Monthly Archives: January 2014

The ICANN process for new TLDs, in brief: There were 4 categories for applications: Brand (for owners of trademarked brands), Geography (by a city, state, etc.), IDN (non-Latin alphabet), and General (all else).  For each new TLD application, there was a $185,000 … Continue reading →

Last week in Las Vegas, a new conference, NamesCon, took place.  Namescon was created in direct response to the expanding list of TLDs, a subject described briefly in the post Domain Names #1.  Evidently, the subject matter hit a chord, … Continue reading →

One of my continuing business interests is the Internet and domain names. In March, 1996, as the World Wide Web began to become commercialized, I registered Redcap.com for my family-owned corporation, Redwood Capital.  With the help of a good friend,  Andy … Continue reading →