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 …
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Kids.us Is (Once Again) Officially Suspended For Good!
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 …
Read More ».EU Q2 2015 Report: Domain Registrations Increase By 0.7%
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 …
Read More »Changes To .UK WHOIS Policy – Nominet Introduces New Privacy Services
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 …
Read More »Should Kids.us Remain Suspended?
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 …
Read More »ccTLD Community Pulls Together To Face Upcoming Challenges
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 …
Read More »The Pirate Bay Lost ThePirateBay.se & PirateBay.se – Moves To 6 Other ccTLDs
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 …
Read More ».ME Domains Hit 800,000 Registrations – Earns Montenegro Government 17M Euro
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 …
Read More »18 One-Character .se Domains Up For Auction (j.se, q.se, v.se, 0.se, 1.se etc.)
.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 …
Read More ».UK Private Whois Domain Name Registrations Explode!
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 …
Read More »Nominet Seeking Feedback On .UK Whois & Registrars’ Privacy Services
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 …
Read More »I Just Lost ini.gr To PepsiCo Greece Because Someone Decided That It Is Similar To ivi.gr
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 …
Read More »CENTR Reaches 70M Domain Registrations: .de (15.8 million), .uk (10.5 million), .nl (5.5 million)
In early February 2015, CENTR’s ccTLD full members aggregate registrations crossed the 70 million mark. This number includes 57 ccTLDs and IDN ccTLDs in 49 countries. CENTR’s full members have benefited from a 45% growth …
Read More ».DK Domain Names Introduce Validation
As from 1 March 2015, DK Hostmaster requires that all Danish registrants can be validated. This means, that your name and address must match the information about you in the CPR or CVR register to …
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