Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) announced that it has today received official approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (“MIIT”) of the People’s Republic of China for MMX’s dot VIP top-level domain. …
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.BUZZ domain registry auction rules (scheduled for December 8, 2016)
dotStrategy Co., the operator of the .buzz Top Level Domain (TLD) released the guidelines and rules for the upcoming .buzz auction scheduled for Dec 8th, 2016. Highlights of the auction proceedings include: · …
Read More ».ART domains launch with more than 60 early adopters
.ART announced that more than 60 world-renowned museums and arts organisations will launch dedicated websites on the new top-level domain, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Centre Pompidou, Fondation Beyeler, Fondation Cartier, Guggenheim Museum, Hauser …
Read More »“.blog domains are not available!”
I just received today the funniest newsletter email from the .blog registry with the subject “.blog domains are not available!”. Someone made the best typo of the year in time for Black Friday! It is …
Read More »Hong Kong registrar stops offering .TOP domain registrations
Cnobin, a Hong Kong based registrar, announced that it has stopped offering .TOP domain name registrations effective immediately. At first this seemed strange for a Hong Kong registrar as Chinese registrants hold almost 80% of …
Read More ».Blog domains: 16,430 registered after General Availability
.Blog domain names entered General Availability yesterday, November 21, at 15:00 UTC and a few hours later the total number of registered .blog domains was 16,430*. This number includes the domains registered by the registry …
Read More »Just bought 15 Blog domain names!
.Blog domain names entered general availability today, November 21. I registered 15 Blog domain names today and I may buy some more but these are not exactly what you might think. I bought 15 KeywordBlog.com …
Read More ».Blog registry explains they did what they did with reserved domains simply because they can!
The .blog registry made a blog post today trying to explain what is going on with all the reserved domains and the .blog landrush. In short they explained that they did what they did simply …
Read More ».NYC domains and digital marketing
The Huffington Post published a blog post titled “Companies Battle For Digital Marketing Landscape (Localization Is The New Frontier)” that details how New York City .nyc domains are used by increasingly many companies to stake …
Read More »M+M update: .VIP gets over 500,000 registrations, .Boston set for a 2017 launch
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), provided an update on New gTLD developments in China, US and Europe. On the operational front, the Company confirmed that 24 of MMX’s top-level domains have now been successfully …
Read More »Radix announces .Fun extension acquisition and launch dates
Radix announced today that it recently acquired exclusive rights for the new domain extension, .FUN. The transfer was finalized last month. .FUN’s main competition will probably be Uniregistry’s .LOL extension. Radix now owns 9 strings …
Read More ».Blog domains had a bad landrush phase
.Blog domains completed landrush on Wednesday and the registry announced the results and they don’t look too good. The landrush resulted in 1000+ registered domains the 7 days of the landrush. Just 36 of these …
Read More »Rightside reports $4.4 million net loss for Q3 (Has 546,000 registered domains)
Rightside announced today financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016 reporting a net loss of $4.4 million for the 3rd quarter. Business Highlights Rightside has 40 gTLDs in its portfolio and ended …
Read More »The .Blog registry is not releasing ANY 1, 2 and 3 character domain names!
.Blog domain names are currently in the Landrush phase but it seems that thousands of domains have been reserved by the registry including ALL 1, 2 and 3 character domain names. Per ICANN (Internet Corporation …
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