New gTLDs

.NYC Domain Meetup has a big event planned for this Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM. The event is titled “Changing Digital Landscape of 2016 NYC” and features speakers from Link.nyc and the mayor’s …

TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the seventh installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. TLD Registry presented the world’s first, and still currently the world’s …

8.club, along with 24 other two-number domain names, including 11.club., 44.club, 55.club, 99.club and more, are set to go to auction on 4.CN, China’s leading domain auction platform and the largest domain marketplace in the …

Radix’s domain extension .space surpassed 125,000 registrations in just about a year from launch and is all set for its next big mission –growing customer awareness. After the January 2015 launch, Radix now introduces .space …

.site that was launched by Radix a few months ago saw an enormous surge in registrations on Wednesday morning. The TLD received over 140,000 new domain name registrations in a single day. The large jump …

Radix, the portfolio registry behind several new extensions including .site, .tech & .online announced they are gearing up for the launch of the first TLD to focus on the e-commerce market – .STORE A trillion …

The fTLD registry posted two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to allocate previously reserved names in .BANK and details are available at https://www.ftld.com/request-for-proposal-rfp-to-allocate-reserved-names/. Here are some RFP highlights: –  Proposals for Domain(s) of Interest must be …

Mark Monitor published its latest gTLD (NgTLD) Quarterly Report, which delivers unique insight into the new gTLD Program. The report provides detailed information on .Brand registration and marketing activity, current trends and news relevant to businesses …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. Business Highlights: Rightside’s 39 owned and operated gTLDs in general availability ended 2015 with over 400,000 registered …

The Domain Name Association (The DNA), the Internet domain industry’s trade association, announced that it conducted its inaugural Healthy Domains Initiative (HDI) summit last week, a meeting focused on healthy growth within the domain name …

Donuts and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains registered with Donuts are not engaged in large-scale piracy. Under the terms of the agreement, …

The latest edition of CSC’s New gTLD Utilization Report shows .brand launches continuing to pick up speed, more new gTLDs climbing up the Alexa rankings and some interesting examples of new gTLDs in use. They …

The deBlasio Administration’s licensing initiative for the neighborhood domain names is currently accepting applications. So if you’re a neighborhood activist or budding media mogul, and want to activate Astoria.nyc, ConeyIsland.nyc, GreenwichVillage.nyc, Harlem.nyc or any of …

During yesterday’s Super Bowl coverage, a trailer for the upcoming film Gods of Egypt aired that directed viewers to the domain name GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE. This was a first time that a New TLD domain name was …