Entries tagged with “Domain name registrar” from Domains / Internet Technology News - DNS News
GoDaddy's adverts wouldn't be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they've caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years.
This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.
While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken the step of creating teasers of their ads!
Here's the trailer:
This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.
While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken the step of creating teasers of their ads!
Here's the trailer:
ICANN's Post-Expiry Domain Name Recovery Working Group (bit of a mouthful!) has opened a comment period.
The questions being asked are as follows:
1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;
2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;
3. Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;
4. Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined);
5. Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the Redemption Grace Period (RGP).
Full details may be found on the ICANN site.
If you have an opinion on any of the questions please let your opinion be known.
(Disclosure: I am a member of the working group)
The questions being asked are as follows:
1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;
2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;
3. Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;
4. Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined);
5. Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the Redemption Grace Period (RGP).
Full details may be found on the ICANN site.
If you have an opinion on any of the questions please let your opinion be known.
(Disclosure: I am a member of the working group)
If you have rules and regulations but don't enforce them then there's little point in having any rules or regulations in the first place.
One of the criticisms that is often levelled at ICANN is with regard to compliance issues. There are a number of areas where ICANN accredited registrars maybe flounting the rules, but if nobody does anything about it then none of the registrars will have any incentive to actually comply.
According to the latest ICANN news alert notices have been sent to both Joker.com and DNS.com.cn for WHOIS policy issues.
All ICANN accredited registrars are bound under their contract with ICANN (the RAA, which has been under review for over a year) and if ICANN deems it necessary they may actually lose their accreditation for non-compliance.
In the last 12 months there have been a number of registrars who have lost their accreditation, though none would have attracted the level of media attention of Registerfly. That a relatively large European registrar such as Joker would be subject to this kind of "wake up call" puts things in a whole new perspective.
What would be the impact on the European internet community if one of their own were to lose their ICANN accreditation?
One of the criticisms that is often levelled at ICANN is with regard to compliance issues. There are a number of areas where ICANN accredited registrars maybe flounting the rules, but if nobody does anything about it then none of the registrars will have any incentive to actually comply.
According to the latest ICANN news alert notices have been sent to both Joker.com and DNS.com.cn for WHOIS policy issues.
All ICANN accredited registrars are bound under their contract with ICANN (the RAA, which has been under review for over a year) and if ICANN deems it necessary they may actually lose their accreditation for non-compliance.
In the last 12 months there have been a number of registrars who have lost their accreditation, though none would have attracted the level of media attention of Registerfly. That a relatively large European registrar such as Joker would be subject to this kind of "wake up call" puts things in a whole new perspective.
What would be the impact on the European internet community if one of their own were to lose their ICANN accreditation?
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That speculation has now come to an end, as Tucows have announced their partnership with Afternic.
What's particularly interesting is that Tucows will be sharing the revenue with their resellers!
We're pleased to announce that you'll receive ten per cent of the Gross
Sale Price on the sale, at auction through Afternic, of any expired
domains that originated from your Reseller account. That revenue will
be deposited directly into your reseller account on a monthly basis.
Now that is interesting!
Are other registrars going to follow suit?
I somehow doubt it, but it would be an interesting and attractive revenue stream for many of the hosting companies that rely on ICANN registrars to handle their domain registrations
More information, including a vidcast from their domain portfolio manager, is available on the Tucows blog
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