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IAL is the only group that has resolved gTLD contention sets via private auction. The first Applicant Auction was held in June 2013, and to date, Innovative Auctions has resolved contention for 14 TLDs, with a total sales price of $18.66 million <ref name="Applicant Auction">[[http://www.applicantauction.com/blog/]]</ref>. The next (third) auction will be held on September 23. | IAL is the only group that has resolved gTLD contention sets via private auction. The first Applicant Auction was held in June 2013, and to date, Innovative Auctions has resolved contention for 14 TLDs, with a total sales price of $18.66 million <ref name="Applicant Auction">[[http://www.applicantauction.com/blog/]]</ref>. The next (third) auction will be held on September 23. | ||
[[Innovative Auctions]]' model is preferred by many applicants, including the largest [[TLD]] applicant, [[Donuts]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10828-heres-how-donuts-wants-to-resolve-its-158-new-gtld-contention-fights Here's How Donuts Wants To Resolve its 158 Contention Fights, DomainIncite.com]Published 23 Oct 2012, Retrieved 8 Jan 2013</ref> [[Raymond King]], applicant for 10 TLDs with [[Top Level Design]] expressed his favor for Private Auctions in general, and Innovative Auctions specifically, in an [http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130102_private_vs_icann_auction_of_last_resort/ opinion piece on CircleID]. The Applicant Auction was featured in a recent article | [[Innovative Auctions]]' model is preferred by many applicants, including the largest [[TLD]] applicant, [[Donuts]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10828-heres-how-donuts-wants-to-resolve-its-158-new-gtld-contention-fights Here's How Donuts Wants To Resolve its 158 Contention Fights, DomainIncite.com]Published 23 Oct 2012, Retrieved 8 Jan 2013</ref> [[Raymond King]], applicant for 10 TLDs with [[Top Level Design]] expressed his favor for Private Auctions in general, and Innovative Auctions specifically, in an [http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130102_private_vs_icann_auction_of_last_resort/ opinion piece on CircleID]. The Applicant Auction was featured in a recent article [http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/web-domains-great-internet-land-grab.html in The New Yorker]. | ||
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