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 …
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Uniregistry released 3,636,440 domain names
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 …
Read More ».US to host its annual town hall meeting
.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 …
Read More ».Blog got more than 1,000 domain name registrations in sunrise
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 …
Read More »New gTLDs have no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registrations (except for the regional new gTLDs)
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 …
Read More »Anyone can register a .DOCTOR domain name but…
.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 …
Read More ».Law has sold and verified 6,000 domain names to law professionals
Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the “.law” top-level domain, announced that since launching a year ago, .law has registered more than 6,000 first-choice and premium .law domain names. The registry also …
Read More »1000+ premium .LA names released, domain concierge service, available names lists
.LA registry announced that more than 1000 new premium names have been released including We.LA, Great.LA and Beer.LA. These dictionary words, business categories, first and last names and other internet brands, are available to shop …
Read More »Rightside talks about New gTLD domain renewals (and re-renewals)
Since the first New gTLDs started launching in early 2014 and since two Rightside-owned gTLDs, .dance and .democrat, went live in May of 2014, the question many domain-industry watchers were asking is how popular new …
Read More »Trending Keywords In .COM & .NET Domain Names (page and self driving cars)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of September 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry.. The only common keyword in the .com and …
Read More »Connecting.nyc disappointed with the upcoming .NYC domain auctions
Connecting.nyc, is extremely disappointed with the New York City’s and Neustar’s decision to auction several premium .NYC domains starting with 20 domains later this month. Connecting.nyc Inc. is a NYS nonprofit education organization advancing the operation …
Read More ».NYC releases 3,800 premium domains costing between $250 and $5,000
.NYC domains are 2 years old and celebrate by releasing about 3,800 .nyc “premium domain names” today. Starting on Monday, October 10 at 3:00pm EDT, these .nyc premium domain names will be offered to the …
Read More »GoDaddy surpasses 1 million registered domains in the United Kingdom
GoDaddy today announced that more than 1 million .UK domain are registered with the registrar in the United Kingdom. .UK domains refer to the ccTLD domains of the United Kingdom: .co.uk, .uk, .org.uk and .me.uk. …
Read More »GoDaddy please stop the domain name bullying!
I went to GoDaddy to check the price of Sex.Shop. (.Shop launched getting more than 50,000 registrations.) I immediately saw that the price for Sex.shop was $139,999.99 per year but then I saw that many …
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