Friday, May 25, 2012

.YANDEX and .SKOLKOVO Top-Level Domains

According to this web site, I would not be surprised to think two new Russian Top-Level Domains are coming:
  1. .YANDEX
  2. .SKOLKOVO
More information (in Russian) here


Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Important ICANN update (for brand applicants)

Checking the mass of documents published by ICANN, I found an interesting one I believe applicants should read. Applicants applying for a brand in particular.

This document is called "New gTLD Program Update" and it is written by Kurt Pritz. It deals with:
  1. Batching: a simplified explanation of what it is. You will learn that ICANN will ensure "no one region dominates the first batch" (I wonder what Pool.com think about this);
  2. All applications in contention sets are placed into the earliest batch designated.
  3. Trademark Clearinghouse:
    1. Simplified definition;
    2. Costs.
  4. String similarity.
The complete PDF presentation can be found here.

Last minute info: according to an info published in a twitt by Rob Beckstrom (ICANN's CEO) yesterday, the reveal date is maintained before the meeting in Prague. "Reveal day" is when all applications are published online and all applicants known. 

Monday, May 21, 2012

.BIO Top-Level Domain

Bio groups and products are going to have their own domain name extension.

The project is brought by StartingDot, a startup who raised 1,5 million Euros to developp five new generic Top-Level Domains.
.BIO is a standard application.

More to come on StartingDot soon.



.SKI Top-Level Domain


Those who Ski are going to have their personnalized domain names ending in .SKI.
I already imagine a www.pyrenées.ski :-)
The project is brought by StartingDot, a startup who raised 1,5 million Euros to developp five new generic Top-Level Domains.

The.SKI new gTLD is a community application who first saw the day with Adrenaline TLD. Rob Rozicki, its initiator will also provide consulting for a marketing consultancy dedicated solely to Top Level Domains.

They provide support:

  • Le Conseil général de Savoie ;
  • L’association professionnelle des domaines skiables de France;
  • La station Tignes.

More to come on StartingDot soon.

.ARCHI Top-Level Domain

.ARCHI is the domain name extension for architecture. This TLD is one of the 5 applications StardingDot is applying for.
This community application is also supported by the Union Internationale des Architectes (UIA).

More soon on StartindDot.

.IMMO Top-Level Domain

"Immo" stands in French for "immobilier", a French word for "Real estate".

StartingDot is submitting a Community application supported by :

  • FNAIM (France);
  • Union des Syndicats de l'Immobilier (France);
  • Immobilienverband Deutschland (Germany);
  • Confédération Européenne de l'Immobilier (Union Européenne);
  • Bauträgerverband (Austria);
  • Union Suisse des professionnels de l'immobilier (Switzerland);
  • Immobilien.net;
  • Seloger.com;
  • Solocase.it;
  • Homegate.ch;
  • Immonet.de.
More is coming on their web site and Facebook page.

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