Domain Extensions

Top Level Design, the .gay registry, has released its launch plan for the new domain name extension launch in September. Early Access Period (EAP) for .gay starts on September 8, 2020. General Availability (GA) is …

CENTR has published a white paper separating registry lock services into two standardised models. This categorisation and the included recommendations can help top-level domain registries (re)design their registry lock services. The aim of the paper …

In an effort to further understand its customers and maintain the .eu “competitive” edge, EURid has completed the first part of the .eu website categorisation. 200,000 domain names were crawled through and 81.67% were found …

Eleanor Bradley, Nominet’s MD Registry and Public Benefit, tries to explain the new upcoming .uk expiry process that Nominet is proposing. .UK registrars have created a petition against Nominet’s new expiry process. Here is what …

.UK registrars have created yet another petition against Nominet, the .uk registry. The problem this year is the new .uk expiry process that Nominet is proposing. Andrew Bennett from Netistrar Ltd seems to be leading …

VeriSign, Inc. today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2020. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $314 million for the second quarter of 2020, up 2.6 percent from the same …

With 3,428,951 names in stock at 31 December 2019, the .fr gained 3.7% in 2019 with a net balance of 123,655 names. While slightly down on 2018 (+4.4%), this growth nonetheless remained well above that …

Nominet, the .UK domain registry, has today opened a new policy consultation on expiring domains. This follows on from previous policy discussions on drop lists. “Following our 2019 .UK Policy Consultation, Nominet have decided to …

The .Club domain name registry released its Q1 and Q2 2020 domain name sales report. Here is the complete .club report: The first half of 2020 has presented immense challenges to individuals and businesses everywhere …

.Cars .Car and .Auto to be sold in a no reserve auction at Innovative Auctions. Launched in 2015, .Cars .Car and .Auto, are a joint venture between XYZ Registry and UNR Corp. The 2 companies …

Nominet, the .UK registry, released the 2019 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) that handles .UK disputes. The total number of domain names that were subject to DRS …

.US domain names are some of the cheapest domain names to register and renew. Yet somehow GoDaddy, a US company, has decided that .us domains are a good choice so it can rip off customers …

Numbers from CENTR show a spike in new registrations in the month of April 2020. A sample of 25 European ccTLDs saw a 20% increase in new domains registered in April 2020 from the same …

CENTR has published the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2019 . The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European …