The European Commission is launching the process to select the next Registry for the .eu Top-Level Domain (TLD), one of the largest “country” TLDs worldwide. The subject of this call is to select the Registry …
Read More »White paper on domain name registry lock models
CENTR has published a white paper separating registry lock services into two standardised models. This categorisation and the included recommendations can help top-level domain registries (re)design their registry lock services. The aim of the paper …
Read More »200,000 .eu domain names were crawled – here are the results
In an effort to further understand its customers and maintain the .eu “competitive” edge, EURid has completed the first part of the .eu website categorisation. 200,000 domain names were crawled through and 81.67% were found …
Read More »Nominet tries to explain why a new .uk expiry process is coming
Eleanor Bradley, Nominet’s MD Registry and Public Benefit, tries to explain the new upcoming .uk expiry process that Nominet is proposing. .UK registrars have created a petition against Nominet’s new expiry process. Here is what …
Read More ».UK registrars create petition against Nominet’s new expiry process
.UK registrars have created yet another petition against Nominet, the .uk registry. The problem this year is the new .uk expiry process that Nominet is proposing. Andrew Bennett from Netistrar Ltd seems to be leading …
Read More ».fr gained 3.7% in 2019
With 3,428,951 names in stock at 31 December 2019, the .fr gained 3.7% in 2019 with a net balance of 123,655 names. While slightly down on 2018 (+4.4%), this growth nonetheless remained well above that …
Read More »Nominet announces new policy consultation for expiring .UK domains
Nominet, the .UK domain registry, has today opened a new policy consultation on expiring domains. This follows on from previous policy discussions on drop lists. “Following our 2019 .UK Policy Consultation, Nominet have decided to …
Read More ».UK domain name disputes stay flat for the past 10 years
Nominet, the .UK registry, released the 2019 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) that handles .UK disputes. The total number of domain names that were subject to DRS …
Read More »GoDaddy ripping people off with .us domain names
.US domain names are some of the cheapest domain names to register and renew. Yet somehow GoDaddy, a US company, has decided that .us domains are a good choice so it can rip off customers …
Read More »“Is the lockdown driving domain registrations?”
Numbers from CENTR show a spike in new registrations in the month of April 2020. A sample of 25 European ccTLDs saw a 20% increase in new domains registered in April 2020 from the same …
Read More »2019 report: Domain market grows – Registrar consolidation increases
CENTR has published the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2019 . The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European …
Read More »GoDaddy acquires Neustar’s registry business
Goodbye Neustar! Hello GoDaddy Registry! GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it is acquiring Neustar Inc’s Registry business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2020. …
Read More »Neustar will continue running the .CO domain registry
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) of Colombia announced as the winner of the tender for the operation and administration of the .co country code top level domain (.co ccTLD) to .CO Internet …
Read More ».EU Q4 2019 report: registrations keep decreasing
EURid released its Q4 2019 Progress Report sharing the quarterly statistics, developments, and overview of the .eu website categorization study. Highlights include: Three major releases; 161 690 new domain name registrations recorded; Norway tops the …
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