.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 …
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“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 …
Read More ».EU brexit update
The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020 at midnight (CET). After full ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK and the EU entered into the so-called “transition period”. This time-limited period …
Read More »The world map using country code domains
Nominet created a world map using the number of registrations of country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) to represent the size of the respective country. Countries are in the right places, but not of the …
Read More ».EU domain extension continues to shrink in Q3
EURid released its EURid’s Q3 2019 Progress Report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Total registrations decreased from 3 623 691 at the end of Q2 to 3 617 536 at the end of Q3 …
Read More »Nominet wants feedback on 3 .UK issues
Nominet announced a new .UK Policy Consultation, inviting feedback from all interested stakeholders. The .UK policies provide the framework of principles for the .UK namespace. They are developed in consultation with a wide variety of …
Read More »Nominet increases .uk prices
Nominet announced that following the annual review of pricing, the wholesale cost for a .UK domain registration or renewal will change to £3.90 per year from 13 January 2020. Nominet claims that “the 15p per …
Read More ».EU domain extension is shrinking
EURid released its 2019 Quarterly Progress Report. .EU is shrinking ending Q2 2019 with 3,623,691 domain registrations. The extension had 3,790,450 domains ending Q2 2018. But you will not find this number comparison in the …
Read More ».UK domain name complaints drop
Nominet released the 2018 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). The total number of domain names that were subject to DRS Complaints in 2018 was 763, which represents …
Read More »Owners of .eu domain names in United Kingdom may keep their domains after BREXIT
On 18 July 2019, the European Commission published an updated notice to stakeholders about the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (BREXIT) and EU rules on .eu domain names. The notice highlights that at the time …
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