My Last Day at CentralNic

Well, after 13 years (in fact, this is my 13 year anniversary there), I have left CentralNic. I have made some great friends during this time both within the company and within the industry and I wish to thank all of you that have helped me along the way.

I am very excited about the domain name industry and new Top Level Domains and am confident that the future will hold amazing possibilities.

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Godaddy’s Perfect Match Superbowl Ad

I haven’t been a big fan of Godaddy’s commercials so far but I have to admit I like this one. It makes me laugh every time I see it and, in addition to being memorable, I think it does a good job of explaining commercial benefits, a match of sexiness and uh… nerdiness??? Whatever, it’s a funny commercial and I think it’s going to do them some good.

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Internet Grows to 246 Million Domain Names Q3 2012

More than five million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the total number of registered domain names as of Sept. 30, 2012, to more than 246 million worldwide across all Top-Level Domains, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief, published by VeriSign, Inc.

The increase of 5.7 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 2.4 percent over the second quarter of 2012, and marks the seventh straight quarter with greater than 2 percent growth. Worldwide registrations have grown by 26.4 million, or 12 percent, since the third quarter of 2011.

Read the story… | Source: Seeking Alpha | Date posted: 1/24/2013

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Deloitte Releases Trademark Clearinghouse Prices

With potentially over a 1,000 new TLDs on the internet, ICANN designed a Clearinghouse as a single database of authenticated registered trademarks to protect brands and their intellectual property rights

This week, Deloitte released a PDF containing its new trademark clearinghouse fee structure. The Trademark Clearinghouse is the central repository for validated trademarks for the purpose of protecting brands in ICANN’s new gTLD program. Their Pricing document sets forth the fee structure and relevant fees that the Trademark Clearinghouse may charge Trademark Holders and Trademark Agents for providing the Trademark Clearinghouse validation function.

Companies who wish to register trademarks in the clearinghouse database will pay between $150 and $95 per trademark per year depending on the volume of their registrations. Discounts kick in at 3000 registrations and can be designated from one to 5 years at a time.

Visit the Trademark Clearinghouse website… |

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