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 …
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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 …
Read More »Iceland’s .IS will continue to publish email addresses on whois
To comply with the European GDPR Directive, ISNIC will, before May 25th, stop publishing names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal contacts by default from the ISNIC WHOIS database. Customers (individuals) who wish to continue …
Read More »Verisign ends Q1 2018 with 148.3 million .com and .net domains and sees a net increase of 1.91 million names
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the first quarter of 2018. First Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $299 million for the first quarter of 2018, up …
Read More ».UK domains: Registrant data will be redacted from WHOIS from 22 May 2018, unless explicit consent has been given
In preparation for the enforcement date of 25 May 2018, Nominet conducted a review into how EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect its operations. A number of proposed changes were published for comment …
Read More ».EU grows by 52,085 domains in 2017 – Back in growth since 2014
EURid released its Annual Report, which contains an overview of statistics, achievements, and financials from 2017. Compared to 2016, total, net registrations grew by 52,085 (from 3762970 to 3815055), the average renewal rate rose by …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: president, passion, fortnite
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of March 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keywords in the 2 …
Read More ».NYC will have a travel and tourism domain name auction
.NYC will have a travel and tourism related domain name auction in May. The auction opens May 3, 1 PM ET and closes May 10, 1 PM ET. The auction features 25 domain names: boattour.nyc …
Read More »United Kingdom will be kicked out of .EU domains in 1 year
The European Commission has issued a communication concerning Brexit and the .eu TLD. The communication states that, based on the United Kingdom’s intent to withdraw from the European Union, undertakings and organisations that are established …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: hello, fan, chains, house, mark, csgo
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of February 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keywords in the 2 …
Read More »China added many 2nd level domains to the .cn extension
China has added many 2nd level domains to the .cn ccTLD extension. Allegravita wrote a blog post explaining the latest changes to Chinese domain names. “The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China …
Read More »How Neustar moved to .neustar – The New gTLD email problem remains
Neustar shared a guide with all the lessons learned from the launch of .neustar. One of the biggest challenges was moving to the .brand email addresses. Essentially they explained how they moved from their previous …
Read More »Top New gTLD domain name sales of 2017 (home.loans, the.club, casino.online, video.games)
These are the 41 highest selling New gTLD domain names of all 2017. Why 41? Because all 41 domains below were sold for $10,000 or more either by the respective registry or by a domain …
Read More ».Com and .info maintained consistent positive growth in 2017 (1 in 3 gTLDs contracted over 2017)
The DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report Q4/2017 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 …
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