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 …
Read More »Save .ORG infographic #SaveDotOrg
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 …
Read More »The case of the $2,500 .org domain name
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 …
Read More ».EU domain extension continues to shrink in Q3
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 …
Read More »Radix adds .UNO to its Domain Portfolio
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+ …
Read More »Nominet wants feedback on 3 .UK issues
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 …
Read More »Nominet increases .uk prices
Nominet announced that following the annual review of pricing, the wholesale cost for a .UK domain registration or renewal will change to £3.90 per year from 13 January 2020. Nominet claims that “the 15p per …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: jumbo, diabetes, repair, Taylor Swift
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of August 2019 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. You can find the list from last month here. …
Read More »Meet the new expensive .ORG domains
It seems that .org is preparing us for a price increase that is most probably coming up in 2020. They are changing their brand (Meet the new .org) to prepare us for what was bound …
Read More »Global domain market: registration median growth hits new low
The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q2/2019 has been published. 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 ccTLD market. …
Read More »Donuts will reduce prices to 1.1 million unregistered domains
On November 5th, 2019 Donuts will reduce pricing for more than 1.1 million previously unregistered premium domain names. Approximately 250,000 Donuts premium domains will drop in price and more than 850,000 premium domains will move …
Read More ».EU domain extension is shrinking
EURid released its 2019 Quarterly Progress Report. .EU is shrinking ending Q2 2019 with 3,623,691 domain registrations. The extension had 3,790,450 domains ending Q2 2018. But you will not find this number comparison in the …
Read More »gtld.link domain name forum has closed down
I noticed that the gtld.link domain name forum has been offline for a few months now. I checked out archive.org and the website was last archived on March 8, 2019. I think it is safe …
Read More »Radix 2019 premium domains report
Radix shared its bi-annual premium report for the first half of 2019. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales across the Radix New gTLD portfolio from 1st January 2019 until 30th …
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