Domain Extensions

The domain names DomainName.guru and DomainNames.guru were registered today for $175 each at registrar Name.com.The 2 domains were part of a poll I ran last week asking how much one would pay for the domains. …

A press release from FairWinds Partners announced the Beyond the Dot 2014 new top-level domain conference that is going to be held on February 19, 2014 in Washington, DC. Would you attend a new gTLD …

The number of the ICANN Accredited Registrars that have signed the 2013 RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) has now reached 200. This is important because these are the only registrars from over 1000 that are allowed to …

Nominet published the approved new .uk Registrar Agreement and Data Quality Policy, which recognises higher standards and the diversity of registrar business models. The final agreement and policy aim to ensure that registrants have a …

Highlights £21 million (approximately US$33.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors Cash balances on completion in excess of approximately US$48 million with an additional US$15 million available to compete in a single private …

Donuts entered general availability for the following new gTLDs today: .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. Early access registrations is currently available at selected registrars like Go Daddy. For the first seven Donuts gTLDs …

Donuts entered general availability yesterday with the following new gTLDs: .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. MacRumous just made a post about Apple making a few early purchases: – apple.guru – iphone.guru – ipad.guru …

I didn’t know Eli the Computer Guy up until today. But he has 258,376 subscribers on YouTube.com and he sure likes to talk. Well he is my hero for today. His latest video is called …

.uk registry Nominet has announced a launch date of 10th June 2014 for new ‘example.uk’ domain names. From this date, people will be able to register the shorter ‘example.uk’ domain names through their registrar, alongside …

ICANN announced that on January 23 to 29, 15 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 122 new gTLD strings. The 15 new gTLDs are: .VOTING, .TOKYO, .NAGOYA, .DATING, .COMMUNITY, .BOUTIQUE, .BARGAINS, .TIENDA, …

Norid (operator of the .no ccTLD) has initiated a public hearing on whether private individuals should be able to register domain names directly within .no in addition to registrations within the priv.no category domain. Everyone is invited to give …

Donuts enters general availability for the following new gTLDs today: .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. The Donuts Early Access Program (EAP) is designed for registrants who want to secure relevant, memorable domain names …

.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced that it has officially begun its Trademark Sunrise Period, signaling that brands and other trademark owners …

Fadi Chehade, ICANN CEO, had a long Q&A at CNET in an article posted today on new gTLDs, trademark owners and ICANN. When asked if he hopes that all companies with trademarks will run their …