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In Rare Public Session, ICANN Approves Sexual Harassment Policy
March 11, 2017 @ 8:20 AMICANN’s board of directors this afternoon approved an anti-harassment policy designed to protect community members from unwanted sexual attention. It’s the policy inspired by the now infamous Cheesesandwichgate incident at the Marrakech meeting a year ago. But general counsel John Jeffrey noted that there have been multiple similar complaints to the Ombudsman over the last…
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Schneider Quits As Chair of GAC
March 11, 2017 @ 6:02 AMICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee is looking for a new chair. Incumbent Thomas Schneider intends to leave the role before his current two-year term expires, he told GAC members assembled here at the ICANN 58 public meeting in Copenhagen this afternoon. Schneider said that his boss at the Swiss government agency at which he works recently…
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Papac Named ICANN's First Complaints Officer
March 10, 2017 @ 10:49 AMICANN has named its first-ever complaints officer. It’s Krista Papac, a long-time domain industry participant who’s been working for ICANN, most recently as director of registry services and engagement, since 2013. She’s previously worked for the registries Verisign, ARI (now part of Neustar) and data escrow agent Iron Mountain. Her job will be to “provide…
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Here are Uniregistry New TLD Prices
March 9, 2017 @ 1:00 PMThis is how much registrars will pay Uniregistry for TLDs after the price change. I’ve written a lot this week about Uniregistry’s upcoming price change. I’ll have Frank Schilling on my podcast Monday to discuss in greater detail. Below are the current prices for Uniregistry TLDs and the wholesale prices as of August 21, 2017…
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Is .guitars a Failed TLD? Take a Look Under The Covers.
March 9, 2017 @ 9:57 AMIn light of Uniregistry’s price hike, I decided to get a better view into one of its low-volume TLDs. Uniregistry is getting ready to jack up the price of many of the top level domain names it operates, especially vertical TLDs with low volumes. .Guitars, for example, will see its retail price quintuple from about…
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Yikes! is This a Death Spiral for New Top Level Domain Names?
March 7, 2017 @ 11:28 AMMassive price hike for Uniregistry domains will be very bad for business. A big shoe has dropped. DomainIncite reported today that Uniregistry (the registry, not registrar) is getting ready to jack up the prices on many of its domain names. Bigly. .Hosting and .juegos are going up from about $10-$20 retail to about $300…
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Schilling: Big Price Increases Needed to Keep New gTLDs Alive
March 7, 2017 @ 10:18 AMUniregistry is to massively increase the price of some of its under-performing new gTLDs in an effort to keep them afloat. Sixteen TLDs from the company’s portfolio of 27 will see price increases of up to 3,000% starting September 8, CEO Frank Schilling confirmed to DI today. “We need more revenue from these strings, especially…
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Lawsuit Filed to Block Transfer of Lotto Domain Names
March 7, 2017 @ 8:52 AMMan bought domain names for his lottery business but lost a UDRP to the soccer apparel company Lotto. A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to block the transfer of LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com, which WIPO recently ordered to be transferred to soccer apparel company Lotto Sport Italia in a UDRP. Based on my reading…
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CentralNic Says Revenue More Than Doubled in 2016
March 7, 2017 @ 7:26 AMCentralNic’s revenue was up 110% in 2016, according to the company. The registry today released its unaudited results for last year, showing EBITDA up 65% at £5.5 million ($6.7 million) on revenue of £22.1 million ($26.9 million) The company, which has expanded into registrar services via acquisition in the last few years, said its recurring…
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Uber is The Proud New Owner of UberSucks.com
March 7, 2017 @ 5:35 AMUberSucks.com expired and Uber scooped it up. It’s been a rough couple of months for ride-hailing company Uber. First, there was the confused reaction to its messaging after President Trump’s initial immigration order. Then there were questions about its culture and sexual harassment. Later, a video surfaced of CEO Travis Kalanick arguing with a driver…
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