Domain Extensions

Looking to buy the domain name fashion.blog, music.blog or news.blog? You are out of luck… The .blog domain name registry has registered for itself and its partners about 90 .blog domains. 27 of the domains correspond …

The .Blog registry (owned by WordPress) launched the Landrush Phase for purchasing .blog web addresses. This phase marks the first time non-trademark owners can apply for early access to a .blog domain name. That means anyone …

2016 marked ten years since EURid opened general registration of the .eu TLD on a first come – first served basis. In June of 2016, EURid welcomed a new member to the .eu family, that …

I sold a New gTLD domain after a long dry spell. We agreed on the price after the buyer got back to me after a month and made a new offer. He offered 3 times …

On October 1, 2016, Donuts announced upcoming price changes to its legacy DPML service and launched DPML Plus, a new and enhanced service for blocking trademarked terms, available for a limited time. In the original …

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.74 MB] a draft report regarding the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (CDAR). The study examines the technical impact of the …

Auctions.nyc and the City of New York had their first auction of premium .NYC domains. The auction featuring 20 domain names ended today on Namejet and 19 out of 20 domains were sold for a …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2016. Verisign ended the third quarter with 144.1 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base. The final …

Some people really don’t have a clue as it comes to domain names. Not a clue! And they will probably need all the luck in the world to get the right domain for the right …

Uniregistry released over 3.5 million previously withheld domain names across 19 TLDs, including 1.2 million premium names. The 3,636,440 domains were released today at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC). Most of the Uniregistry …

.US and Neustar are hosting a Town Hall meeting this month for the United States’ country code Top-Level Domain, .US. The virtual .US Public Stakeholder Town Hall Meeting will take place on October 26, from …

The .Blog registry announced that since beginning the Sunrise Phase on August 18th, more than 1,000 .blog domain sites have been activated. The number is higher than the expectations of the registry and is “signaling …

ICANN has published findings of a study exploring whether the New gTLD Program has affected competition in the domain name marketplace. The study shows that the New gTLD Program has had no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registration …

.DOCTOR domain names open for general availability October 26. Donuts is the registry for the extension. Donuts has encountered some questions about the availability of this name—specifically, whether it will be open for registrations to …