Guide to new TLDs

ICANN Guide to new TLDs - First Look

Monday, October 27th, 2008

ICANN sent out a huge amount of new TLD material late last week, which killed my weekend. On the whole, it’s very thorough, even though important information (e.g., filing dates) is not yet provided. And, despite being quite complicated in parts, for the most part it’s quite clear. Preliminary congratulations to [...]

Domain Auction Providers for TLDs: Bido.com

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Profile of Bido.com, a new domain auction house.

Domain Auction Providers for TLDs: Oversee.net

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Oversee.net is a sprawling Internet advertising company. Its hydra-headed holdings include DomainSponsor, Low.com, and Revenue.net, but of interest to us are two recently-purchased long-time domain name companies not mentioned on their main site: Moniker, Monte Cahn’s pioneering live-auction company when it comes to live auctions, and SnapNames, well known as the place to go [...]

Domain Auction Providers for TLDs: Pool.com

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Profile of auction provider Pool.com, which handled the .ASIA auctions.

Domain Auction Providers for TLDs: Sedo

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

An in-depth profile of Sedo, detailing their auction offerings to new TLDs.

Domain Auction Providers for TLDs: Intro

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

An auction (or a series of auctions) is fast becoming an important part of any new TLD. .MOBI has used it successfully, .ASIA has done the same, and most recently ICANN has approved the use of auctions both a a tie-breaker for new TLDs (PDF, comments here), and also to profit from [...]

Speed-dating the new gTLD registry providers - Summary

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Summary of the Registry Speed-Dating contest, with a downloadable PDF of the results, along with a checklist of what to look for when choosing your TLD registry service provider.

Speed-dating new TLD Registry Providers: Community DNS

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Contestant #11 in our guide to registry operators is Community DNS, which emphasizes robust DNS services and has worked with a number of ccTLDs.

Speed-dating new TLD Registry Providers: RegistryASP

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Contestant #10, RegistryASP, operates the registries for .HK, .SG, and .CD. They have proven competence with complicated business rules (.HK in particular), and are doing a good job making a name for themselves as a registry provider. Their web site is one of the more informative among our contenders.

Speed-dating new TLD Registry Providers: CORE

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Contestant #9 is CORE, the Council of Registrars. They’ve been around longer than anyone except VeriSign, and have an impressive roster of smart people who have launched both commercial and not-so-commercial TLDs. CORE knows ICANN very well, and have provided useful materials on their site.