ICANN announced that New gTLD applicants can now get a 9 month extension on executing the Registry Agreement. All applicants (including those that wish to qualify as a .Brand TLD) seeking an extension to the …
Read More »New gTLD Weekly Review: .Audio, .Digital, .Finance, .Credit, .Cologne, .Koeln
This week 9 New gTLDs enter General Availability, another 4 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 1 New gTLD enters a landrush phase. Uniregistry is launching 3 strings on the 3rd of September: …
Read More ».Cymru And .Wales Sunrise Is Now Open
Businesses that have already registered their trade marks with ICANN’s Trademark Clearing House can now apply to secure their new .cymru and .wales domains. This Sunrise phase prioritises and secures trade mark rights, provided there …
Read More ».Bio Sells 4,100 Domains For $250,000 In It’s First Week
Starting Dot, the registry operator for new generic top-level domains (new gTLD) .BIO, .ARCHI & .SKI, announced that the company experienced greater than projected registration volume with .BIO, which launched on Aug. 21. Over 4,100 …
Read More »Minds + Machines Announces New gTLD Launch Dates And 70+ Registrars Are Offering Them
Minds + Machines Group Limited provided an update on the launch programme of its portfolio of new top-level domains, such as .london, .country and .surf, its registrar sales channel activity and the development of services …
Read More ».London Tops 20,000 Domain Name Registrations And Priority Allocation Is Not Over Yet
The .London new extension went over 20,000 domain name registrations today as everyday more and more domain names are allocated to those who applied for .london domains during the London Priority Period that ended on …
Read More ».CLUB Is The 1st New gTLD To Reach 100,000 Sold Domain Names
.CLUB Domains announced that it has sold its 100,000th new domain name today, setting a record as the first new generic top-level domain (gTLD) to sell 100,000 domains and continuing its streak as the best-selling new …
Read More ».HOST Announces Pioneer Partners: MediaTemple, Bluehost, OVH, Arvixe, UK2 Group, OpenSRS, ResellerClub, InternetX
Radix announced some top companies of the global hosting community as Pioneers of the .host namespace, which rolled in to Landrush on 26th August ‘14. The Pioneer lineup includes big international names like MediaTemple, Bluehost, …
Read More »New gTLD 1st Day Registrations: .Hamburg 13793, .Discount 1819, .Fitness 1271, .HIV 127, .Black 153
Here are the domain name registration results of this week’s 7 New gTLD launches: On Thusday the 26th of August .HIV entered General Availability and got 127 domain name registrations in the zone files after it’s …
Read More »Minds + Machines Has Spend About $1.4 Million So Far Developing It’s Own Registrar
Minds + Machines announced today that it has spent approximately £840,000 (or about $1.4 Million USD) to develop its wholly-own registrar, Minds + Machines Registrar Limited. And that is only payments to an external consultant …
Read More »Public Interest Registry Speaks About Upcoming Launch of .ngo and .ong Domains
With the launch of the .ngo and .ong domains just around the corner, Rebecca Regan-Sachs, a representative of Public Interest Registry, will lend her expertise in online fundraising and brand identity at this year’s International …
Read More »Paint It .Black: New gTLD Registries And Registrars Have A Long Way To Go
New gTLD registries and registrars have a long way to go trying to make New gTLD domain names available to everyone. There is no consistency and every registrar has it’s own confusing rules that most …
Read More »Landrush Opens For .Website, .Press And .HostT
Radix concluded sunrise for the first batch of its extensions – .website, .press and .host last week. .website alone saw more than 600 orders, making it one of the biggest new gTLD sunrises to date. …
Read More ».HIV Launches With A $200+ Registration Fee And A Charity Model I Don’t Get
.HIV New gTLD enters general availability today with a registration/renewal fee of about $200 or more and with a charity model I just don’t understand how it will work. .HIV registration fees vary wildly depending …
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