I've decided to take on an ambituous goal to interview all of the world's ccTLD registries. Some of them will take years before I can get them to agree and others will take years before they are even operational like some African nations. A man has to have a mission though and the project intrigues [...]

I have a pretty big announcement today. Actually, this is the biggest announcement I have ever made in my years in the domain industry. Yesterday I visited Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu in Boca Raton and agreed in principal to partner with them in the TRAFFIC shows for 2010 and beyond. Together, as a team, [...]

Our ccTLDs Extended Auction is ending TODAY at 5:00 PM ET.  We have over 1000 high quality names and ccTLDs on the list. Please take the time to review it carefully. You can go to www.proxibid.com/ricklatona and search for the name you want to bid on or the lot number for the name. The complete [...]

At long last, the nation of Colombia is going to turn their coveted ccTLD extension ".co" into a business. I've received word that on the 23rd of June the country will be accepting a bid. My source tells me that Verisign, Straat Investments, Affilias, Argus, and Technology Services (GTS), among others, have all expressed interest [...]

It's been a challenge to assemble this list and I'm sure everyone will have their opinions but here it is below. Please note, we've also added just a few great .com names just because they were too good to turn down. DiamondRings.com and FluShots.com! What great names. As well, all bidding will be done in [...]

While we are proud of the list below, we need more submissions. As you can see we are heavy on certain extensions so don't hold back if you have something premium that isn't represented below. Of course, we'll take any names that are great and priced right. Keep in mind that we are also taking [...]

Monday, June 1st 12:00PM - 06:00PM Registrations Open. 12:00PM - 06:00PM Exhibitor Setup in Exhibit Hall. 10:00AM - 06:30PM Coffee, Tea, and Informal Networking.Networking on Opening Day is always relaxed and everyone typically has some time for meetings. This is always an excellent opportunity to set up meetings and do some business before the conference [...]

It’s only 2 weeks until Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam and we are really busy with preparations. One thing you guys could help me with is to help me think of questions to ask Kevin Ham. If you had 3 questions you could ask him, what would they be?

Big news for .TV fans - June 4th 2009, in Amsterdam, during the Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domainer event in Europe, Rick Latona Auctions will be auctioning off .TV domain names that normally have well above average premium renewal fees. These premium names have been available for years but haven't moved due to high fixed annual costs [...]

The list of central registries that will attend Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam continues to grow. NEVER BEFORE have so many registries and so many domainers been in the same place. It is almost like ICANN is coming to us but without having to deal with ICANN! I'm so incredibly excited about the way things are shaping [...]