Domain Extensions

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that the fourth quarter of 2022 closed with 350.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, compared to …

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the December 1, 2012 .com Registry Agreement, as amended, executed between VeriSign, Inc. and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (“ICANN”), Verisign has provided effective …

In the second half of 2022 there were fewer domains registered (36 compared to 41 from H1, 2022), but the average price has slightly increased. This comes as no surprise since overall trends in the …

EURid published its Q4 2022 progress report today with 186,117 new domain name registrations. Luxembourg leads the list of countries for registration growth at +15.9%, while the overall renewal rate remained at 78%. In Q4 …

The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Edition 3/2022 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European …

This is a another report provided by Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better …

Namecheap announced that the removal of price caps for .ORG and .INFO was found improper in a landmark IRP decision. Here is what Namecheap posted: Back in 2019, Namecheap stood up to ICANN as it …

.MUSIC joins a consortium of major music industry players, including Deezer, LyricFind and 12 others to form BELEM.  BELEM aims to build capacity and innovative services to for music publishers, songwriters, platforms, and labels to …

Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) claims that volatility in social platforms led a to surge in .social domain registrations. They claim that after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter .social registrations were up 435% in the first …

The Greek domain name(s) with the Latin .eu extension were all phased-out, i.e. deleted, following a three-year phase-out period on 13 November 2022. From 14 November 2022, only Greek domain names with the Greek .ευ …

As a not-for-profit organisation and per its contract with the European Commission, EURid, the .eu registry, sets its fees in direct relation to costs incurred. As announced during the registrar annual meeting on 17 November …

In May-June, the first exercise of 2022 was carried out, to understand possible new patterns in the way people and businesses use the .eu top-level domain. The results showed clear growth in the tourism and …

The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Edition 2/2022 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. …

Afnic, as part of its role the .fr registry and within the framework of its agreement with the French State, has put in place two alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures: Syreli and Parl Expert. These …