Domain Extensions

On April 1, 2019 Donuts announced that it will be changing standard prices for the majority of its TLDs. The changes will go into effect October 1, 2019. Until that time all registered domains may …

.Monster, one of the most ridiculous New gTLD extensions, launched today by the XYZ registry. Nobody really cared about these domains except than to get a good laugh especially since the registry chose April Fools’ …

5.5% of all .top domain names were removed from zone files today. Has the big .Top domain name crash started? According to namestat.org 171,867 domains were removed from zone files yesterday leaving the .top extension …

.UK domain registrants with a third-level domain (.co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .plc.uk or .ltd.uk) are reminded that they have less than three months left to secure the shorter second level (.uk) equivalent, before it is …

CENTR published its CENTRstats Global TLD Report quarterly publication covering status and trends in global top-level domains with a focus on European ccTLDs (country code top-level domains). Global Market The global TLD market is estimated …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of February 2019 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. You can find the list from last month here. …

Radix announced today that it grossed $16.95M in total revenue in 2018, a 30% rise over its revenue in 2017. The registry’s net profit also grew by 45.6% in comparison to last year. Overall, Q4 …

I debated between a few titles for this post but decided that the worst one is best suited to wake some people up. The other title I thought was “there are zero (0) good .dev …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) provided a company update today. Minds + Machines shared that 2019 has started well with domain registrations up 38% to 1.84m year-on-year with steady growth since the year-end …

I read this post on Namepros.com that really outlines many of the misconceptions in the domain name industry, the newbies, some people that thing they know what they are doing, the domain companies and the …

Neustar Data Infotech (India) Private Limited, a subsidiary of Neustar®, Inc. (“Neustar”), today completed the transition of India’s .IN country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) to Neustar’s Registry platform. A total of two million .IN domain …

Google registry officially launched .dev domain names yesterday. Starting February 19 at 8:00 a.m. PT and through February 28, .dev domains are available to register as part of the Early Access Program, where you can …

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of January 2019 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. You can find the list from last month here. …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. “2018 was a strong year for Verisign. The domain name base and revenues grew; we divested non-core assets; and …