The money pile grows... -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-17-en ------------------------------ Results Available for 17 December 2014 New gTLD Program Auction 17 December 2014 On 17 December 2014, Power Auctions LLC <http://www.powerauctions.com/>, ICANN's authorized auction service provider, conducted a New gTLD Program Auction to resolve string contention for two new generic top-level domain (gTLD) strings: .BABY and .MLS. Applicants for these strings were unable to resolve contention among themselves; thus their contention sets proceeded to auction, which is the method of last resort to resolve string contention as prescribed in Module 4 of the New gTLD Program Applicant Guidebook <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb>. Subject to payment of the winning price and meeting all other criteria for eligibility, the winner will enter ICANN's contracting process to sign a Registry Agreement to operate the respective gTLD. Six applicants participated in the auction for .BABY. Johnson & Johnson Services Inc. prevailed with a winning price of $3,088,888. Two applicants participated in the auction for MLS. The Canadian Real Estate Association prevailed with a winning price of $3,359,000. All proceeds from the Auction are being segregated and withheld from use until ICANN's Board of Directors define a plan for an appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community. More Information - Auction Results webpage <https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionres...>: Auction reports on this page on the New gTLD Microsite provide additional information on bidding. - Auction proceeds and costs <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/proceeds>: A detailed summary of the proceeds and costs of all auctions conducted through November 2014. This information is updated at the end of each month. - Auctions schedule <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions/schedule-12dec14-en.pdf> [PDF, 253 KB]: Subsequent auctions are scheduled to occur on a monthly basis throughout 2014 and into early 2015. Auction events are intended to resolve multiple contention sets simultaneously. - General New gTLD Program Auctions <http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions> information.