Domain Extensions

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 …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Verisign had an operating margin of 66%. I guess that is not enough for Verisign or the corrupted ICANN so they will …

Spamhaus released its botnet threat update for Q1 2020. Among other botnet related details, Spamhaus announced the most abused domain extensions and domain registrars associated with botnets. Here is what the Spamhaus wrote: Most abused …

Donuts Inc. has announced its migration of backend operations to the cloud. Donuts’ registry now operates on Amazon Web Services and is probably the first major registry backend operator to migrate an existing on-premises backend …

Donuts announced today that it sold the domain name my.life for $175,000. The domain was purchased on March 31, 2020. Donuts is the registry of more than 200 domain name extensions and the domain name …

Goodbye Neustar! Hello GoDaddy Registry! GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it is acquiring Neustar Inc’s Registry business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2020. …