gTLD program: ICANN(t) have those reserved words as 2nd level domains!
With the gTLD program at full steam by ICANN, there is a small detail that needs to be mentioned, for gTLD applicants to take notice. Once given the right to roll out a particular new gTLD, even after spending $185,000 as application fees alone, new registries must abide to a set of rules – including, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Constantine Roussos on the .Music trademark, ICANN and the gTLD program
Constantine Roussos, whose company has applied for the .Music gTLD, is currently facing ICANN’s bureaucracy and effective bias towards the gTLD applications of large corporations. Unfazed by the recent gTLD process hurdles that have generated a lot of criticism, Roussos is currently preparing a strong comeback, to ensure that his .Music brand and registered trademark […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN & .MUSIC gTLD: Upholding US vs. International trademark law
It seems that no-one is willing to tell it like it truly is: despite its multi-national personnel and leadership, ICANN is clearly upholding the laws of the United States and the USPTO in particular. This shocking revelation comes as a further slap in the face of established entrepreneurs, such as Constantine Roussos of the .MUSIC […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Donuts: gTLD registry applies for .pastry, .cookies and .frappe
Donuts, the up and coming gTLD applicant and provider of turn-key solutions for 21st century domain registries, is once again stirring the already wavy waters of new top level domains. “We realized that almost all Americans skip a meal or two a day, but not many would skip desserts,” said Donuts VP of marketing, Richard […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Texan’s application for .nukular gets rejected on Hiroshima day
A Texan domainer isn’t all too happy today, after ICANN rejected his application for the gTLD .nukular. Bob W. Shrub, a prominent rancher and domain investor from Rusty Hills, Texas, spent the past four and a half years promoting the anticipated registration of .nukular. Today, all these efforts will go to an anti-climactic waste. The […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.First Art secures shortest ‘Domain Hack’ possible in upcoming gTLD race!
First Art, an arts and crafts store, art studio and art school in Tennessee, has secured the shortest possible ‘domain hack’ for their art business. “Gone are the days that we’d fight tooth and nail to get a .com domain and end up paying thousands of dollars in extortion fees, I mean seriously why do […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Big .CON(fusion) explained: Get inside Rick Schwartz’s brain
Rick Schwartz made an early bird post yesterday; a lot of Saturday party animals apparently slept in and missed the monumental messages it conveys, which affect all domainers. We are therefore analyzing it for your own “Monday Quarterback” enjoyment! Rick Schwartz: “The Big .CON Becomes the Big .Gamble and that brings into play winners and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Michael Bloomberg: .NYC domains will be taxed separately
New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, announced the impeding taxation of .nyc domains, as soon as the new TLD is made available to New Yorkers. Just a day after giving a speech lauding the approval of the .nyc gTLD by ICANN, the billionaire mayor bites hard down on progress with a new “Digital Assets” tax. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .com was a really bad idea, says ICANN official
With 909 new gTLDs getting the passing grade so far, ICANN is once again evaluating its support of the original TLDs. “We need to go through the documentation and examine how .com made the cut in 1985, it’s shocking really,” says Milosh Fritcz of ICANN-Hungary. “Dot .com was from the very beginning a very, very […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father Domainicus: ICANN’t get no satisfaction
Greetings and salutations, my brothers and sisters in Domaining; this is Father Domainicus with a post-Easter message. What a fine Sunday it is today, except that we might be seeing some North Korean nuclear-capable missiles across the western skies. Hopefully, our Domain Lord will diffuse those radical acts of global terror, raining down fire above […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN: Gone with the Wind
The pending gTLD program from ICANN is currently creating more confusion, producing additional non-news daily; the applications that are being rejected or withdrawn multiply like rabbits. Should you care, really? With that in mind, here’s what we think of gTLDs. TGIF! 😀
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