Gaijin-san Domainer: Dot .Ninja domains a big hit in Japan

Gaijin-san Domainer is the writing pseudonym of American domain investor, David J. Walker; as an American expatriate in Japan, he can tell good and bad sushi apart. Here is the result of his latest meditation on gTLD domains, and dot .Ninja in particular; it’s a parody post with a much deeper message. Konnichiwa. Today arrives […]

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Dot .Ninja domains to get registered very quietly tonight

The dot .Ninja registry has announced that .ninja domains are scheduled to arrive ‘very quietly’ tonight, taking advantage of the darkness and a new moon. Slated as an aggressive alternative to .guru, dot .ninja domains can become the lethal weapon of gTLDs. “Ninja domains are the warriors of the domain industry, and possess skills unlike […]

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Rick Schwartz hints of .TRAFFIC gTLD on ‘cabana’ day

With TRAFFIC Las Vegas just a day away, many domainers took advantage of the great weather on Memorial Day to arrive in Vegas a day early. Sporting shorts, flip flops and ‘wife beater‘ shirts, domainers let loose and sipped piña coladas at the shady cabanas, by the beautiful Bellagio pool. After a few drinks and […]

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DNJournal: Popular domain publication moves to Albanian domain hack!

More than a decade after launching DNJournal, domain investor and journalist, Ron Jackson, is turning the online domain publication into a meaningful, strong brand. “A lot of my readers complain that in the gTLD era, where brands are important and everyone is getting away from the .com, we’re still stuck in the Palaeozoic era,” said […]

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Sidney Feelmore: Dot com domains and gTLDs suck the tits of Aussie names, mate!

Australian domain investor and frequent mile flyer, Sidney Feelmore, minced no words on Thursday, as he got off the plane from attending Domain Europe in Valencia, Spain. “I’ve seen, and I use the word loosely, some pansy domainers tinkle with those cockies, the gTLDs. It’s absolutely remarkable to me that domainers can crack a fat […]

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ICANN financials: Released IRS Form 990 shows hefty expense increase

ICANN posted its 2013 financials tonight, in particular IRS Form 990 that displays its revenue and expenses for the fiscal year beginning 7/1/2012 and ending 6/30/2013. Domain investor, George Kirikos, pointed out that “the numbers don’t make sense.”   Indeed, ICANN is reporting a whopping $150,390,490 dollars in expenses – up from $69,576,791 the year […]

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Uniregistry kicks .Hiphop onto the gTLD floor; dot .Audio and dot .Juegos to follow

Uniregistry announced that dot .Hiphop is now live; the latest gTLD from Frank Schilling’s stable of domain goodies can be reached at NIC.hiphop. The motto for dot .Hiphop: Challenge, evolve, be heard: “Hip hop is more than a genre of music. It’s a constantly evolving identity and art form, a passionate style of self-expression. .hiphop […]

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ICANN zone data service getting ready for some maintenance

ICANN announced the scheduled maintenance of its Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) web site.

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Equilibrium reached: Uniregistry rolling out dot .Creepy

In an attempt to engage social media and bring equilibrium to its dot .Sexy gTLD launch, Uniregistry is getting ready to launch dot .Creepy. “We had several complaints, from domainers and end-users alike, that not everything and everyone in life are sexy,” said Frank Schilling. “At Uniregistry, we work hard to bring everyone pics of […]

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New gTLDs ripe for UDRP: The case of Guess.Clothing

The era of the new Internet name space provides lots of opportunities for meaningful keyword+gTLD combinations; with more than 250 gTLDs approved so far by ICANN, the possibilities are endless. One needs to remember, however, that the same keyword+gTLD combinations can be used to create blatant violations of brands and trademarks.   This is the […]

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Sophia Bekele: Blocked from ITU event over Dotafrica Dispute

In an ongoing controversy that involves ICANN being in favor of South Africa’s ZA Central Registry NPC as the managers of the Dot .Africa gTLD, another applicant appears to have been barred from an International Telecommunication Union event. Sophia Bekele, an Ethiopian entrepreneur, is a business and corporate executive, an International entrepreneur, corporate governance & […]

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ICANN salaries: How much money are the top ICANN officers making?

ICANN is currently pushing for change in the way things are managed on the Internet, and the introduction of gTLDs padded its cash reserves with more than $340 million dollars from gTLD application fees. With ICANN 50 coming up in June in London, UK, the focus on who gets to make decisions on core functions […]

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