New gTLDs

fTLD Registry Services, LLC announced an agreement with Symantec Corporation to provide verification services for the “.bank” and “.insurance” generic top-level domains. In this role, Symantec will add a layer of protection to the new …

This week 6 New gTLDs enter General Availability, no New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 0 strings enter the landrush phase. 4 Donuts New gTLDs are out of EAP and enter the real …

CentralNic plc announced today that it has sold a number of premium domain names for US$2.5 million, satisfied in cash. CentralNic said that the release of new Top-Level Domains has been slower than anticipated. The …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME) is hosting its first Investor & Analyst Day event today from 10:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. ET at Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The event will feature key members of Rightside’s …

TLD Registry, the exclusive owner/operator of the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, today announced three newest members of the board: Chairwoman of the board Kirsi Eräkangas(伊可思),Vice Chairman Harri …

Afilias today announced the first phase of the introduction of a new generic top-level domain that is dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and those who serve it: dot LGBT or .LGBT. The …

Here are the 1st day domain name registration results from this week’s 7 New gTLD launches: On the 1st of December, 2 Russian geo New gTLDs launched: .moscow and .МОСКВА (xn--80adxhks). Moscow is the capital …

The 2nd annual NamesCon domain name conference, to be held in Las Vegas in January 2015, announced a major lecture series presented by TLD Registry, the world’s leading Chinese domain name registry. TLD Registry is …

Minds + Machines Group Limited announced that following the recent series of private auctions, the Company will receive in aggregate $4.4 million (approximately £2.8 million) for withdrawing its applications on .latino, .school and a third …

Today, December 2 2014, .Paris domains opened to everyone at a “first come, first served” basis. Looking for a typically Parisian address at an affordable price? .paris is the new Parisian top-level domain (TLD) which …

This is one of the biggest weeks in New gTLD launches. This week 7 New gTLDs enter General Availability, 6 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 0 strings enter the landrush phase. On …

The Premium Names list for the new .cymru and .wales domain names is published, ready for applications from 29 December 2014 when anyone can apply for domain names that have not been registered in the …

The gTLD strategy blog published an article on how “How New gTLDs Are Playing a Role in Black Friday Marketing and Holiday Marketing in 2014”. It has some interesting stats on what companies have registered and …

NetNames published an article on black friday and New gTLD domain names. The article is mostly targeted to brand owners and protecting their brand online. Here are a few highlights: