Donuts Inc. announced the re-launch of the .travel top-level domain (TLD), which it had acquired earlier this year. Donuts has simplified the registration process, making it much easier for registrars to offer the domain for sale, and easier …
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Donuts announces acquisition of .Fan new domain name extension
Donuts Inc. today announced it has re-acquired the .fan top-level domain (TLD), making it the 241st TLD in Donuts’ portfolio. .fan names are anticipated to be generally available in mid-September. “We are excited to add .fan to …
Read More »Internet grows to 333.8m domains in Q1 2018 with no help from new gTLDs
Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately …
Read More »Intercap Holdings Inc. acquires the .inc new domain name extension
Intercap Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of the new domain name extension, following ICANN’s consent to the change of control. As the first domain ending in the Intercap Holdings portfolio, .inc is being brought to …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: sports, bet, apple, gambling, blockchain, hemp, escort
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of May 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There were 2 common keywords in the 2 …
Read More »Here is what .EU is doing about GDPR (more sensible than many other registries)
The .EU registry announced how they are going to treat whois details and what will be publicly published after GDPR goes into full effect today. Their plan is more sensible than many other registries even …
Read More »Thick WHOIS for .COM and .NET is officially delayed until 2020
Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division, sent a letter to Patrick Kane, Senior Vice President, Verisign, Inc., confirming the extension of the current implementation deadlines for the Thick WHOIS Consensus Policy for .COM …
Read More »Global domain name market: 44% of domains are ccTLDs and 56% are gTLDs
44% of domain names globally are ccTLDs and 56% are gTLDs. These figures have not changed substantially over the past few years despite the introduction of hundreds of new gTLDs. gTLDs grew a combined 0.2% …
Read More ».App domains are for dreamers
There is a lot of talk about the recent launch of .App domains by Google. It seems a bit ironic to me that there is so much optimism for the .app new extension. Apps are …
Read More »Namecheap offers monthly payments for buying New gTLDs like .CLUB, .SHOP, .MIAMI, .FASHION (Powered by Names.club)
Namecheap launched Namecheap Easy Payments, powered by the Names.club platform, in order to make premium domain names more accessible to startups, small businesses and everyone else. Namecheap Easy Payments adds a finance option to more …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: funeral, base, lazy, holo, realtor, pen, accident
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of April 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keywords in the 2 …
Read More »Neustar and Sedo cancel domain auction for broadwaytickets.nyc
So long suckers! Neustar, the .nyc registry, and Sedo, the auction house responsible for the latest “travel” .nyc auction, have canceled the domain auction for broadwaytickets.nyc that was supposed to end on May 10. Why? …
Read More »Minds + Machines to acquire ICM Registry (.xxx, .adult, .porn, .sex)
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire membership interests of ICM Registry LLC (“ICM”), a US company, for a cash payment …
Read More »Half a million dollars spent on 40 .APP domain names
.App domain names officially launched yesterday as the new extension, run by Google, entered the EAP phase. EAP is the early access period when anyone can register available .app domains for an extra fee. The …
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