ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from Power Brand Center Corp. t/a Power Brand Center LLC [ www.powerbrandcenter.com ] (accredited since 27 April 2011). The termination is due to Power Brand’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 28 Feb 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s various notice of breach pursuant …
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Annoucements about Top Level Domains (TLDs)
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Apr 18 2013
ICANN De-Accredits CI Hosts
ICANN the managing authority for all gTLDs has removed the accreditation from CI Hosts [ www.cihost.com / net / org ] (accredited since 4 February 2012). The termination is due to CI Host’s failure to timely cure the policy breaches by 1 March 2013 as set forth in ICANN’s notice of breach of RAA dated 11 January …
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Apr 17 2013
ICANN De-Accredits DomainMonger.com
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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Apr 15 2013
Temporary suspension of .TC, .GD and .VG from registration and update
Due to continuing uncertainties regarding the administration and delegation of the ccTLDs: .TC .GD .VG we are temporarily unable to allow any modifications, registrations, transfers or renewals of domains of these ccTLDs. Currently, the resolution of existing registered domain names is not affected. We are awaiting the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) decision over the …
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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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Mar 22 2013
Cautionary Tale – Domain Registration
A customer registered a .co.uk domain for respectable educational site but did not take the option of acquiring the also available .com at the same time. Since getting their website up and running, someone else has now registered the .com and placed a very different website on it, probably to try to elicit a lot …
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Mar 03 2013
Neustar increase dotBIZ prices to registrars
Neustar, the domain registry for the gTLD dotBIZ has announced a 10% price increase for all .biz domain name registrations, .biz domain name renewals and .biz domain name transfers effective from midnight 31st March 2013 Domain: .biz Astutium.com are an ICANN Accredited .BIZ Domain Registrar with the best value domain registration pricing in the UK. …
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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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