Domain Extensions

.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 …

Donuts, the largest applicant for new gTLDs, made a blog post where it published some stats about it’s new gTLD applications so far. They also said that they have 100 Accredited registrars on board but …

Amazon.com send a letter to ICANN on the 10th of January 2014 as a follow up to the letter from the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Peru. The letter was regarding the Amazon.com pending …

The .ME Registry announced today that Northwest Registered Agent, LLC, a registered agent service and a corporate filing company, has chosen a .ME domain for the launch of a uniquely new way to incorporate your …

Nominet is warning registrars and registrants to be vigilant regarding misleading offers to secure the .uk version of their existing .co.uk domain name. It would be very useful if a list of the known misleading …

ICANN announced that on January 18th, 16 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 107 new gTLD strings. The 16 new gTLDs are: .CLUB, .BUILD, .PICS, .PINK, .LUXURY, .PHOTO, .GIFT,.网络 (xn--io0a7i) – Chinese …

Sedo just send me an email with the personalized subject: “Zournas.guru – New Domain Extensions are here” Well, all I could say when I saw the email was: “No.thanks!” Yesterday I posted my New gTLD …

I created a ranking system for all gTLDs, old and new, so I can place the new gTLDs in this ranking system as they come out. This way I can have a reference as to …

The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) created a dedicated page on which monthly updates on the statistics of the Clearinghouse will be published. So far 23.024 marks have been submitted from 82 countries and 108 jurisdictions. 88,7% …