Recent Comments

• Sara Rego: Actually, Team Internet won with 8%, but GoDaddy bid at 9%. So the difference between the two was o
• Rubens Kuhl: While they are all good measures to take, we shouldn't forget that bad actors will adapt.
• Andrew Richard: ICANN’s focus on bulk registration abuse is overdue. Associated domain checks, better info-sharing
• Rubens Kuhl: 8% of a standard-priced TLD would be low indeed, but .co is priced higher making 8% bearable.
• Kevin Murphy: The Colombian government gets the rest.
• Gary: 8% of revenue??? who gets the other 92% and how the holy is TeamInternet going to make any money on
• Henry: This is not good for TeamInternet. Who do they have left? XYZ, they'll be shopping around for sure.
• Gary: This is not good for TeamInternet. Who do they have left? XYZ, they'll be shopping around for sure.
• A Registrar: You mean registrars had a choice to pay the increase with their left hand or their right... there wa
• Rubens Kuhl: GIs were considered in SubPro WT5, and AGB reflects exactly was decided regarding that.
• Henry: Too much disruption at TeamInternet: top quality staff have left; registry running a super thin team
• avri doria: It is not "Ludicrous Speed". If they do what staff wants (aka. 'recommends'), I am sure they can
• Rubens Kuhl: Mandatory means a consensus policy is required. Other than that, is wishful thinking of specific gro
• Steve GOBIN: It should definitely be mandatory and also include the data related to the underlying registrant whe
• Winners/Losers?: Which registrar groups gained the most? Seems Gandi keeps dropping based on the number of DNS recor
• Paul Foody: The change (correct me if I'm wrong) is that since 2016 ICANN is accountable only to itself & GA
• Paul Foody: Great to see Anthony Van Couvering back. (DomainIncite and ICANN's gain is stand-up comedy's loss u
• Steve Gobin: "The settlement, any financial component of which will no doubt be for a tiny fraction of what was d
• Rubens Kuhl: Let's see if the employees fired for speaking at this sexual harassment lawsuit will settle or file
• avri doria: Bylaws? What Bylaws. ICANN is becoming an organization dedicated to whimsy and ad hoc process.
• Sum Wan: So no way to use different ccTLDs with different locations set. As with YouTube Alphabet isn't aware
• Rubens Kuhl: Scammers would just register as individuals and have privacy anyways. I like the idea of busines
• Required but Not relevant: WHOIS has been mostly useless for years. It died the day that businesses were allowed to no longe
• Rubens Kuhl: It's not early, considering investment decision cycles. Registries have been consistently delivering
• Royal Match: Nova planning 200 new gTLD applications for $45.4 million is a massive announcement! It's wild to th
• Jovenet Consulting: Sometimes, it is the Registry itself who inflates numbers.
• Helmuts: :D :D insane story :D :D Thank you for covering it, Kev! .. good night :D :D H
• Helmuts: One of the smartest investments in the gTLD space I've seen so far > perfect g! What does the
• SOS: Honestly, I doubt Donatella Versace is losing sleep over a domain like Versace.ceo. Big brands like
• Maxim Alzoba: Sometimes legit TM owners make bulk registrations in the wake of a launch of some new product or ser
• Maxim Alzoba: actually the Registry fee is 25,750.00 USD for this year, and each next one might be bit higher then
• Kevin Murphy: .mobi is 20 years old.
• Rubens Kuhl: The 26 are waiting to clear either background check or payment. Payments were due 45dd, so if an app
• Christa Taylor: Thanks for the rewind and pop-culture flashback, Kevin. Yes, Dish still holds several gTLDs, incl
• John McCabe: This is great news as it shows how fairer pricing and collaboration can bring positive change and be
• Crews Gore: “ We see value in certain categories of applications such as for geo-TLDs and for internationalize
• R.Funden: "I'll take 'Things that'll never happen' for 500, Alex!"
• Avri Doria: The importance of GAC advice is only defined in Bylaws. I expect the Board will find a way around t
• Dan: This seems like one of those things which sounds easy, but just causes more work and still won't sol
• Steve: Maybe they could operate .com for $2.08 per name if it was put out to bid too (8% of $26)? Might sav
• Steve Gobin: While I agree that some registrars don't do enough to address DNS abuses (fortunately, they are a ve
• carlb: What the heck is going on with .mu? Apparently existing two- and three-letter .mu domains are app
• Tony Kim: Speaking from the point of a long time registrar owner and operator, adding some protective measures
• Volker Greimann: Before we can have a PDP on bulk regs, we need to see some conclusive evidence that bulk regs actual
• Kevin Murphy: True, but normal GAC advice is still treated very preferentially by the ICANN board. It's less uncom
• Jeff Neuman: There are some significant changes to the GAC’s control over new gTLDs from the last round. Most
• Antony Van Couvering: “Sadly, no doubt some applicants will be the kind of chancers who want to make their millions sell
• Russian Troll: The Japanese IDNs were dead on arrival: Japanese language uses a different character for dot, its ac
• Christopher Ambler: I can bet I know what will be the most-requested .you name :-)
• Nigel Roberts: Well, good to see Ofcom catching up. Since 2023 the .GG (and .JE) TLDs have had an explicit con