New gTLDs

.Monster, one of the most ridiculous New gTLD extensions, launched today by the XYZ registry. Nobody really cared about these domains except than to get a good laugh especially since the registry chose April Fools’ …

5.5% of all .top domain names were removed from zone files today. Has the big .Top domain name crash started? According to namestat.org 171,867 domains were removed from zone files yesterday leaving the .top extension …

CENTR published its CENTRstats Global TLD Report quarterly publication covering status and trends in global top-level domains with a focus on European ccTLDs (country code top-level domains). Global Market The global TLD market is estimated …

Radix announced today that it grossed $16.95M in total revenue in 2018, a 30% rise over its revenue in 2017. The registry’s net profit also grew by 45.6% in comparison to last year. Overall, Q4 …

I debated between a few titles for this post but decided that the worst one is best suited to wake some people up. The other title I thought was “there are zero (0) good .dev …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) provided a company update today. Minds + Machines shared that 2019 has started well with domain registrations up 38% to 1.84m year-on-year with steady growth since the year-end …

I read this post on Namepros.com that really outlines many of the misconceptions in the domain name industry, the newbies, some people that thing they know what they are doing, the domain companies and the …

Google registry officially launched .dev domain names yesterday. Starting February 19 at 8:00 a.m. PT and through February 28, .dev domains are available to register as part of the Early Access Program, where you can …

.CLUB domains announced today that at NamesCon Global 2019 in Las Vegas the Names.club marketplace will begin allowing premium names with any extension, including .COM names, to be listed for sale. .Club is excited to …

.Club announced some price changes and additions to their Tier premium names available through the registrar channel, including the addition of many high-value names that have never been offered by registrars. .Club is adding a …

The .Club registry sent notice to registrars that its wholesale pricing for registrations and renewals will increase gradually in each of the next 3 years. The current .club wholesale price is $8.05 and has been …

Up until now webpages on WordPress.com get a unique *.wordpress.com address. WordPress announced you can now get free .blog subdomains on 28 .blog domain names the company reserved in the .blog New gTLD launch. In …

Radix announced that its flagship TLD, .ONLINE, has surpassed 1 million domains under management. .ONLINE is one among the few nTLDs that have crossed the 1 million mark, which now makes it the 5th largest …

.Club sold 2,072 premium names through the registrar channel and the Tiered Premium program during the first six months of 2018, for a total of $379,972.93. Sales of .CLUB domains from Names.club for the six …