DomainIncite: Three companies have asked ICANN to turn off a total of six dot-brand gTLDs. Two each. Lifestyle Domain Holdings no longer wants to run .cityeats and .frontdoor, Paramount-owned CBS Domains wants out of .cbs and .showtime, and chocolate …
DomainIncite: Closed generic gTLDs are likely off the table for ICANN’s next application round, after a secretive policy development working group failed to reach a consensus on how they could be permitted. The chairs of the ALAC-GAC-GNSO Facili…
DomainIncite: Ukraine’s ccTLD is starting to see a decline in its total domains under management as emergency policies related to Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 are relaxed. According to local registry Hostmaster, .ua’…
DomainIncite: The fallout from Epik’s financial mismanagement scandal continued to wreak havoc on the company’s registration numbers in April, the latest ICANN registry transaction reports show. The company had its worse month ever for tra…
DomainIncite: Go.Compare seems to have backpedaled a little on its high-profile rebranding to a new gTLD domain name. The domain go.compare is now bouncing visitors to the insurance comparison site’s original domain, gocompare.com. When the comp…
DomainIncite: e&, major telecoms company in the Middle East, has told ICANN to scrap its two dot-brand gTLDs following a partial corporate rebrand last year. The Abu Dhabi-based company, which operates in 16 countries and has turnover of over $7 b…
DomainIncite: ICANN has given itself an April 2026 target for accepting the next round of new gTLD applications. Board chair Tripti Sinha wrote yesterday that ICANN expects the next Applicant Guidebook — the Book of Mormon for the program —…
DomainIncite: ICANN’s Nominating Committee has announced its 2023 selections for many of the Org’s leadership positions, and the big shocker is that director Avri Doria is not among the picks. NomCom said it has reappointed lawyer Sarah De…
DomainIncite: ICANN has terminated a registrar for not paying its fees and other infractions. ICANN Compliance, in a termination notice effective August 10, said that US-based, Indian-operated Nimzo 98 had failed to provide a Whois service and escrow …
DomainIncite: Nominet has told DI it made an honest mistake when it made claims about its historical membership fees, after a pressure campaign accused the .uk registry of “misleading” its members. The company is currently holding a public…
