Create Your Account  |  Log in  |  Contact    Latest News Oman introduces عمان. (.oman), the Arabic script IDN ccTLD Muscat, Oman – 1st May 2012 – The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of ARI Registry Services, officially relaunched the .om country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in a move to ensure the ongoing stability and growth of the Internet within the country and greater Gulf region.... IDN News - Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 21:58 Москва.com IDN sold for $216000 DNJournal recorded the Largest IDN deal for Москва.com (“Moscow” in Russian) which was completed in July 2011 when the final installment on a $216,000 purchase price was paid. That is the highest verified sale price reported to date for an IDN. The deal was originally subject to a  confidentiality agreement but Gary Males... IDN News - Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 6:9 ICANN Public Comment: Second Annual IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Review ICANN is now opening a public comment forum for the second annual review of the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process. Community members and specifically those who were directly involved in the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process, including requesters, public authorities, and end users of the delegated IDN ccTLDs, are kindly asked to provide feedbac... IDN News - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 9:31 AFNIC opening IDN registratons for .FR ccTLD AFNIC will shortly be opening the registration of IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names) to their ccTLD portfolio. All those who already are owners of .FR domain names or wish to register new ones will benefit from this feature. Starting May 2012, web site owners will be able to buy domain names with accents and special characters. IDN News - Friday, March 30, 2012 - 23:35 gTLD Strategy: International Relations Here on gTLD Strategy, we spend a lot of our time talking about English-language gTLDs, mostly because that’s the language we speak best. The FairWinds staff dabbles in Spanish, Korean, French, Arabic, Chinese, and even Polish, but you could say English is our forte. But, of course, ICANN’s New gTLD Program is not limited to IDN News - Friday, March 23, 2012 - 9:47 Notice of Extension of ICANN Comment Period: IDN Variant Issues Project – Proposed Project Plan In response to comments made by participants at the ICANN public meeting in Costa Rica, ICANN has extended this public comment period for 21 days until 8 April 2012. ICANN has also received a number of constructive comments for amendments to the proposed project plan.  As a result, it is likely that ICANN will publish IDN News - Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 22:54 The IDN Variant Issues Project ICANN is pleased to announce the publication of the final Integrated Issues Report [PDF, 2.15 MB] and the posting of the proposed project plan [PDF, 211 KB] for the next steps of the IDN Variant Issues Project for public comment.  The report explores the issues associated with the potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in IDN News - Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 22:51 Afilias Announces Intention to Apply for Chinese IDN Versions of .INFO Domain DUBLIN–(Afilias Limited, the ICANN-designated registry operator for the .INFO top level domain (TLD) and a global provider of technical registry services, today announced that it will apply for the Simplified and Traditional Chinese language equivalents of .INFO under ICANN’s new gTLD program. “Given the global presence of Afil... IDN News - Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 22:1 IDN Variant Issues Project: Draft Integrated Issues Report Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose On 20 April 2011, ICANN announced the IDN Variant Issues Project to explore the benefits and risks associated with the potential inclusion of IDN variant TLDs in the DNS root zone. This project was initiated in response to a 2010 ICANN Board of Directors resolution.  ICANN is publ... IDN News - Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 21:57 Revised IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan 15 December 2011 Following the ICANN Board’s approval on 8 December 2011 of the amendment to the IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation Plan, ICANN is providing this notice of publication for the Revised Implementation Plan. This amendment was considered following guidance received from the ccNSO during the ICANN meeting i... IDN News - Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 21:55 Domain .РФ success is one of the major events in 2011 On 22 November 2011, the Federal Agency for Printed and Mass Media (Rospechat) in tandem with the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) co-organized a press conference “Runet: year in review and prospects of expansion” at the RIA Novosti press center . Andrey Kolesnikov, the CC’s CEO, took part in the press confere... IDN News - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 21:59 Domaining.com - Newsletter - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Suggestions - Trends - Registration - Marketplaces - Portfolios - Brokers Drop - Appraisal - Financing - Escrow - Parking Web Hosting - Development - SEO - Forum - Tools - WHOIS Education - Resources - Metrics - New Extensions - Legal - Events THANKS to our friends DomainTools.com for their cutting edge WHOIS service and Estibot.com for their domain valuation technology.