Recently in Domain Registrars Category

I had a look at the various .co (Colombia) registrars, resellers and included their pricing below for the various stages:

Global Sunrise: Apr 26 - June 10, 2010 (for Global TM holders)
Landrush: June 21 - July 13, 2010 (for top generics)
General Availability: July 20, 2010(for anything that is left)

We have just been informed that the domain name registrar and auction house Moniker has been down for the past 15 hours.

It seems to be due to a hardware failure in their LA office.

The ICM registry has won an appeal for an independent review of the .xxx extension.

The proposed TLD .xxx is suggested as an option for sexually explicit Internet websites. .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies.

The .xxx would be suitable for adult material, similar to .edu for education and .gov for government bodies. The appeal has caused controversy for both those for and against the introduction of the TLD.

The idea of .xxx would be to implement a way for those who wish to provide access to pornographic nature on the web and also make it easier for those who don't wish to view explicit material to block the websites. This would also make it easier for search engines to block .xxx websites.

CNINIC (.CN Registry) has recently introduced stricter regulations for registering .CN domains. As a results, some Chinese businesses and website owners are looking elsewhere when registering domain names. The new regulations require that .CN domains be registered with the Chinese government. Failure to do some will result in your domain being disabled/deleted.

If you want to register a few domains and are willing to wait, keep an eye on the big domain registrar, such as Moniker, GoDaddy & EuroDNS, as they often have specials. Currently, GoDaddy and EuroDNS have some excellent specials on .info and .es.

GoDaddy has a special on new .info registrations (not transfers or
renewal). Their price is USD$1.07 (usually $9.98). The abbreviation info (for information) is recognised in many languages and .info there no restriction on the .info TLD.
Register your .info domain here.

European domain registrar EuroDNS has recently announced a 30% off sale for new .es (Spain) ccTLD domain registrations. The domain names are available to anyone who wishes to offer services, information or products that are tied to Spain. Either Culturaly, Historicaly, Socially or does Business with Spain.
Register your .es domain here.

Internet users have been warned to take care donating towards the latest natural disaster, in Haiti.

The FBI has warned those wishing to donate money, to those affected by the misfortunate natural disaster, to not respond to unsolicited incoming emails and to be wary of those who represent themselves as a victim through emails or social networking sites.

It is important that you are aware when opening files of images from the Haiti disaster that they could contain viruses.

Associated Press has reported that "more than 400 Internet addresses related to Haiti have been registered since Monday's devastating quake'.

Similar to the Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods domain name rush a huge amount of domainers have been quick to register Brittany Murphy domain names, after she recently passed away.

Whenever something happens in the celebrity world or there is a celebrity scandal it make people buy domains names. Celebrities draw domain traffic; Paris Hilton is a celebrity known for scandals and KeywordDiscovery states that the search term 'Paris Hilton' is searched for approximately 19,398 times a day!

As soon as there is a scandal from a celebrity there is a sudden rush to register domain names appropriate to the scandal. For example, Tiger Woods has recently been in the spotlight for indiscretions he made and on the day the Wood's scandal was publicized, 30th November 2009, the domain name: TigerWoodsCheater.com was created.

You can purchase domains via various domain auction sites, these websites make it easier to buy and sell domain names.

A drop registrar is a domain name registrar who registers expiring domain names, to sell at auction, as soon as the registration expires. To participate in a drop registrar auction you need to register your interest prior to the beginning of the auction.

A domain auction site allows a customer to purchase a previously registered domain, which suits their needs, from an owner who wishes to sell their domain name. A domain auction site allows sellers to list multiple domains, easily and conveniently, on the one website.

Ever wanted to own your own registrar, but either do not know how, or cannot afford the expense to become accredited with ICANN? Some existing registrars offer what is called a reseller account. This allows you to set up your own domain registration service, without all the hassles or becoming accredited. They will also usually provide you with a customizable management interface for your customers, and sometimes, API (application programming interface) access, so you can create your own interface from scratch.

The TRAFFIC Awards were present to the winners last night. Voting for the nominated parties started 2 months ago and as these are votes by domainers, well done to all that won the praise of their fellow domainers.

And the nominations and winners were...