Domain Extensions

Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 5 New gTLDs today: .Camp, .Education, .Glass, .Institute and .Repair. The most promising New gTLDs are probably .Education and then .Camp and .Repair. I expect that most …

Donuts launched a new “Featured Sites” webpage where it displays developed domain names with active websites on them. The webpage already features 12 Donuts New gTLD domain names that have been build in the past …

BRS Media, a .radio new gTLD applicant, submitted formal comments to ICANN regarding the community priority evaluation, from another .radio applicant EBU, for the .RADIO New gTLD. “It is our belief that in an attempt …

Beilong Zedata (Beijing) Data Technology Co., Ltd has been approved by ICANN to provide data escrow services to new gTLD Registry Operators. All new gTLD Registry Operators are required to regularly deposit a backup copy …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced at ICANN 49 in Singapore that the number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that have been delegated now tops 175. Recently delegated gTLDs include …

Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) send out a press release today claiming that over 500,000 claims notices have been delivered. TMCH is providing protection to over 10,000 brands and businesses and over 28,000 trademarks have been recorded …

ICANN introduced the new Global Domains Division (GDD) portal. ICANN’s Global Domains Division (GDD) oversees generic domain operations, domain name industry engagement and Web services, with the goal of having all of these pieces coming …

The domain name KIK.DE sold at Sedo for 178,500 EUR or about $246,000 this Friday. The domain was bought by a German clothing company name KiK Textilien & Non-Food GmbH. The domain KIK.DE already redirects …

CentralNic Group, the internet platform business which earns revenues from the worldwide subscription sales of domain names, has added four valuable domain names to its existing portfolio of 25 “uncontested” domain names that are ready …

ICANN 49 meeting in Singapore is underway (March 23 – 27) and these are 3 of the subjects in this meeting that I am interested in: Internet Governance – IANA transition This will be the …

Afternic and Go Daddy published their combined weekly domain name sales. The total sales for week 3-10-14 to 3-16-14 were $2.112.576. This report includes some nice New gTLD auction sales such as swimsuit.photos for $3,550 …

Is .Uno The First Cybersquatting Registry or are they just running a cheap PR trick to draw attention to their New gTLD? I noticed that Dot Latin LLC, the .uno registry, used the 1API registrar …

Donuts published yesterday some stas on how their New gTLD registry is doing up to now. Here are the numbers: The numbers continue to grow during the 25th anniversary year of the Internet and the most …

Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information and analytics, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire .CO Internet S.A.S. and certain associated assets. .CO Internet is the …