Domain Extensions

Growth in the number of .nl domain names slowed considerably in 2012 and SIDN’s annual report says that this happened because there isn’t as much money to be made from domain name trading now. So was the lack of growth in .nl caused by domainers? I don’t think so. …

Highlights • US$10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors • Company strongly positioned to participate in upcoming gTLD auctions • Funds also to be used for launch and marketing of .london • TLDH has largest portfolio …

Upon consultation with the Cooperative members, DENIC eG (the .de registry) has decided to introduce aRedemption Grace Period (hereinafter referred to as RGP) for the TLD .de. What does this mean? When a domain contract is terminated, the related .de domain will no …

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) send a letter to ICANN on the 13th of May 2013 regarding the blocking of the term “ISO” within gTLDs for the International Sugar Organization. The International Organization for Standardization …

.GD, .TC and .VG TLDS registrations and transfers are back online and available to the public. .gd is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Grenada, .vg is ccTLD for the British Virgin Islands and .tc is the ccTLD for Turks …

The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. ICANN has ramped up the number of results to batches of 100 prioritized applications per week. The total number of passing applications is now 433. ICANN released Initial …

In the GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) issued advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. My initial response was that this advice will derail the whole process. I don’t …

This past week 3 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 3 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 66. WellPoint, …

The next set of Initial Evaluation (IE) Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 341. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers 350-400. There are …

This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 63. Following …

The next set of Initial Evaluation Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 300. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers …

This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 57. Global …

The next set of Initial Evaluation Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 244. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers …

The Company has decided as a consequence of GAC warnings, and after discussion with relevant governments, to withdraw four of its applications: .free, .sale, .spa and .zulu. The GAC strongly advised against four gTLDs, none …