Expected change in the comming months on the way the Domain space is going to behave

Acquisition of Minds and Machines on May this year provide them with the infrustracture to service client requirements on the future.

Swinehart confirmed that the 3rd version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook (DAGv3) would be released by ICANN in Q3 2009, before the Seoul ICANN meeting (October 25 30).

A recent placing the Company intends to use the Placing proceeds to provide additional working capital and to develop the business in line with the Company's investing policy.

The shares are currently trading at 9p after a strong rise with volume, but for the long term holders are still worth taking some aboard.

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Further movement UP today, looking like maybe the bottom is gone

Bouncing from a 82.60% Fibonacci retracement

With today's rise the CHART has the looks of becoming an INVERTED HEAD and SHOULDERS is on the making.

Libra has dispose of 2.1M shares since las December, share price have half since ..............


TLDH was informed on 30 July 2010 that Libra Fund, LP owns 13,400,000 ordinary
shares and Libra Offshore Master Fund, LP owns 3,350,000 ordinary shares in the
Company, together in aggregate 16,750,000 ordinary shares representing 5.9 per
cent.

6.50 / 6.75p +0.50p

moving at both sides as buyers appearing.
with the overhang cleared and the seller gone, the chart looks good now

Further move up on the offer.

It seems buys and sells match, but that is not the case the large trades are buys at bid side.

Good news for TLDH.


The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM: TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains ("gTLD"), are delighted to announce that the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") approved the new gTLD program at its extraordinary meeting held in Singapore today.

As well as overall approval of the new gTLD program, the ICANN Board also approved the following details:

- The window for submitting applications for new gTLDs will open on January 12, 2012 and will close on April 12, 2012.

- Initial evaluations of applications by ICANN are estimated to be completed in November 2012.

- The communications period will begin today on June 20, 2011.

The final vote among the 16 voting members of the ICANN Board was thirteen in favor, with one opposed and two abstentions.

Antony Van Couvering, CEO of TLDH and Minds + Machines, commented:

"We applaud the ICANN Board's decision, which marks an historic shift in the way consumers, brands and communities will interact on the Web.

"The extensive policy development period resulted in a program that has been scrutinized and commented upon in detail and reflects the consensus of the entire ICANN community.

"We are delighted to progress to the next stage of the new gTLD program which will mean making strategic investments and, through our registry services business, Minds + Machines, helping organisations, cities, and communities maximise the potential of this far reaching development on the Internet."

In May 2011, the Company announced that it was supporting the bid for .MUMBAI which has the exclusive backing of the city of Mumbai.

On the way up as volume buying has moved the MMs prices, someone paid premium earlier for 100K.
spread now 7.50 / 8.25p and level 2 of 4 v 2

Recent news ......... 30 September 2011
The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused exclusively on acquiring and operating new generic top-level domains ("gTLDs"), confirm that Dot Eco LLC, in which TLDH holds a 25% interest, will apply for the .eco gTLD in the application window next year. Dot Eco LLC continues to enjoy the strong support of major environmental groups with millions of members.

Under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' ("ICANN") rule book for gTLD applications, an auction will be used as a final tie-breaker where there are contending applications for the same proposed gTLD, except for specific groups or associations who can demonstrate that the gTLD uniquely represents their community. The Board believes that no .eco application can be classified as such a non-compete community gTLD and the award therefore of the .eco gTLD will be ultimately settled by an agreement between the competitors, or failing that by an auction.

Peter Dengate Thrush, Chairman of Top Level Domain Holdings, said:

"The non-compete benefits reserved for certain gTLD applications from true communities are there to protect specific groups or associations who can genuinely claim to represent a given name or descriptor. It is not an invitation to start a race for celebrity endorsement, which will have no material impact on the application process. As a result, we believe the Dot Eco LLC consortium is exceptionally well placed to compete in every respect of its .eco application and run that gTLD in a meaningful manner. We are therefore delighted to continue give it our full infrastructural and financial support."

Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Top Level Domains Holdings, added:

"While the association of celebrities with a proposed gTLD may be useful for groups needing to attract investment, what ICANN requires for a winning application is a solid business plan from a robust operator that is able to meet the stringent requirements for successfully running a critical piece of Internet infrastructure. Dot Eco LLC has that as well as a real plan to provide significant funding to groups working to protect our planet."

2 Oct'11

RHPS Update TOP LEVEL DOMAIN HOLDINGS (TLDH): Dot Eco LLC, in which TLDH holds a 25% interest, will apply for the .eco generic Top Level Domain in the application window next year. TLDHs subsidiary Minds+Machines has also signed an agreement with a customer that has been exclusively appointed by four cities to manage their individual top level domain applications.

The extent to which TLDH will benefit from the increase in new internet addresses will not be known until applications are approved next year.

BUY UP TO 13p
As we know, the Company are successfully working hard behind the scenes to strengthen their position in the sector with a target of 25-30% of a $3-4bn industry.

Even a cautious estimate of market share and size should see a major re rating of the share price, even without any form of takeover activity that may result.Do your own independent research on this stock. Its well worth it before the major increases

is on the move up again this time on the bid

Fri 07 October 2011 - Daniel Stewart says BUY @ 8p

Ange lNews Investment Glossary
Generic Top Level Domains: debate raises the profile

Press reports that Rod Beckstrom, former coordinator of Web security forthe Obama administration is jetting around the world to market Web suffixes that he says will revolutionise the Internet.

One view is that expansion of the current 22 generic top-level domain names (.com ornd .org) to, for example, .porsche, .nfl or .bank has gained little traction months before applications begin. Porsche AG, Vodafone Group Plc and Puma SE say the high costs of the exclusive addresses - starting at about $1 million for five years - outweigh the benefits of marketing opportunities.

If corporates are so far reticent (Canon Inc. and Deloitte have so far shown enthusiasm) other bodies such as localities, ethnic groups or general themes such as .dubai, .zulu or .sport. are indicating interest. London plans to apply, also New York, Paris, Sydney, Rome, Berlin and Mumbai.

Commentator Martin Lindstrom, author of best-selling Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy asks: Why should people suddenly step up and spend another $2 million? for a gTLD. In our view, however, $2m to secure, for example, .Coke is peanuts in the marketing lexicon of such a major brand. And as the recently-bid Group NBT has shown, the role of a domain name registrar extends to protection of name "clusters" and fraud prevention, which demand diligence and technical expertise.

Perhaps the final word on corporate positioning is best provided by Frank Shulz, head of central Europe for MarkMonitor: Companies may be unwilling to speak out in favour of the domains because they dont want to share their plans with competitors Its a big competitive advantage to leave rivals in the dark.

Top Level Domain Holdings well positioned - Proactiveinvestors (UK)

Friday 07 October 2011, 4:35 pm by Jon Mainwaring
TLDH will be involved in the issuing process for Web site domains next year

Internet addressing specialist Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is well positioned to take advantage of the start of the issue process for new Web site domains when the process begins early next year. So says house broker Daniel Stewart, which said in a research note published today that the company is well placed to both submit its own generic Top Level Domain applications as well as efficiently manage the complex process for others.

In terms of how the market will develop, Daniel Stewart said that one view is that the idea of Web brands such as .porsche, .nfl or .bank has gained little traction due to high perceived cost. However, there is keen interest from localities and ethnic or interest groups, e.g. .dubai, .zulu, or .sport, it said. London plans to apply, also New York, Paris, Sydney, Rome, Berlin and Mumbai.

The broker also disagrees with the view that organisations would not be prepared to fork out millions of dollars for a generic TLD. In our view... US$2 million to secure, for example, .Coke is peanuts in the marketing lexicon of such a major brand.
Daniel Stewart forecasts that TLDH will turn over 0.4 million this year, while it expects revenue to increase to 2.9 million in 2012. The firms pre-tax loss is also expected to increase, however, from 0.8 million this year to 3.9 million in 2012.
Daniel Stewart has set a target price of 20 pence for the shares, which were trading at 7.5 pence each near the close on Friday.

proactiveinvestors - top-level-domain-holdings-well-positioned

15 - 10 - 2011 -- Only Three Months Left To Stake Your Claim On The Net Says KetMo.com Chief

Thousands perhaps hundreds of thousands of new domain name extensions due to be releases starting in January 2012 will make getting your business found on the net more difficult.

There has never been a more important time and reason to stake your claim on the net by owning one or more .com domain names says Scott Alliy an Internet marketing SEO and ecommerce business expert and President of KetMo.com a domain name reseller.

ICANN has authorized the creation and release of an uncounted number of new domain name extensions which will in this authors opinion confuse internet users and unnecessarily add to the already overblown number of choices of extensions that Internet users already face.

In the end says Scott the Internet overseers can add as many right of the dot extensions as they wish to but the confusion will lead to marketing madness and cause confused Internet surfers to retreat to the old familiar .com extension of whatever product service or website that they are searching for.

As the chaos and confusion rise and Internet surfers retreat owners of meaningful and memorable domain names with a dotcom extension will be the beneficiary.

Choosing a great meaningful and memorable dotcom is easy says Scott and contrary to reports there are still many dotcoms that have never been registered and thousands of dotcoms listed for sale in the Aftermarket on reputable domain name reseller websites like KetMo.com.

The best tip that I can provide anyone searching for a good meaningful and memorable domain name that they can use to build a brand for their online business is to keep it simple and think like an Internet user.

People are too busy and have too much on their minds to remember every website they visited says Scott. Choosing some 4 character acronym may be good for associations but for ordinary business owners a domain name that includes keywords or a key phrase that is in line with what a user might type in a search query is the best choice.

For example Scott says if you are trying to attract consumers with interest in Skin care products instead of a catchy unknown name they probably won't remember and most likely won't share with others why not choose a name like sexierskin.com a domain name which is listed among many others at KetMo.com in the Consumer Goods category.

This may be the best time and certainly the last time to act during a limited and closing window to secure a name to take advantage of all the publicity and hype about the Internet and websites and domain names that is sure to increase as we approach the release and flood of new domain name extensions says Scott.

Now is also a tremendous opportunity for entrepreneurs and established Internet business owners to get in the game or increase their holdings to take advantage of the tremendous exposure to Internet businesses which is sure to arise from the expected enormous media blitz about the release of the new Top Level domain names TLD.

He invites Internet startups and established Internet business owners to visit http://www.KetMo.com and choose one or more domain names they wish to use to stake their claim on the net and take advantage of the pending media and advertising circus.

About Us:
Scott Alliy is an Internet marketing and freelance marketing and copywriting expert. Scott has created multiple successful Internet businesses since 1995. He offers his copywriting and Internet marketing skills to select clients.

Ketmo.com is a domain name reseller offering free tools to domain name buyers and sellers that allow them to list, manage, search , find , buy, sell, connect, communicate, negotiate, and complete domain name transactions.

http://www.addpr.com/articles/domain_names/91571.html
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ICANN meeting in Dakar next week

http://dakar42.icann.org/full-schedule

Listen to Top Level Domain Holdings - The New Domain Wave - an update on ICANN's g TLD program and TLDH

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could be next mover :-0

From Mondays Interims Executive Chairman, Fred Krueger, commented: "We are now in the final stages of the most significant development in the history of the Internet Domain Name System. We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources. Our cost base is lower than many of our competitors and we believe that we have the highest valued portfolio of geographic TLDs in the industry. Our servers and infrastructure have passed initial pre-delegation testing. In short, we are ready to go - both to launch and manage our portfolio of uncontested gTLDs, and those of our clients, as well as to monetise those contested applications where we take the view that a gTLD string is being over-valued by our competitors. And given the recent signing of contract between .KIWI and ICANN, we may potentially see our first revenues as a back-end registry operator as early as Q4 2013, and revenue from the sale of domain names from our first wholly-owned new gTLD by Q1 2014." http://www.investegate.co.uk/top-level-domain-hdg--tldh-/rns/unaudited-interim-results-to-30-june-2013/201309300700301856P/ Timing for an entry at this crucila time is PERFECT imho Do your own independent research which will clarify the above points & very strong investment case here Atb

yahoo t/o strat.
http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoos-acquisitions-since-marissa-mayer-became-ceo-2013-7?op=1

http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/61612/update-top-level-domain-holdings-picked-to-click-61612.html

ADDS BROKER COMMENTS---

Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) is going head-to-head with web giants Google and Amazon in an unprecedented internet land grab.

“We are the fourth largest applicant in the world for new gTLDs after Donuts, Google, and Amazon and have significant financial resources,” executive Fred Krueger noted in the firm’s interim results covering the first half of 2013.

gTLDs are generic top level domains, recognisable as the final part of web site addresses, such as dot.com, dot.net, dot.org and, these days, weird and wonderful gTLDs such as dot.fishing, dot.beer and dot.london, which are just three of the domains the company has the right to allocate to applicants.

If you ever set up a company organising fishing days in London where the beers are kept cool in a keep-net, you know who to contact …

“Our cost base is lower than many of our competitors and we believe that we have the highest valued portfolio of geographic TLDs in the industry. Our servers and infrastructure have passed initial pre-delegation testing. In short, we are ready to go - both to launch and manage our portfolio of uncontested gTLDs, and those of our clients, as well as to monetise those contested applications where we take the view that a gTLD string is being over-valued by our competitors,” Krueger added.

The group is well funded following a £6.6mln fund-raising exercise earlier this year and the subsequent negotiation of a funding facility of up to US$15mln to support its participation in a prospective auction in relation to a specific contested gTLD.

At the end of June, cash and cash equivalents stood at £7.36mln, up from £2.32mln the year before.

The first half of 2013 was characterised by building for the future. Revenues in the period were just £7,000, versus £346,000 in the first half of last year, but the group reckons it may see its first revenues as a back-end registry operator – i.e. domain name registration service provider – in the final quarter of 2013, which should get the top line moving.

The development that should really juice-up revenues, however, is the launch of the dot.london gTLD which potentially could happen as early as the first half of next year.

As might be expected of a company building for the future, Top Level is currently loss-making. The first half of the year saw a loss before tax of £1.89mln, versus a loss of £1.55mln the year before.

House broker N+1 Singer says the company remains an exciting play into “the most significant development in the history of the Internet Domain Name System”.

That may sound a tad hyperbolic, but seeing as the company was formed in 2009 to capitalise on the sea-change in the internet domain name system, it is difficult to argue that Top Level’s time is about to come at last, with the broker saying “we are now in the home stretch”.

“It is worth noting that TLDH now has an economic interest in 25 uncontested generic, non-brand top-level domains and has applied for 48 additional names,” notes Tintin Stormont, at N+1 Singer.

“Its technical platform, alongside its industry and marketing experience helped it win the public tender bids for the highly valuable geographic gTLDs of London, Miami, Bavaria, Budapest, and North-Rhine Westphalia. In addition, it has also won the confidence of other large players, powering the applications of Bradesco (2nd largest bank in Brazil), the Republican Party in the US, and Tucows, the world’s third largest registrar,” she adds.

“We believe the next 12 months will be a momentous time for the company as the real value from its portfolio of gTLDs emerges; we believe that value is substantially underestimated by the current share price,” Stormont concludes.