Domain Extensions

Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the fourth quarter of 2019 closed with 362.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.4 …

EURid released its Q4 2019 Progress Report sharing the quarterly statistics, developments, and overview of the .eu website categorization study. Highlights include: Three major releases; 161 690 new domain name registrations recorded; Norway tops the …

Donuts revealed seven previously unpublished New gTLD domain sales ranging from $15,000 up to $125,000. The sales were revealed at NamesCon but were not reported (except for live.chat) until Donuts made a tweet today. It …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2019. 2019 GAAP Financial Results Verisign reported revenue of $1.23 billion for 2019, up 1.4 percent from $1.21 billion in 2018. …

The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020 at midnight (CET). After full ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK and the EU entered into the so-called “transition period”. This time-limited period …

Take a deep dive into the business of a Domain Registry Operator from the team behind the popular .CLUB extension. What does a Registry really do? What are the responsibilities of a Registry, the economics, …

ICANN and Verisign announced today the proposed amendment to .COM registry agreement. Verisign and ICANN agreed to amend the .COM Registry Agreement to permit an increase to the price for .COM registry services, up to a …

Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.1 million …

Nominet created a world map using the number of registrations of country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) to represent the size of the respective country. Countries are in the right places, but not of the …

Access Now published an infographic on Twitter about saving the .ORG extension. “It’s not too late to #SaveDotOrg. This infographic explains why civil society across the globe is fighting to stop the sale & keep …

You can’t trust Ethos Capital with .org. You can’t trust them with anything. Anyone giving Ethos Capital a voice is doing a big mistake. It is ICANN that needs to be asked some hard questions …

EURid released its EURid’s Q3 2019 Progress Report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Total registrations decreased from 3 623 691 at the end of Q2 to 3 617 536 at the end of Q3 …

Radix announced that it had acquired .UNO, a top-level domain that was previously operated by Dot Latin LLC. The ownership transfer was completed in September 2019. The domain extension will be available across Radix’s 200+ …

Nominet announced a new .UK Policy Consultation, inviting feedback from all interested stakeholders. The .UK policies provide the framework of principles for the .UK namespace. They are developed in consultation with a wide variety of …