Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the fourth quarter of 2017 closed with approximately 332.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately …
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Donuts acquires the .TRAVEL domain name extension
Donuts Inc. today announced it has acquired the .TRAVEL domain name extension from registry operator Tralliance Registry Management Company. The .TRAVEL domain becomes Donuts’ 239th TLD, and the centerpiece of an already-robust portfolio of travel …
Read More »20 applicants of .CORP, .HOME, and .MAIL will each get a $185,000 refund from ICANN
ICANN will not delegate the strings .CORP, .HOME, and .MAIL in the 2012 round of the New gTLD Program. The ICANN Board has directed the President and CEO to, upon withdrawal of the remaining 20 …
Read More »Verisign ended 2017 with 146.4 million .com and .net domains (up 2.9%)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2017. Financial Highlights Verisign ended 2017 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $2.4 billion, an increase of $617 million …
Read More ».London domains launch online business community portal
Dot London, the official domain name for the United Kingdom capital, has launched a new interactive portal on makeyours.london to help showcase the small businesses using Dot London web addresses and empower those looking to …
Read More ».CLUB launches Names.Club marketplace for brandable premium names with new extensions
.CLUB Domains announced at NamesCon 2018 the launch of Names.club, a new premium domain marketplace featuring brandable domains with new extensions such as .CLUB, .Shop, .Miami and more. The new web and mobile Names.club replaces …
Read More »27 New gTLDs were approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
27 New gTLDs were approved today by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Domain name extensions need to get approval by MIIT so they can be sold in China and so that the …
Read More »Donuts sells the domain name Home.Loans for $500,000
Donuts Inc. today announced home.loans was acquired for $500,000. This is the largest reported sale to date for a New gTLD domain name. This sale surpasses the sale of the domain name casino.online that was …
Read More »Another bad ICANN decision: on August 1st 2018 thousands of New gTLD domains will be blocked from registration
Another bad ICANN decision is out that will protect some privileged IGOs and INGOs and the “beloved” International Olympic Committee (IOC). Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (RCRC), the only organization that might have warranted some additional …
Read More »Radix made $1,381,540 in premium revenue in the 2nd half of 2017
Radix published its premium domains report for the 2nd half of 2017. This report gives a full lowdown on all premium sales Radix TLDs for the period 1st July to 31st Dec 2017. Radix’s premium names are available …
Read More ».NYC has sold 515 premium .nyc domain names for a total of $595,157
.NYC celebrated its 3rd year anniversary, so they shared a few highlights to showcase how New Yorkers have helped to build and grow the .nyc domain. The .nyc domain extension consistently ranks in the top …
Read More »Afilias selected to provide registry services for .PR ccTLD
Gauss Research Laboratories, the .PR ccTLD manager, announced that it has selected Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, to provide technical services to support Puerto Rico’s country code top level domain (ccTLD) on the Internet, …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: coin, crypto, block chain, wallet, ripple, altcoin, currency
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of December 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. Crypto related keywords dominate the list like last …
Read More »2018 finds New gTLDs below the 20 million domain name registration mark
We are almost 4 years into the New gTLD program and domain name registrations have fallen below the 20 million mark. These are the domain name registrations that according to NameStat.org are in the zone …
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