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 …
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.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 …
Read More »1 & 2 Character .FR Domain Names Opening To The General Public Today
On February 16, 2015, Afnic is extending the registration of domain names under the .fr TLD consisting of only one or two character(s) to the general public. Since December 9, 2014, Afnic has allowed the …
Read More »2-Factor Authentication Now Available To All .UK Domain Registrants
Nominet has been investing significantly to help all .uk owners protect their domains. Following a successful launch to registrars last October, from today, registrants can opt to use two-factor authentication access to Nominet’s Online Services. …
Read More »Typosquatting In .UK Domain Names Is Booming
Typosquatting in .UK domain names is going crazy and few companies have noticed. Most of the top 120 UK websites have had their domain names registered in .uk by typosquatters. Companies such as Google, Amazon …
Read More ».FR In 2014: 2,853,406 Domain Names With A 5.06% Growth
The January 2015 edition of the Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names reviews the developments and trends in the French domain name market in 2014 after the opening of the new gTLDs. The .fr TLD …
Read More »Report: There Are Now 286.7 Million Registered Domain Names (1.5% Growth)
As of November 2014 total registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs) stood at 286.7 million. This represents a growth of roughly 1.5% (4.1 million registrations) for the 3 months since August 2014. As new …
Read More ».CH Registry Stops Direct Sale Of .CH Domain Names
The SWITCH Foundation stopped selling .ch domain names on 1st January 2015 and is successively handing over client support to its business partners, the registrars. SWITCH will be asking its clients to gradually transfer their …
Read More »Russell Haworth Joins Nominet (the .UK Registry) Today As CEO
Back in October, Nominet, the .uk registry, named its new Chief Executive Officer that is Russell Haworth. Russell joined Nominet today as its CEO.. Nominet said in the announcement that “Russell will lead the organisation …
Read More ».EU Q3 2014 Report: Domain Name Registrations Grow By 4.7%
The total number of .eu registrations grew by 4.7% in Q3 2014 compared with the same quarter last year, according to the progress report released by the .eu registry EURid. “As the new gTLDs continue …
Read More »Kids.us Will Remain Suspended
An Education Advisory Committee recommended that Kids.us should remain suspended. The Kids.us Education Advisory Committee was convened in April 2014 to consider the ongoing suspension of the kids.us third-level namespace, as well as to contemplate future …
Read More ».PL Reaches 2.5 Million Domains & 1 Million Registrants
Nearly one million Registrants and over 2.5 million active names – this is the result the .pl ccTLD domain registry attained in the third quarter of 2014. As it results from the report of the …
Read More »1 Million .CH Domains To Be Transfered From The .CH Registry To Registrars
The SWITCH foundation will stop selling .ch domain names as of the beginning of January 2015 and successively hand over the related client support to its business partners, the registrars. The basis for this change …
Read More ».ee Domain Price To Drop From 12 To 9 Euros
On 1 January 2015, the Estonian Internet Foundation will bring the price of an .ee domain down from 12 to 9 euros. An .ee domain can be registered for one, two or three years. The …
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