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Domain name news, analysis, and opinion.
ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting
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ICANN boss: no plans to scrap Oman meeting - Domain Incite
ICANN currently has no plans to cancel its 2026 Annual General Meeting, which is due to take place in Muscat, Oman, later this year, according to CEO Kurt Lindqvist. Speaking at the public forum at IC...
https://domainincite.com/31575-icann-boss-no-plans-to-scrap-oman-meeting
8 days ago
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China domains dip in 2026
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China domains dip in 2026 - Domain Incite
Both of China's ccTLD saw their domains under management slide in 2026, according to the latest biannual report from the local registry. CNNIC said that .cn names ended the year at 20,768,082, down by...
https://domainincite.com/31573-china-domains-dip-in-2026
9 days ago
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ICANN maps out new gTLD timeline
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ICANN maps out new gTLD timeline - Domain Incite
ICANN's 85th public meeting kicked off in Mumbai at the weekend, the last community face-to-face before the next round of new gTLDs kicks off, and the Org took the time to spell out exactly what is ex...
https://domainincite.com/31571-icann-maps-out-new-gtld-timeline
10 days ago
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War disrupts ICANN 85
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War disrupts ICANN 85 - Domain Incite
It seems a bit tasteless to whine about disrupted flights when the Middle-East is erupting into war; nevertheless, that's the immediate issue facing would-be attendees at this week's public ICANN meet...
https://domainincite.com/31557-31557
17 days ago
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Namecheap abandons fight for .org price caps
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Namecheap abandons fight for .org price caps - Domain Incite
Namecheap seems to have thrown in the towel in its long-running fight to get ICANN to cap the prices of .org and .info domain names. The registrar terminated its Independent Review Process complaint a...
https://domainincite.com/31555-namecheap-abandons-fight-for-org-price-caps
27 days ago
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Identity Digital acquires another gTLD
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Identity Digital acquires another gTLD - Domain Incite
Identity Digital has bulked out its already substantial portfolio of gTLDs, taking over the ICANN registry contract for another 2012-round string earlier this month. The company is now running .onl vi...
https://domainincite.com/31553-identity-digital-acquires-another-gtld
28 days ago
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Seven dead registrars on the out
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Seven dead registrars on the out - Domain Incite
When a registrar stops paying its registry partners, they tend to be cut off relatively quickly. ICANN takes a bit longer. That seems to be what's happening to a collection of accredited registrars un...
https://domainincite.com/31551-seven-dead-registrars-on-the-out
29 days ago
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Sav.com
owner takes over .radio gTLD
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Sav.com owner takes over .radio gTLD - Domain Incite
The .radio gTLD appears to have changed hands, with a young registry affiliated with Sav.com taking over the reins. ICANN documentation shows that Digity, a company led by Sav CEO Anthos Chrysanthou, ...
https://domainincite.com/31549-sav-com-owner-takes-over-radio-gtld
29 days ago
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ai.com
, the most-expensive domain sale ever
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about 1 month ago
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.ai hits seven figures, raises prices
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.ai hits seven figures, raises prices - Domain Incite
The .ai ccTLD recently crossed over the one million domain milestone and has raised its already substantial registration fee. According to a social media post from the Government of Anguilla, .ai went...
https://domainincite.com/31540-ai-hits-seven-figures-raises-prices
about 1 month ago
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Typosquatter gets two years in jail
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Typosquatter gets two years in jail - Domain Incite
A man who used a typosquatted domain to defraud a couple out of $146,000 has been given a two-year jail sentence in Australia. According to a Sydney Morning Herald report, Indian national Pardeep Pard...
https://domainincite.com/31534-typosquatter-gets-two-years-in-jail
about 1 month ago
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Epstein low-balled registrants to get his exact-match domain
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Epstein low-balled registrants to get his exact-match domain - Domain Incite
Dead rapist Jeffrey Epstein tried to secure the .com and .net versions of his name by low-balling the existing registrants over relatively trivial amounts, the latest batch of "Epstein files" publishe...
https://domainincite.com/31530-epstein-low-balled-registrants-to-get-his-exact-match-domain
about 1 month ago
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Epstein bought “mother” domains for Fergie while serving time
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Epstein bought “mother” domains for Fergie while serving time - Domain Incite
Dead rapist Jeffrey Epstein registered several feminist-themed domain names for former Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson while he was serving time for sex trafficking a minor girl, the latest batch of "E...
https://domainincite.com/31527-epstein-bought-mother-domains-for-fergie-while-serving-time
about 1 month ago
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Two former ICANN directors want back in
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Two former ICANN directors want back in - Domain Incite
Gluttons for punishment? ICANN's At-Large Community has named the first four candidates standing to join the Org's board of directors, and two of them have form. SĂ©bastien Bachollet, Justine Chew, Mau...
https://domainincite.com/31523-two-former-icann-directors-want-back-in
about 2 months ago
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Former ICANN director could lose control of ccTLD
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Former ICANN director could lose control of ccTLD - Domain Incite
The government of Ghana has announced plans to nationalize the .gh ccTLD, taking control from a former ICANN director who has run the registry for over thirty years. The Minister of Communication, Dig...
https://domainincite.com/31520-former-icann-director-could-lose-control-of-cctld
about 2 months ago
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UK launches “police.ai”, but does it own the domain?
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UK launches “police.ai”, but does it own the domain? - Domain Incite
The UK's increasingly authoritarian government this afternoon announced extensive policing reforms, including what it called "Police.ai". Home secretary Shabana Mahmood, speaking in Parliament in the ...
https://domainincite.com/31518-uk-launches-police-ai-but-does-it-own-the-domain
about 2 months ago
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Team Internet still in talks to sell off domains unit
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Team Internet still in talks to sell off domains unit - Domain Incite
Team Internet says negotiations to spin off its domains business are "progressing well" after a difficult 2025. The company yesterday issued a trading update, saying that its 2025 revenue and profit w...
https://domainincite.com/31516-team-internet-still-in-talks-to-sell-off-domains-unit
about 2 months ago
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Namecheap takes a richly deserved swipe at AI slop.
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Is AI SEO the snake oil of the 2020s? - Namecheap Blog
The AI SEO boom looks like progress, but much of it is recycled mediocrity. Learn where AI belongs in search and where humans must lead.
https://www.namecheap.com/blog/is-ai-seo-the-snake-oil-of-the-2020s/
about 2 months ago
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NamesCon returning to Miami in November
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NamesCon returning to Miami in November - Domain Incite
NameCon Global will be held again in Miami, Florida, for its 2026 conference, organizers said over the weekend. The annual two-day conference will return November 11 with the Ice Palace Studios at its...
https://domainincite.com/31513-namescon-returning-to-miami-in-november
about 2 months ago
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Interesting how BlueSky chooses to preview
nazis.us
, which actually redirects to the DHS web site.
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Antifa (United States) - Wikipedia
https://nazis.us/?test=123
about 2 months ago
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“Mad Dog” politician registers
nazis.us
, redirects to Trump admin site
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“Mad Dog” politician registers nazis.us, redirects to Trump admin site - Domain Incite
An American Congressional candidate has registered the domain name nazis.us and redirected it to the US Department of Homeland security web site. Independent candidate Mark Davis, whose Twitter handle...
https://domainincite.com/31509-mad-dog-politician-registers-nazis-us-redirects-to-trump-admin-site
about 2 months ago
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“Lowest Price Guaranteed!” $48 .com registrar canned
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“Lowest Price Guaranteed!” $48 .com registrar canned - Domain Incite
ICANN has terminated its second registrar of the week, ending the accreditation of Hong Kong-based 0101 Internet for non-payment of fees and other infractions. The registrar, not to be confused with t...
https://domainincite.com/31507-lowest-price-guaranteed-48-com-registrar-canned
2 months ago
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Fifth-largest gTLD not dead after all
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Fifth-largest gTLD not dead after all - Domain Incite
ICANN has assured users of its zone file distribution service that the .top gTLD is not dead, after an unspecified snafu earlier this week suggested it was. On Wednesday, users of the Centralized Zone...
https://domainincite.com/31479-fifth-largest-gtld-not-dead-after-all
2 months ago
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Half of registrar’s domains are abusive, ICANN says
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Half of registrar’s domains are abusive, ICANN says - Domain Incite
A fast-growing registrar seems to be experiencing its growth spurt due to extremely high levels of DNS abuse, including phishing, according to the latest public breach notice from ICANN Compliance. Mo...
https://domainincite.com/31475-half-of-registrars-domains-are-abusive-icann-says
2 months ago
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Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board
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Burr joins PIR after leaving ICANN board - Domain Incite
Community lifer Becky Burr has joined Public Interest Registry as senior policy advisor, the company announced today. Burr, who at the US government was instrumental in the formation of ICANN in the l...
https://domainincite.com/31472-burr-joins-pir-after-leaving-icann-board
2 months ago
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Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out
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Refunds galore as gTLD losers finally bow out - Domain Incite
There's been a wave of withdrawals of new gTLD applications over the last couple of months after ICANN gave 15 companies their final notice that it was time to ask for a refund or lose their money for...
https://domainincite.com/31466-refunds-galore-as-gtld-losers-finally-bow-out
2 months ago
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.goo terminated as search engine closes down
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.goo terminated as search engine closes down - Domain Incite
The .goo gTLD is among a pair of dot-brand gTLDs to recently self-terminate. goo was a 1990s-style search portal focused on the Japanese market and owned by local incumbent telco NTT. It eventually lo...
https://domainincite.com/31460-goo-terminated-as-search-engine-closes-down
2 months ago
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GoDaddy to offer domain blocking to people who don’t have trademarks
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GoDaddy to offer domain blocking to people who don’t have trademarks - Domain Incite
GoDaddy's registry arm wants to offer registrants the ability to block others from registering their brands in other TLDs, even if they don't own a registered trademark. In what could be a game-change...
https://domainincite.com/31454-godaddy-to-offer-domain-blocking-to-people-who-dont-have-trademarks
2 months ago
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Happy new year expected for domain industry, says ICANN
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Happy new year expected for domain industry, says ICANN - Domain Incite
ICANN's revenue for 2026 is expected to be significantly above its earlier predictions, and it isn't just because the Org cranked up its registry and registrar fees last year. The budget for fiscal 20...
https://domainincite.com/31451-happy-new-year-expected-for-domain-industry-says-icann
2 months ago
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Team Internet looking to break up
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Team Internet looking to break up - Domain Incite
The return of CentralNic? Team Internet this week announced that it is seeking to break up the company, selling off its various divisions to different buyers. The move follows devastating changes to G...
https://domainincite.com/31446-team-internet-looking-to-break-up
4 months ago
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Noss to leave Tucows corner office
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Noss to leave Tucows corner office - Domain Incite
Tucows CEO Elliot Noss has stepped down after over a quarter century in the role. He will be replaced by Davide Woroch, currently CEO of the Tucows Domains business, reflecting the company's newly rev...
https://domainincite.com/31443-noss-to-leave-tucows-corner-office
4 months ago
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Rubens KĂĽhl has died
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Rubens KĂĽhl has died - Domain Incite
Rubens KĂĽhl, a mainstay of the ICANN community and prolific commentator on the domain name industry, has died tragically young. According to Brazilian ccTLD registry NIC.br, Rubens died November 3 at ...
https://domainincite.com/31441-rubens-kuhl-has-died
4 months ago
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$50 million in BINs for these
DomainNames.com
ultra-premiums
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Ultra-Premium Domains - Command Authority with Ultra-Premium Domain Names
Discover ultra-premium domain names that command authority and drive business growth. Ultra-Premium .com domains for tech, business, and finance.
https://DomainNames.com
5 months ago
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.io sales almost double over three years
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.io sales almost double over three years - Domain Incite
The .io ccTLD continues to be a cash cow, with sales up 6.70% in 2024, according to the registry's latest financial filing. The company also faced its largest-ever UK tax bill last year, at a time whe...
https://domainincite.com/31401-io-sales-almost-double-over-three-years
5 months ago
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Com Laude buys Fairwinds
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Com Laude buys Fairwinds - Domain Incite
Two dot-brand gTLD consultants are to merge in a deal announced today. London-based Com Laude said it is acquiring Washington DC-based Fairwinds Partners for an undisclosed amount. Com Laude said that...
https://domainincite.com/31349-com-laude-buys-fairwinds
6 months ago
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Sixteen new gTLD bids could face the firing squad
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Sixteen new gTLD bids could face the firing squad - Domain Incite
ICANN's board of directors has an unusually bumper crop of non-trivial resolutions on its agenda for next week, including the fate of the .ly TLD, new anti-harassment rules, and killing off as many as...
https://domainincite.com/31323-sixteen-new-gtld-bids-could-face-the-firing-squad
6 months ago
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Registry to release one-letter domains tomorrow
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Registry to release one-letter domains tomorrow - Domain Incite
People looking for a single-character domain name in a two-character ccTLD will have a new option from tomorrow. Adsib, the registry for Bolivian ccTLD, plans to make one and two-character domains dir...
https://domainincite.com/31320-registry-to-release-one-letter-domains-tomorrow
7 months ago
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New ICANN funding rules will cost smaller ccTLDs more
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New ICANN funding rules will cost smaller ccTLDs more - Domain Incite
The way ccTLDs fund ICANN is being reformed, with some registries set to pay thousands of dollars more to the Org's annual budget. The new rules, adopted by the ccNSO late last week, won't affect the ...
https://domainincite.com/31317-new-icann-funding-rules-will-cost-smaller-cctlds-more
7 months ago
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.ai rival lines up gTLD bid
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.ai rival lines up gTLD bid - Domain Incite
The increasingly popular .ai top-level domain looks like it could have its first full competitor before long. An organization called 0G Foundation, which says it has made a "decentralized AI operating...
https://domainincite.com/31315-ai-rival-lines-up-gtld-bid
7 months ago
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Team Internet lays off 200
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Team Internet lays off 200 - Domain Incite
When Google tweaks its algorithms, people lose their jobs. That seems to be the takeaway from Team Internet's latest trading update, which includes the revelation that more than 200 employees, more th...
https://domainincite.com/31313-team-internet-lays-off-200
7 months ago
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Sixteen more orgs vie for cheap gTLDs, but…
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7 months ago
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So who’s registering sunrise domains these days?
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So who’s registering sunrise domains these days? - Domain Incite
Amazon went into sunrise with three gTLDs this week, and I thought it might be interesting to pore over the latest zone files to see which companies are the most motivated to protect their brands nowa...
https://domainincite.com/31305-so-whos-registering-sunrise-domains-these-days
7 months ago
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Cloud gTLD gets launch dates
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Cloud gTLD gets launch dates - Domain Incite
Another long-dormant gTLD from the 2012 round is set to launch soon. Documents filed with ICANN show that the Chinese software company Qihoo 360 is set to launch .yun, the Pinyin transliteration of th...
https://domainincite.com/31303-cloud-gtld-gets-launch-dates
7 months ago
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Governments say new gTLD program “credibility at stake”
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Governments say new gTLD program “credibility at stake” - Domain Incite
ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee is "deeply concerned" about the credibility of the new gTLD program's Next Round, after a scheme to broaden the geographic spread of applicants has started to l...
https://domainincite.com/31288-governments-say-new-gtld-program-credibility-at-stake
7 months ago
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NIXI planning doomed new gTLD bids
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NIXI planning doomed new gTLD bids - Domain Incite
Indian national ccTLD registry NIXI is reportedly planning to branch out into new gTLDs, unfortunately it's picked two strings that are strictly banned under ICANN rules. According to an Economic Time...
https://domainincite.com/31285-nixi-planning-doomed-new-gtld-bids
7 months ago
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AI experts replace Chapman on ICANN board
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AI experts replace Chapman on ICANN board - Domain Incite
ICANN's Nominating Committee has announced its annual picks for the Org's board of directors, with two new fresh faces, both of whom have notable AI policy experience, joining. Constance Bommelaer de ...
https://domainincite.com/31277-ai-experts-replace-chapman-on-icann-board
7 months ago
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RDRS may not be dead
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RDRS may not be dead - Domain Incite
ICANN's pilot Registration Data Request Service could live on beyond its original shelf life, if new recommendations are approved. The GNSO's RDRS Standing Committee has reached consensus on six propo...
https://domainincite.com/31271-rdrs-may-not-be-dead
7 months ago
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Single-letter .com lawsuit thrown out of court
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Single-letter .com lawsuit thrown out of court - Domain Incite
A domainer trying to lay claim to all remaining unregistered single-character .com and .net domain names has had his lawsuit against ICANN thrown out of court for a third time. Bryan Tallman of Verand...
https://domainincite.com/31269-single-letter-com-lawsuit-thrown-out-of-court
7 months ago
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Golding challenges McCarthy for Nominet board seat
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Golding challenges McCarthy for Nominet board seat - Domain Incite
Nominet has revealed the names of just two candidates who are standing in its non-executive director election this year. Rob Golding of Astutium is on the ballot again, this time challenging incumbent...
https://domainincite.com/31266-golding-challenges-mccarthy-for-nominet-board-seat
7 months ago
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Three applicants qualify for cheapo gTLDs
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Three applicants qualify for cheapo gTLDs - Domain Incite
Three organizations have been given ICANN's approval to apply for new gTLDs next year at a deeply discounted rate. All three are non-profit or nongovernmental organizations, ICANN said. Two come from ...
https://domainincite.com/31262-three-applicants-qualify-for-cheapo-gtlds
7 months ago
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