ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com (accredited since 4 October 2010). The termination is due to Domainmonger’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 1 February 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s notice of breach of RAA dated 11 January 2013. As of …
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Mar 30 2013
The myths of .brand
So you’re ready to (or already did) apply for your very own “slice” of the internet with a .brand application. After months of planning, financing, application forms, trademarks, legal documentation- its all green lights across the board – this time next year you’ll be billionaires owning a piece of the future, all costs are detailed …
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Feb 14 2013
Hosting.com rebrands to just Hosting
Genius idea or rebranding mistake ? According to a news piece on their website hosting.com have just rebranded to the shortened name of … Hosting When Overstock rebranded as O.CO I thought – yeah – I can see that working for them – especially as a lot of what they sell now isn’t overstock as …
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Apr 01 2012
April Special Domain Registration Offers – 40% off .ORG and .PRO
At OthelloNames.net ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar, we have some special offers for April on domain names … 40% off all new .ORG Domain Registrations Beat the 1st May dotORG price increases by PIR (the .org registry) with our 40% off voucher TLDDOTORG to redeem at OthelloNames.net Domain Name Offers. Voucher valid for any new 1 …
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Jan 18 2012
dotPRO Registry Acquired by Afilias
The official press-release regarding the takeover of .PRO Domain Registry Afilias expands market leadership with acquisition of RegistryPro The .PRO domain is set to grow with strategic focus from Afilias DUBLIN — Jan. 17, 2012 — Afilias Limited, the ICANN-designated registry operator for the .INFO top level domain (TLD) and a global provider of domain …
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Jan 16 2012
Top 12 for ’12 Promotion
2012 is going to be an exciting year for Domain Names in general, and Astutium in particular – new datacentre space available, new product launches coming, the new ICANN gTLD/sTLD program – all in January ! To kick off 2012 we are offering … 20% off our 12 most popular domain TLDs at Astutium.com Domain …
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Jun 17 2011
New Measures Proposed to Enhance Post-Expiration and Renewal Related Policies and Practices
GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group Presents Final Report The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group has submitted its Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr-final-report-14jun11-en.pdf [PDF, 998 KB] to the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council today, 14 June 2011. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should …
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Jan 29 2009
120 New Domain Types – what are they all for ?
2009 will see an explosion of new gTLD’s appearing (or at least planned) after proposals under the new ICANN guidelines – ICANN New gTLD Program – relaxed a number of the constraints. First up already announced is .paris … a city with it’s own domain type … Expect hundreds if not thousands more sponsored gTLDs …
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Jan 01 2009
Astutium Assigned IANA No. 1471
As part of the preparation for the launch of Astutium ICANN Accredited Domain Registry we have been assigned our official IANA Registrar Number #1471
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