The Government of Anguilla (GOA) and Identity Digital announced a new partnership to enhance the sustainability, resilience and security of .AI. “The partnership will increase the revenue the Government of Anguilla receives from .AI while …
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Nominet is introducing an ID verification service
Nominet, the .uk registry, is introducing an ID verification service. Nominet is not introducing additional checks. They are changing the way they verify ID with a new provider. These checks are important to ensure appropriate …
Read More »CENTR study about domain renewals
A recent CENTR (the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries) study by CENTR’s Data Analyst, Patrick Myles, is examining how renewals are influenced by domain usage and age. The research assesses the relationship …
Read More ».EU annual domain name report
EuRid, the registry manager for the .eu, .ею, and .ευ domain names, published its 2023 Annual Report. Key Highlights Annual Growth in 2022/2023 was -0.47% ↓ (-17444 DOMAIN NAMES) Current portfolio size: 3684820 domain names …
Read More ».UK: Reporting of malicious domains is down, but phishing still on the rise
Nominet, the .UK registry, released its annual update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2023. When alerted by law enforcement agencies, Nominet works with its registrars to …
Read More »Global TLD Market Report: 45% .com, 38% ccTLDs
The latest CENTRstats TLD Market Report has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market, and …
Read More »Q4 2023 report: .com and .net lose 1.2 million domains
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2023 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), …
Read More ».fr fee is increasing
Afnic is increasing the fee for the .fr TLD for the 400 registrars distributing the domain. As of 1 March 2024, registrars will pay €5.07, an increase of 11.1%. (from €4.56 to €5.07) Afnic said …
Read More »Internet has 359.3 million domains at the end of Q3 2023
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the third quarter of 2023 closed with 359.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), …
Read More »European ccTLDs: Median domain growth in 2022 hit a 10 year low at 1.4%
The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Edition 4/2022 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. …
Read More »Verisign reports internet has 354 million domains at the end of Q1 2023
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that the first quarter of 2023 closed with 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to …
Read More »Internet had 350.4 million domains at the end of Q4 2022
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that the fourth quarter of 2022 closed with 350.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, compared to …
Read More ».ME H2 2022 premium domain report
In the second half of 2022 there were fewer domains registered (36 compared to 41 from H1, 2022), but the average price has slightly increased. This comes as no surprise since overall trends in the …
Read More ».EU ends 2022 with 3,702,264 domains
EURid published its Q4 2022 progress report today with 186,117 new domain name registrations. Luxembourg leads the list of countries for registration growth at +15.9%, while the overall renewal rate remained at 78%. In Q4 …
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