Country Code TLDs

The new .eu whois is light years ahead of any other whois system, that I have seen, with an option to offer a domain name for sale and providing whois and Alexa stats on one …

The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, is showning that the number of .eu registrations increased by 4,578 domain names, a net increase of 0.1%, to 3.85 million during Q3 2015. Iceland, Cyprus …

I am buying .com, .org and New gTLDs but I am also buying a few ccTLDs. I own a few .co.uk, a couple .co (do these count as ccTLDs?) and of course a lot of …

On August 17, 2015 the Stakeholder Council met. The Council carefully considered the report on the kids.us domain and unanimously recommended that the requirement be suspended for the life of the Neustar .us contract. Back …

The latest progress report from the .eu registry, EURid, has shown that the total number of .eu domain name registered at the end of Q2 represented an increase of 0.7%, or 26 368 registrations, when …

In response to the increasing desire for privacy online, following a consultation, Nominet is planning to introduce a new framework for privacy services within .UK. At the same time, Nominet will be clarifying the criteria for …

The usTLD Stakeholder Council is seeking comments on its recommendation to continue the suspension of the kids.us namespace through the end of the current .US contract term. The recommendation follows a report of the Kids.us …

CENTR Board members and Management gathered in Florence on 11-12 May 2015 for a strategic retreat with the aim of defining long-term strategy plans for the organisation. After having reviewed and assessed the current environment …

The Pirate Bay will soon be leaving the  Swedish ccTLD domain name (thepiratebay.se). The popular torrent website will move to various ccTLDs around the world. TorrentFreak.com reported that earlier today the Stockholm District Court ordered …

The .Me registry announced that the .ME domain names have passed 800,000 domain registrations. Since its launch in 2008 Montenegro’s country code domain has been marketed as a premier choice for building a personal brand …

.SE, the Swedish ccTLD, has decided to allow registration of .se domain names with only one character. The most attractive domain names will be released through an auction on Tradera. The 18 .se domains up …

The number of .uk domains being registered to privacy services has grown from about 300 per month at the beginning of last year to 6,500 per month now. So while ICANN is looking to improve …

Nominet, the .uk registry, is consulting on a proposed policy to clarify what data about domain-holders is published in the .UK WHOIS and, regardless of what’s published, ensure they have the accurate data essential for …

In what seems to be one of the worst decisions in domain name history I just lost the domain name ini.gr (INI.gr) to PepsiCo Greece. PepsiCo wanted to register ivi.gr (IVI.gr) but couldn’t because I …