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Two-letter .info auctions get go-ahead
ICANN has approved Afilias’ request to auction off its reserve of one and two-letter .info domain names.
The company seems to be planning to allocate the names both at auction and through a request-for-proposals process that would see registrants promise to develop and market their .info sites.
Any big partnerships could provide a welcome profile boost to .info, which has been around for a decade but still only grows about as much in a year as .com does in a month.
While auctions could also bring a nice windfall to the company, Afilias can expect to come under pressure from certain trademark holders to keep their brands off the market.
Volkswagen’s lawyers apparently “threatened every action in the book” to keep vw.biz out of Neustar’s allocation process for two-letter .biz names last year.
Recent Comments
The fee for a historical abstract ( a pdf that has the entire history of the domain ) will be $3. This will be available... read more
A while ago I reported a domain which distributed malware to visitors who came from google ads. And nobody I reported it... read more
you bought a crap not a registry domain. clickbait the title.... read more
Kevin, It would interesting to know how many other (failing)TLDs owe monies to ICANN and the extent of the problem. This... read more
I'm not a big fan of new gTLDs, but the headline seems to not take into account the full context of the statistics that ... read more
Thank you for quoting me Kevin. Following the publication of this report, I’d also like to say that I am proud of hav... read more
Strike 2 for auDA https://www.theage.com.au/technology/web-agency-not-fit-for-purpose-government-review-finds-2018041... read more
Sad news. Rest in peace, Wolfgang.... read more
Thank you for the balanced write up, Kevin. As you have noted, the main source for the news story was a leaked versio... read more
I'm saddened to hear of Wolfgang's passing. He was a kind, funny, opinionated, warm and acute gentleman, and I valued ev... read more