Country Code TLDs

A few days back Go Daddy had a lot of expiring auctions for .US domain names. Most of them were registered since 2002 and more than 250 .us domains were auctioned off. Total sales were for more than $12,000 USD. And that excludes the …

Effective immediately, the .CO Registry is listing its portfolio of two-character premium .CO domainnames for sale with GoDaddy.  The two-character .CO domain names are now available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket, and soon-to-be via the domain availability check on the front of the website, making these premium digital assets widely available to GoDaddy’s customer …

Council of European National Top level Domain Registries (CENTR) published the DomainWire Stat Reportfor May 2013 that is CENTR’s biannual publication covering basic domain name statistics with a focus on European ccTLDs (country code Top Level …

Growth in the number of .nl domain names slowed considerably in 2012 and SIDN’s annual report says that this happened because there isn’t as much money to be made from domain name trading now. So was the lack of growth in .nl caused by domainers? I don’t think so. …

Upon consultation with the Cooperative members, DENIC eG (the .de registry) has decided to introduce aRedemption Grace Period (hereinafter referred to as RGP) for the TLD .de. What does this mean? When a domain contract is terminated, the related .de domain will no …

.GD, .TC and .VG TLDS registrations and transfers are back online and available to the public. .gd is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Grenada, .vg is ccTLD for the British Virgin Islands and .tc is the ccTLD for Turks …

As announced earlier today, over the next few days Microsoft will release an update for people who use Outlook.com. This includes a number of new features such as two-step verification, the ability to sign in …

Celebrating the .eu 7th anniversary a study reveals how EU residents perceive Europe’s internet extension. With registrations topping 3.74 million just ahead of its seventh birthday, .eu has established its place as a respected domain …

I have been reading lately about the rebranding of the .pw ccTLD. The extension .pw is the country code top-level domain for Palau, an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The question in …

HEXONET has temporarily disabled new registrations and domain transfers of the AdamsNames ccTLDs “.GD”, “.TC” and “.VG”.  Due to unprecedented circumstances explained below, this action is required until further notice. HEXONET Registrar Statement: 1.    As …

Nominet announced today, 27 February 2013, that following its Board meeting yesterday, it will not proceeding with their original proposal on ‘direct.uk’ but will respond to feedback by looking at whether a revised proposal will …

.me is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro. The .me top level domain replaced the .yu (Yugoslavia) and .cg.yu domains previously used by Serbia and Montenegro. The .me registry is operated by …

Starting January 13 Go Daddy started supporting .ca Internationalized Domain Names with French characters. This means French-Canadian individuals and businesses can now register the English and French versions of their domain name. The .ca registration …

Sedo has been consistently producing a quarterly market study since the 2nd quarter of 2009. There are some stats from before but these are not complete. I took all the reports from the past 3 …