No matter who you ask the number of speculative registrations during both sunrise and landrush for .eu was obviously high. Eurid has stuck its head in the sand and is claiming that the trademark laws were at fault not them. No matter what went on in the lead up to landrush one thing is sure - the domain aftermarket is booming. Sedo, which is one of the largest domain brokers, … [Read more...] about EU Aftermarket
Domains & DNS
Landrush Fiasco
EU landrush is a fiasco. Why? Eurid and the EU dropped the ball completely. While you may have been lucky enough to get the domains you wanted under landrush (or one of the sunrises) a lot of people are going to be very upset due to the tactics employed by several hundred registrars who abused the system to their own end. The courts are going to be kept busy for the next couple … [Read more...] about Landrush Fiasco
EU Launch today
The EU registry opens to the public today at 11am CET Whether .eu will take off or become another .info or .biz is hard to say at this juncture, but there should be plenty of "fun and games" over the next few weeks as the ADR procedures take place … [Read more...] about EU Launch today
Domains vs Clients
I've been following the marketing antics of some of our industry competitors closely. Some marketing ploys are quite interesting and in some cases even innovative, however there are some techniques that I find almost laughable A particular competitor seems to be having serious issues with their maths or maybe their comprehension of the English language.. To be honest, I'm not … [Read more...] about Domains vs Clients
AFNIC To Remove Restrictions
From 20 June 2006 AFNIC is liberalising .fr domain registrations. Similar to a growing number of ccTLD registries, the French registry will be opening its doors to everyone with an address in France. They've set up a special site to publicise the changes, which is aptly named faites-vous-un-nom.fr … [Read more...] about AFNIC To Remove Restrictions