name News: “Huffington Post on the Importance of the URL & Domain Name and Direct Navigation Traffic”
Domain Name News: “Huffington Post on the Importance of the URL & Domain Name and Direct Navigation Traffic” |
| Huffington Post on the Importance of the URL & Domain Name and Direct Navigation Traffic Posted: 01 Aug 2013 11:00 AM PDT In an article that was published by the Huffington Post Canada last week, the founder and CEO of RIWI Corporation talks about the importance of the browser URL bar and Direct Navigation. RIWI is a data analytics company Citing a number of different sources, the article concludes that Direct Navigation is a continuous traffic that also helps the connection with the brand and create trust. Two data points from the article that I hadn’t heard of before:
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Domain Name Wire for Domain - Top 5 domain stories from July
Domain Name Wire for Domain
August 1, 2013
Top 5 Domain Stories from July
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July was a busy month at Domain Name Wire,
thanks in part to the launch of our redesign.
Here's a look back at the top 5 stories on
Domain Name Wire last month.
1. It's not really Walmart: Walmart goes after union's parody site
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2. USPS loses to Amazon.com on .Mail top level domain objection
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3. Did SeaWorld register domain names to counter Blackfish movie?
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4. Q&A with Matt Mazur, who just sold his domain name
search company to Automattic
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5. GoDaddy lets customers "watch" new TLDs
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domain industry headlines
* Objection against Google's .music bid rejected
* Donuts willing to send 68 strings to auction in August
* Amazon.com, HP, Ford among those lobbying Washington about domain names
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Domain Name News: “New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars” plus 1 more
Domain Name News: “New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars” plus 1 more |
| New gTLD applicant Radix launches Photo Contest for Registrars Posted: 31 Jul 2013 04:34 PM PDT
It appears that the registry operators for new gTLDs have started the courting for registrars with some marketing efforts. DirectI’s Radix registry has launched a photo contest for registrars to find the best pictures representing one of their 29 new gTLD applications. The twist? The photos are to be shot with a Polaroid camera that will be provided to the registrar teams by the registry. The winning registrar will receive $1,000 USD for a day out/party. Registrars have to submit their photos by September 10, 2013. [hat tip to Jean Guillon] Related posts:
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| eNom & DreamHost Announce Hosting and Domain Partnership Posted: 31 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT Kirkland, Washington – July 31, 2013 – eNom, Inc. and DreamHost, today announced a strategic partnership between the two companies. As part of the agreement, DreamHost will utilize the eNom reseller platform to manage its existing domain name business and new gTLDs as they become available. Additionally, eNom will provide its clients access to the DreamHost hosting platform including virtual private servers (VPS), dedicated servers, and cloud hosting. DreamHost will remain an ICANN accredited registrar.
This collaboration marks the two companies' continued dedication to the launch of new gTLDs this year, which will give rise to the release of new domain extensions in a few short months. In an effort to support this new phase, eNom will begin to promote DreamHost's services through its retail business by October 1, 2013. About eNom eNom, Inc., is the world's largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain name registrar. A part of the Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) family of companies, eNom makes it easy for individuals and organizations to buy and sell Internet domains and related services. For more information about eNom, please visit www.enom.com About DreamHost DreamHost is a global Web hosting and cloud services provider with over 375,000 customers and 1.25 million blogs, websites and apps hosted. The company offers a wide spectrum of Web hosting and cloud services including Shared Hosting, Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Dedicated Server Hosting, Domain Name Registration, the cloud storage service, DreamObjects, and the cloud computing service DreamCompute. Please visit http://DreamHost.com for more information. [via Press Release]
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